Poncho's Customs (updated october 2018)

Nice one Chris

poncho wrote:Leia Cermonial :

ive always wanted to make one. well having decided to put the customs ideas to bed i thought i was done. however i came across a loose beater potf2 1998 leia cermonial for £1 from a carboot sale a couple weeks ago ive decided to de-modern it and make it vintage.....

Chris, Sounds interesting. It might require a lot of trimming and sanding to get rid of the big shoulders and arms?

what a horrible figure. infact the potf2 line is so musclely! i cant work with it. a vintage leia bespin torso will be used for this custom. ive seen one on RS wich ive taken inspiration from.

day 1 boil and pop and arms sanded so there are no crease lines [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

What head will you be using? You might have to deal with the neck post if it's a Leia original head.

its quite a tall peg yes. i will be using a leia boush head ;-)

Just catching up with this thread. Some fantastic customs Chris The King Terak figure turned out really well. I also love the 2-1b Macquarie concept figure I look forward to seeing how the ceremonial Leia custom turns out

day 3 modification and miliput time [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

day 4 rethink.....

different material used for belt detail and bracelet...bracelet is to big and needs redoing.....[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

day 5 : bracelet changed to make it more in scale to the figure and belt. neck peg has been shortened

i think the belt button are too big and they too need to be smaller[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Nice updates Chris.

That's the problem working with 3 3/4" scale toys. Once sculpts are applied, the might need some adjusting. Keep up the great work. It's coming along nicely.

found some smaller dimples for the belt[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

tusken legs shortened dug a trench for feet to go in[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

foot trench tidied and shoes placed in [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Looking good Chris

Interesting use of the Tusken Raider legs.

i saw some other guy make a leia cermonial using a tusken legs i how ever instead am using leia bespin shoes he used tusken shoes.

its come to the painting part now the bit where it looks terrible or ok. sods law ive ran out if primer....grrr

Looking good mate. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

while buying more primer from my local model shop to do the leia.

i had a look round in the back room there was a box on the floor full of airfix plane ships models etc....at the bottom i found this. first of all i spied the takara logo on the back of the box. i know its japanease because of the takara starwars figures ! the artwork is awesome and it looked vintage it didnt look like 90s model or 2000s it screamed 1970s1980s i was right its from 1981! ha ha NOS (new old stock) and it cost me £1.99 score. its a small diecast robot type thing. well chuffed :-)

click the link for more info on it

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back of box art[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Interesting Takara Robot. It's not very big, compared to the AA battery in the one picture. Those 2 little figures that come with it, must be damn tiny.

ahh this custom looks poo.........il perserver and finish it...grr....

mettalic paint applied to torso and legs the torso turned irridesent somehow. it was white before i think the mettalic paint.somehow brought some of the original plastic torso through i could repaint it but i like and its fits in with the 70s disco look [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I like the Leia shoes on the Tusken legs

Cool little Takara robot Chris, nice find mate

PS: It doesn't look poo

head work! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]