Akials Vintage Customs

Here I'll show you my vintage customs. A lot of these I made in the late eighties. At that time I used only vintage star wars stuff. When I restarted in customizing a few years ago I kept that. I just want to make customs with the stuff I had as a kid. No POTF 2, GI Joe (never had these) or anything else modern. I really tried to use all the parts left over from a figure. no remains. This is getting a funny game.

Starting with the very beginning of ANH. Captain Antilles in Vaders fangs. Instead of Han Bespin I used the original Han because he is more tiny at Vaders arm and his right arm is in an nice position for the taggling. I used a wire around Antilles neck and stick it into the Laser arm of Vader.
And guys before you have any strange ideas. No (!) Antilles is not peeing against Vader. That is just his right Hand Just realized it.

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Now that's funny. You knew to be proactive on the gutterminded.

Next is Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. I took a Luke Jedi knights body for owen with an madine head. The remaining head I took for aunt Beru. Funnily Luke Jedi and Aunt Beru share the absolutely same hairstyle. Even the parting has the same direction. I  just took a little bit red for the lips to make it a Little bit more feminine. Body Comes from 4-Lom (I still call him so) and the legs are cut off Bibs.

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Next one. Three Sandtroopers on there search for the Droids.

Damn Forgot the Pic bloody me

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Dirk, these are fantastic. Thanks for posting them.

Keep up the great work.

Cantina Guys. Bo Shek and Hrchek Kal Fas are just mixed from Bossk and Han Bespin. Just shortend the limbs of Bossk to achieve the right size.

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I really like Bo Shek and Kal Fass. Just mix up to Figures and get two knew. Nothing left over.
Next is Wuher and Dr. Evazan. It is a shame there never was a Dr. Evazan Figure. He is pretty cool guy. Well what I had in mind from the movie (at the time I made these there was no Internet) was his pig nose. Therefore I took the ugnaughts head for Dr. Evazan
Wuher is a quite Slim Version. At first I wanted to take a rancor keeper, but on the other hand this is real vintage style, isn't it?

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Your customs are awesome Dirk

I believe I have seen a couple of them somewhere at some point but , for the most part , they are all new to me

Keep them coming man - I'm loving it

@ Clint and James. THX a lot. It is great fun for me being here surronded with so many crazy customizers
@ James I posted these in a german Forum. Maybeyou saw them there.
Tomorrow I'll come up with two of my very favorites.

Here we go. I needed a Pruneface Body for another Custom and thought about what to do with the left over head. Than I had the Idea of doing a Wioslea with the Pruneface head. And it was a good chance to learn how to paint eyes. Doesn't matter for this character. Body is from an emporer. Finally I really like her. And it is vintage style IMO

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Very cool customs Dirk I rally love the Wioslea one that is so cool .

This one is my favorite. Garindan. Just used the left over emporers head from Wioslea with the DSC body which remained from the Antilles Custom, with a Vader Cape. Looks fucking great Unfortunately I forgot to add a Communicator from a CCP.


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these are outstanding custom figures Dirk, I really love the Vader and Antilles custom, what a cool idea
The Garindan is really well made too, and Dr Evazan is a very clever idea, using an ugnaught head

Wioslea is cool and certainly done in a very vintage style

but your Garindan is probably the coolest rendition I have seen by any customizer of that character

Awesome customs Dirk! They look ... well, just WOW!

Thank s to James and Patrick. Very Kind words from you.
Here is another guy from Tatooine. As there were so many Figures made by Hasbro modern lines from a-second-in-the-background-cantina-Aliens, I thought this guy should have his figure as well. The original Jabba played by the actor Declan Mullholland.

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Here I have a nice mystery for you. Who can tell from which vintage head is this Tarkin made from???

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fantastic customs Dirk, Tarkin is definitely one of the figures they Kenner should have produced first time around.

Your Tarkin looks like a customized lando head?

Ohoooooooooooooh strike you are right. Didn't thought it to be that easy to recognize.

Last one from ANH at first. General Dodonna. Again used an ugnaught head with a Ben Body. I needed the pig nose and the Ben head for other customs. So Dodonna is just mixed up from the leftovers. But he has a nice goat stick to show the guys how to Smash up that Death Star.

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Akial wrote:Ohoooooooooooooh strike you are right. Didn't thought it to be that easy to recognize.

Its that smile, its unmistakably Lando

Love the General Dodonna custom too, Its a great use of leftover parts

Even more awesome customs Dirk

I really love the Declan Mullholland Jabba

The mouse droid is really cool too - what did you make it out of ?

Got me The mouse droid is a neo one. What a shame.