Last Mods Done inc Longer Legs/ Custom Clone Wars Version Cad Bane Started WIP

Thought it would be simpler to just start a new thread than tack this onto the Boba Fett one, less searching this way. Been meaning to do this guy for years like so many other projects, I guess seeing HT's live action version announced got me motivated enough to start properly. The body was the first concern as it seems he's quite tall, not something I'd noticed to be honest and being a Duros his body is very lanky. I've mixed a ToyBiz/Jakks Pacific? Captain Sparrow body with a Hasbro Quigon Jin body to get the best height, lankiness and articulation (Sparrow body had no waist articulation but Quigon body has full abdomen ball joint and swivel). You can see most of the stuff I'll be using on the tray as normal except for the hoses, need to find some. The dressed version is a mock up showing you here I'm going.

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Nice choice of custom figure! And already a great start!

Nice new project, an alien cowboy.

I recently 3d printed some Cad Bane detail parts for another customizer, including the hose connectors. We considered those black lego tubes.

Holy cow, you work fast. You seem to have already worked out the height and thinness for the character (and the head and hat). Pretty cool project, Alex.

While I have no attachment for this character, personally, I'm looking forward to seeing you complete this project. It's bound to be another great build.

skywalkersaga wrote:Nice choice of custom figure! And already a great start!

Cheers SWS! I'd been amassing stuff for this build casually over time along with many others lol.

Ovy wrote:Nice new project, an alien cowboy.

I recently 3d printed some Cad Bane detail parts for another customizer, including the hose connectors. We considered those black lego tubes.

Cool! Yeah I have some of those and some other styles too, I learnt early on in building 1/6 Sci-Fi customs that 1/6 hoses are like gold dust! I'll be removing a bunch from a very large custom figure I am 'retiring' in order to made another large LOTR villain, Sauron's boss, basically a god called Morgoth.

TIE Pilot is just for size comparison, I'm not stealing his hoses!! LOL.

Stryker2011 wrote:Holy cow, you work fast. You seem to have already worked out the height and thinness for the character (and the head and hat). Pretty cool project, Alex.

Cheers Stryker! I've got to give credit to HT for noticing the height (unless they're wrong, then just blame them! LOL). Maybe I'll even give him Quigon's poncho just to complete the Spaghetti Western look!

GubernatorFan wrote:While I have no attachment for this character, personally, I'm looking forward to seeing you complete this project. It's bound to be another great build.

Cheers! Yeah I know you're an SW purist, missing out on some fun characters and stories that way mind.

By the way, I appreciate you are not stealing the TIE-fighter pilot's hoses.

GubernatorFan wrote: By the way, I appreciate you are not stealing the TIE-fighter pilot's hoses.

Hell no, I'd never do that! I have 3 1/6 TIE Fighter pilots and a 1/1 TIE pilot helmet with hoses and breather box.





1/1 needs a bit of tlc..





A friend just sent me this, it's Elon Musk in carbonite! Apparently it's Kirk...still looks like Elon to me.

Always happy to see glimpses of your SW collection!

GubernatorFan wrote:Always happy to see glimpses of your SW collection!

Cheers! I'll do a proper collection gallery of SW at some point soon.

Been busy with other stuff but got work done on Bane too, his boots seem the most complicated parts oddly enough lol.

Hey, Alex. Nice to see you back at it. He’s looking good. Those boot mods are excellent.

Nice progress, with impressive modifications and attention to detail. With all the close-ups, at some points I'm forgetting this is Cad Bane as opposed to Bane.

Stryker2011 wrote:Hey, Alex. Nice to see you back at it. He’s looking good. Those boot mods are excellent.

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice progress, with impressive modifications and attention to detail. With all the close-ups, at some points I'm forgetting this is Cad Bane as opposed to Bane.

Thanks guys! I'll refer to him as Cad now since there's also a Darth Bane in SW.







STUFF FOR GREEBLES AND ROCKETS ETC..

And those are definitely Darth-appropriate boots and pants. The greeblies look very promising, too.

GubernatorFan wrote:And those are definitely Darth-appropriate boots and pants. The greeblies look very promising, too.

Yup plenty of bits to choose from.

Black Milliputed his boots, made the rocket boosters, detailed his clothing and boots with greebles plus belts and holsters. Just plodding along as juggling plenty of projects and a kitten! LOL.

































Pepper can multitask too! Seen her catch four toys at once then get super confused by a fifth or her tail!

Looking good.


But wait! Did you find your cat? Or is this a new one?

Nice work on the outfit. So Pepper is a she? Cute kitty.

Stryker2011 wrote:Looking good.


But wait! Did you find your cat? Or is this a new one?

Cheers!!
No Murphy (my 4 year old Maine Coon X) never came back very sadly, obviously stolen by the bastard crackheads down the road (the local city council has been cleaning up the streets and putting addicts in B&B's along the seafront and there are at least a 100 B&B's near me alone).
This is Pepper my new Maine Coon X kitten who is only 3&1/2 months old! Looks a lot like Murphy I know plus she was local and affordable, being a female she needs less attention, Murphy wanted it 24/7 which was bloody tiring. She's really shy but slowly coming out of 'her shell' and letting me pet her provided the circumstances are right. Basically the opposite to Murphy!

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice work on the outfit. So Pepper is a she? Cute kitty.

Thank you! Yes Pepper is a she.

Damn, forum's quiet today!
Attached his rockets to his boots using metal pins and glue, lengthened his duster coat tails and lined them with real leather. Then decided I wanted wire in them so striped them back to insert long wire that goes around all the edges and up into the back of the coat which I lined to cover them.











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Excellent work on his duster, Alex. Love how this is looking.

Coming along very nicely. Except for those things on the boots, there is still nothing here that screams Star Wars, so this could turn out to be a fairly versatile figure, depending on how easy it will be to swap out heads and stuff.

Stryker2011 wrote:Excellent work on his duster, Alex. Love how this is looking.

Thanks Stryker!

GubernatorFan wrote:Coming along very nicely. Except for those things on the boots, there is still nothing here that screams Star Wars, so this could turn out to be a fairly versatile figure, depending on how easy it will be to swap out heads and stuff.

Cheers GTF! Um, not sure why I would need him to be versatile? I'm making a very specific character from Star Wars lore, he's a bounty hunter inspired by Lee Van Cleaf's character from "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly". First appeared in The Clone Wars, then Rebels, The Bad Batch and recently in The Book Of Boba Fett.

Congrats on that new bundle of joy Pepper! (Sorry, she totally stole the show. )

Cad Bane is coming along nicely. That last show especially is very impressive. Wires make such a big difference in the presentation!

Diana wrote:Congrats on that new bundle of joy Pepper! (Sorry, she totally stole the show. )

Cad Bane is coming along nicely. That last show especially is very impressive. Wires make such a big difference in the presentation!

LOL, yes she does and is one of the only things that can actually make me literally laugh out loud when she tries to catch multiple flying toys. She actually caught a real fly mid-air today by clapping her front paws together, bloody impressive!

Attached and wired all his hoses in different styles and sizes, reshaped his hat's brim, after sanding the head I sculpted details on his face (wrinkles, scars etc..) to make him look less comic book graphic like and more CAD (no pun) graphic like he is on the the tv screen. I used a needle sharp tip on my adjustable soldering iron set to low, then sanded it all down, I need to sculpt his sharp teeth out of Milliput and give him his trademark toothpick.



















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