STAR WARS The Further Adventures of Darth Maul (updated with Part III, May 2021)

Ah, old sand red tombs just remind me of  Korriban, the Sith world for years before it was retconned.

I think the blonde head is based on Kirsten Stewart. The original set was a Police/SWAT figure? I got it along with that brown haired Emma head, which was the one I chose for the Resonancy.

Great work yet again,

Maul gets his groove on, nice. The surgeon droids did a great job stitching him back together and everything is in working order.

Is that the Black Series Probe Droid?

Ovy wrote:Ah, old sand red tombs just remind me of  Korriban, the Sith world for years before it was retconned.

I think the blonde head is based on Kirsten Stewart. The original set was a Police/SWAT figure? I got it along with that brown haired Emma head, which was the one I chose for the Resonancy.

Ah, you are probably right. That is the Emma I was talking about and she is not quite small enough to work perfectly with the smaller bodies.

Rogerbee wrote:Great work yet again, Maul gets his groove on, nice. The surgeon droids did a great job stitching him back together and everything is in working order.
Is that the Black Series Probe Droid?

LOL Yes, I suppose that could be true, and ancient futuristic technology can make it all better. But then again at this point I might reach for he ultimate retcon copout and declare certain movies nothing more than a bad dream. Or that these were all alternative outcomes and scenes that were not chosen in the end.

And yes, this is the Hasbro Black Series 1:12 (6-inch scale) Probe Droid, hence "half-size" above.

Lol, thanks for the entertainment. It may be for humour purposes, but the pics show off your awesome figure well. Your Maul is one of my fave SW customs I’ve seen in a while. :’D

If Episode I had been done during the last couple of years I'm sure Darth Maul would have kissed Padme thus making Anakin fill with hatred and thus leading him to the dark side, or something. ‍�

skywalkersaga wrote:Lol, thanks for the entertainment. It may be for humour purposes, but the pics show off your awesome figure well. Your Maul is one of my fave SW customs I’ve seen in a while. :’D

You're welcome and thanks for the kind words.

Theboo-bomb wrote:If Episode I had been done during the last couple of years I'm sure Darth Maul would have kissed Padme thus making Anakin fill with hatred and thus leading him to the dark side, or something. ‍�

LOL And if that didn't work, he might have kissed Anakin -- or something -- judging by the "fan art" I came across during my research...

This is so fun! Great fight scene, and your Maul continues to replace the film version in my head. Romancing intergalactic honeys, and then bouncing before breakfast, because he has places to be and hippy Jedis to hunt. I'd watch the hell out of this movie.

ReverendSpooky wrote:This is so fun!  Great fight scene, and your Maul continues to replace the film version in my head.  Romancing intergalactic honeys, and then bouncing before breakfast, because he has places to be and hippy Jedis to hunt. I'd watch the hell out of this movie.

Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm glad you liked the silliness, and I'm sure a little more will follow. I'm actually working on his ride (but refusing to spend HT money).

GubernatorFan wrote:

ReverendSpooky wrote:This is so fun!  Great fight scene, and your Maul continues to replace the film version in my head.  Romancing intergalactic honeys, and then bouncing before breakfast, because he has places to be and hippy Jedis to hunt. I'd watch the hell out of this movie.

Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm glad you liked the silliness, and I'm sure a little more will follow. I'm actually working on his ride (but refusing to spend HT money).

Ah, just give him a motorcycle; if Obi can dress like a dirty hippie, anything goes.

Stryker2011 wrote:Ah, just give him a motorcycle; if Obi can dress like a dirty hippie, anything goes.

You mean like this?



And thank you for being so supportive, I think.

Hehe! There you go. Ride finished — unless that has to go back to Arnold.

Stryker2011 wrote:Hehe! There you go. Ride finished — unless that has to go back to Arnold.

Oh no, Arnold has his own -- the reworked Barbie Harley. Although this one is probably better in terms of scale, the other one has the right look.

Guv, have you seen the Mythos Maul statue by Sideshow; pretty slick (stupid expensive, but I thought he might give you some inspiration):

Stryker2011 wrote:Guv, have you seen the Mythos Maul statue by Sideshow; pretty slick (stupid expensive, but I thought he might give you some inspiration)

This one is new (or almost new) to me. It might still come in handy, as I am on the verge of trying a second seamless Maul with an M33 body this time. Though the real motivation is to find an even better solution for painting designs on top of oil pastel-treated silicone.

Fantastic entertainment. Darth Maul is my favorite character in the Star Wars Universe. More of him ! He is not one of the " Should i be Bad or Good " Characters. He is pure Bad and kick Jedi Asses. Your Pool of 1:6 figures is amazing. The Tbl body on him is so cool

Ephiane wrote:Fantastic entertainment. Darth Maul is my favorite character in the Star Wars Universe. More of him ! He is not one of the " Should i be Bad or Good " Characters. He is pure Bad and kick Jedi Asses. Your Pool of 1:6 figures is amazing. The Tbl body on him  is so cool

Thank you very much, Ephiane! I had no idea you were such a Maul fan. Now I'm even happier and more flattered that you liked my recreation. For better looks at the body and how I got there, you can check out the posts in these threads:

For the custom figure itself, see here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2773-star-wars-darth-maul-custom-updated-with-part-iii-photo-heavy

For the painting part, see here, post 205:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t260p164-painting-seamless-bodies-updated-april-2020#36579

As I mentioned to Darth Stryker, I'm currently working on Maul's ride...

Great stories!

BAD WOLF-787 wrote:Great stories!

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked them.

Part III: You just can't keep a Sith down and out

This leaked footage unfortunately does not include any audio and the corresponding part of the script does not appear to be preserved. For an attempted explanation, see at the end.































At some point in the saga, Darth Maul is apparently stranded on an unidentified planet and has made himself a fire atop a cozy hill overlooking the moonlit desert. After warming up with the help of the fire and some Sith-appropriate frustration, Maul appears to have reached out with his feelings and located a low-tech communication device that allows him to arrange a rescue party. Then he enjoys the impromptu vacation until that arrives...

The real explanation is that, of course, I ended up making one more seamless Maul (Maul 3.0) to experiment with the potential Gundam Real Touch Markers to paint entire seamless TBLeague bodies, and I was taking some photos to show it off that inevitably turned into a silly story. More specific details (and more informative photos) on the experiment will follow in the custom Maul and Painting Seamless Bodies threads:

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2773p45-star-wars-updated-darth-maul-custom-part-v-maul-3-0-photo-heavy#57173

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t260p360-painting-seamless-bodies-nsfw#57172

Huh. So, the whole new body was colored with markers? If so, that’s impressive.

Ha! Love it! You combined my two fave Maul 'looks' (his Sith robes and shirtless, lol). Oh, and it's great to see the results of your experiment. Looks promising!

For some reason that Billy Joel song popped into my head while viewing the photos, and the lyrics changed to, "We didn't start the fire, it was all Darth Maul's fault."

Those Real Touch markers are something else to accomplish this on a TBLeague body, it seems to better match the color of Maul's head/hands/feet than the previous oil pastel incarnations. Also nice fire special effects, it looks convincing with the yellow-ish light source cast on his body.

Stryker2011 wrote:Huh. So, the whole new body was colored with markers? If so, that’s impressive.

Yes, it is a qualified success, as I will explain in the other threads. But thank you!

skywalkersaga wrote:Ha! Love it! You combined my two fave Maul 'looks' (his Sith robes and shirtless, lol). Oh, and it's great to see the results of your experiment. Looks promising!

I'm very glad you loved it. The Sith robes are pretty sweet, but I used magnets to help the hood drape a little more naturally than otherwise (these are the Hasbro Sith robes). As for shirtless, well, the look was inspired by the Kotobukiya statue in the first place, and I needed to show off the body coloring and "tattoo" (I still say "warpaint") designs. It is promising, but I'll explain more fully elsewhere.

AlKelAstra91 wrote:For some reason that Billy Joel song popped into my head while viewing the photos, and the lyrics changed to, "We didn't start the fire, it was all Darth Maul's fault."

Those Real Touch markers are something else to accomplish this on a TBLeague body, it seems to better match the color of Maul's head/hands/feet than the previous oil pastel incarnations. Also nice fire special effects, it looks convincing with the yellow-ish light source cast on his body.

While I was trying to figure out the connection to the song (besides "fire"), I came across at the YouTube video linked below.

Yes, I agree it is closer (or promises to be closer) to the color on the HT heads, but there are issues of various kinds I will describe in the Painting Seamless Bodies thread. The light was from a yellowish, soft-white LED shone from below, the fire effect was superimposed and manipulated between images. There is also a faint smoke effect superimposed too.

Very cool short stories, love the Maul figure, you did a great job on him Ian

BAMComix wrote:Very cool short stories, love the Maul figure, you did a great job on him Ian

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked them. Those are two different Maul figures, by the way (the intermediate third one hasn't been in any stories yet, I guess).

you're telling me... market stains and keeps on the TB bodies? and that's it, after all this time people were trying to figure that out....and markers do the trick? *face palm* well done though, I'm impressed.

ministryofwrath wrote:you're telling me... market stains and keeps on the TB bodies? and that's it, after all this time people were trying to figure that out....and markers do the trick?  *face palm* well done though, I'm impressed.

Thank you very much. Check out the long saga of finding ways to paint these figures (with links to some more specific topics or methods), but primarily focusing on oil pastel and different types of markers. It's all written up there (and there are tricks and pros and cons to each method).

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t260-painting-seamless-bodies-nsfw

At last you used the Gundams on Maul! Do they have fine brush tips btw?

I think he looks rather paranoid, expecting a sneak attack by Obi Wan Ani minute.

Ovy wrote:At last you used the Gundams on Maul! Do they have fine brush tips btw? I think he looks rather paranoid, expecting a sneak attack by Obi Wan Ani minute.

Yep, he does look a bit paranoid, although in this instance I was thinking he might also be looking around for a means of getting off the desert planet. The real touch markers come with two tips, one longer and larger, the other shorter and finer -- although neither is particularly wide or or super fine. Check out the Painting Seamless bodies tutorial thread for the full write up, but note these markers don't work well on hard plastic, need some special handling to ensure reasonably good adhesion to the TPE surface, and are partly reversible (or at least fadeable) by washing with soap.