Showing posts with label Peakob1 Custom Creations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peakob1 Custom Creations. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: "CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" SHOW

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So  if you are a fan of The Clone Wars animated series. then I highly recommend you watch a new Star Wars themed videocast that started earlier this year. The YouTube series is hosted by Chad Peak aka Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy and Elias from Customs for the Kid. We're all Star Wars custom action figure artists that were showcased at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim last year in the "Star Wars Custom Action Figure Panel". The Star Wars Underworld audience may already be familiar with me from my "Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner" column that I have been writing here since the beginning of 2014. 

In our show, we pay tribute to The Clone Wars TV series through plastic. Action figure art to be exact. The Clone Wars was one of our favorite installments from Star Wars franchise and me and Chad were both big supporters of the "Save The Clone Wars" movement. Now, we understand that all things come to pass, and while we accepted the show's demise, we decided that although the show was no more, we can keep the show alive in our own way. 


In each show, we spend a little time talking about the content in the episodes, and take the time to point out the easter eggs too. In this way, we aren't very different from your average Star Wars review show. Well, the similarities stop there. The unique thing about "Customizing The Clone Wars", is that little something extra. 

"What is so special about it?" you ask.



Well, we showcase Clone Wars custom action figures that were never produced from each Clone Wars episode. So many interesting characters never made it into action figure form and out onto store pegs, but many of these characters were compelling enough that we wish that they did. In each episode we try to feature at least five action figures per episode that we made ourselves. On the plus side, even if you are very familiar with our work, you can still see an action figure that you never saw before because we're still actively making new ones. Sometimes we find ourselves making a new figure the week before our next episode airs and you can get an exclusive reveal of a new piece when you tune in.







We  also take the time to show the work of other action figure artists, and their noteworthy contributions to the Clone Wars 3.75" action figure line. While we share images of our creations, the audience receives details about the fabrication of each figure including action figure recipes, as well as the tools, mediums and techniques used.

The photos pictured below are only a small sample of what is on display. 






  















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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: Peakob1

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By: Darth Daddy


Knowing that there are a lot of Clone Wars fans that visit The Star Wars Underworld, I thought that our next featured artist would be a welcome addition for this week's showcase. Peakob1 (peek-O-B-One) has been a Star Wars fan all his life. He makes customs for the love of the hobby and you won't find a more dedicated fan. He started customizing in '95, and as far as our collection at home goes, we have more Star Wars custom action figures made by Peakob1 than by any other artist. So many that I've lost count.



While I have a few OTC, Shadows of the Empire and Droids custom figures that he made, the bulk of the figures I own by this artist are Clone Wars custom action figures.  He has created so many characters from the show that I wish had been released by Hasbro.  Peakob1 has developed into one of my closest friends in the community, and for the last few years we have been working together to make an incredibly cool Clone Wars collection for my little guy. Peakob1 is also one of the few artists that I have collaborated with on a project.  The Clone Wars Hondo Ohnaka Pirate Gang we created together still gets honorable mention in customizing circles.  There are very few Clone Wars custom action figure artists in the community and this artist has released some of the most noteworthy additions to the line up.   If you are a fan of the Clone Wars then his action figures are a must see!



Peakob1's earliest work is unique compared to most other customizers in that he uses his own style of making figures that he refers to as "hard sculpting"; gluing plastic pieces to a figure and then sanding them into a desired form as opposed to using sculpy to mold his own figures. He uses bits of existing parts and then Dremels them down to make a new result. He believes that it makes for a much stronger figure because he's a little like Jar Jar, "hesa clumsy" and often drops figures. Thankfully they don't break because he builds them properly.  Within the last year and a half, Peakob1 has started to use Aves Fixit to create his figures and the results have been mind blowing!



What I appreciate about this artist is his signature paint technique.  As soon as you see one of his figures, you know he was the one who made it.  He is one of the few artists I have ever seen who uses the Ralph McQuarrie paint technique to really make his figures stand out.  I love the way he paints his figures with well placed highlights to really compliment his sculpts.  Definitely check out the rest of this artist's work.  Even his work outside of Clone Wars is super cool.  You're bound to be as impressed as I am.  Check out the video slide show compilation I made of  his figures.  It's a great introduction to his work.










http://customsforthekid.blogspot.com/2012/05/hondo-ohnakas-pirate-gang.html



https://www.facebook.com/CloneWarsCustomActionFigures
His figures are also featured on the Clone Wars Custom Action Figure page on Facebook:





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