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Custom Action Figures:101 TUTORIAL TUESDAY “ADDING POUCHES TO A TAC VEST”

December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick, Tutorial Tuesday0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Tutorial Tuesday – “Adding Pouches & Accessories to a Tactical Vest” By Rob Panick This week on Custom Action Figures:101’s Tutorial Tuesday, we’re going to take a look at adding some pouches, a holster, and a rifle sling attachment to your figures tactical vest. Here’s what you’ll need: POUCHES (Either harvested from other figures or bought from a caster) HOBBY KNIFE ROTARY GRINDER SUPER GLUE DRILL BITS 12 Ga ARMAMENT WIRE NEEDLENOSE PLIERS WIRE CUTTERS We’ll begin with our pouches. There are many…

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 Questions With Rob Panick!

December 5, 2015December 5, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 Questions With Rob Panick” By Rufus Adams This week on 10 Questions we have the founder of CAF: 101 (Custom Action Figures 101), Rob Panick, AKA General Panick, answering ten questions. Rob is 40 years young and a South Georgia native. He is engaged to his fiancée Rebecca and has two active boys who also he shares his love for toys with. He also has a daughter in Costa Rica, where he lived for four years and played bass in reggae bands and painted.…

Custom Action Figures: 101 – Customizer Review Recap 1!

November 27, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “CUSTOMIZER REVIEW RECAP 1” By Rob Panick It’s Thanksgiving weekend! I hope you all had a wonderful day with your family and friends. I’ll be taking a little bit of a break, so on this week’s Custom Action Figures: 101, we’re going to take a look back at some of the reviews and interviews we’ve done with some of the awesome artists in the world of action figure customizing. I’ll be back next week with a new interview and review, so until then enjoy the…

Improving Rifle Shouldering – Custom Action Figures:101 Tutorial Tuesday

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES:101 – Tutorial Tuesday – “Improving Rifle Shouldering” By Rob Panick In this week’s tutorial, we’ll learn how to modify your figure to allow it to better shoulder a rifle. Most of the time a stock action figure’s arms won’t move into position to let it hold a rifle in a realistic pose. With a little bit of modification, you can fairly easily fix this. We’ll begin with a disassembled figure. For help disassembling your figure, check out my video tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf3V6Wxknyk The main thing that prevents…

“Reaper Master Series Brushes and Pro-Brushes” CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101

November 21, 2015November 22, 2015 Serpentorslair StaffCustom Action Figures: 101, customs, Reaper, Reaper Master Series Brushes, Reaper Pro-Brush, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Customizer Product Reviews – “Reaper Miniatures’ Master Series Brushes and Pro-Brushes” By Rob Panick This week on Custom Action Figures: 101, we have a review of Reaper Miniatures’ Master Series Brushes and Pro-Brushes. Reaper Miniatures History (from reapermini.com) “Reaper Miniatures is a leading hobby and adventure industry company. Our primary focus is the design and manufacture of pewter miniature figurines, paint and accessories for hobbyist around the world. Reaper Miniatures was organized by four talented individuals who wanted to create, and be part of, a…

10 Questions With Matt Burneka – CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101

November 15, 2015 Serpentorslair StaffCustom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 Questions With Matt Burneka” By Rob Panick This week on CAF: 101’s “1- Questions” we have Matt Burneka of Dayton, Ohio. During the day, Matt works at his family’s Equipment Rental Store as the outside sales rep. At night he is the proud father of a beautiful little girl. In between all of that, Matt creates killer custom action figure vehicles. CAF:101 – First off, as I always ask fellow customizers, how long have you been customizing and what got you started? Matt: Honestly…

Vortious Custom Accessories: Headless Horseman Kit- CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101!

November 7, 2015November 8, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Customizer Product Reviews – “Vortious Custom Accessories: Headless Horseman Kit” By Rob Panick This week on Custom Action Figures: 101’s Customizer Product Reviews, we have an action figure kit from Dennis Plourde of Vortious Custom Accessories. This is his new “Headless Horseman” kit. I sat down and asked Dennis a few questions about him and his business. CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101- Tell us a little about yourself Dennis. DENNIS PLOURDE – I live in Aberdeen MD, where I grew up from the age of 12.…

“BOB SMITH INDUSTRIES ADHESIVES” CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 PRODUCT REVIEW!

October 31, 2015November 1, 2015 Serpentorslair StaffBob Smith Industries Adhesives, Custom Action Figures: 101, Product Review, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Customizer Product Reviews – “Bob Smith Industries Adhesives” By Rob Panick This week on Custom Action Figures: 101’s Customizing Product Reviews, we have a review of some awesome adhesives from Bob Smith Industries (BSI). The best adhesives for use in customizing action figures are cyanoacrylate adhesives (CA). Many people use “Super Glue” or “Crazy Glue”, but there are many better choices on the market that have specific qualities for each application. BSI has a wide range of just such CA glues. They have adhesives with…

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES:101 – “ASSEMBLING GI JOE FIGURES” – TUTORIAL TUESDAY

October 27, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “ASSEMBLING GI JOE FIGURES” – TUTORIAL TUESDAY By Rob Panick This week on CAF: 101, we’re going to learn how to reassemble a modern GI Joe figure after we’ve painted and sealed the parts. Many portions of this tutorial will carry over to other action figure lines as well. My earlier tutorial on disassembling modern GI Joes can be found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf3V6Wxknyk There are a few things you will need to assemble your figure: Cyanoacrylate (CA) glue – http://goo.gl/fM6E06 Precision Philips screwdriver- http://goo.gl/EkT5yY Glue Applicators –…

TESTORS MODEL MASTERS – CAF:101 PRODUCT REVIEWS

October 24, 2015October 25, 2015 Serpentorslair StaffCustom Action Figures: 101, Product Review, Rob Panick, Testors, Testors Model Masters0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Customizer Product Reviews – “Testors Model Masters” By Rob Panick This week on Custom Action Figures: 101’s Customizing Product Reviews, we have a review of one of the best known brands in hobby paint, Testors. Testors has been around since 1929, so they are one of the longest selling hobby paint brands in America. I will be reviewing their Model Masters line of acrylic and enamel paints, as well as their model Masters Acryl clear top coats, and also their Dullcote Lacquer sealer. MODEL MASTERS…

“DRY BRUSHING” – CAF: 101 – TUTORIAL TUESDAY

October 13, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “DRY BRUSHING” – TUTORIAL TUESDAY By Rob Panick This week on , we’re going to be taking a look at dry brushing your figures. Dry brushing is a paint technique where your paint brush is relatively dry when you apply the paint. This is done by loading your brush with paint, and them wiping a majority of the paint off on a rag, paper towel, or cloth. The result is an almost “scratchy” look, where the raised portion of the surface detail is highlighted,…

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – TUTORIAL TUESDAY RECAP!

October 6, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, G.I.Joe, Rob Panick, Star Wars0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “TUTORIAL TUESDAY RECAP” By Rob Panick Welcome back to Tutorial Tuesday on CAF: 101. This week, I’m going to recap what we have learned so far, as well as show you a couple of tutorials I made before CAF: 101 began. First off, here are some “pre-CAF: 101” videos: CAF:TTT – Popping Modern Star Wars Action Figures – Blow Dryer Method Published on Feb 1, 2015 In this video, I demonstrate how I use a blow dryer to “pop” modern Star Wars action figures to…

CAF: 101 – 10 QUESTIONS WITH GENE “PUGSLEY” SEYBOLD!

October 3, 2015October 3, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 QUESTIONS WITH A CUSTOMIZER” – GENE “PUGSLEY” SEYBOLD By Rob Panick aka General Panick Some of you may know him as “Darth Simmons” or “meandnooneelse”, but I’m sure most of you know “Pugsley”. Gene “Pugsley” Seybold, from Leesburg/ Albany, Georgia, is a 38 year old action figure customizer. He’s married with 6 kids. Gene works in the radio industry as a day job, and is a musician and a big fan of punk rock and metal music. CAF:101 – First off, as I always…

CAF: 101 – “HEAD SWAPS: ADAPTING LINES” – TUTORIAL TUESDAY

September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “HEAD SWAPS: ADAPTING LINES” – TUTORIAL TUESDAY By Rob Panick Welcome back to CAF: 101. This week we’re going to learn how to swap out action figure heads across toy lines and make a head with a larger neck hole fit onto a neck with a smaller ball. To begin with, here’s a list of the tools and materials you will need: LOW TEMP HOT GLUE GUN & GLUE STICK PETROLEUM JELLY OR CHAP STICK DRILL BIT THE SAME SIZE AS THE SMALLER NECK BALL…

CAF: 101 PRODUCT REVIEW – THE ARMY PAINTER WARPAINTS!

September 26, 2015October 21, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Bo Pensoft, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Jonas Faering, Mega Paint Set, Rob Panick, The Army Painter, THE ARMY PAINTER WARPAINTS0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – CUSTOMIZER PRODUCT REVIEWS – “THE ARMY PAINTER WARPAINTS MEGA PAINT SET” By Rob Panick This week on CAF: 101, we have a review of the Warpaints Mega Paint Set from The Army Painter. The Army Painter was founded by Bo Pensoft and Jonas Faering, two former Games Workshop employees who took their love of Wargaming and knowledge of paint and formed their own company. The Army Painter is based out of Denmark, but their products are readily available through distributors worldwide. They also make a…