Tag: Custom Action Figures: 101

Serpentorslair Staff · September 22, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – TUTORIAL TUESDAY – MAKING FORCE LIGHTNING!

September 22, 2015September 22, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Force Lightning, Rob Panick, Star Wars, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – MAKING FORCE LIGHTNING By Rob Panick aka General Panick Last week on CAF: 101, we learned how to create muzzle flash using a hot glue gun and a paper clip. This week, we have a tutorial for all of you Star Wars fans. We’re going to learn how to make “Force Lightning” using pretty much the same method. To begin with, here’s a list of the tools and materials you will need: LOW TEMP HOT GLUE GUN HIGH TEMP MINI GLUE STICKS WIRE CUTTERS…

Serpentorslair Staff · September 20, 2015

CAF:101- 10 QUESTIONS WITH ‘DACRE BUSH’ AKA LOWLIGHT27!

September 20, 2015September 21, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, G.I.Joe, Gundam, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Interview with Dacre Bush aka Lowlight27 By Rob Panick, a.k.a. General Panick To join in the Conversation or ask questions and make requests of Rob after reading the article, Make the JUMP to the forums! On this week’s edition of Custom Action Figures: 101, we have an interview with Dacre Bush. Dacre grew up with art all around him as his parents owned an art gallery that sold art for children’s books. He always loved drawing and painting and started painting modern G.I.…

Serpentorslair Staff · September 15, 2015

CAF:101 – Tutorial Tuesday – Creating Muzzle Flash!

September 15, 2015September 16, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick, Tutorials0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – CREATING MUZZLE FLASH Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday! I’ll be bringing you a new customizing tutorial every tuesday here on Custom Action Figures: 101! In this edition of Custom Action figures: 101, we learn how to make muzzle flash for action figure weapons. Adding muzzle flash is one of the easiest things you can do to add some really cool realistic detail to your custom figure. Unlike some of my other tutorials, creating muzzle flash doesn’t directly involve making any changes to your actual figure. It…

Serpentorslair Staff · September 12, 2015

CAF:101 Customizing Product Reviews- AVES SCULPT!

September 12, 2015September 13, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Apoxie(R), Aves, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, FIXIT®, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 “Customizing Product Reviews” – AVES SCULPTING PRODUCTS I’d like to welcome you all to a new feature here at CAF: 101, our Customizing Product Reviews. I’ll be bringing you reviews of various different products that are essential for customizing action figures. In my Facebook group, Custom Action Figures: Tips, Tricks & Trade, a common post I’ll see is folks asking for opinions about different products to use when making their custom figures. I generally see posts at least once a week asking about sculpting…

Serpentorslair Staff · September 6, 2015

CAF:101 Parts Swapping Part 2 – Tighten Up Those Loose Limbs!

September 6, 2015September 7, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 “Parts Swapping – Part 2” – Tighten Up Those Loose Limbs By Rob Panick aka General Panick Welcome back, customizing students! In this week’s edition of Custom Action Figures: 101, we’re going to talk more about swapping parts, more specifically about how to tighten up loose hands and feet when the peg is too small for the hole. This process involves using super glue, so there’s a chance of messing up your figure if it isn’t done correctly. As always, I highly suggest practicing on…

Serpentorslair Staff · August 31, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 “Parts Swapping”!

August 31, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, G.I.Joe, Marvel, Rob Panick, Star Wars0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 “Parts Swapping” – Star Wars/ GI Joe Lower Leg Swap By Rob Panick aka General Panick In this edition of CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101, we’re going to be discussing swapping parts between toy lines, more specifically I’m going to show you how to swap Star wars lower legs over to GI Joe/ Marvel Universe style knees. For those of you who don’t already know, there are some key differences between the leg joints of modern, super-articulated Star Wars figures and modern GI Joe/ MU figures. First…

Serpentorslair Staff · August 22, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 QUESTIONS WITH PaPa-SIN”!

August 22, 2015August 22, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, PaPa-SIN, Rob Panick, TRYNON ROBINSON0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – 10 QUESTIONS WITH TRYNON “PAPA-SIN” ROBINSON This week on CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 “10 Questions for a Customizer”, we have Trynon Robinson, aka “PaPa-SIN”. CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101: Tell us a little about yourself Trynon. TRYNON ROBINSON: “I was born February 23rd of the same year the Vietnam War ended and terrorism began its rage in Munich. I am most commonly known as PaPa-SIN. Culturally, I am African American, but my blood is African, Haitian, Taino, Cherokee Indian, French and Scottish Irish…at least that’s just…

Serpentorslair Staff · August 16, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 QUESTIONS FOR A CUSTOMIZER”

August 16, 2015August 18, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, G.I.Joe, Jamey Ross McFarland, Rob Panick, Rufus Adams, Serpentorslair0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “10 QUESTIONS FOR A CUSTOMIZER: JAMEY ROSS MCFARLAND” BY: ROB PANICK & RUFUS ADAMS This week I’d like to welcome my new co-contributor to Custom Action Figures: 101, Rufus Adams, a.k.a. CrimsonViper. This week Rufus is interviewing Jamey McFarland. Jamey was born in Indiana and moved to Florida with his mom n older sister when his parents divorced. His mom worked 2 jobs to raise his sister and him. They grew up poor but happy. Jamey grabbed my first comic at age 8 G.I. Joe…

Serpentorslair Staff · August 2, 2015

Custom Action Figures 101: with Rob Panick ‘PREPPING YOUR CUSTOM FIGURE, STEP 2: STOPPING JOINT RUB’!

August 2, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, Customizing, customs, DC, G.I.Joe, Marvel, Rob Panick, Star Wars0 comment

Custom Action Figures 101 With Rob Panick: PREPPING YOUR CUSTOM FIGURE, STEP 2: STOPPING JOINT RUB In this week’s edition of Custom Action Figures: 101, we’re going to have a look at how to solve a problem that plagues many customizers. We’re going to be discussing how to prevent the dreaded problem of paint rubbing off of joints. With a little bit of prep work and proper sealing, you’ll not have to worry about your nice paint job being ruined again. I’m fairly confident you’ll hear this not only from…

Serpentorslair Staff · July 18, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Interview with “Da Hawaiian”

July 18, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Byron Hernandez, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, G.I.Joe, Hawaiian Style Customz, Rob Panick, Serpentorslair, Star Wars0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Interview with “Da Hawaiian”, Byron Hernandez By Rob Panick, a.k.a. General Panick On this week’s edition of Custom Action Figures: 101, we have an interview with Byron Hernandez of Hawaiian Style Customz and Mayhem Customs, also known as “Da Hawaiian”. Byron lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, and is married to his supporting wife Jesika. They have a 6 year old son named Byron Jr, or BJ, that many of you may know if you have participated in Byron’s contests. Byron is a…

Serpentorslair Staff · July 13, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – Prepping Your Figures Step 1 with Rob Panick!

July 13, 2015 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, Custom Action Figures: 101, customs, Rob Panick0 comment

In this edition of Custom Action Figures: 101, we’re going to be discussing how to begin prepping your figure after you’ve disassembled them. For those of you who may have missed it, here is my previous video on disassembling modern figures: To begin with, you want to wear a pair of vinyl or latex gloves. We’ll be working with alcohol and once our figure parts are cleaned, we don’t want any dirt or oil from our fingers on the parts. Take your figure parts and place them in a plastic…

Serpentorslair Staff · June 27, 2015

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “An Intro to Customizing”!

June 27, 2015 Serpentorslair StaffCustom Action Figures: 101, Rob Panick0 comment

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES: 101 – “An Intro to Customizing” By: Rob Panick a.k.a. General Panick I’d like to welcome you all to Custom Action Figures: 101, a place that hopefully we can all gather and learn together about the art of customizing action figures. Many of you may know me from my Facebook group, Custom Action Figures: Tips, Tricks & Trade. As with my group, I want this to be resource for folks who want to learn to customize figures. Serpentor’s Lair was one of the very first places I…