AMERICAN CHOPPER SUNGLASSES

Bone Daddy action figures were always part of the game plan. Unfortunately, the mammoth production schedule of the first (and now the second) Bone Daddy movie, added to the complete and utter collapse of my customizing empire, meant that these figures sat, unfinished, in my to-do box for close to two years.

Well, I've finally finished them, so here they are.

RECIPE, ACCURACY, AND INSPIRATION

Materials:

* Cantina Han - Bone Daddy body
* Chancellor Valorum - Bone Daddy coat
* Ceremonial Luke - slide used for shades
* Luke T-16 - Slick Willie body

Okay so I'm not thrilled with these. I mean they're all right, but they're nothing compared to my designs for the Bone Daddy 2 figures, which are going to be a lot more badass. There's no badassiness in the Star Wars line. So basically I did these to get them done, and now they're display models.

For Bone Daddy, I began by sanding off Han's holster, and then I crazy-glued the knee joints to make sculpting the pants easier. The pants had to be sculpted twice - I had 'em perfect before the 2-year gap in the production process, and by the time I'd gotten back to it they were cracked and crushed, so I had to sculpt them again. The result: really big bell bottoms. I also added the afro at this phase, which I intentionally overexaggerated. The texture was applied using Senator Palpatine's cloak.

I painted the pants and shirt (detailing on the shirt: yellow ochre), then used black electrical tape to make the belt. The afro, of course, fell off so it was crazy glued to his head and painted black with a light wash of medium grey to bring out highlights.

The coat was a cut Valorum cloak, painted brown, which was slipped over the figure. The coat was also given a lighter brown wash to bring out a leathery look. The arms were not modified, just painted the same brown.

The sunglasses were a freeze-frame action slide from Ceremonial Luke, with the back painted black for that full opacity.

Bone Daddy was not given a weapon in this incarnation, as he never ended up using one on screen.

I was originally going to do Slick Willie in his jacket, but to get the project done more quickly I chose to lose the jacket and have it be Willie as seen in his "slow motion running" shot. This worked well with the articulated knees. (I think the only significant drawback here is the lack of the WilliSliq tube in his pocket, but that will be incorporated in version 2.)

Luke's hair was shaved off his head with an X-acto knife, and then I carved "slicked hair" into the plastic using a variety of sharp implements. The butt-cape was taken out altogether and bellbottoms were fashioned for the pants using Sculpey. The turtleneck was sculpey as well.

The shirt was painted Pthalo Blue, and the glasses were made the same way as Bone Daddy's.

Done and done.

The Daily Planet blog: Juanes- enemy of the cuban american state

" What's the big deal with Juanes wanting to perform in Cuba?

Why is this even an issue, let alone an issue to protest about?
Quite frankly, I'm surprised cuban americans even know about juanes. I thought reggaeton was the "in" thing in florida.
No offense pitbull, I love your videos. Plus, you're glorious yourself for supporting the Obama campaign. The Mccain hugger,daddy yankee, has nothing on you papi. Don't let the hataz stop ya from doing ya thang.


Anyways.. of course univision, having headquarters in Florida, is going to blow this completely out of proportion.
Is castro a dictator? Si!! Not only that, but he is insane and a non catholic. I know right!

I think Elian and myself could run cuba.
(Imagining myself as Castro)

7am: Wire tap the yankees. Not those CIAs but those fucking agents trying to steal pitchers and offering them big contracts to play in the major leagues. George steinbrenner is an anti-revolutionary.


8am: change my status on facebook to Viva fidel, soy awesome!


8:05am- 4pm: take a nap


4pm -7pm: talk to comrade chavez and see what he did all day.

7 pm- 7:14 take my metamusil

7:14- 9pm: Blow up gabriel garcia marquez's phone. Listen to him tell stories,The old man with enormous wings is my favorite.

9 pm : Prepare tomorrow's broadcast with speeches from 40 years ago, when i was looking gloriously with my beard.

(repeat 365 days)


Yes.. it sucks to live under a dictatorship; but the world does not revolve around cuban americans. What about those of us who lived under right wing dictatorships? As for hating communism, you should hate every ism. Isms aren't a good thing. Okay.. QUick.. answer the following trivia.
Which country is the heaviest investor in the United states?

A:china
B:china
C: china
d: china
E: france

If you guessed china, then you are correct, and you also guessed... communist(gasp)
Let's not be naive... If cuba had $ to offer, local right wing politicians from florida wouldn't be concerned with human rights.They weren't in the 80's when civilians and priests were being slaughtered in el salvador. Like the great capitalist puff daddy once said...It's all about the benjamins. =/


In other words,leave Juanes alone!! you're lucky that he even performed at calle 8 for you bastards (sobs) "