Cantina Denizens Project

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Cantina denizens project

Here are my first 2 projects

Danz Borin and Baniss Keeg

Banis is just the Obi Wan figure from the series with a sculpted in under shirt with the modal nodes head and hands swapped out.

Danz Borin is one of the Jabba Skiff guards with an outer rims traders spacer helmet. I sculpted in the pockets and top part of the jump suit that meets up with the helmet. Yes I do realize that it is not accurate but I am sorry that outfit from the movie is horrible. It looks like a guy that buys his Halloween costume 30 minutes from the party and gets whatever is on clearance. I took what I liked and did a spin on it. Anyway it is a start. I have a year to get them done. I will have to make 2 of everything though; one for my cantina that I made and 1 for the haslab one that is coming.
 
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Cantina denizens project

Here are my first 2 projects

Danz Borin and Baniss Keeg

Banis is just the Obi Wan figure from the series with a sculpted in under shirt with the modal nodes head and hands swapped out.

Danz Borin is one of the Jabba Skiff guards with an outer rims traders spacer helmet. I sculpted in the pockets and top part of the jump suit that meets up with the helmet. Yes I do realize that it is not accurate but I am sorry that outfit from the movie is horrible. It looks like a guy that buys his Halloween costume 30 minutes from the party and gets whatever is on clearance. I took what I liked and did a spin on it. Anyway it is a start. I have a year to get them done. I will have to make 2 of everything though; one for my cantina that I made and 1 for the haslab one that is coming.
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These are awesome! Really well done.

I think the figure you are calling Baniss Keeg is Lirin Car'n. Car'n is a Bith. Keeg is a Duros.

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Lirin Car'n

Lirin Car'n was a Bith male who was a backup kloo horn player and a member of Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes. The son of renowned kloo horn player Lirin D'avi, he was a talented musician but nevertheless disliked playing professionally. He was with the Modal Nodes on Tatooine in 0 BBY, playing...
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Baniss Keeg

Baniss Keeg was a female Duros who was in Mos Eisley shortly before the battle of Yavin. She was seen sitting by her husband and fellow Duros Ohwun De Maal when Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker arrived in Mos Eisley. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (first appearance)
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Yes you are exactly right. I am still pretty new to the cantina lore. So there are 2 Bith
Lirin Car’n and Banis Keeg. I will have to to make 2 then and repaint the shirt on the one looks like.. Thank you so much for the info.
 
JediJJep said:
Yes you are exactly right. I am still pretty new to the cantina lore. So there are 2 Bith
Lirin Car’n and Banis Keeg. I will have to to make 2 then and repaint the shirt on the one looks like.. Thank you so much for the info.
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The Bith are the cantina musicians. There are 7 in the band, and one sitting in a booth, Lirin Car'n.

There are 3 Duros in the cantina, one of whom is Baniss Keeg.

Looking forward to seeing more of your fantastic customs!

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Wow that is extremely helpful. I am more than a bit over my head with this project. I was hoping to do most everything with just some swapping parts here and there but that isn’t going to work for most of them. It looks like it is going to require some clothing sculpting which is the worst. Especially at this scale it just sucks. There is always soft goods but I really don’t want to have to saw. Everyday and am looking and looking for different figure recipes for these aliens. If people have some good recipes for some of these character would be very appreciated. I have some duros heads on order so I will probably do them after I get Tzizvvt done. Or if you guys have something you like to see next let me know. I am all ears.
 
JediJJep said:
Wow that is extremely helpful. I am more than a bit over my head with this project. I was hoping to do most everything with just some swapping parts here and there but that isn’t going to work for most of them. It looks like it is going to require some clothing sculpting which is the worst. Especially at this scale it just sucks. There is always soft goods but I really don’t want to have to saw. Everyday and am looking and looking for different figure recipes for these aliens. If people have some good recipes for some of these character would be very appreciated. I have some duros heads on order so I will probably do them after I get Tzizvvt done. Or if you guys have something you like to see next let me know. I am all ears.
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What a great project, love that Tzizvvt, fantastic donor parts, never seen that one as a base and frankly, I'm going to think seriously about trying something like that.
 
Thanks yodashizzle. I wasn’t sure what to use as a base but it looked like a pretty good match I just had to shave the pockets and add the dots. The boots don’t really work so I think I might swap them out. I am not really used to sculpting with fixit sculpt. It is really difficult to work with but excellent at small detail. I got one more leg done.
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I'm eager to see that Tzizvvt completed. The use of that older Bespin Luke is an inspired but surprisingly good choice. Makes me realize how much we need an updated Bespin Luke as well.
 
Thanks OutcastJawa but I don’t know how inspired the bespin Luke was. My idea was to pick a base where I didn’t have to do any sculpting. When I looked closer at the source material I saw that there were the ***** in the uniform and that I didn’t have any pockets so I had to take those out. In the end I basically had to re-sculpt most of the outfit. I prefer just doing head swaps and basic stuff with a little sculpting here and there. I am not too comfortable sculpting clothing but I’m this case I had to. I won’t really know how well it worked until I start painting.
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Echo_Six said:
Spoiler alert - It’s going to look great. 👍🏻
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Thank you so much that means a lot. I don’t really paint much or at all on 3.75 figures. But when I paint there faces the paint looks chunky especially when I add multiple layers. I just use cheap paint hobby lobby Walmart and such. What type of paint should I use. When I look at everyone else’s stuff it looks smooth and even. I decided to shave the boots down and re-sculpt them. It is not much but it makes it look a little more unique.
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I'm not much of a painter - There's a reason I prefer to use spray vinyl dyes as much as possible. Some guys (Strobeeone) are artists, at best I'm a technician. :) For what it's worth, here's my two cents:
  • Testors Model Master acrylic is my favorite paint. Easy to use and good coverage. Alas, it's been discontinued but l still buy specific colors on eBay when possible. Testors also gives me the best results when mixing caucasian skin tones for painting necks.
  • If I need a paint quickly or want to see what oddball colors are available in person (e.g., the bright green and blue I used on my Tonnikas), I'll check out the Vallejo stuff at the local R/C hobby shop. Hobby Lobby carries Vallejo too, but in a much more limited color selection.
  • I don't know why, but I haven't had much luck with Tamiya. Just can't do much with it other than washes. Lots of guys swear by it so I know it's user error on my part.
  • When mixing black skin tones I have the best luck with Michael's in-house Americana brand.
Last but not least, I absolutely can't paint faces. I've farmed out a lot of work to Charles (@DarthSinisterCreations) and have been extremely pleased. He does a lot of casts, too. Currently trying to line up some additional work for him. :)
 
Beautiful work all around especially those lower legs. I can't give much advice on painting. I use whatever i find in my bins, probably mostly Apple Barrel from Wal-Mart and my techniques are rudimentary on a good day. Deeply flawed & disappointing on a bad day. Seeing this really makes me think of Sithfire30 and his tiny sculpted masterpieces. I do know one of his techniques and others who paint well is to use thinned multiple coatings. Before I forget, if it turns out you need that belt, I have bunches of that Rebel Technician and would be glad to donate one if you should want/need it.
 
yodashizzle said:
When I made my Tzizvvt, I used this figure...
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...the Rebel Technician from 2011. That belt looks fairly close to me...
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yodashizzle said:
Beautiful work all around especially those lower legs. I can't give much advice on painting. I use whatever i find in my bins, probably mostly Apple Barrel from Wal-Mart and my techniques are rudimentary on a good day. Deeply flawed & disappointing on a bad day. Seeing this really makes me think of Sithfire30 and his tiny sculpted masterpieces. I do know one of his techniques and others who paint well is to use thinned multiple coatings. Before I forget, if it turns out you need that belt, I have bunches of that Rebel Technician and would be glad to donate one if you should want/need it.
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Yodashizzle you are a life saver. That belt was a perfect idea. I found a rebel technician in my fodder bin. My kids got a hold of him so it was missing a head and hand. If you have one you want to get rid I will badly take him. Just let me know how much you want for him. I also love Sithfire30 work. I think it is the best sculpting that I have seen. His Alien work is just mind blowing.
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JediJJep said:
Yodashizzle you are a life saver. That belt was a perfect idea. I found a rebel technician in my fodder bin. My kids got a hold of him so it was missing a head and hand. If you have one you want to get rid I will badly take him. Just let me know how much you want for him. I also love Sithfire30 work. I think it is the best sculpting that I have seen. His Alien work is just mind blowing.
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Looks awesome, glad that worked! Yeah, Dayton's stuff is pretty amazing, you're right there with him. His Alien sculpts are just unbelievable. So are many of your creations.
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Which one is better? I mean, that's kind of the situation. Your stuff vs. SithFire30..........I can't really tell the difference, man,.......

The only difference between y'all and two Italian dudes is that you guys do it at a crazy small scale. PM me an address and I'll get you that tech, the only caveat is that you keep up the good work and hopefully you'll keep posting so we can see what you do.
 
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yodashizzle said:
Looks awesome, glad that worked! Yeah, Dayton's stuff is pretty amazing, you're right there with him. His Alien sculpts are just unbelievable. So are many of your creations.
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Which one is better? I mean, that's kind of the situation. Your stuff vs. SithFire30..........I can't really tell the difference, man,.......

The only difference between y'all and two Italian dudes is that you guys do it at a crazy small scale. PM me an address and I'll get you that tech, the only caveat is that you keep up the good work and hopefully you'll keep posting so we can see what you do.
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That is certainly high praise. Untrue but I will aspire to make it there someday. I think I am finished with this one and ready to move on. I had quite a few rounds of different colors and finally settled on something that I liked. To me the belt is my favorite part it is the small details that are fun to me. The head sculp from outer rim traders is perfect. The eyes I used a base of silver then I put down some water coats of purple on the inside and red on the outside and then put a coat of some iridescent over lay on it that I found that had purple and red in it.
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MosEisleyDroid said:
I used Camie's body and Rise of Cobra Cover Girls' head.

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That one is great. The problem I am having is most of the base figures that would work I really expensive and she is not that important of a character. Yours is awesome. The head and torso that I got from outer rim traders are really small so it is really limiting what I can use.
 
OutcastJawa said:
She's kind of a tough one given that a lot of photos of her full outfit aren't readily available, and interpretations of her sleeves and boots have always been varied too. I've seen some older customs that used the old Hasbro Marian Ravenwood arms and Starkiller Concept legs in place of the Beru figure everyone used to use.
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Thanks for all the tips. The only thing that I could do was use a Leia Figure for the size of the head and torso. Anyway it is not that important of a character. Painting that tiny face was a nightmare.
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I have a lot of more paint work on her but the base is done and sealed.
 
Jertej1 said:
Thats the toughest part! I havent even tried eyes yet. Those look great.
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Thanks so much that means a lot. It is on of my first set of eyes and I have a whole new respect for people who even attempt it. It is like try to thread a camel through of a needle.
 
Great work! 👍 On your Danz Borin, can I ask do you remember what number helmet did you use from Outer Rim Traders did you use? Thank You
 
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