"CUSTOMS FOR THE KID".- 2025 CUSTOMS

[CustomsfortheKid]

For our first fully sculpted project of 2025, we’ve created "The Mandalorian" Season 3 character Captain Bombardier played by Jack Black! This action figure was a commission, so unfortunately we won’t be keeping it, but it was so much fun to bring to life!

The base of this figure was a Movie Heroes Series Jek Porkins. I had to sand away every feature of the flight suit, and sculpt the New Republic Captain uniform. I sculpted the head in ZBrush studying several pictures of Jack Black so I could really capture his likeness. Likeness is a very subtle thing, and even the smallest difference can keep your sculpt from conveying the identity of your subject, but in the end I think I captivated the cheer of Mr. Black.



"THE MANDALORIAN"
CAPTAIN BOMBARDIER
created by Elias

 

[Droidworld]

Wow! Absolutely perfect!

 

[Montross]

Clearly a tenacious effort!

But seriously--wow!

 

[CaptainYoda]

Amazing work!

 

[yodashizzle]

 

[CustomsfortheKid]

We recently received the HasLab - Ghost on our front step, and ever since, Star Wars Rebels has been on our minds. The Star Wars Rebels 3.75 inch offerings were slim, so we’ve been doing our best to fill the collection out. Our friend Angry Raccoon Miniatures created a beautiful Lando Calrissian sculpt and we’re big Lando fans, so we needed to have him represented on our shelf.

Dad took advantage of the holiday weekend and helped me out with creating a post for the blog. Dad purchased this model a while back with hopes of adding it to my shelf, but a busy work schedule prevented him from painting up a lot of Angry Racoon Minatures models we have sitting in a drawer waiting for paint. We have quite a lot to get to still. I grabbed a model too but mine has a ways to go still. Dad came just short of finishing this figure so I hopped in at the last minute and painted the eyes, white lines on the shirt and did minor touchups in one or two spots where the paint went rogue.

We highly recommend picking these up. These action figures are as simple as trim, assemble, and paint!

"STAR WARS REBELS"​

LANDO CALRISSIAN​

painted by “Customs for the Kid”​

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[Montross]

Hello, what have we here?

Remarkable!

 

[CustomsfortheKid]

Ever since we saw her on screen in Season 2 of "Star Wars Rebels", I knew that I wanted Ketsu Onyo represented in my action figure collection. Since my animated collection is grander than what we have acquired in the TVC collection so far, we felt it fitting to utilize the talent of Angry Raccoon Miniatures once more. We love picking up his many 3D print model releases and this action figure is no exception. She painted up beautifully. All her markings were quite the challenge and a bit tedious to apply, but I can't help but appreciate the effort when the results are so fantastic.

Ketsu Onyo was a human female Mandalorian from Shukut who worked as a bounty hunter in the employ of Black Sun in the years prior to the Battle of Yavin. She was a friend of Sabine Wren and helped the cadet escape from the Imperial Academy on Mandalore. The two became bounty hunting partners before she and Wren parted on bad terms, and Wren joined the Spectres. After leaving Sabine for dead, Ketsu joined Black Sun.

Ketsu later resurfaced on Garel where she accepted a job from Black Sun to steal a GNK-series power droid called EG-86, who was carrying sensitive information. However, this job brought her into conflict with Wren and her rebel associates Chopper and Ezra Bridger. Following a struggle that ended in the space above Garel, Ketsu and Sabine reconciled and the two joined forces to escape an Arquitens-class command cruiser and deliver EG-86 to the rebellion on Havoc Outpost. While Ketsu declined Wren's offer to join the rebellion, the two parted on friendly terms.




"STAR WARS REBELS"
KETSU ONYO
painted by
Elias of "Customs for the Kid"

 

[CustomsfortheKid]

Darth Daddy has been working in the background painting up some more third party offerings to flesh out our Star Wars Rebels action figure collection. This is the fourth 3D print model created and sold by Angry Raccoon Miniatures that we painted up in celebration of adding The Ghost to our collection via HasLab.

While our original Hondo was a decent figure, we felt the sculpt provided by Angry Raccoon Miniatures had proportions more faithful to the Rebels animated style. While we lost a lot of articulation with this 5poa version, screen accuracy almost always takes precedence when we make something to add to our shelf display. We hope you enjoy this figure as much as we do!


"STAR WARS REBELS"
HONDO OHNAKA
painted by
"Customs for the Kid"

 

[CustomsfortheKid]

Despite Din Djarin's disdain for droids, we happen to love them quite a bit here at Customs for the Kid. Since "The Prisoner" aired in 2019, Q9-0 has been a droid we've discussed making. There were many technical hurdles we would have had to overcome to make him due to his unique parts. There aren't any droids you can easily borrow parts from to build him, and sculpting all of his details with perfect symmetry would be so challenging, it borders on not being worth the trouble. I could always open up ZBrush and sculpt him from the ground up, but thanks to the skills and generosity of Angry Raccoon Miniatures, I don't have to!

Darth Daddy based the figure out with some un-diluted water based black airbrush paint. You'll want to keep your brush clean to avoid the brush hardening, but the color coverage is strong, and the consistency is thin so it doesn't bury all the important details if you apply it quickly. Once Darth Daddy finished the base coat, I dry brushed some rust colors over it. I hand painted in the details such as the utility belts and the silver paint chips. Once all of those things were finished, I spray sealed him. I feel some of the rust color I had dry brushed onto him got lost after sealing him. If you attempt this yourself, either use a richer color, or use a sealer that won't alter the look of the surface as much as a matte sealer. After sealing, I used a fine tip Molotow chrome pen on his eyes to achieve a mirror effect. Note that the smoothness of the surface you apply the ink to can affect how well the mirror finish develops.

We're happy to finally bring this character to life in the 3.75" scale, and we're excited to get the crew from "The Prisoner" just a bit closer to completion! Stay tuned!



"THE MANDALORIAN"
Q9-0
Painted by Customs for the Kid

 

[yodashizzle]

Gracious! You've painted the straps on his pouches. Hasbro ain't gonna do anything close to this good.