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Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural. Now with added pics! :-D
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Author:  Doc Rob [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:38 am ]
Post subject:  Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural. Now with added pics! :-D
NEW PICS ADDED! See my last post in the thread.


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Parts:

Head: SW Obi-Wan (Saga)
Torso, arms, legs: SW Moff Jerr Jerrod
Skirt: Emperor Palpatine (Ep. 3 I *think*)
Sawed-off Shotgun: Marauder, Inc.


Just a little something I felt like sharing here before I submit him. Padre was originally intended to be part of a special Vatican anti-paranormal squad in my Joeverse, but with the death of my Joeverse (simply decided it wasn't worth pursuing anymore), he was left "orphaned". That also means he doesn't get a background since I can't take the time to really write one up.

He's managed to resist me getting a good picture of him, though, until this past weekend when I finally got the lighting, etc., just right. Overall a simple custom to build, though getting the skirt off the Palpatine involved pretty much destroying that figure (at least from the waist down), and the skirt sticks out a bit in the back at the waist line...but still, I think he looks pretty cool, and the Obi-Wan head just sells it for me. He also came with a bag of goodies (wooden cross, hammer) but I dumped those afterward as they looked too heavily out-of-scale to use.
Author:  Outback 100% Argento [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Maaaaan you made BOB DE NIRO!!! its great! it remember that movie with Sean Penn...i dont remember the name...
Nice work!!
Author:  Keenan [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Wow, this is a really great idea. This could be my favorite custom of yours.
No critiques here.
Author:  Matthew [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
this figure is awesome. great part choices and execution. very nice custom man
Author:  Viper [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
So Padre, when you were stakin' that vampire did you get a little wood? Some teak? Mahogany?

Very cool Doc, definitely dig the idea of a Vatican supernatural hunter.
Author:  Mysterious Stranger [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
I'm getting a real John Carpenter's Vampires priest vibe from him. Very cool and a great outside the box figure. Nicely done!
Author:  gijoey [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Great idea, greater figure. With the black hair it dosen't even look like Kenobi.
Author:  chaosx [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
I am liking it...and I am stealing it!
Author:  pluv [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
With Cap's set in the back ground I thought the first pic was a movie still. It took me a second to realize this wasa toy. Fantastic job with your part choices.
Author:  Doc Rob [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Mysterious Stranger wrote:
I'm getting a real John Carpenter's Vampires priest vibe from him. Very cool and a great outside the box figure. Nicely done!



Well, I kind of did borrow from that...remember the priest who gets killed early on (the master vampire literally makes him blow his own head off with the sawed-off?) He was in my mind the whole time. I also borrowed somewhat from a B-grade horror movie I saw years ago about such a Vatican team and the priest who led it...can't recall the title (and it wasn't a very good film) but the idea stuck. :-)


pluv wrote:
With Cap's set in the back ground I thought the first pic was a movie still. It took me a second to realize this wasa toy. Fantastic job with your part choices.


Cap definitely does excellent work, and I'll always be grateful for the effort he put into that set. I was determined to use it for the background (a bit tricky since one side blocks the light) but it worked out--better than expected. :-)

Parts choice began with that head--I'd had it laying on the table and really, really wanted to use it (the Obi-Wan heads they've put out are among the best done of the SW line, I think, be it Saga or Episode figures) and the idea for Padre popped into my mind, that head was right there--the fierce look and the beard sold it. It was actually harder to come up with the body parts (thanks to Viperlord for the Emperor Palpatine skirt, which really made the figure); I would have added a crucifix on a chain as well but don't trust my painting skills enough, so I left it off.
Author:  Cap [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
That figure/character is so badass that I got chills just looking at it.

Imagine him facing the Sabbaticus... :shifty: .
Author:  Doc Rob [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Cap wrote:
That figure/character is so badass that I got chills just looking at it.

Imagine him facing the Sabbaticus... :shifty: .


I'm seriously thinking "picture opportunity" here now, Cap. :wink:
Author:  Chief [ Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
WOW! Great work - probably my favorite custom of yours so far. So awesome - so stealable :D
Author:  Doc Rob [ Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Chief wrote:
WOW! Great work - probably my favorite custom of yours so far. So awesome - so stealable :D


Thanks. :-) And feel free to steal it. The Imperial Officer torso will work just as well as the one I used (there's a very slight difference between the two but not enough to really matter) though not sure about skirt alternatives offhand. And there really just isn't on Obi-Wan head out there that isn't cool, so that's easy. :-D
Author:  Lance Sputnik [ Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Padre--Hunter of the Supernatural
Man, that is balls to the wall awesome. I cannot believe how freaking [LASER BLAST] that is, Doc. High five to you!
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