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Now, THIS is a fun custom!! The hardest part was trying to figure out what parts to use, especially for the cape! His cape is unlike any other STAR WARS guy, in that it goes around the body, not over it.
I began by cutting all the pieces that I wanted from the various figures and painting them. (The arms were already cut from old customs figures.) Then, I glued them into the correct positions. The skirt does not go all teh way around, as there wasn't enough room between the torso and groin areas....so I shaved it off to wedge in between. It does stay put, but you can remove it.
Now for the cape! It is actually made up of 2 pieces. The first is the General Lando cape, simply repainted. The "overcoat" is a Garinda cape cut shorter, and the bottom half was glued onto the front to "wrap" the figure. The collar is a piece of the Greedo vest glued into place. Then the whole thing got painted.
the "wig" is sculpey formed on top of the Boushh helmet. I cut the helmet down to fit snugle on Lando's head, and sculpted the hair. It takes a little work, but it is removable. The knife belt and eyepatch are pieces of tape that were colored black. The "knives" are just slivers of plastic from the cape.
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