LUMIYA
Dark Lord of the Sith

Lady Lumiya started out in the old Marvel Comics series as a character named Shira Brie. She seemed to be a possible romantic interest for Luke Skywalker, and she was a hotshot pilot for the Rebellion. One mission had her and Luke flying TIE Fighters and Shira was shot down and killed by none other than Luke himself. But Shira did not die. In fact, unbeknownst to the Rebellion, she was an Imperial agent sent to infiltrate the Rebels by none other than Darth Vader. When she was semmingly killed, Vader's troops recovered her body and rebuilt it into a cybernetic form similar to the Dark Lord. Vader trained her in the Dark Side and she became an Imperial agent once more. After the Battle of Endor, Lumiya encountered Princess Leia and tried to have her imprisoned. Leia did not Lumiya due to the new battle armor she wore. Later, Lumiya arranged an invasion fleet of the Nagai to attack the Rebel forces, and had a duel against Luke Skywalker. Luke did recognize Lumiya as Shira, and defeated her in combat. Lumiya escaped and appeard a final time in the last chapters of the Marvel series. On StarWars.com, the databank entry for Lumiya claims that she also had a few students of her own: one being Flint, who became a Dark Lord in an issue of the Marvel series; the other being Carnor Jax, a Royal Guard from the CRIMSON EMPIRE series.

Princess Leia (head) girl from VOLTRON (body) Stormtrooper (part of gun)

I've had this custom partially finished for almost 6 months now! It just sat on the side of my worktable and I kept thinking that I'd get back to it one day, but I never had a chance to do it until now. I started off by sculpting the new armor onto the body, which was easy enough to do. The hardest part came when I tried to sculpt the head. Since Lumiya is shown with her armor wrapped in a cloak, I had to first sculpt the armor. I used blue sculpey to make it stand out from the beige sculpey I normally use. This also helped me distinguish the different parts when I was painting it. I had to work a layer at a time, otherwise the folds of the cloth would get smooshed into each other and ruin the effect I wanted. So, after curing the head about 6 times, I got the layered look I wanted. Then I added a neckline so the head could rest in and glued it down. For the armor, I glued on a piece of a Darth Vader chestbox that I cut off for another custom, and then added the pink/blue/white/grey circuitry mesh than was shown in the comics. The cape is a spare piece of cloth I had lying around, and I attached it with a rubber band from one of the figures. The whip is a Stormtrooper gun chopped off, with strands of dental floss glued into the handle.