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Step 1:
Boil and pop the pieces apart.
Step 2:
Trim Tarkin's head post. First carve away at the base before the peg to lower his chin (the Tarkin figure is looking upwards - you want Bo shek to look straight ahead) and well as to shorten the visible neck. In essense you should be expanding the thin interior part of the neck. At this point the nub at the end of the peg should be too low to fit inside the Bossk torso. Slice off enough of the thick peg for the head to fit. Use sculpty to make the reminaing peg thick enough to hold the head tighly in place.
Step 3:
Resculpt the facial features. Tarkin's gaunt face is great for this. Add sculpty to his cheecks to fatten him up. Add mutton chops and the duck's axx hair style.
Step 4:
Freeze frame your widescreen VHS copy of ANH when Bo Shek motions to Chewie for a great image of Bo Shek's gloves. Sculpt the gloves based on this image adding the band at his knuckles and the band just above his wrists. Add scultpy between the two bands to create the weight of the gloves. If you want the arms to move you will need to shave part of the post off to fit inside of Bossk's torso.
Step 5:
Dremel off any unwanted details on the legs. I removed the hose.
Step 6:
Test fit the figure together. This allows you to tighten or shave each joint as necessary to maintain an articulated figure.
Step 7:
At this point you head has so much sculpty on it I would recommend using a cast of it to increase the strength of the piece.
Step 8:
Repaint. Don't forget to add the white trim at his shoulders.
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