Hey Mr. Spaceman: BoShek and Cantina Dude

Here are a couple of popular Mos Eisley Cantina "Spacemen" that I am surprised Hasbro has not already released (or re-released) in a super-articulated fashion: BoShek and "Cantina Dude" -- I prefer "Yellow Spacer."

First up is everyone's pork-chop-sideburn-wearing spaceman, BoShek! For this custom, I used the VTSC Bossk as the foundation and added the calves from an A-wing pilot. I boiled and popped all the parts and then dyed the yellow parts and A-wing legs black using synthetic dye.

***A word of caution using dyes, at least with red; when dying the parts for my Mosep Binneed and Tawss Khaa figures, the red dye got on my fingers, which then got on my razor knife. I then inadvertently transposed red dye to parts of a Kenner (ketchup & mustard) VC Boba Fett and BoShek's face.***

I cut off the neck and Dremelled a socket into a POTF BoShek head. As per my warning above, I had to paint the flesh areas of BoShek's head sculpt. For a neck post I used the neck from a female Imperial Officer in a red uniform (can't remember her name -- left over fodder). I also trimmed off the collar from the POTJ figure and sanded the collar down to fit the Bossk figure. I trimmed off the silver necklace thing and glued it to the chest piece. I also dyed some MTF gloves red. They came out more purple than red. So, I ended up painting them red with white stripes.

The helmet in the left picture is actually the helmet-head from my Yellow Spacer custom. It has a chopped up Bossk head glued inside. BoShek and the Yellow Spacer wear British Windak high-altitude pressure suits. These costumes first appeared in the 1964 film First Men on the Moon and also the 1966 episode of Dr. Who, "The Tenth Planet."

I tried painting the white lines on the shoulders, but couldn't make them straight enough for my satisfaction. So, I just painted over them. I'd rather not have the lines than to have crooked lines.

The Yellow Spacer custom is a VTSC Bossk body with Ten Numb legs and gloves from the Chicken Fried Cavalry Officer. I painted the gloves red to match character in the movie. The helmet is a resin cast of the POTJ BoShek helmet from Darth Sinister Creations. I spray painted the helmet white, painted in the details black, and then gave the white areas a wash in grey. The helmet is not 100% movie accurate, but it's close enough. In the movie, the tubes do not wrap around the front of the helmet. Instead, they attach to the actor's back.

The background for these pictures is a custom of the Streets of Mos Eisley playset with weathering, a new door, and added accessories. I'll make a future post displaying all the parts soon.