I am the Walrus: Mosep Binneed & Taws Khaa Customs

 As I patiently await any new information on the Haslab Cantina or re-releasing Cantina figures (the recent news of Bom Vimdin has me hopeful), I am steadily working on various action figure and diorama customs.

This post features the original Mos Eisley Cantina "Walrus," no not Ponda Baba aka "Walrus Man," but Mosep Binneed and Taws Khaa! In his original character sketches, John Mollo designated these two character's design as "Walrus."

With current eBay listings pricing out the Black Series Mosep Binneed at $70 to $100, I figured that my most affordable option would be just to customize my own figures.

For both figures, I purchased custom head sculpts from Darth Sinister Creations on eBay. For the bodies, I chose VC337 Grand Admiral Thrawn and the upper body of the ISB Officer from the Imperial Officer 4-pack. I have Mosep the Thrawn upper body with the shoulder accents to add a bit of variety to his costume.

I dyed the body parts used a red synthetic dye. The soft-plastic parts turned more of dark purple-red and the hard-plastic joints red. With both figures, I used B-wing pilot forearms and gloves. I dry-brushed the bodies with red paint and painted the belt buckle and rivet silver. For the head sculpts, I created a custom flesh tone using a mix of flesh tone and khaki paints. Once the head sculpts dried, I then gave them a wash of the same mix but with more khaki paint to darken the wash a bit.

All the articulations work just fine. With the softer plastic tunic-skirt, each figure can sit down. The head sculpts are just pressed down over the neck sculpts with the dumbbell neck joint removed.

I realized after taking these photos that Taws Khaa's whiskers are actually shorter than Mosep's. So, I will probably trim them down. I have also thought about adding the raised collars using G.I. Joe Duke fodder, but for now I am happy with these customs.

If Hasbro re-releases Mosep Binneed, I am sure that I will grab two of them (if possible), but from what I understand, the tunic-skirt on that figure is too stiff to allow the figure to sit. So, who knows? I guess I will cross that bridge if Hasbro ever re-releases that figure.