*** Voting is now LIVE! Cast your vote HERE! ***
3rd Quarter’s Master of Mayhem contest will be calling for crossovers of Joes into alternate–but established–sci-fi universes and/or alternate–but established–sci-fi characters merging into Joe sub-groups (ex: BATS in Battlestar Galactica…Buck Rogers in Star Brigade). Winner will receive a digital trophy and $25 Credit from Star Wars Geek Custom Supply Store!
*** The contest is now LIVE! Get your submissions in by November 15th, HERE! ***
Custom Legends are back, baby! That’s right, your favorite quarterly Customs Contests have returned after a brief hiatus due to the untimely retiring of this contest’s founder, the unholy Byrnes. Now, ozzie92 has taken the reigns and dedicated the theme of this quarter’s contest, The Masters of Mayhem, to the big man himself!
Based on “About Byrnes” from his profile:
“I enjoy customizing figures from the Sci-Fi world such as Buck Rogers, Star Trek, Star Wars, Bladerunner, Mad Max and so on. Not really a GI Joe expert. Was into the toys when I was a kid in 82 and 83. Got hooked again on the 25th stuff.”
3rd Quarter’s Master of Mayhem contest will be calling for crossovers of Joes into alternate–but established–sci-fi universes and/or alternate–but established–sci-fi characters merging into Joe sub-groups (ex: BATS in Battlestar Galactica…Buck Rogers in Star Brigade).
Winner will receive a digital trophy and $25 Credit from Star Wars Geek Custom Supply Store!
The ten anonymous entries into this quarters Mt. Rushmore Custom Legends contest are in, and voting is live. Click through the link below and vote for your favourite! If you didn’t enter a custom this time, make sure that you do during the third quarter!
From the desk of Byrnes:
“Big Thanks to StarWarsGeek for sponsoring this event. Please check out his custom parts store in the links above, top notch parts, top notch dude.”
From Star Wars Geek’s Custom Supply Store:
Hello, and welcome to the StarWarsGeek Custom Supply Shop webstore! What you will find here for sale are custom cast parts and supplies for creating your own custom action figures. All parts are cast at my home studio. I will NEVER sell any parts that I feel are unusable. All parts are cast in opaque colors and may ship to you in any of the following colors: black, flesh, brown, white, blue, red, yellow, gray. I can not take requests for specific colors at this time.
Please make sure to double check which category you are looking in for parts, as I have 1:12 (6″ and 7″ figures like Marvel Legends and DCUC) and 1:18 (4″ figures like GI Joe and Marvel Universe) sections and parts in each area.
Click here to enter StarWarsGeek’s Custom Supply Store
Click here to see the contest dates and rules
Click here to VOTE for the current contest: Institutionalized, 2nd Qtr Mt. Rushmore Customs Legends.
Another month means a fresh round of Q & A with a featured customizer. This time, we’re putting the Syndicate’s founder, Byrnes, in the interrogation chair. Will he survive the 10 rounds? Make the jump and read all about it.
[See all of Byrnes’ customs in Byrnes’ Apocalyptic World]
Recently, the senior staff members of OG13 found out that a couple of fellow members of OG13 were recovering from some life altering events and we wanted to come up with a way to bring the whole community together to share support for these members (and the community) in general. In addition to the custom auctions, and the two charity raffles, we decided on making an official OG13 Custom Trooper and sell a limited number of these figures to raise money to help ease the burdens our friends have suffered. We hope to continue this venture on a yearly basis, and this year it is all about our members, because without your support, we would never be where we are today! Yo G13!
As of 7/23, we have all 50 of the figures made, but only 6 of the cards/bubbles have been sent. We are waiting on mocJoes to complete the order of the cards.
Pre-orders have been fast and furious, so we have around 24 of the 50 left for sale.
Here are ACTUAL shots of the exclusive figure and packaging:
And here is a huge thank you to all that participated in the making of this figure, and to all that donated their own figures, time, talent, money, and patience, to make this happen. If we missed anyone (and probably did), please let us know!
[ VIEW / DISCUSS / PRE-ORDER ]
I stumbled across the 1st of the OG Files that Byrnes had done with Unclassified and thought it was great! So great that it should be front paged and also followed up with another one. If anyone is interested in getting some spotlight/front page time, simply reach out to Byrnes or PV and make sure you send a pic.
For now, on behalf of Byrnes, I present Chapter 1 of the OG Files. The best/worst person on the internet: Unclassified
TheVP and Byrnes present:
70’s and 80’s Sat Morning Cartoons
Custom Contest!
STARTS 1 JUNE
“What character from Star Wars would make the GI Joe team if it wasn’t so long ago and in a galaxy far away. And conversely, what GI Joe character would you re-imagine in the Star Wars universe.”
There is still time to enter, click here to read the rules and submit your entry. You have until the 25th of December to enter!
OG13’s quarterly Custom contest is underway and there is only 6 days for you guys and gals to enter anonymously. Take a look at our current entries and let Byrnes know if you would like to enter your latest creation.
 
From the desk of Byrnes:
“First of all, I would like to say thank you to all those involved in this contest. From the participants, to the folks who supported and voted. A huge thank you to one of the I.C.O.N leaders Chief CWO for sponsoring the event, putting up some incredible prizes and another shout out to OG13.com staff: Darkwise, Flint, Nerdsgetschicks, Lowlight27 & crew, and the other I.C.O.N. leader Steel for the support in spreading the word and helping us promote the event.
With that said, please welcome me in congratulating the following on finishing in the top 3 of voting:
1st Place: Llucz. He put up the first entry in this contest and set the bar. His take on the Cobra Zombie Icecream Man and Cart was a real eye popping and brain melting experience for us all. Llucz has put himself in the ranks of the best with this one. A first place finish for a well deserving custom. Congrats on a beautiful piece!
2nd Place: Dark Perceptor. Would you believe me if I told you this was his first custom? We’ll he certainly came out with six shooters in hand because he made this Wild Bill with Locust Mark II look simply amazing. A very clean fan favorite of the Joe universe. Future contests will have to be on the look out for this new customizer! Excellent work Dark Perceptor!
3rd Place: punchitchewy80 & iDz Bowl (Tie)
punchitchewy80Â came out full throttle, leaving others buried in the sand with this Dusty and Sandstorm ATV 4 wheeler. His gritty and real life look to this custom put him in the running with a great version of this Joe. Thanks for showing the custom world your skills and thanks for a fantastic custom!
iDz Bowl hit us with a brutal and complex custom of TREX and Dinomech RagerTank. As always this seasoned customizer pulled all the bells and whistles out for an unbelievable custom that is very original and unique. Thank you for taking us on a journey to another world. We bow down to you General TREX as well as you iDz Bowl!
The I.C.O.N. Choice Award will be announced at a later date. Stay tuned.
From Byrnes: This thread will be used to showcase the entries into the I.C.O.N. Customania figure and vehicle contest that ended on 9/30/12. Use this poll to vote on the custom of you choice. One vote per member. Please see this link to view all the details about the creative customs submitted from the awesome customizers.
Right now on the OG13, the members of I.C.O.N. are hosting a custom contest with a twist. Our Artists are making both a Figure and a Vehicle!
Check out some of the latest entries. If you would like to enter, there still is a little time left. The last day to enter is the 30th, so get your screwdrivers, plastic, and paints ready!
If you know Byrnes, you know that the man has a great and glorious love for 1:18th scale Joe customs based on some of his favourite films. From Blade Runner, to Mad Max/Road Warrior, from Apocalypse Now, to Star Trek; his talent is seemingly unlimited. Take a journey into the creative world that he presents, and find yourself transported back into a time when movies were raw, characters were memorable, and talent was born!
“To be the man you have to beat the man!”
FROM THE DESK OF….Byrnes
The OG13 Quarterly and Custom of the Year Contest Announcement:
Congrats to Byrnes and Jericho Noleski for winning the Mayhem Custom Choice Award! You guys deserve it!
[CLICK TO VIEW ALL THE CUSTOMS]Â
From Byrnes:
“Up for grabs in Week 13: Slaughters Marauders Spirit”
Congrats go out to week 12’s winner (of the Mercer figure AND Meddatron diorama), CdtWeasel!
Voting will start today. Here are the final entries. Wow, this is going to be a stiff competition. Click here to see the other entries!
Mud Run                         Smokescreen                        Frostbite
Cobra Commander                                     Kamakura                                                  Law&Order
Cover Girl                                                  Storm Shadow                                        Resolute Gung-Ho
Bull-Dog                                             Center-Mass                                      Freefall
The contest is at its climax! Time for some more entries, don’t forget that you have until tomorrow 7/13 to enter. Click here to see other entries
Road Pig                           Gen. Joe Colton               Cobra Commander
Renegades Storm Shadow
