Cambridge High School Banquet 2008

On Sunday October 26th I had the privilege of presenting the 2008 seniors with their custom football figures. It was so great to meet the athletes and parents and put faces with the figures I've spent so much time on. Best of luck to Cambridge as they enter the playoffs on Tuesday.

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#45 - D. Anderson - DE







#52 - K. Zuelsdorf - OL/LB







#57 - C. Lund - LB







#66 - W. Beshelich - LB







#77 - Heather J. - Special Teams







#81 - P. Oates - WR







#87 - C. Gulseth - S









#88 - B. Wilborn - DE






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Custom LaDainian Tomlinson McFarlane Figure

UPDATE: My LT custom was named "Custom of the Month" by (Sports Toyz)! I was very excited when Elijah told me and very honored. Check out his site (here).

This was a request I received from a board member at spawn.com. McFarlane makes plenty of Tomlinson figures but does not make any collegiate figures. This customer wanted Tomlinson sporting the purple & black of Texas Christian University.

This is an example of Custom Repaint.

It started as Willie Parker:

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Here is the feedback I received from my customer:

"I just picked LT up from my condo office. It looks more amazing in person than it did in the pictures. Thank you so much for doing such a fantastic job. It definitely will be the centerpiece of my collection and you'll be getting more work from me in the future!"

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My First Custom - Brett Favre

Note - This custom was created in May of 2006.

For my first custom, I wanted to go big. I wanted an original pose and something very unique. I decided to start with my favorite player - Brett Favre.

Brett Favre and Ladainian Tomlinson have been featured more than any other athlete in McFarlane's line-ups. I decided to start where it all began - high school. Using this single photo of Favre playing for Hancock High, I decided to get started.

To be fair, my first figure was actually tackled twice. Seen on the right is my first attempt. The pose was not perfect and there were some anatomy issues that left me knowing I could do better. Learning from my mistakes, I was able to finish the with a figure I could be proud of.

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That is also where the name for 4Star Customs comes from. The 4 represents Brett Favre's iconic number.

Cambridge High School Banquet 2007

Last year, I had the privilege of being able to make figures for the graduating senior football players. I'm currently working on the figures for 2008 so I thought it would be a good time to showcase these. All the figures feature my signature custom base.

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Custom LeRoy Butler McFarlane Figure

LeRoy Butler has always been one of my favorite Packers. LeRoy commanded great leadership on the field and was menace to WRs and QBs. I had the opportunity to meet LeRoy in college at a bank opening. LeRoy was was so kind to everyone in line and took his time talking with everybody, posing for pictures and answering questions. He even let me try on his Super Bowl ring. That ring wsa amazing and didn't come close to fitting any of my fingers.

I was playing Dr. Frankenstein with my bin of parts when I came up with this pose. I knew immediately that this pose best fit LeRoy Butler.

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Custom Al Harris McFarlane Figure

I found out that Al Harris was going to be doing a signing near me last April. I only had 2 weeks notice to finish this custom. Normally, I can do a repaint comfortably in a week. However, for this occasion, I wanted to create something completely unique and original to impress Al Harris. I decided to replicate his shining moment when he picked off Matt Hasselbeck and scored the game winning touchdown during a Packers/Seahawks playoff game. You might remember this game more for Hasselbecks famous last words at the coin toss - "We want the ball and we're going to score." Sorry Matt. Not in our house.

This customs utilized parts from over 5 figures. A lot of sculpting was done to create the finished look. The dreadlocks were individually sculpted, textured and painted.

Reference Photo:
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Al was stoked when he saw the figure. It's not the first one he's seen done but definitely one of the most unique and detailed. Al asked me several times if he could have it and said it was just amazing. I instead gave him a few of my cards for him to contact me about making one. Hopefully this leads to some Packer contacts. I was able to get the figure signed along with a football though.

This was the first time I got to show a professional athlete the figure in person and it was such a great experience. Hopefully there will be more like this in the future.

Are you ready to add to your collection or give that perfect gift for your sports fan? Email me at 4StarCustoms@gmail.com with your idea and I'll get back to you with a quote. Thanks for looking!