Horn-Head (Bom Vimdin)

Added December 12th, 2013 by Matt Cauley
Filed Under Odds and Ends, Vintage Star Wars

Technically, he was called “Don Rickles” on the set of the first Star Wars film, but that didn’t sound like a proper old-school Kenner name, nor did his modern “Bom Vimdin” calling. I asked some friends for some suggestions (I was personally thinking of “Bi-Clops”), and Swass! came up with the name “Horn-Head.” It sounded silly, it sounded Kenner-esque, and it was absolutely perfect for the project.

This custom was definitely and experiment. I had been having an amazing amount of fun customizing various Cantina aliens and I wanted to see if I could adapt a modern-era headsculpt onto a vintage body and have it fit in style-wise. I began by taking a Vintage Star Wars Han Solo (In Trench Coat) figure and sanding off as much of the chest area as I could. I then took a modern-era Bom Vimdin and hollowed out the torso as much as possible. This left a thin layer of plastic that I transplanted onto the Han body, along with one of Bom’s leg pouches. I used Magic Sculpt to blend the seams and fill in any missing details. Minor detailing was added to the boots to help separate them a bit from Han’s.

Overall, I’m not sure it’s convincing as a vintage figure. It may possibly just squeeze in among the later Jedi-era figure releases (which was the original intention), but even still it seems a bit too modern. Either way, Horn-Head was a blast to work on, and I like how he turned out.

Created Fall 2013

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