5-Minute "Vintage" Custom: K-3PO

What can I say - when you're on a roll, you're on a roll. And right now I've been rolling with the vintage customs. Here is the latest - K-3PO, hero of Echo Base, from The Empire Strikes Back.

While you can dive as deeply as you want into the Expanded Universe lore, suffice to say that K-3PO was a protocol droid in the service of the Rebel Alliance. Apparently his master was somewhat of a military historian, and loaded up K-3PO with tons of military knowledge, to the extent that the droid became somewhat of a master tactician himself. This resulted in K-3PO's appointment to the rank of Captain (denoted by the two red dots on his chest) and command of Echo Base's droid pool. Sadly he perished after a direct hit on the command center (wow - it just occurred to me I could have gotten out the Rebel Command Center for this photoshoot!)
 

Obviously a super-straightforward repaint of an original C-3PO figure (loose limbs, worn plating and all) that I had stored in a Vader case with a ton of other spare figures. Just a spray with satin white, paint in the yellow photoreceptors, and two red dots for the insignia, and he's done. It took longer for the paint to dry than it did to paint him in the first place.

Rebel Commander and Princess Leia discuss the Echo Base evacuation while K-3PO offers unsolicited advice stands by to assist.

This was a fun quick project and moves another beater figure from storage into the display cabinet. Most collectors will have one (or many) beat-up 3POs and this is a great, easy way to take a dip into the custom pool without too much time or effort at all.  Fun!