Repaint: Ultra Jabba and Vintage Throne

Since the 3 3/4″ figure line has the most characters from Jabba’s palace, I’ve wanted to put together a Jabba display with all of the best figures in that line. So I repainted the Ultra Jabba figure and the throne that comes with the vintage Jabba. (Not to worry — I have spares of both.)

(The “before picture here is actually my other Ultra Jabba that I’m keeping unchanged, but you get the idea.)

I removed one of the fingers on the Ultra Jabba’s hands, because as we all know Jabba only has 3 fingers including the thumb. Then I repainted him. It was pretty straightforward. I cut down the very long tongue that the Ultra Jabba comes with. I might have gone a little overboard with this, but I didn’t want that obscenely long tongue, but I also had to fill the gap in his mouth with something.

The throne was a little more involved. I dissembled the throne and used a little epoxy putty to fill in the holes in the center two gargoyle heads, resculpting the teeth to match what was there. Then I spray painted everything black to prime it and went to work. I was able to get a pretty good stone effect with many layers of paint and weathering, and I was pleased with the bronze effect I got for the metal pieces. I used the water pipe that came with Ultra Jabba (and this is the only piece I didn’t touch, since it’s pretty good as it is). I also made a piece of “animal hide” for Jabba to lie on, partially because it looks good and partially because the two painted surfaces would stick together if I didn’t have it between them.

The doors still function and open to reveal a nasty sludge inside.