What's a sci-fi contest without some Star Wars? Well, still a sci-fi contest. Silly question, really. Well, either way, it's got at least one now! I may be overcomplicating my sales pitch here. Anywhoo, onto some plot points...

The boy who would become known as Darth Maul was born the son of Mother Talzin on Dathomir. As a Dathomirian Zabrak male, he was a Nightbrother and had two blood brothers, Feral and Savage Opress. Before his first birthday, Talzin gave Maul and his brother Opress their first tattoos. When Maul was a child, Mother Talzin became an ally of Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and the two exchanged wisdom and power. Sidious eventually abandoned Talzin, despite promising to make her his apprentice, and instead took Maul once he realized the boy's potential. Once under Sidious' tutelage, Maul began training as his Sith apprentice.

For years, Maul was trained to become a weapon of the Sith. He became an acrobatic warrior, one trained to be relentless against his enemies, and learned to use a dual-bladed lightsaber. During his training, Sidious took Maul to Malachor to bear witness to a great battle that occurred there between the Jedi and the Sith. Sidious forced Maul to breathe in the ashes of Sith warriors, slain when an ancient weapon was activated in the Sith temple on the planet. While breathing in this ash, Maul had visions of members of the Sith order being struck down by the Jedi. He felt the slash of saber after saber as he felt the death of his Sith brethren. His Sith training made Maul long for revenge against the Jedi Order, which had defeated the Sith a millennium earlier. With his master, Maul hoped to destroy the Jedi and restore the Sith to galactic power.

As soon as I saw the revolmini Masamune Date, I thought it could make for a good Maul base. I took it apart, sculpted a new midsection and did some sculpt work to the tails of the tunic and the upper section. The head was from some fodder I had left over from a previous project, just had to do a little work to make it fit the revoltech joint and maintain articilation. After painting with matte and gloss black, I reassembled and sculpted the removable hood from green stuff.

All in all, not an overly complex custom, but I thought it made for a good look for one of my favorite Sith. I hope you guys like, and thanks for checking him out.