TBLeague / Phicen M35 updated (photo heavy)

Well, my M35 arrived yesterday, and I finally had time to get him prepped the way he's going to be displayed. This one's for the ladies (sort of)...



This things are really nice. I just wish TBL would put out female bodies in this color again.

Hello. Just joined thank you for having this group .

I wish Phicen would release the M35 also with a lighter skin color for the male. The "suntan" looks kind of grey and a bit weird to me. Also wish it were as tall as the M36.

Artist wrote:Hello. Just joined thank you for having this group .

I wish Phicen would release the M35 also with a lighter skin color for the male. The "suntan" looks kind of grey and a bit weird to me. Also wish it were as tall as the M36.

Welcome aboard!

Phicen/TBLeague has been slow to address kitbashers' desire for greater variety in skintones, having reduced the options for female bodies to two (pale and new/lightened suntan) and until M36 having only (darker) suntan for the males (with M36 they produced an additional darker version for bodies depicting people of African descent -- both versions were reviewed HERE, but perhaps you have already seen that). I imagine it will be some time before we see additional options, though I hope they will appear. I think we can safely say that except for M30 (which was really a tad more greyish), the male bodies are really not grey; that might be an impression caused by specific lighting or even the settings on your screen, if not personal perception. I refer to the basic bodies, not something specific to a boxed set (e.g., Bloodshot, who has been given a white body, etc).

An M35 with the stature of M36 (or an M36 with the muscle mass of M35) would be heroic indeed. But note that you would have some trouble clothing it -- because of both the height and (especially) the bulk. Still, it would be something to behold.

GubernatorFan wrote:

Artist wrote:Hello. Just joined thank you for having this group .

I wish Phicen would release the M35 also with a lighter skin color for the male. The "suntan" looks kind of grey and a bit weird to me. Also wish it were as tall as the M36.

Welcome aboard!

Phicen/TBLeague has been slow to address kitbashers' desire for greater variety in skintones, having reduced the options for female bodies to two (pale and new/lightened suntan) and until M36 having only (darker) suntan for the males (with M36 they produced an additional darker version for bodies depicting people of African descent -- both versions were reviewed HERE, but perhaps you have already seen that). I imagine it will be some time before we see additional options, though I hope they will appear. I think we can safely say that except for M30 (which was really a tad more greyish), the male bodies are really not grey; that might be an impression caused by specific lighting or even the settings on your screen, if not personal perception. I refer to the basic bodies, not something specific to a boxed set (e.g., Bloodshot, who has been given a white body, etc).

An M35 with the stature of M36 (or an M36 with the muscle mass of M35) would be heroic indeed. But note that you would have some trouble clothing it -- because of both the height and (especially) the bulk. Still, it would be something to behold.

Thanks for the welcome and input .

I own the 34 and 35 and they seem grayish/tan and for me, are a bit too dark for a Caucasian male. I wish they had a light more realistic skin tone version. They would sell tons of those. Also would be nice if the body style of the M35 was as tall as the M36.

Thank you, GubernatorFan, Stryker2011 for the many good photos.  Thanks to all who wrote something in this topic. That was a good motivation for me to make my photos more interesting.



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TBLeague / Phicen M35

Head:
- custom 1/6 scale The Avengers Captain America Steve Rogers head sculpt fit 12"
- 1/6 Scale Fast Bald head Dwayne Johnson Muscular man WITTMANN Head Sculpt Headplay for 12" Action Figure Body Doll
- 1:6 Male Head Model Sculpt Collection Punisher Daredevil Jon Bernthal Head Carving Model Collectible 12" Action Figure Doll

Shoes:
1/6 Scale WWII Combat Black Long Boots Model for 12 inches Male Action Figures Dolls Accessories

Dress:
- 3 Styles Clothing 1/6 Scale Male Figure Clothes Suit Vest Pants Belt Shoes Model For M34 Strong Male Action Figure Body
- ART FIGURES Belt BOSS DOMINIC AF024 1/6 ACTION FIGURE TOYS dam did (for holsters G-17 Pistol)

Weapon:
- 1/6 Scale Toy Task Force Spectre Skipper 9MM Pistol Set Glock G-17 Pistol
- 1/6 Scale Miyamoto Musashi Japanese Samurai Ninja Sword Model Set for 12 inches Action Figures (Metal Sword)
- Heckler & Koch MP5

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GubernatorFan wrote:Patience and swearing seem to be two of the most important tools for our hobby.

Ya got that right! I'm glad to see I'm not alone in that. Holy crap!

DeltaForceChung wrote:My only complaints and criticisms for PHICEN / TBLeague is as follows.

1. Bigger and longer junk pieces for all male seamless bodies and make sure the skin tone matches the bodies.

2. Ethnic (i.e. African American, Hispanic, etc.) female and male bodies with applicable "details" top and bottom.

3. Consistency in "details" across all female and male bodies (i.e. no more no nipples or lack of details down there on base female bodies).

4. Keep prices and quality consistent and reasonable.

5. No more string bikini panties and tops with female bodies, but more standardized bras and panties (i.e. bikini, tanga, etc.).

6. Offer some head sculpt reissues from prior offerings.

7. Improved / re-designed ankles.

8. Bring back the old suntan skin tone damn it!

9. Possibly offer good detailed 1:6 "merkins" for female bodies to appease those who want a natural look down there instead of bare.

That's about it.

That's a great list! I agree! Especially about those infernal string bikinis. I never could get them on her. About lost my mind. And the bareness with no other options bothers me as well. As if all adult females would look like that. It makes me think they cater to dudes who like too-young girls. Feels so icky. I feel like (I hope) they take all the feedback into consideration and in future releases they will get even better.

nhwioz - great extra shots with the guys, this time not getting victimized. I'm wondering -- did you outfit three bodies with the same clothes and accessories or did you shoot the same body separately with different heads and in different poses, then bring them all together in a graphics program? Of course, you don't have to give away your secrets!

I really bought 3 body with the same clothes and accessories.  I had to do, and I absolutely wanted 3! It is a compensation of my childhood. I have already seen that there are 3 different colors of this clothing. I like black the best, then the camouflage and finally olive. I did not want to like someone better than the other one, so all in black!

I searched for 3 heads that fit. Arnold Schwarzenegger can not be there, because many other users have them. Dwayne Johnson is perfect! Even in reality, he has a massive body with lots of muscle. There are still 2 left. Captain America with a bad face. Yes, that fits! How many users have this head? Captain America also has muscles. Now I need a third. Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, The Punisher), the head fits. In reality, Jon Bernthal does not have much muscle. But the face, military haircut and the expression say something else. It fits!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!


What or who is good, bad and is ugly? I will try to integrate these characters in another post.

You made good choices with the heads, nhwioz! Though probably Jon Bernthal one is my fave. ;D

nhwioz - kudos for the reference to my favorite Western. I appreciate your commitment, getting three of the same bodies and outfits. Now you have a whole outfit (gang, group, whatever) of these guys to deploy, and they come uniformed! I generally stay away from black garments, as I have commitment issues and worry about the silicone flesh staining -- does it with these? So I've bought some of the other colors of (I think) the same or similar outfit sets. By the way, just because everyone puts an Arnie head on this body does not mean you should not -- and you're creative enough to make him into a new or unusual character if you wanted.

I wish Phicen will release a similar body from M34 or M35 but a little bit belly on that...but I guess that no one will buy it except me I guess.....

I don't think you'd be the only one!

chrisinbama wrote:I don't think you'd be the only one!

We love belly yah....

You mean instead of this range available...


... we should have this range available...

GubernatorFan wrote:You mean instead of this range available...


... we should have this range available...

Definely the first one should be on the market lol......

Great review Ian and amazing pics and poses I love this pic,



I have to say though, the star of the show is Dutch!



I have recently picked up an M35 which i am awaiting the arrival of, so your review is going to be really useful. The M35 I have is for my own take on Dutch, as the Predator ones are now very expensive. I am really looking forward to the body arriving for him. Pics soon hopefully when it gets off that slow boat from China

BAMComix wrote:Great review Ian and amazing pics and poses  I love this pic,



I have to say though, the star of the show is Dutch!



I have recently picked up an M35 which i am awaiting the arrival of, so your review is going to be really useful. The M35 I have is for my own take on Dutch, as the Predator ones are now very expensive. I am really looking forward to the body arriving for him. Pics soon hopefully when it gets off that slow boat from China  

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked them. I did get carried away with photos on this one. I was writing a guest review for Michael Crawford's website (for some reason he didn't get back to me on that one, so I ended up posting it here in the end), and had meant to include a much smaller selection of 14-15 photos. But since I was waiting to hear about the review and I had so many other photos that either turned well or were informative, I ended up with this mess.

The Terminator arrival photo, lightning background (printed) and raindrops apart, was probably a little half-assed (all puns intended), as I had already done it in earlier reviews for M30 and M34 -- here I didn't even bother to borrow a bent-toe foot from ACI. So I really appreciate you liking it; it must have worked (even with poor focus due to keeping the lights down). Given these bodies were kinda designed for Arnie, it had to be replicated yet again. Besides, it is a nice demonstration of poseability.

For Dutch, are you trying to fit the body into the Hot Toys outfit? This was designed for Hot Toys' special muscular body, so it will fit (as you can see), but it will fit even better on the only slightly less bulky M34. If I do a permanent set up, I would use that, personally. Both for looks and poseability. I was pretty impressed with how well it did fit the M35, but M34 will improve performance without decreasing the match in terms of looks. By the way, I always felt the boots that came with the HT set seem just a little too small (tight), something perhaps exaggerated in the photos because of the angle and proximity of the camera. This, by the way, is another use of a single printed sheet of background for both ground and backdrop.

GubernatorFan wrote:Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked them. I did get carried away with photos on this one. I was writing a guest review for Michael Crawford's website (for some reason he didn't get back to me on that one, so I ended up posting it here in the end), and had meant to include a much smaller selection of 14-15 photos. But since I was waiting to hear about the review and I had so many other photos that either turned well or were informative, I ended up with this mess.

The Terminator arrival photo, lightning background (printed) and raindrops apart, was probably a little half-assed (all puns intended), as I had already done it in earlier reviews for M30 and M34 -- here I didn't even bother to borrow a bent-toe foot from ACI. So I really appreciate you liking it; it must have worked (even with poor focus due to keeping the lights down). Given these bodies were kinda designed for Arnie, it had to be replicated yet again. Besides, it is a nice demonstration of poseability.

For Dutch, are you trying to fit the body into the Hot Toys outfit? This was designed for Hot Toys' special muscular body, so it will fit (as you can see), but it will fit even better on the only slightly less bulky M34. If I do a permanent set up, I would use that, personally. Both for looks and poseability. I was pretty impressed with how well it did fit the M35, but M34 will improve performance without decreasing the match in terms of looks. By the way, I always felt the boots that came with the HT set seem just a little too small (tight), something perhaps exaggerated in the photos because of the angle and proximity of the camera. This, by the way, is another use of a single printed sheet of background for both ground and backdrop.

Well, if it was half arsed or not it came out really well . As for my Dutch bash, I don't have all the army gear, in fact, I don't have any of it. My bash is based on his arrival in the helicopter at the beginning of the film. Whether or not the clothes I have will fit, remains to be seen . I am hoping they will. The M35 should arrive sometime next week, fingers crossed anyway .
I am looking forward to finally getting him on a better suited body, so look out for pics soon

BAMComix wrote:Well, if it was half arsed or not it came out really well . As for my Dutch bash, I don't have all the army gear, in fact, I don't have any of it. My bash is based on his arrival in the helicopter at the beginning of the film. Whether or not the clothes I have will fit, remains to be seen . I am hoping they will. The M35 should arrive sometime next week, fingers crossed anyway .
I am looking forward to finally getting him on a better suited body, so look out for pics soon

Well thank you very much, you're very kind. Glad you liked it.
I see (about your impending Dutch) -- the red shirt look, was it? So also no face paint then. I do look forward to seeing your creation.

GubernatorFan wrote:

BAMComix wrote:Well, if it was half arsed or not it came out really well . As for my Dutch bash, I don't have all the army gear, in fact, I don't have any of it. My bash is based on his arrival in the helicopter at the beginning of the film. Whether or not the clothes I have will fit, remains to be seen . I am hoping they will. The M35 should arrive sometime next week, fingers crossed anyway .
I am looking forward to finally getting him on a better suited body, so look out for pics soon

Well thank you very much, you're very kind. Glad you liked it.
I see (about your impending Dutch) -- the red shirt look, was it? So also no face paint then. I do look forward to seeing your creation.

Your welcome Ian .

Yeah spot on, that is the look I will be recreating

BAMComix wrote:Yeah spot on, that is the look I will be recreating

Do I remember correctly that there are cigars involved? Or am I mixing this up with something else? Been awhile.

GubernatorFan wrote:

BAMComix wrote:Yeah spot on, that is the look I will be recreating

Do I remember correctly that there are cigars involved? Or am I mixing this up with something else? Been awhile.

Yes indeed, he did have a cigar. I am going to have to figure out how to make one

BAMComix wrote:Yes indeed, he did have a cigar. I am going to have to figure out how to make one

While that should not be particularly difficult, especially if you resort to Kneadatite (these guys should pay me for promoting their stuff LOL) or air-drying clay or something like that -- I assume you would want to give it a tapered look, although I confess that I haven't gone back to look what exactly it looks like in these frames from the film. Then you can paint it and maybe glue on a brand logo if needed. But there are in fact plenty of sixth-scale cigars you can pick up and, if necessary, modify as needed.

GubernatorFan wrote:

BAMComix wrote:Yes indeed, he did have a cigar. I am going to have to figure out how to make one

While that should not be particularly difficult, especially if you resort to Kneadatite (these guys should pay me for promoting their stuff LOL) or air-drying clay or something like that -- I assume you would want to give it a tapered look, although I confess that I haven't gone back to look what exactly it looks like in these frames from the film. Then you can paint it and maybe glue on a brand logo if needed. But there are in fact plenty of sixth-scale cigars you can pick up and, if necessary, modify as needed.

Thank you for all the useful tips . I will also have to keep an eye open on ebay

BAMComix wrote:Thank you for all the useful tips . I will also have to keep an eye open on ebay

You are welcome. They are bound to have some already floating around. I don't know how shipping costs and taxes would be for something that should be a small item and not particularly costly, but you can probably find some on Toy Anxiety, Monkey Depot, or Black Ops Toys.