My Custom 13 Dwarves & Bilbo From 'The Hobbit' Movie WIP. Bombur Weapons & Accessories.

Before I knew this thread I did not know much about the Dwarves - there was only Thorin, old Guy, Sausage Guy, Sexy Guy and the rest, but there is much love in their designs. Although I wonder how some of them kept their perfect hair throughout the Journey.

Maybe I have to read their backgrounds to appreciate the Hobbit Triology more.

peter the painter wrote:Alex, the detail on Nori's costume looks top notch, really enjoying every update.

Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you Peter! Just remembered I need to articulate his thighs!

Stryker2011 wrote:Impressive progress on Nori. All that thread work is well done.

Thanks for noticing, I had no margin of error to play with there! The thread is as thick as the gap in the pattern...

Ovy wrote:Before I knew this thread I did not know much about the Dwarves -  there was only Thorin, old Guy, Sausage Guy, Sexy Guy and the rest, but there is much love in their designs. Although I wonder how some of them kept their perfect hair throughout the Journey.

Maybe I have to read their backgrounds to appreciate the Hobbit Triology more.

LOL, who is 'Sausage guy'? As for keeping their har perfect, they didn't, at least in the barrel ride and ferry to Lake Town scenes LOL. I do wonder just how long it takes them to get dressed though! Crazy amount of buckles and laces to do up!

He is so well done, some top work!

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Rogerbee wrote:He is so well done, some top work!

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Thank you very much Roger!!

Funny how it's the little things that no one will ever notice that take so long to make like this little boot knife that will be in a scabbard on the back of his leg... plenty of tools and a vice used just to shape it..





Not perfect..

The knives are a really nice touch, they will look great when they are painted up.




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Peter.

Nice job, we know they're there and we wouldn't expect anything less.

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It's the details of your builds that make them monumental.

Nice blade.

It is super difficult to sculpt a convincing weapon of this type and in this scale. Mine are one-sided and still not convincing... yours promises to look just right when you are done prettying it up.

With Sausage dwarf I mean Bombur, there was a scene where...well, this scene:

Did he ever say anything throughout the triology? I think he was in charge of the food inventory. The barrel scene was horrible. xD
I really like the head sculpt peter made, I wonder how your Bombur will turn out.

He has at least one line, it provokes Bifur's only line which is pretty funny and appropriate considering the circumstances (Bifur could speak while the axe was in his head, only a bit of ancient Dwarvish tongue, he couldn't recall the 'common language' due to the brain damage, I think Bombur just had food in his mouth a lot?).

I think, now you've come this far, you'll have to do everyone.

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your resourcefulness never ceaces to amaze! I am not into LOTR but the subject matter allows for a great deal of custom parts projects, you will be busy for a long time

peter the painter wrote:The knives are a really nice touch, they will look great when they are painted up.
Cheers,
Peter.

Got another two Kukri ones to do as well.

Rogerbee wrote:Nice job, we know they're there and we wouldn't expect anything less.

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Well it's the details that I love about the Dwarven costumes and weapons, just makes them a bugger to replicate in 1/6!

dadrab wrote:It's the details of your builds that make them monumental.

Nice blade.

Thanks dadrab!

GubernatorFan wrote:It is super difficult to sculpt a convincing weapon of this type and in this scale. Mine are one-sided and still not convincing... yours promises to look just right when you are done prettying it up.

Yeah got a bunch more to do, still just tempted to do most of the weapons all together though...

Rogerbee wrote:I think, now you've come this far, you'll have to do everyone.

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Well I might get around to some of the female characters at some point but got loads of Iron Man builds I want to do first.

jaztermareal wrote:your resourcefulness never ceaces to amaze! I am not into LOTR but the subject matter allows for a great deal of custom parts projects, you will be busy for a long time

Too true, nothing off the shelf here! Thank goodness for Peter doing custom sculpts!!

Ugh. Just more and more awesomeness. Every time I tune in, I'm again impressed by the ingenuity and attention to detail.

Also, I've never even heard about that printable fabric paper before! Thanks for the heads up on it.

ReverendSpooky wrote:Ugh.  Just more and more awesomeness.  Every time I tune in, I'm again impressed by the ingenuity and attention to detail.  

Also, I've never even heard about that printable fabric paper before!  Thanks for the heads up on it.  

No probs, it's real soft fabric especially the silk just lightly glued onto regular paper, you cut it out and peel it off leaving the paper sticky not the fabric.

Done Nori's glove armour and the scabbards for his kukri knives so calling him finished for now, I'll make his weapons later with others for reasons I've explained before. Gloin or Bifur next I think, both are as large as Dwalin just a tad shorter.













NEXT:

Gloin..







OR

Bifur..

Great job on Nori. Another one joins the pack.

Wow! Nori looks excellent' look forward to seeing your next figures coming together.

leonid-vinogradov-screenshot011 by Peter Miles, on Flickr


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Peter.

Nori is brilliant! You've gone to another level with these guys, looking forward to Gloin next.

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GubernatorFan wrote:Great job on Nori. Another one joins the pack.

peter the painter wrote:Wow! Nori looks excellent' look forward to seeing your next figures coming together.



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Peter.

Rogerbee wrote:Nori is brilliant! You've gone to another level with these guys, looking forward to Gloin next.

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Thank you GF, Peter, Roger!

Gloin's going to be another tricky one like Balin, lots of complicated stuff going on: Wicker woven leather armour, Dwarven scale mail, leather bordered edging with patterns, another type of plate scale mail, really complicated boots and gauntlets...going to be interesting...

Starting Gloin, Gimli's dad! I'll obviously need to make him a bulky body before anything else. Love this scene from the film when Legolas thinks Gloin's wife is his brother and Gimli is an Orc hybrid LOL, plus Fili's great collection of hidden knives:

I wouldn't know where to start, so I'm glad you do!

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Rogerbee wrote:I wouldn't know where to start, so I'm glad you do!

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Ditto! neither would I, its just fascinating to watch them progress from what seem to be oddments, to completed figures of such quality.


Cheers,

Peter.

SHEERS! Ooops! LOL!

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Rogerbee wrote:I wouldn't know where to start, so I'm glad you do!

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peter the painter wrote:

Rogerbee wrote:I wouldn't know where to start, so I'm glad you do!

SHEERS!

Ditto! neither would I, its just fascinating to watch them progress from what seem to be oddments, to completed figures of such quality.


Cheers,

Peter.

Well there's always method in my madness even if it takes a while to find it!

Been experimenting with what might work for his wicker like leather tunic, started off cutting a bra cup into strips with plans to weave them together but it looks like a very messy way of doing it especially as glue is needed for each connection/overlap. Trying something different now, never done it before, using the double sided cotton printable fabric (quite thick and stiff already) and painting both sides with acrylic for a base colour to print on, one side is orange-red the other is a darker blood red. The idea is to be able to have two attempts on one sheet of printing a wicker pattern or two in grey scale over the red and hopefully end up with a pattern I can use and not wreck my printer! Should work fingers crossed, or might just be a big black smudge...



















Wicker designs to choose from:

HA-HA!! Success! Assuming it won't smudge when dry.... wish I could safely clear coat it....hairspray maybe... Anyway it worked! Chose the design below for the most options like the squares in the middle and printed it twice on the orange-red side.

Another masterpiece taking shape. At least there's proof that you do read all our posts now, LOL!

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Outstanding finish to Nori. He looks awesome (was there any doubt?).

Brilliant wicker print, too. It's going to look mighty fine.

That print looks great, would a matt acrylic spray not help to  fix it?


Cheers,

Peter.