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

Time well-spent. That's looking damn good.

Shovelchop, working intensely:


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dadrab wrote:Time well-spent. That's looking damn good.

Cheers dadrab! Got the hand guards to do next...

Ovy wrote:Shovelchop, working intensely:


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LOL! Brilliant finds there OVY!!

That shoulder cape is looking really good, he definitely seems like he has one of the most complicated outfits.

Cheers,

Peter.

You'll get there, it looks like it'll be worth it. I doubt Asmus would go to that much trouble.

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:That shoulder cape is looking really good, he definitely seems like he has one of the most complicated outfits.

Cheers,

Peter.

Cheers Peter! Yeah the simpler they look from a distance the more complicated they get as you take a closer look, the ones that look complicated from a distance are still bloody complicated when you get close!!

Rogerbee wrote:You'll get there, it looks like it'll be worth it. I doubt Asmus would go to that much trouble.

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger! Finished it now and attaching it to his coat, makes me think of an old oilskin coat, I think he's based on an old school whaler but called a boar hunter for PC reasons. I'm sure Asmus would do the sensible production thing and sculpt it the cast it in silicone rubber or silkscreen print it with embossing etc.. Gloves next..

He already looks great. Excellent progress!

Man, that is looking really good.

GubernatorFan wrote:He already looks great. Excellent progress!

Stryker2011 wrote:Man, that is looking really good.

Thanks guys! I readjusted his shoulder armour so you can see the fur better on his right side. Started the glove armour, tiny strips of pleather being used so far and threading it through the actual gaps in the burlap material I preglued with PVA to help stop it from falling apart, sort of blocks some of the 'holes' though. The grid lines are in cm to give you an idea of scale, I'll be using at least one other colour too.

Man...That looks like some slow going, but gorgeous work all the same. They're going to look mighty fine.

He is coming together really well now.

CHEERS!

dadrab wrote:Man...That looks like some slow going, but gorgeous work all the same. They're going to look mighty fine.

Rogerbee wrote:He is coming together really well now.

CHEERS!

This was actually way easier and faster than the shoulder armour, not having to cut each hole made a huge difference! I even made him some basic pleather gloves and repainted my Studio Series Movie Grimlock Transformer while I waited for the PVA to dry .

Bifur is looking great, love all the small detail you add, your trademark now, you've also done a great job on the Transformer, what a super collection you are building.


Cheers,

Peter.

Doing well on all fronts!

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:Bifur is looking great, love all the small detail you add, your trademark now, you've also done a great job on the Transformer, what a super collection you are building.


Cheers,

Peter.

Cheers Peter! Went back in and added silver highlights on Grimlock, here he is transformed too..

Rogerbee wrote:Doing well on all fronts!

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger!

Back on topic now, finished the gauntlets and gloves combo, the patterns smudged off, oh well.. starting the belt too, got a lot of braiding to do!!

That's incredibly painstaking work, looks great!




Cheers,



Peter.

On track to be another winner!

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:That's incredibly painstaking work, looks great!
Cheers,
Peter.

Rogerbee wrote:On track to be another winner!
CHEERS!

Cheers guys! Did all the braiding and got the majority of the belt made, still need to make a bunch of tusks to use as fasteners all over his clothing including the silver capped decorative ones for his belt. Made his belt buckle too.

That belt is brilliant!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:That belt is brilliant!

CHEERS!

It certainly is, very well done.


Cheers,

Peter.

Rogerbee wrote:That belt is brilliant!

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:

Rogerbee wrote:That belt is brilliant!

CHEERS!

It certainly is, very well done.


Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you Roger and Peter! Sorry about the slower pace of build but I've been busy sorting out other stuff. Making a start on his boots and taken pics of how far along he is, basically still needs weapons boots and a bunch of detail work plus I'm tempted to give him his distinctive enlarged? left eye, probably axe related..

He's really coming to life now.

He looks SO good!

CHEERS!

Wow..Bifur is looking awesome !

Once again, over the damn top! Five minutes inside your brain would probably be an awesome trip.
Your solutions to problems and the shear volume of creative ideas you present is astounding.
You will always be one of my favorite figure creators. A very satisfying post to read and re-read.

He is looking great Alex, excellent work on the costume to date, wouldn't expect any other from you.


Cheers,

Peter.

Man, that’s looking great already.

GubernatorFan wrote:He's really coming to life now.

Rogerbee wrote:He looks SO good!

CHEERS!

Allotropos wrote:Wow..Bifur is looking awesome !

Pontiacivan wrote:Once again, over the damn top! Five minutes inside your brain would probably be an awesome trip.
Your solutions to problems and the shear volume of creative ideas you present is astounding.
You will always be one of my favorite figure creators. A very satisfying post to read and re-read.

peter the painter wrote:He is looking great Alex, excellent work on the costume to date, wouldn't expect any other from you.


Cheers,

Peter.

Stryker2011 wrote:Man, that’s looking great already.

Thanks guys!
Ponti, my brain is no where you want to go! LOL! You'd be stealing everyone's trash for a start!
Having a rapid deceleration in build work getting done as I'm burnt out and need a break from LOTR related stuff but don't want to start another 1/6 project since I'd then be committed to that for ages and not get back to these guys for a while. So I'm compromising by doing a gun build I've put off for far too long that should only take a couple of weeks to do since I just ordered a nice new Bosch angle grinder to do the mods to make it a CO2 powered full blow back 30rnd pellet shooter with rifled barrel. You can see how huge it is in the pics, there's a 1/6 Dr. No for size reference; it's a full metal replica of a Barrett .50cal anti-material rifle used for taking out engine blocks, tank tracks, targets behind concrete walls etc.. at 1,500m.
As for Bifur, I've built his boots and started on his eye resculpt also resculpted his eyebrow to be more arched  as per the reference pic above, got to paint it next, and make the eyes green.

Damn I still suck at doing eyes! Even in this case where it's only one... technically not human either..oh well I'll get there eventually. Made all the tusks out of milliput (the slug looking things LOL) and started to finish other weapons like Nori's kukri based knives and Balin's glaive etc..