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

Rogerbee wrote:Looking good!

Compared to me, everyone is busy! I've had such a lazy year, so much I should have done, but, just couldn't be bothered. Mind you, it has saved me a ton of cash, which I can put towards getting off my backside next year.

CHEERS!

Get any of this year's resolutions done?    Got a month left!

GubernatorFan wrote:Bifur has come together beautifully! Looking forward to Bombur.

Cheers GF! Should have decent pics of a completed Bifur soon as I literally just put down the last paint on his weapons and scabbard now.

I've finished Balin's glaive after modding the handle to make it longer like the screen version, trying to get a woven shoelace over a tube is a nightmare though! Have you ever played with a 'Chinese finger trap'? It's just like that, the harder you pull or push the tighter the inner diameter becomes. Anyway he's posed with it amongst the others, with only Nori looking jealous and wondering where his weapons are.

Nice!

I never make resolutions, you can't break what you don't make!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Nice!

I never make resolutions, you can't break what you don't make!

CHEERS!

Very true, I don't think I've actually ever made one in my life! That's how much faith I have in my commitments.. probably more to do with the fact that I absolutely hate being told what to do, even by myself!

Some Bombur reference pics to peruse..

He looks a lot like Obelix from Asterix.

I don't like being ordered to do stuff either, that's why I'm so glad to be out from under the yoke of the DWP. It could also be why I haven't moved yet, though being a lazy git hasn't helped either, LOL!

CHEERS!

He looks a lot like Obelix from Asterix.

Very much so, with a bit of Friar Tuck and a Shaolin monk mixed in too, his braided beard looks very much like the large prayer bead necklaces of the Shaolin monks but he has a shaved patch on top of his head (ironically started by the Romans to identify slaves in general, I guess Christian monks kept it as a sign of respect to Christian slaves who were slaughtered for their religion).

Good old Friar Tuck, never the best friend of Reverend Spooner!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Good old Friar Tuck, never the best friend of Reverend Spooner!

CHEERS!

Is reverend spooner a real character or are you just playing on words as he's not using a spoon?
Going to start that girthy body of his tonight I think, been playing around with a complicated Transformers combiner all weekend, the large ones are a work out!

LOL! Reverend Spooner was a real man. What he did was to take words and swap their first letters around. Brexit Secretary, for example, could become Sexit Brecretary! You can well imagine what Friar Tuck would become, and I can't print it here!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:LOL! Reverend Spooner was a real man. What he did was to take words and swap their first letters around. Brexit Secretary, for example, could become Sexit Brecretary! You can well imagine what Friar Tuck would become, and I can't print it here!

CHEERS!

Ah 'spoonerisms'! Brings back vague memories of English grammar exams...

Started on his body, gathered appropriate materials for clothing and got sent the wrong coloured hair for his big long braid, can't really send it back due to agoraphobia but hoping I can dye it for other builds later on. Turns out I need Intense Mango as a hair colour...only £7 so not the end of the world.

Yeah, LOL! Sorry, wasn't sure you'd know what I meant if I'd put that.

CHEERS!

It looks like a massacre, but I am sure it will end up another masterpiece!

Rogerbee wrote:Yeah, LOL! Sorry, wasn't sure you'd know what I meant if I'd put that.

CHEERS!

Trying to remember all the grammatical odd groups of words' names, the ones that are spelt so they can say the same word forwards and backwards, words that sound like the noise they are describing, words used together with the same first letter etc.. been a while!

GubernatorFan wrote:It looks like a massacre, but I am sure it will end up another masterpiece!

Gone back to my car crash roots!

Sincerely, your ingenuity is paralleled by an unwavering commitment to the task.

It seems that it will all have certainly been a long time coming, but your progress in the endeavor speaks volumes of virtue - and portends immense gratification, I would imagine…

Magical stuff.

PureEnergy wrote:Sincerely, your ingenuity is paralleled by an unwavering commitment to the task.  

It seems that it will all have certainly been a long time coming, but your progress in the endeavour speaks volumes of virtue - and portends immense gratification, I would imagine…

Magical stuff.  

Welcome and thank you very much PE! As we were just talking about English grammar it looks like you've been reading the English (American) Thesaurus recently!! Yup they do take a while to build but I'm glad I'm doing them.

Palindromes! Like Kayak for example. Saw that a lot this year as they sponsored the F1 on Channel 4. Didn't study grammar in depth, but I know how to use it.

Hope this new bash goes well for you

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Palindromes! Like Kayak for example. Saw that a lot this year as they sponsored the F1 on Channel 4. Didn't study grammar in depth, but I know how to use it.

Hope this new bash goes well for you

CHEERS!

Yup remembered palindromes afterwards but still can't remember the others, phonosomething or other etc..

Back to building Dwarf bodies 101 for anyone who has forgotten or not seen earlier pages for the other builds, also this one is quite different due to his immense weight; I've actually lost count of how many layers of foam I've given him!! He's still fully articulated though .

























Still not enough...added more..

















Damn! I think he needs even more!!

Looking good!

Great work on the fatsuit.

CHEERS!

shovelchop81 wrote:

PureEnergy wrote:Sincerely, your ingenuity is paralleled by an unwavering commitment to the task.  

It seems that it will all have certainly been a long time coming, but your progress in the endeavour speaks volumes of virtue - and portends immense gratification, I would imagine…

Magical stuff.  

Welcome and thank you very much PE! As we were just talking about English grammar it looks like you've been reading the English (American) Thesaurus recently!!  Yup they do take a while to build but I'm glad I'm doing them.

"That which is worthy of doing is indeed worthy of doing…"  

Also, again, I can but imagine what glory and splendor wait to rush at once upon you upon completion of such an epic undertaking; and it doth sing unto the heart to see such devotion to one’s eye’s apple.

Most impressive in your resoluteness, sir…


I appreciate the warm welcome as well as welcome the warm appreciation…

Rogerbee wrote:Palindromes! Like Kayak for example...

A palindrome ought be, itself, a palindrome; i.e., “emordnilap!”

English, however, is most often so inscrutable...  


Has anyone ever actually heard an onomatopoeia?  



Great update, Chop!

Rogerbee wrote:Looking good!

Great work on the fatsuit.

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger! More to add yet...

PureEnergy wrote:

shovelchop81 wrote:

PureEnergy wrote:Sincerely, your ingenuity is paralleled by an unwavering commitment to the task.  

It seems that it will all have certainly been a long time coming, but your progress in the endeavour speaks volumes of virtue - and portends immense gratification, I would imagine…

Magical stuff.  

Welcome and thank you very much PE! As we were just talking about English grammar it looks like you've been reading the English (American) Thesaurus recently!!  Yup they do take a while to build but I'm glad I'm doing them.

"That which is worthy of doing is indeed worthy of doing…"  

Also, again, I can but imagine what glory and splendor wait to rush at once upon you upon completion of such an epic undertaking; and it doth sing unto the heart to see such devotion to one’s eye’s apple.

Most impressive in your resoluteness, sir…


I appreciate the warm welcome as well as welcome the warm appreciation…

PureEnergy wrote:

Rogerbee wrote:Palindromes! Like Kayak for example...

A palindrome ought be, itself, a palindrome; i.e., “emordnilap!”

English, however, is most often so inscrutable...  


Has anyone ever actually heard an onomatopoeia?  



Great update, Chop!

Cheers! Well there's actually one in your avatar! Sizzle and bang are pretty much spot on.

shovelchop81 wrote:

Rogerbee wrote:Looking good!

Great work on the fatsuit.

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger! More to add yet...

PureEnergy wrote:

shovelchop81 wrote:

PureEnergy wrote:Sincerely, your ingenuity is paralleled by an unwavering commitment to the task.  

It seems that it will all have certainly been a long time coming, but your progress in the endeavour speaks volumes of virtue - and portends immense gratification, I would imagine…

Magical stuff.  

Welcome and thank you very much PE! As we were just talking about English grammar it looks like you've been reading the English (American) Thesaurus recently!!  Yup they do take a while to build but I'm glad I'm doing them.

"That which is worthy of doing is indeed worthy of doing…"  

Also, again, I can but imagine what glory and splendor wait to rush at once upon you upon completion of such an epic undertaking; and it doth sing unto the heart to see such devotion to one’s eye’s apple.

Most impressive in your resoluteness, sir…


I appreciate the warm welcome as well as welcome the warm appreciation…

PureEnergy wrote:

Rogerbee wrote:Palindromes! Like Kayak for example...

A palindrome ought be, itself, a palindrome; i.e., “emordnilap!”

English, however, is most often so inscrutable...  


Has anyone ever actually heard an onomatopoeia?  



Great update, Chop!

Cheers! Well there's actually one in your avatar!  Sizzle and bang are pretty much spot on.

Hahaha!  

Indeed...  But, have you heard the elusive onomatopoeia?  That which you have described, 'tis but the sound of common bacon!  

And "Pow" is merely abbreviation for Power, my friend.      

Right, fattened him up completely now, discovered the more foam I put on him the more it was getting compressed by his trousers which are elasticated and originally Princess Leia's in her Hasbro Boushh disguise if you can believe it!! So I ended up giving him squash proof thick solid hemp bag handles for his 'love handles' with a thin layer of foam over those. I also thickened up his legs and arms, as you can see he's still very articulated and posable thanks to the 'give' in the foam and some strategic cutting and glueing.

Looking really good, the proportions look much better now too.


Cheers,

Peter.

peter the painter wrote:Looking really good, the proportions look much better now too.


Cheers,

Peter.

Thanks Peter! Just takes a bit of experimenting and a lot of foam and glue! I'll be covering his 'jogging bottoms' with a more movie accurate towel like fabric from a Hasbro Mace Windu Jedi cloak, this should look the part with some ink and cover any joint gaps issues hopefully too.

Leia's trousers, nice. Her slave outfit did little to hide her Boushh!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Leia's trousers, nice. Her slave outfit did little to hide her Boushh!

CHEERS!

shovelchop81 wrote:Right, fattened him up completely now, discovered the more foam I put on him the more it was getting compressed by his trousers which are elasticated and originally Princess Leia's in her Hasbro Boushh disguise if you can believe it!! So I ended up giving him squash proof thick solid hemp bag handles for his 'love handles'  with a thin layer of foam over those. I also thickened up his legs and arms, as you can see he's still very articulated and posable thanks to the 'give' in the foam and some strategic cutting and glueing.

The “Fat Suit” is fantastic.  How clever of you to use cordage for rolls of huggable chub...  

Ultimately, half Action Figure, half Plushie - and a whole bunch of Lovin’!


Outstanding figuring, good sir.

Damn that's ingenious...

PureEnergy wrote:
The “Fat Suit” is fantastic.  How clever of you to use cordage for rolls of huggable chub...  

Ultimately, half Action Figure, half Plushie - and a whole bunch of Lovin’!


Outstanding figuring, good sir.

Thank you!

dadrab wrote:Damn that's ingenious...

Cheers dadrab! Love the War Pigs video you posted BTW, reminded me of Todd McFarlane's animated video for Disturbed's cover of Genesis' 'Land Of Confusion'



Been busy tailoring Bombur's outfit, painting it too. The correct colour hair arrived.





















Baby lotion/oil softens stiff material after painting it.