So what is the 1/6th hobby for you ?

So what is the 1/6th hobby for you ?

Pain and passion.

Like so many others, I find it to be a combination of sets and parted-out bits and pieces for kitbashing. And the latter can be both specific and incidental, seeing how things fit together (or even whether they fit together). With the escalation of prices and increasingly less space, I find I'm more prone to look for parted-out items than entire sets. My collection tends to be mostly boxed up, with recent acquisitions still out for reviews or photos or kitbashing; definitely not a shelf collector here.

I like the hobby of 1/6th scale figures (i also own some 1/6, 1/4, 1/3 scale statues) as i like movies and find it fun to own 1/6th scale miniature versions of movie actors / actresses including characters we do not get to see the faces of, Stormtroopers being a prime example. My Stormtrooper collection amounts to 1x figure.

Without ever being an intention from the outset, i came up with a rule (which has been broken on a number of occasions) that once i had an actor / actress in the collection i would not purchase another figure based on the same actor / actress.
Margot Robbie, Robbie Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson caused me to break that rule on a few occasions.

The kit-bash side of 1/6th figures is something i have dabbled in. It started during the Covid lockdown and gave me something to focus on, think about, and stop me from loosing my mind.
It all started with wanting to create a 1/6th scale figure based on a movie character that i figured would never happen bt the likes of Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles etc.
The character in question was: Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina) from the movie Audition (1991)
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2844-project-asami-yamazaki-from-audition

Asami Yamazaki was followed by:
Nurse Alex Price (Jenny Agutter) from An American Werewolf In London (1981)
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t3314-project-nurse-alex-price-from-an-american-werewolf-in-london

Mathilda (Natalie Portman) from Leon: The Professional (1994)
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t5287-leon-the-professional-and-mathilda

The Female (Scarlett Johansson) from Under The Skin (2013)
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6637-project-inspired-by-the-female-from-the-movie-under-the-skin-2013


With the many left over components from the projects above combined with some new components,
characters from my own imagination made it to kit-bash reality. Those included:

Arctic Gun Girl
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6422-project-arctic-gun-girl#91078

Skater Girl
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6569-project-normal-girl-skater-girl

Hit Girls (Original Title: Project - Leftovers)
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6582-project-leftovers?highlight=leftovers


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For the pistol pointing pose, i was inspired by hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield from Pulp Fiction (1994)

skywalkersaga wrote:

And Illusion -.....

I really love your creations, so selfishly I'm glad to hear you might be focusing on more of those... :')

Thanks so much for your kind words. Really appreciate them and hope to deliver again sometime

Illusion wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:

And Illusion -.....

I really love your creations, so selfishly I'm glad to hear you might be focusing on more of those... :')

Thanks so much for your kind words. Really appreciate them and hope to deliver again sometime

Aw, you're welcome! You have great aesthetic sensibilties, excited to see what you do in the future.

To keep things short: A chance to have things I never dreamed would be possible as a kid; so, I’m both a “shelf collector” and a kit basher. My focus is everything, everywhere, all at once (what a bizarre movie), and a massive drain on the finances.

Stryker2012 wrote:To keep things short: A chance to have things I never dreamed would be possible as a kid; so, I’m both a “shelf collector” and a kit basher. My focus is everything, everywhere, all at once (what a bizarre movie), and a massive drain on the finances.

Eep, yeah.... we can all relate to that one....

Stryker2012 wrote:... My focus is everything, everywhere, all at once (what a bizarre movie), and a massive drain on the finances.

Indeed a very fitting summary.

Stryker2012 wrote:To keep things short: A chance to have things I never dreamed would be possible as a kid; so, I’m both a “shelf collector” and a kit basher. My focus is everything, everywhere, all at once (what a bizarre movie), and a massive drain on the finances.

Haha well put Mark!

I think there are different kind of shelf collectors. Some like you are deeply invested into the hobby and details while the social media shelf collectors only care for showing off their collection or doing the collecting as a "sidekick hobby" with figures that are state of the art until the next intersting thing comes by. The Event Fans.


Nice reading through that thread

Stryker2012 wrote:To keep things short: A chance to have things I never dreamed would be possible as a kid; so, I’m both a “shelf collector” and a kit basher. My focus is everything, everywhere, all at once (what a bizarre movie), and a massive drain on the finances.

I had to Google that (everywhere, all at once) and it is indeed a movie. Must check it out!

I've been finding sales and deals online with ease. I recently bought display towers for them. I forgot which boutique store it was, but they sold figures and shoes. So I got a free Hot Toy with my 2 pairs purchase.

445603 wrote:I've been finding sales and deals online with ease. I recently bought display towers for them. I forgot which boutique store it was, but they sold figures and shoes. So I got a free Hot Toy with my 2 pairs purchase.

What?! This sounds wild! What a random two for one! Very cool.