Asmus Galadriel w/ exclusive set & Accessories Compared To My Previous Galadriel & Some Mods

I'll let the pics do the talking, crown mod was fiddly but worth it, previous Galadriel is probably ToyBiz? I think the jar came from a Vlad The Impaler set lol. The hair mod was a bit risky as it can melt with hair straighteners!  so I wouldn't recommend it to a newbie customiser, might be too straight now but should return slightly to be a bit more kinked as it's nylon. Articulation is great so are all the accessories, not sure what to do with yet another spare Gandalf hat and very nicely made Narsil sword though, love the robe but the hood will need a bit of wire and a stitch through the pointy bit at the back to pull it down if I decide to use it at all. I got the exclusive set from Asmus for £150, seen her without the accessories on eBay for over £300!! Mine's no.3 of 1500 so they must have just done a rerelease. I should be getting the Smeagol and Gollum two pack with the exclusive dio this week.

BEFORE ANY MODS




























































Comparison, £15 and £150:





























UNSTITCHED THE CROWN







CROWN BEFORE MODS









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SAURON IS ALWAYS WATCHING!





















MODS STARTED ON CROWN, HOT WATER TO RESHAPE, LOTS OF PAINSTAKING SCALPEL WORK TO TRY AND REMOVE ALL THE UNPAINTED TRANSLUCENT FILLER PARTS!









GETTING THERE. NEEDED TO CUT FROM THE INSIDE TOO THEN THIN IT OUT CAREFULLY AS WELL

















USED MARKERS FIRST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE GOLD AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE SILVER, AFTER CORRECTIONS I COMMITTED WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS.













CROWN FINISHED













UNMODIFIED HOOD NOT GOING TO WORK











DECIDED HAIR WAS TOO FRIZZY AND CURLY SO USED HAIR STRAIGHTENERS VERY CAREFULLY (NYLON HAIR!) WITH SOME BEARD OIL, A COMB, A TOOTHBRUSH AND SCISSORS. LOOKS TOO STRAIGHT NOW BUT SHOULD RETURN A BIT TO BE SLIGHTLY CURLY.



THE HAZARD OF NYLON HAIR AND HEAT!












NO SHE WON'T GROW A BEARD!



PICTURED WITH MY CUSTOM FRODO AND SCRATCH BUILT GIMLI













I NEED TO TOUCH UP A TINY BIT OF SILVER ON THE CROWN THAT'S BUGGING ME AND CAREFULLY SWAB AWAY ANY REMAINING OIL ON HER FACE BUT ONLY SAW THESE AFTER TAKING PICS.

The repainted crown and straightened hair are a vast improvement. Well done! She looks great with the other characters.

GubernatorFan wrote:The repainted crown and straightened hair are a vast improvement. Well done! She looks great with the other characters.

Thanks GTF! I fixed the little things bugging me, they'd been exaggerated by the flash so touched her up (that sounds wrong..) and took some pics without a flash.









BETTER?

Beautiful and ethereal, just like she should be. Flash does exaggerate things, as does even non-flash strong light.

Nice upgrades!

GubernatorFan wrote:Beautiful and ethereal, just like she should be. Flash does exaggerate things, as does even non-flash strong light.

BAMComix wrote:Nice upgrades!

Thanks very much GTF and BAMC!

So the 'solidity?' of the front of her crown in my version was bugging me as it's more latticework on the prop, so I got the scalpel out again to stop it annoying me. Also a couple of pics of her new hair without the crown too.






IMPROVED CROWN

I'm glad it didn't break. It was already looking fine, but you're right, even better now.

Some seriously nice improvements, Alex. Well done.

GubernatorFan wrote:I'm glad it didn't break. It was already looking fine, but you're right, even better now.

Stryker2012 wrote:Some seriously nice improvements, Alex. Well done.

THANKS GUYS!! I really needed someone to say something positive in my life right now!!! Means a lot.

Hey. Hang in there, Brother. We’re here for you. Don’t be afraid to reach out to me thru PM if you need to.

Stryker2012 wrote:Hey. Hang in there, Brother. We’re here for you. Don’t be afraid to reach out to me thru PM if you need to.

Cheers Stryker! Difficult times right now...

Top, top work as always!

BAMComix wrote:Top, top work as always!

Thank you BAMC!! Not that I did much lol.

The amount of work here, and the realism you achieve, are impressive!

Indeed, Alex does things that I sometimes am tempted to do but pull back in fear I'd mess it up; and, of course, plenty of things I would never dream of!

Mighty slick work, Sir Chop.

The quality of your mods gets better all the time. You’ve outdone yourself on the crown.

Skill AND dedication, brother.

Well done.

Wow, fantastic care and attention on that crown - looks amazing and it’s incredible what a difference it makes. I really like this full set, such a great character. Also appreciate the animal photo bombs, although typical cat sleeping…… still, it’s nice to have ‘helpers’. Hope things feel a little better for you soon.

davidd wrote:The amount of work here, and the realism you achieve, are impressive!

GubernatorFan wrote:Indeed, Alex does things that I sometimes am tempted to do but pull back in fear I'd mess it up; and, of course, plenty of things I would never dream of!

dadrab wrote:Mighty slick work, Sir Chop.

The quality of your mods gets better all the time. You’ve outdone yourself on the crown.

Skill AND dedication, brother.

Well done.

Tanzenwolfe wrote:Wow, fantastic care and attention on that crown - looks amazing and it’s incredible what a difference it makes. I really like this full set, such a great character. Also appreciate the animal photo bombs, although typical cat sleeping…… still, it’s nice to have ‘helpers’.  Hope things feel a little better for you soon.

Cheers guys! TBH I did very little! Just the hair and the crown mods.