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Here's a fun one I had fun putting together.
Forrest Gump in Vietnam.




"Get Down! Shut Up!"


(I also re-tooled my RTO and brought Lt. Dan with me.)





Two things right off, he had a green helmet band instead of black, and also grey duct-tape
instead of black on the spare radio battery on his pack.



The hardest part was finding out his exact gear load-out, and his helmet graffiti.





"Gotta find Bubbaaaa!"

#modern #military #forrestgump #male #film #custom #kitbash #outdoors #vietnam

Hi all! First post over here for me!

I thought I would try out this new forum with a double posting of my thread I just started over at OSW, just to see how it looks and what the experience is like. It was my first new thread posting since the new "regime change," and it was a buggy nightmare just to get it edited. They really do have issues...

Anyway, sorry if some of you have already seen this thread over there!

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We are a diverse group, this community, and I'll bet if we were to learn of each other's full range of interests, passions and hobbies, we'd come across some surprising revelations. I'm 100% sure none of you know I am a big opera fan, and I’m not talking about the sudsy kind. I grew up with it (dad was a concert pianist), and have loved it for as long as I can remember.

My favorite opera composers are (in no particular order) Verdi, Wagner, and Mozart, and one of my favorite operas is Die Walküre of Wagner's Ring Cycle. Most of you will recognize the tune of the "Ride of the Valkyries" famously used in Apocalypse Now, and it is a rousing barnburner, especially if performed by a good orchestra and capable Wagnerian singers (becoming an endangered species IMHO). The role of Brünnhilde is central not only to this opera but also to the remaining two operas of the cycle (she doesn't appear in the first one).

Those of you who are familiar with Wagner's version of Nordic/Germanic mythology will know that Brünnhilde is a valkyrie, daughter of Wotan (Odin) and thus immortal. In myths and Wagner's opera she is a shieldmaiden and warrior, with a youthful and beautiful form, but unfortunately for opera fans the extreme vocal demands of the operatic role usually means that the singer who is capable of singing it is a middle aged (or older) woman who is rather "big boned," to put it euphemistically. That is where the original phrase, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" comes from, actually, referring to the final self immolation scene in Götterdämmerung, where she destroys Valhalla itself and ends the cycle.

Anyway, sorry for all the exposition, I decided to do a 1/6 version of Brünnhilde inspired by the lovely illustrations by Arthur Rackham ca. 1910, but with a slightly less Victorian, more sexy/modern take. Here's the inspiration:


And here's my version:


And here are some more detailed, better lit pics:







Body is TBLeague S23b, head is Kimi KT007 (I gave the hair my usual haircut/style), helmet, breastplate, right brace, spear are from the TBL Captain Sparta figure, with helmet crest removed. White dress and sandals are from Chinese ebay sellers (I modified the skirt a bit). Cloak is from one of the AVP Predators (I think elderly one?). Shield is TBL Red Sonja. The "fish scale" mail is taken from the ACI Greek sets, repainted and sewn/glued onto the white dress—that was definitely the hardest part and required a lot of geometry!

I can guarantee you'll never see a Brünnhilde looking like this in any opera house!

#fantasy #female #warrior #custom #kitbash

Hello, All

Just wanted to show my current collection. Some are still WIPs, and some aren't up yet (like the custom Deadwood figures from our very own siquisiri (need to find my Dremel in order to get the heads to fit on the bodies). It would be great if others showed their shelves/collections, as well.

Anyway, hope you enjoy.


In case anyone's curious. The Kumik sculpt on the "Cowgirl Stripper" on the left is on one of the Phicen SS bodies w/ the original "Tan" skin tone (not the Old Suntan)
The Very Cool HS of Jessica Alba (Nancy Callahan) isn't as noticeably different in person as it is in this flash photo pic.

The Kumik HS (1st on left "Asian Audrey Hepburn", the middle "Cute Asian Coed", and far right "Olivia Wilde") are all on the Phicen SS "Tan" bodies, now long sold out. Wish they'd bring that skin tone back.

As you can see the Kumik HS in the back row far left is a horrible match for that body.

Back row, far left and very front row ('Emilia Clarke/Sarah Conner' & 'Quiet' HS) were both from sculpt4ever and are both on the Phicen "Tan" bodies, as well. As you can see I switched the Quiet outfit and used the Very Cool Shooter HS (the one everyone keeps saying looks like Megan Fox, though I don't see it). I still haven't found a use for the original HS that came with the outfit/HS combo set -- mainly because I can't find a single body on the market (jointed or seamless) that matches the odd color of it.

Eva Green's HS is by sculpt4ever (as you can see, the HS doesn't match the body; I had her on one of the "Tan" Phicens, but it didn't even match that color). I added the earrings and made the necklace for Vesper. The red lingerie girl is one of the last plastic skeleton Phicens (I figured Sean deserved a near-naked beauty to flank him).

I have DID's General Frank (Ed Harris -ish) but I haven't figured out a way to put his ribbons/medals on his Dress Uniform without making it look stupid.

My 1800s: Simza (Noomi Rapace); the HS is the Flirty Girl Hornet w/ a wig; the dress was custom made -- hand-dyed skirt and embroidered corset top by Amy Jones [AJClothiers], the same lady who has been doing all the Western clothes for the ArtFigures projects; she also did the Watson & Sherlock (Jude Law & Robert Downey Jr) outfits for me a few years ago.

Still can't believe one of these bootleg companies hasn't made Eggsy (Taron Egerton) yet.



My Wizard of Oz Squad is still a WIP. The Wicked Witch of the West is painted in acrylics (I don't recommend doing that; if you touch the body where it's been painted, despite acrylic being a flexible paint, it cracks). The body and clothes are all from the Keres No Tomorrow set by Phicen; the Hs is a painted spare Lady Death V. 1, with a wig; broom from Star Ace Potter series).
The moment I saw that Kimi toys HS I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. The Wizard of Oz was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and when Zenoscope started doing their take on it, I knew I had to try to make something similar. Dorothy is eventually going to get a different top; the skirt was made by my other and I, since I couldn't find a gingham skirt anywhere. And she's sporting a super-soaker to fight you-know-who. I couldn't believe my luck when a company made those high heels she has on. Toto 2.0 is her attack dog. The other two are self-explanatory, I think. Still waiting on the Mr. Z Lion (though I do have an alternate option that I started working on a couple years ago), and I'm still working on painting up my take on the Tin-Man.


My Lord of the Rings shelf is a WIP. I have Boromir, Legolas, Gandalf the Grey, Eowyn and the ACI Aragorn (haven't taken the first four out of the boxes yet, and Aragorn needs a body transplant -- so he doesn't look so bulky); I also have Sam and Frodo, but waiting on the alternate HS for those two). I swapped out the Tauriel body for a Phicen, and eliminated part of her outfit (mostly because I thought her entire part in The Hobbit was unnecessary and not cannon, and a good portion of the outfit was junk).


The Chuck in the front is a custom HS (from Will, the same lad from Down Under who has made all the Western sculpts for ArtFigures); the body is a swap out w/ ankle extenders -- Chuck was 6'3" -- because the original body was absolute garbage; I kept Sideshow's original "Astronaut Taylor" in the back as a reminder of how far we've come. I wish we'd get updated versions from this line; the original ape sculpts aren't bad, but they could use a serious repaint.


Sonja w/ a Mercy Dante HS and wig; my version of Arnold Conan with the custom sculpt from UlliPekka over at the Freaks, and a mish-mash of parts from both Kaustic Plastik sets.


That's the Artoys "Hellman" fig w/ that irritating belt. The Phicen box behind him is for that Lucifer, Wings of the Fallen figure if it ever shows up.


That Anubis is a modified version of the one by Mystical Forge; the original body was all black, and the worst type of crap rubber you can imagine (stunk up the whole house the second I opened it). It was also extremely small, coming up to about his shoulders w/ HS of the current body. I stripped it of it's gauntlets and shin guards, and everything else, and tossed that toxic piece of s$%t in the garbage. The body is the World Box "Wolverine" body. When I attempted to put the pieces onto this body, they were such hard, brittle plastic that they shattered -- so those followed the body into the trash. About the only good pieces out of that entire set was the sarcophagus, the staff, the scale, the ankh scepter by Cleo, and the inside cover makes for a nice backdrop. Even the HS isn't all that great, as, even with the original body, it is undersized. Cleo, is a combination of parts from the TBLeague Cleo set (the throne, Anubii statues, and most of her jewelry); the skirt and decorative waist piece were from an eBay set; and the HS is from the "Rowdy" (often called Rorty) boxed figure. My apologies to the ladies for the nudity.





I bought those steins to have the October Fest Girls hold, but those crap Phicen wrist joints can't hold a thing (and those steins are real metal and ceramic, very nice, but VERY heavy).
My Fire White Rose (Isla Fisher) became Kim Possible (my wife and I love that cartoon). For those that know, that was on the garbage plastic skeleton. She's leaning a little like that because I snapped her torso in half (just below the rib cage), and also her left bicep (right in the middle). Ted is her new sidekick; she booted that imbecile Ron Possible to the curb. Hehe.

That's the Star Ace Leonidas (probably the last semi-decent figure they made).

I really think the ThreeZero Commander Lin Mae has gotten a bad rap; I didn't even have to futz with the hair that much to make it look decent; just wet my fingers a little and smoothed out her hair. And the likeness, while not exact to the proto, isn't bad.



I really need to get a new HS for Selene; still pisses me off how Star Ace screwed the pooch on that one. And I wish someone would make a 1/6 Great Dane, so I can have a Scooby-Doo to go with the Mystery Girls.

The Vampi on the left is one that I made with one of the old plastic skeleton Phicens, so I could use those boots; the HS is Wondery with a hair transplant, the outfit is vinyl with a pattern by me, the bat from the Asian Vampi, jewelry from Michael's and etsy.

Can't wait to get CalvinLo's awesome Motop bike; Lobo's gonna' get that bad mother!

Turned Not-"Caroline Munroe" into a Biker Babe w/ the bootleg Ghost Rider bike (which does light up).




Saving room for Yondu.

Custom Joker (HS, gun & knife from eBay, clothes from onesixthkit)


Saving room for Mathilda (custom job from over at the Freaks); Jackie's a bash -- on the red carpet...


Aside from "The Good Guy" (Jackie Chan), all the others are bashes. I know, Mr. Smith (B. Pitt) had a buzz cut, but I haven't been able to find a Pitt HS that has that hair style, or even looks like him.

Tarkin was having a hard time deciding which Leia to focus on... but then he made up his mind. Can't say I blame him. (Jiaou Doll Wheaten w/ all ACPlay set, except for a chain I picked up at Michael's). Han has the Stormtrooper disguise HS, which I think fits his personality better in the smuggler outfit. (I bought the HS loose)

Another Slave Leia w/ the ACPlay HS, and the PopToys clothes (except the boots; couldn't get those Jiaou doll feet into the cheap ones that came in the PopToys set).

Poor Picard. He's so lonely. (I'm gonna' be pissed if we don't get the rest of the crew from TOS)

The Shi (far left back row) is wearing a mini-kimono I found on Aliexpress.

Comic-book style Elektra (I based mine on Frank Miller's Elektra: Assassin limited series) with the outfit by Spiderrogue, boots from eBay, HS is the Lucy Lawless lookalike.


While I'm not into BDSM personally, I do have to admit I admire their clothing options. Left to right HS: Red Sonja V. 1, Keres No Tomorrow and a custom repaint of what I can only assume is a Barbie/maybe a Tonner. (Again, my apologies to the ladies).


I'm really glad Mr. Z made the Jack the Monkey sets. They're really nice.

And there he is again, Jack the Monkey. The Pirate Queen is using one of the Very Cool shooter HS; most of her outfit is by Amy Jones (AJ Clothiers). Pretty much everything is cobbled together from bits and pieces off eBay and other sites. There's going to be another pirate to go along with the Quartermaster shown here. But he's still being worked on.

And here he is...

My crap photograph doesn't do the Duke justice. Really nice HS. I want Natalie Wood in Indian Dress to go with him. Hopefully some day...

Angel Eyes & Tuco are Redman; Blondie is a bash.

The green girl is a custom/bash I'm working on. When I get her done, I'll explain her story.


Both the girls in the back are from Coreplay. While they look cool, in an anime style, the bodies themselves are utter garbage. Loose joints like you wouldn't believe (much like all the Sideshow bodies prior to Snake Plissken), and neither one of them could stand up on their own. Worthless.

Still waiting on Furiosa...

Whew! That's it for now. Hope you didn't get bored. If you made it all the way thru, I applaud your patience and tolerance.

#collection #display #custom #kitbash

I've been in the works for months, building little details and making the paintings, but finally finished my Colossus the painter photoshoot.

When I started working on my custom X-Men figures, the intention was always to steer away from the costumes.  And while there are often a few nods to their iconic colors, I mostly wanted to go with the casual clothes I'd imagine them wearing.  So when I started Colossus, some paint stained overalls seemed the obvious choice.  Custom brushes, paint tubes, easel and paint covered palette seemed like they'd be great accessories, and fun to make.  As the idea for some photos of him painted started forming, I made a pile of scattered sketches, and a few painting, finished and unfinished, printed and transferred to real canvasses. Psylocke seemed the ideal model.

Hopefully nothing too risque for anyone here.















#superhero #custom #diorama #film #xmen #male #female

My first thread here so might mess it up!

This is No.6 out of 9 Wraiths, only 6 were featured in The Hobbit movie trilogy so the next 3 and Sauron will give me complete artistic freedom, however this one is based on the pictures below. I say 'based on' as I always take an artistic license here and there as these are CGI characters existing in a 2D world and it's not always possible or convenient for me to translate that into the real world mechanics of 1/6 figures that need to be fully articulated IMO.
Like most of The Nine there seems to be no story or name behind this Wraith other than he was once a human king corrupted by one of the nine rings of power given to mortal men and then enslaved by the necromancer Sauron to live forever as a spectre of himself and do Sauron's bidding. He is seen with the other 5 Wraith (that I have already made figures of shown in the links below and the LOTR/TH marathon WIP build thread that now has 24 pages of work and many more characters built on it, 13 in total so far) at the battle of Dol Guldur fighting Saruman, Elrond with Galadriel protecting Gandalf then facing down Sauron, albeit at a distance.







LOTR/TH WIP thread

Finished Greco-Roman Wraith

Finished Easterling Wraith

Finished Haradrim Wraith

Finished Rohirrim Wraith

Finished Witch King Of Agmar Dol Guldur




Reference pics:





My finished Executioner Wraith:





















This is my custom Saruman, much taller than the Asmus version with longer hair, different body with padding, fabric real lace up boots and painted beard etc...















With his brethren so far..











#custom #kitbash #lordoftherings #lotr

Lots of painting of things...


Ghost in the Shell - (Gac Toys head, custom hair piece, new face-up)

Ghost in the Shell by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Ghost in the Shell by Macktrucker, on Flickr


Clicker, from a flash fiction contest (Triad otaku/alpha base)

Clicker by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Lara.  Lots of different ones.

Lara by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Lara by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Sideshow Lara Croft upgrade by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Sideshow Lara Croft upgrade by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Lara by Macktrucker, on Flickr


Lara by Macktrucker, on Flickr


Cameron

TSCC Cameron by Macktrucker, on Flickr


Crazy

Natalie Butler by Macktrucker, on Flickr

Natalie Butler by Macktrucker, on Flickr

#custom #kitbash #female

I was given a Proxxon DB250 Mini Lathe for Christmas. I have never done any wood turning before so I spent a few weeks turning fat sticks into skinny ones to get the hang of it.



It isn't very expensive, it takes up little bench space, it is very quiet for a power tool, and it is very therapeutic.


After getting comfortable with the tools I tried making some baseball bats to get the hang of some basic techniques.







#tool #custom

A few pics of my 1/6 Wolverine Weapon X helmet with led lighting. Thought I’d be farther along on the rest of the figure this past weekend, but was excited how this came out and wanted to share.







#superhero #xmen #wolverine #film #male #custom #kitbash #phicen #tbleague



UPDATED 04/08/2018

So, I thought this would be a quick easy project.  Make a quick Weapon X  helmet, a couple mechanical bits, a few wires, throw them on a naked Wolverine.  Get a few cool photos.  Done and done.  

These things never work out that way though.  Ended up going deep into every piece, getting pretty elaborate on the leather straps, and adding an LED to the helmet.  Just finished up today, and I'm thrilled with the results.  

I want to do a big photoshoot, elaborate background, maybe a bit of action, and definitely plan to get some pics next time it snows.  But I was so excited to have finished today, I couldn't resist getting some photos.

















And while I was at it, I couldn't resist doing some super stylized shots.







A quick note, but I didn't have any kind of background that would work, so I threw together a faux concrete wall in under an hour.  Textured it up with a big rock I found under my porch, painted it concrete grey, then a big wash of grimey black.  Kept blasting it with the hairdryer so I didn't have to slow down, and could get these pics while there was still some sun.  Really happy with how it came out, and it's a great start on a versatile military base/lab kinda diorama background I have planned.  Such a productive day!

This is a sort of revisiting or retake of my first OSW post, with better lighting and photos, and more accessories, namely the new Connor/Resistance Leader by CGL. Oh, and more dust, I think, which is either good or bad...

Hope you like it.















#hottoys #terminator #barbie #repurpose #custom #cgl #male #film

This just seems like a bad idea!








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#diorama #custom #kitbash

For anyone who hasn't already seen him, this is my first Space Marine. He is one of seven. His unit is known as the Grappling Cephalopods
I also included a sneak peak of their support robot, S.P.L.O.T.C.H
Suppression Protected Logistical Operations / Tactical Communications Hub
S.P.L.O.T.C.H. Has a HUGE E.M. Signature but he carries all the latest jamming and communications gear.
He is intended to have M134s for arms and a pair of back mounted missiles, as well as chaff and flare launchers
He can jam incoming ordinance, while simultaneously calling in a strike for his team. I hope you enjoy!










#astronaut #kitbash #custom #futuristic #fiction #robot #droid #male

Just a couple of astronaut shots. Some of them still need helmet collars and everybody needs their life support equipment, but they were all suited up, so what the heck.
I thInk I need to start shooting photos with something other than my ipad. Picture quality just isn't what I want.




#custom #astronaut #fiction #kitbash

So following on from my post of my Star Wars 1/6 collection, here are a couple of pics showing my 1/6 modern military and police figures.  I hope you like these too.






#modern #military #police #custom #collection

Hello everyone!
For those who don't know me, My primary interest is in Sci Fi figures and dioramas
I like Astronauts, Robots, Space Marines, etc.
My main dioramas are a Space Station, a cargo vessel, and battleship ( The Iowa II)
These are so large that they are continuous WIPs and maybe for a long time.
Since the guys need a place to sleep and draw air while on Mars, I built them a HAB.
This is also a WIP, but close to completion.
Hope you enjoy!




































#custom #kitbash #diorama #futuristic #astronaut

Please use this thread to report and exhibit items you have found useful for your dioramas and other sixth-scale purposes.

For example, I am reposting some information and images that I contributed to the One Sixth Warriors forum. Inexpensive high-quality plastic boxes available at Walmart, Kroger, and Cotswold Collectibles, coming in several colors (clear/white, green, red, blue, purple) and sizes.









#custom #kitbash #repurpose