Hollywood Boulevard (US movie icons)

quick update, Ryan Gosling from "Drive", and the Brangelina couple from "Mr & Mrs Smith"

Also, really nailed the lighting on that Drive pic.  Great movie, and love that figure.  I think I might have said this to you before, but your pics sell me on it more than their promo pics.

Don't like any of the Mel Gibson headsculpts.

I like the Drive photos. Perfect lighting and mood. Although less artsy, Brangelina works too

ReverendSpooky wrote:Also, really nailed the lighting on that Drive pic.  Great movie, and love that figure.  I think I might have said this to you before, but your pics sell me on it more than their promo pics.

Thanks a lot! In fact my figure is more a kitbash than the BBK out of the box, I swaped the head for the neckless one from DID, mounted the whole thing on a muscluar body, changed the blue jeans for a pair from poptoys. I actually grabbed the BBK set just for the jacket, it is really well tailored and the scorpion is very nicely made, I had asked for a custom one in the past, the pricing was absolutely ridiculous (over 300$ without shipping)

shazzdan wrote:Don't like any of the Mel Gibson headsculpts.

Gotta agree there a not a perfect Mel Gibson headsculpt yet, I think the problem also comes from us, we have a vision of an actor/actress through various movies, past n present, mixed with their real life actual face we see in the papers, the result is impossible to capture on a single headsculpt. In Mel's case, just from lethal weapon 1 to 3, his face changed a lot, years pass lol
I surprised myself recently while checking the Matrix Neo figure announced by hot toys, I was like "damn it's not keanu reeves at all"... Two hours and a movie later, in fact the likeness is very solid with his specific appearance in that unique movie.

GubernatorFan wrote:I like the Drive photos. Perfect lighting and mood. Although less artsy, Brangelina works too

Thanks a lot bro! I took some time to edit one of these shots and add a LA background!

And now it looks epic. Given how others misuse that word, I'm sure it's more than justified.

Very cool looking. That's probably the best Gosling HS I've seen so far. And how did I miss your Mr. & Mrs. Smith. That's awesome. I never would have thought of doing them from that scene.

@Stryker, thanks a lot for the kind words! ANgelina is not very accurate, but it was a lot fo fun to set their wrecked house lol. Agreed on Ryan Gosling, I have the bbk, an attached neck one from DID too I think, and that neckless one.

@gubernator Thanks a lot bro!!! btw there is no photoshop magic other than the background, the head miraculously sits on the neck perfectly and it's a 99% color match with ZC muscular clone bodies.

More past works, David Dunn the "local" hero from Unbreakable by Night Shyamalan... It's surely my cheapest kitbash ever, all you need is a bruce willis head (headplay one here), a baseball cap, a vietnam war US poncho, and voila!









Just as easy but I couldn't resist cause the character is badass as f***, here is my try at John Wick, in the two variants of his iconic black suit. Headsculpt is from el1ev1en, I am happily surprised everytime by the quality of their work.













And in action, based on one of the first fight scenes occuring the first movie...

Excellent. They may be easy to bash, but it’s the posing and effects in your photos that really brings them to life. Bravo!

I second that (what Stryker said). Without wishing to discount effort and originality in any way, much of the quality of a kitbash lies in its basic appearance.

Really love the shots.  The John Wick ones are so cool.

How did you do it? Green screen?
I've got some movie characters to share too! Can I put them here, or do a new posting?

brassco wrote:I've got some movie characters to share too! Can I put them here,  or do a new posting?

I think this is a specifically blackpool thread; why don't you start your own movie characters thread?

Beautiful pics, love the rain effects! You create a wonderfully atmospheric scene with each shot.

Dude, I'm a large fan of your photos, but the thing that makes your figures all the more dear to me is that (as you said early on in this thread) most of them are from films that helped shape who you are.

I'm a big believer in not forgetting what made us who we turn out to be.

Perhaps that's why your photos are so captivating. They deserve great care and you give it to them.

Stryker2011 wrote:Excellent. They may be easy to bash, but it’s the posing and effects in your photos that really brings them to life. Bravo!

Thanks a lot for the kind words, really appreciated thank you:

GubernatorFan wrote:I second that (what Stryker said). Without wishing to discount effort and originality in any way, much of the quality of a kitbash lies in its basic appearance.

Thanks a lot GF! I agree, most of my kitbashes are very simple but so are the heroes I love, the movie industry has proved that a guy in a black suit can be as badass as the ultimate scifi war robot.

ZombieKev wrote:Really love the shots.  The John Wick ones are so cool.

Thanks a lot!

brassco wrote:How did you  do it? Green screen?
I've got some movie characters to share too! Can I put them here,  or do a new posting?

It depends on the shot, for the John wick the only "cgi" is the blood and fire effect on the weapon, otherwise the set is built in my bathroom with three ikea shelves and stickable LED spots here n there lmao
Like Gubernator said it might be better to open your own thread to keep track of your past posts and get a growing gallery, that's what I try to do except for very "unique" figures, I tend to regroup my posts  (that way I miss less discussions lol)

tankgirlfuzzy wrote:Beautiful pics, love the rain effects! You create a wonderfully atmospheric scene with each shot.

Thanks a lot for the kind words, you guys (n gals) are too cool and kind! Thank you!

dadrab wrote:Dude, I'm a large fan of your photos, but the thing that makes your figures all the more dear to me is that (as you said early on in this thread) most of them are from films that helped shape who you are.
I'm a big believer in not forgetting what made us who we turn out to be.
Perhaps that's why your photos are so captivating. They deserve great care and you give it to them.

Wow that is surely the best compliment I have ever read about my pics, it goes straight to my heart, really, it means a lot as you pointed exactly how I feel about the hobby, and how I got into it actually. I couldn't thank you enough for these words, humble bow

Now pictures, cause it's getting too emotional here lol!

Less iconic than LA confidential for sure but I really enjoyed that movie, here is my early take at the "gangster squad" team (whih makes me realize we strongly need a good josh brolin headsculpt)









And another very simple kitbash, yet it is one of my favorite movie character, Butch Coolidge from Pulp Fiction

Nice additions! And I second that (we need a good Josh Brolin head sculpt).

Great Poses and photograpie at all the characters !

Thanks for the cool feedback friends!

Sorry I was away for some vacations down south of my country, a bit more sunshine, and some sandy shores, but finally back in town, and to work... ewwwww!

I just reworked my Martin Riggs from Lethal Weapon to match his look in the second movie, he's not wearing that iconinc football jacket as much as in my memories so I add to do something lol...



And after playing a little with my straitjacketed hannibal lecter, I thought it would be fun to recreate the funny sequence in lethal weapon 2 with riggs gambling with fellow police officers on how fast he could escape a straitjacket... From my childhood I always had a lot of admiration for this whacky character!









Hope you'll like!

I like! The choice of elements and the richness of the backgrounds, objects, and figures really give your scenes an almost real-life quality.

Thanks a lot my friend! I confess I invested in some "police station" equipment with all the cops I have in my collection lol, so I recently purchased the phone, and a metal tryping machine, as well as the wooden desk.

I built the partition wall from movie screenshots to match a bit more the original scene

Those photos are 'effin' awesome. Lot's of familiar faces in the crowd, too.

I seriously dig your work.

Really cool. Well done dio and posing. I wish I could have gotten that Murtaugh when it came out. I have a custom Martin HS waiting to be painted, but for some reason the artist never got around to Roger.

Danny Glover and the blue lighted John Wick Scenes are my favorites! And the Arnie face with the glasses.

I wonder what you would do with Clint Eastwood and Al Pacino.

I'd love to own a real good clint eastwood but I try to stay away from past and ancient eras because ti would be a totally new universe in which I have nothing (so don't tempt me lol)

Quick update I had some free time this weekend, enough to build a small "corridor" set for my driver (I love this character and the quality of his jacket so much I had to play with him again after netflix added the movie to their selection lol)

Hope you'll like! (next is terminator 2, I have to edit some shots I took this weekend as well)

Nicely done, and great photos, as usual.

blackpool wrote:I'd love to own a real good clint eastwood but I try to stay away from past and ancient eras because ti would be a totally new universe in which I have nothing (so don't tempt me lol)

Quick update I had some free time this weekend, enough to build a small "corridor" set for my driver (I love this character and the quality of his jacket so much I had to play with him again after netflix added the movie to their selection lol)

The headsculpt and glasses remind me of David Soul's character in Magnum Force.




It isn't an exact match but the right sunglasses would make it work. If you find a good Clint Eastwood, perhaps you could do a scene with both characters in it.

Ugh damn, those Drive photos look so damn GOOD! Making me want to watch it again right now. The hallway looks PERFECT. And the lighting on all these shots is so excellent.

Don't know how I missed commenting before, but that Lethal Weapon scene is so killer, and I LOVE the Unbreakable shots (Possibly M Night Shyamalan best movie too). Your photos are always such a blast!

blackpool wrote:the Brangelina couple from "Mr & Mrs Smith"

Cograts on your excellent bashes and photography, Blackpool!
I really like this one! My Mrs. Smith is using that same gorgeous head but on a Phicen S09 so she's too tall.
What i want to ask is... what headsculpt and body did you use for Mr. Smith?
Body has excellent musculature, is it a Worldbox?
As for that nice Brad head, it really looks familiar but i can't remember from what figure set.
(My Mr. Smith head is the ancient BBI Navy Seal Team 8 Trident so he's due for an upgrade!)