OSF Member Introductions . . .

Welcome aboard, Kayla. Looking forward to seeing what you want to share.

Kayla wrote:Hello everybody,

this is Kayla from Germany. Some members already know me from the German forums.  

I collect female Phicen/TBLeague, preferably the smaller bodies with younger heads. But I started with S01 and then I preferred S16/17 with adult heads. I originally come from the fashiondoll area and I only had a few Phicen on the side. But I liked the realistic look more and more - and so more and more Phicen girls and ladies came here and are now the main part of my collection.

I already have done a few experiments with the Phicen bodies because I like a variety of skin colors. It is also very important to me that the head and the body are perfectly color-matched. Maybe some people here are interested in my experiences - I already can see some related topics.

I also love taking photos (since I was a teenager) and so I can combine both hobbies well.

I hope to have a good exchange of our experiences!  

Greetings
Kayla

Considering your interest for fashion dolls and photography should you not have discovered it yet you may find this topic interesting :

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2630-phicen-tbleague-figures-with-fashion-dolls-clothing-accessoires-continuing

The creator even speaks (Belgian-) German.

Thank you for the greetings, TPB, Stryker and DarthJ!  

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:We are eager to see photos of your collections.

Stryker2011 wrote:Looking forward to seeing what you want to share.

Yes, the first photos will be coming soon ...

DarthJ wrote:Considering your interest for fashion dolls and photography should you not have discovered it yet you may find this topic interesting :

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2630-phicen-tbleague-figures-with-fashion-dolls-clothing-accessoires-continuing

Yes, the combination of fashion doll clothes and Phicen bodies is definitely very interesting for me!  

Kayla, you should check out the work of DonDeG here. And his blog links. He works a lot in the realm of figures similar to the Fashion Royalty, and I think you’ll find his work most impressive. He loves for the mid-century modern era, and makes some truly impressive dioramas for his figures.

Stryker2011 wrote:Kayla, you should check out the work of DonDeG here. And his blog links. He works a lot in the realm of figures similar to the Fashion Royalty, and I think you’ll find his work most impressive. He loves for the mid-century modern era, and makes some truly impressive dioramas for his figures.

Many thanks for this hot tip - it really sounds good, that it's something interesting to me.  

Welcome Kayla! looking forward too seeing your figures

An introduction!  Greetings all.  New member.  Got into this hobby by way of scale RC cars.  I purchased a 1/6 Jeep and needed a driver...engage rabbit hole.   I am amazed at what can be done and what I have seen posted here.  I am a rank amateur so I will be listening more than talking (at least for awhile! ). Could someone suggest the best image hosting for posting to the forum.  There are several.  I do have a newly created flickr account.  Will that do?  I am mostly on Instagram (emoryrivertroll) and have a YouTube channel (slo_troll_rc) that I occasionally upload to.

I look forward to learning from the members here (I already have thru my browsing).

Cheers!

EDIT:  I figured out the image insertion thanks to a sticky!  Alas I have to wait 7 days...

Welcome aboard, Dienamic. Flickr should work, but here’s a tutorial with the forum host’s recommended image hosting:

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t169-recommended-image-posting-procedures

Dienamic wrote:EDIT:  I figured out the image insertion thanks to a sticky!  Alas I have to wait 7 days...

You don't have to wait 7 days. If I recall correctly, the go around is to erase the automatically added text indicating that the image was hosted wherever. Or something like that.

Dienamic, welcome to OSF!

Hi everyone.

I'm mellr00, 33 year old from the UK.
I'm relatively new to 1/6 and 1/12, even though I used to have an army of action men when I was younger and a bucket load of clothes.

I've been doing tabletop miniatures for 25 years, some scale models here and there for a while. I stumbled upon phicen bodies by accident, because I was basically attempting to design a seamless 1/12 with my 3d printer and was happy to find the technology was already there.

I'm in my initial "buy bodies, experiment with things" phase, so hopefully will have some stuff to show off relatively soon.

Mellr00 wrote:Hi everyone.

I'm mellr00, 33 year old from the UK.
I'm relatively new to 1/6 and 1/12, even though I used to have an army of action men when I was younger and a bucket load of clothes.

I've been doing tabletop miniatures for 25 years, some scale models here and there for a while. I stumbled upon phicen bodies by accident, because I was basically attempting to design a seamless 1/12 with my 3d printer and was happy to find the technology was already there.

I'm in my initial "buy bodies, experiment with things" phase, so hopefully will have some stuff to show off relatively soon.

Hi Mellr00, pleased to be a fellow collector from the UK! looking forward too seeing your stuff as you progress. Lots of useful tips and helpful folks here, so your in good company

Welcome aboard, Mellr00. Be sure to check out the stickies at the top of the general section, and enjoy the site.

Hi everyone! I'm a 42 years old mexican who has been collecting from decades ago. I still have some toys from my childhood, He-Man, Thundercats, M.A.S.K., etc, but I think I began collecting in my early 20's with the McFarlane toys.

My first huge investments were a few Sideshow comiquettes and soon I got my hands on my first premium format Ms. Marvel, to this day one of my favorites.

But well, we are not here to talk about statues, lol! I got into the 1/6 figures with Superman The Movie Christopher Reeve, also still one of my favorites. I occasionally bought a Hot Toy or two per year without really knowing what I was getting into it and to be honest at the time I think I didn't enjoy them as I should.

The figures were kept inside their boxes for almost a decade. A few months ago I finally decided to enjoy them, so I got a proper display to keep them safe from dust and it is now that I got hooked with the 1/6 line, now I can't stop! I'm looking for old releases, other brands (Threezero, DamToys, etc) and customs.

Here is most of my 1/6 collection.




A pleasure to meet you. Thank you for having me and see you around!

Welcome to the Rabbit Hole, Zamorian. You have a nice collection there, and a really cool display cabinet.

Zamorian79 wrote:Hi everyone! I'm a 42 years old mexican who has been collecting from decades ago. I still have some toys from my childhood, He-Man, Thundercats, M.A.S.K., etc, but I think I began collecting in my early 20's with the McFarlane toys.

My first huge investments were a few Sideshow comiquettes and soon I got my hands on my first premium format Ms. Marvel, to this day one of my favorites.

But well, we are not here to talk about statues, lol! I got into the 1/6 figures with Superman The Movie Christopher Reeve, also still one of my favorites. I occasionally bought a Hot Toy or two per year without really knowing what I was getting into it and to be honest at the time I think I didn't enjoy them as I should.

The figures were kept inside their boxes for almost a decade. A few months ago I finally decided to enjoy them, so I got a proper display to keep them safe from dust and it is now that I got hooked with the 1/6 line, now I can't stop! I'm looking for old releases, other brands (Threezero, DamToys, etc) and customs.

Here is most of my 1/6 collection.




A pleasure to meet you. Thank you for having me and see you around!

welcome aboard!

that is a very nice clean display too!

Zamorian, that's a sweet collection and a beautiful display. Thanks for sharing it. And I'm sure a few members are salivating over the arcade games too.

Most impressive! welcome to OSF

That's great collection you have there.

Thank you all for the welcome!

And as you said time to dig into the rabbit hole! It is great to see what many of you are doing. So many unknown things to me and it is great to share with you ideas, advice, etc. Happy to be here!

Howdy. A few of you might recognize me from boards of old. I kinda dropped outa sight for a few years after my heart attack and retirement. I just needed some time to recovery from all the crap I went through. Finally settled into place which was much like a boulder that had rolled downhill and finally found its place at the bottom of the hill. I don't "do" much anymore. I got no "umph" to do stuff, but I like seeing what other folks are doing that remind me of stuff I used to like doing, ya know? I got too many aches and pains to list them all and you don't wanna read them anyway, but we all like our dollies and "action figures" but I say I don't think I really belong here is because GI Joe is my 1st love. The Ultimate Soldier is my 2nd Love. Dragon is my 3rd. Cy Girls, etc., I think you see where this is going. I DID buy a TBLeague Girl this very week to check out these new-fangled seamless, smooth-skinned fems. Jury is still out on her in my book, but there it is. So...I'm an old curmudgeonly grandfatherly type that still plays with dollies--take it or leave it. If ya don't like, just say so and I'll go away. Hell, I might die anytime now due to being a mean ol' bassard that well deserves to die while you kids get on with yer lives.

Oh, and one more thing- screw covid and screw the anti-vaxxers. I may be a mean ol' bassard, but my grand kids don't deserve to get sick because anti-vaxxers have screwy notions about why they can't or dont want or need shots. We wiped out polio and a great many other diseases because science works! Anti-vaxxers dont have to "believe" any damned thing. Science requires no belief. It works independent of your goofy ideas about government conspiracies and so on. Get your damned shots. It's OK if you die, but my grand kids don't deserve to yet.They need to grow up and figure out all these other problems we created for them, like plastics, pollution, climate change, etc.

Sorry if I hurt yer feelings or ruffled your feathers. I said I was a mean old bassard! I guess I really didn't mean to go all ranting and raving either. Sorry, again.

Brigadier Graemon wrote:Howdy. A few of you might recognize me from boards of old. I kinda dropped outa sight for a few years after my heart attack and retirement. I just needed some time to recovery from all the crap I went through. Finally settled into place which was much like a boulder that had rolled downhill and finally found its place at the bottom of the hill. I don't "do" much anymore. I got no "umph" to do stuff, but I like seeing what other folks are doing that remind me of stuff I used to like doing, ya know? I got too many aches and pains to list them all and you don't wanna read them anyway, but we all like our dollies and "action figures" but I say I don't think I really belong here is because GI Joe is my 1st love. The Ultimate Soldier is my 2nd Love. Dragon is my 3rd. Cy Girls, etc., I think you see where this is going. I DID buy a TBLeague Girl this very week to check out these new-fangled seamless, smooth-skinned fems. Jury is still out on her in my book, but there it is. So...I'm an old curmudgeonly grandfatherly type that still plays with dollies--take it or leave it. If ya don't like, just say so and I'll go away. Hell, I might die anytime now due to being a mean ol' bassard that well deserves to die while you kids get on with yer lives.

Welcome to the new mad house! Much like you I love the "older" figures too, 21st Century Toys/Ultimate Soldier figures are still very cool today, they did some very uncommon things brands today wouldn't dare to, CY Girls were great with the sheer variety of looks and subjects (not to mention the awesome accessories!) and some DML stuff still is amazing today (again, some of the best made weapons were done by DML).


Basically, your interests are shared here! Welcome aboard!

A belated welcome to Zamorian79! Those are some really striking display cases you have, never seen ones like that. And of course, very nice collection, they look great! :thumbsup:




And hello to Brigadier Graemon! You are certainly welcome here even if you just want to browse. 

Great too see you posting again Brig!

Hi all… Londonroadhog here…

I’ve been around on this forum for a little while, but never got around to doing the introduction. So, a little late, but here I am…

Some of you might know me from other forums, like AMMO and MWD. But for those that don’t know me, here’s a little synopsis of why I got into the hobby, and where it has taken me.

Primarily, my main hobby is/was photography. Probably still is if I am honest, but with COVID and lockdowns, the Figure Hobby has rather taken over, as I don’t have to go out in the big wide world with it. It was because of photography that my friend and I were talking about maybe making some small scale images with her son’s old Star Wars character figures. Then I started to think, “I wonder if there are any nude figures, that look more realistic than the old Action Man/Barbie dolls?” Well, you can probably guess, I stumbled onto Phicen. I bought a small 1/12 female figure, and showed my friend. She thought they looked as thought they would have potential. But we both felt it was too small…. So, back to the internet, and low and behold! They make 1/6 versions of Phicens. So I got one, an S22A. Showed my friend, and she ended up buying a couple too. We then proceeded to take images of the S22A (and a S16A I got as well), but using a posing guide I had had for some time. Well, that took about 60 or so images to complete the guide. I have posted it on MWD, AMMO and Flickr.

From that posing guide, I decided to try to make a Blacksmith and his Forge. I’ve never built a diorama before… I can honestly say, I was hooked. I still think that Blacksmith dio might still be the best one so far.

At that point, the first of the UK’s Lockdowns came into force. Well, I just had to do more posing, this time a low key nude shoot, with some shadows. Then I started to think about stories. Phicen Spy Training Camp was then born. This took me to all sorts of diorama settings. Firstly the training room, then the Accommodation area, followed closely by the Commander’s and his PA’s Offices.

Suddenly I found myself involved in a collaborative story with some people over on AMMO and MWD. So Spy Camp was involved on a mission. You can imagine what dioramas could appear.

At this time, I started learning a lot more about Photoshop too. Thus a whole new experience to the Figure Hobby could evolve.

Next came a backstory of two of the people from the crossover story/Spy camp, in order for the crossover story to continue, and to give some history to a Spy Camp character.

Following the end of my involvement in the crossover story, I then created a Photo Studio. I just had to really, with Photography so high on my hobby lists. This was also linked with Spy Camp - very tentatively, but has had more and more connections to it as the different chapters have evolved.

Most recently, Red Sonja has appeared in her own saga. First off she met Emily, the Slave. However, when starting to make Sonja’s camp, I realised it would be too big for the space I have. So, Red Sonja has been transferred to 1/12 scale from this point on. I am still working on that diorama. Actually Sonja’s Straw Hut… It is still going to be pretty big, around 18 inches in diameter. So, the whole tribe could sleep in it. Although as Sonja is the leader of the tribe, perhaps she should have the biggest hut.

So, how long have I been in the figure hobby? Well, it all started around August 2019. So, just about 2 years now. From the above, I realise, just how busy I’ve been in that short time.

Well. That’s me… Now. At some point in the very near future - like in the next few days. I suppose you are going to what to see some of my stuff… Yes? I figure, as forumotion is the hosting service here, I know from AMMO they don’t allow nude images. So some of my stuff will either be “not allowed” or I’ll have to blur out the “naughty bits” (as Kenny Everett would say - if you don’t know who he is… That’s another internet search for you). Give me a few days, and I’ll sort out some posts for you all…

Also, apologies for the long introduction. Now you have some ideas on what posts to expect… It is probably only fair to start at the beginning. So that would have to be the Phicen Female Posing Guide, then the Blacksmith (which will also include the “making of”)

Hope you enjoy my posts….. Colin.

londonroadhog wrote:
At this time, I started learning a lot more about Photoshop too. Thus a whole new experience to the Figure Hobby could evolve.

You've only been working with Photoshop for a couple of years, and have picked it up on your own in your spare time? I had no idea! Impressive work you're doing!

And yeah, the blacksmith dio is impressive, with the glowing coals in the forge!

davidd wrote:

londonroadhog wrote:
At this time, I started learning a lot more about Photoshop too. Thus a whole new experience to the Figure Hobby could evolve.

You've only been working with Photoshop for a couple of years, and have picked it up on your own in your spare time? I had no idea! Impressive work you're doing!

And yeah, the blacksmith dio is impressive, with the glowing coals in the forge!

Thanks Dave… Well, I’ve been “trying” to figure out Photoshop for some time. Mainly just used Lightroom, with a tiny bit of Photoshop. I never could really figure out Photoshop, it was too big and too much in it. None of it made any sense to me. But because of lockdown, I started to play with it more, and really try to figure it out. One day, I had that lightbulb moment. From that point on, it all sort of made sense to me, and that’s how I’ve managed to do what I have.

Good too see you getting stuck in here mate! You'll fit right in

Belated welcome, londonroadhog. Sounds like you've been busy with a lot of dios and photography (and I've seen how well you've picked up PS).