My Custom 13 Dwarves & Bilbo From 'The Hobbit' Movie WIP. Bombur Weapons & Accessories.

LOL, thought I'd finish his robes first. Started the pattern on his sleeves, same deal as the diamonds but just straight lines (or as straight as I can sew by hand!). I'll have a go at the outer robe too afterwards, might work or might be as disaster .

You're going great guns here, you may well have found your forte.

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:You're going great guns here, you may well have found your forte.

CHEERS!

What sewing? I'll take making armour over that any day of the week!

I was thinking more of fantasy/LOTR bashes.

CHEERS!

Aha! Well as you know I tend to bounce around from Iron Man to Star Wars to LOTR and the occasional violent ancient warrior or two when the mood takes me...

Done with the sewing on this robe, still need to fashion clasps for it, finish the belt and have ordered some fine tipped Sharpie markers to redo the pattern for the last time. Doing the boots now, will have a go at the outer robe tomorrow I think then it's time to make his glaive/sword.

You'd never know that they didn't exist till you got your hands on them!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:You'd never know that they didn't exist till you got your hands on them!

CHEERS!

Er..What? You just confused the crap out of me now Roger!

I continue to be surprised at your ability to problem solve in your pursuit of accuracy, and to be amazed at how well you address them.
The robe looks excellent, really looking forward to your next update.


Cheers,

Peter.

^^What he said.^^

shovelchop81 wrote:

Er..What? You just confused the crap out of me now Roger!

What I meant was that until you built them they weren't ever made in that scale.

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:

shovelchop81 wrote:

Er..What? You just confused the crap out of me now Roger!

What I meant was that until you built them they weren't ever made in that scale.

CHEERS!

Oh right, got you now, cheers!

LOL! We all have those moments.

CHEERS!

Been busy setting up and reviewing a couple of new airsoft guns as I write and do pictorial reviews on those at another forum too.
I have got some work done on Balin though, completely redid all the embroidery pattern work using new markers and that white one to give me a clean start. I've also been doing a bit of 1/6 cobbling hammering tiny eyelet rivets into his boots for his laces, quite time consuming. I'm also trying a new idea to make his belt accessories as bending little bits of brass wasn't getting the results I want so I'm now planning to use bits of gold model sprues/runners to make them; I still don't even know what they are or what they're for!
I've also included pics I took for the Asmus Thorin thread and put them here as I'd been planning on showing my 1:1 Dwarf weapon collection here anyway with some comparison pieces from other races in the LOTR world; these are all sharp, heavy and bloody dangerous around bare feet! Thorin's Dwarf sword is way too small sadly and I think his Elven sword is a bit big. You can see my 1/6 versions for comparison.







DONE! NEVER TOUCHING IT AGAIN!

Some very clever stuff going on there. Great looking boots too.

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Some very clever stuff going on there. Great looking boots too.

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger! They're still a ways from being done though, got milliput to do etc..

Been concentrating on the outer robe now so lots of cutting and sewing with a bit of glue to help keep the edging in place as I still need to sew all that before I can even start on the complex shoulder parts or that dreaded gold pattern etc..

Just to show it fitted after the borders were sewn on, I'll wire it or something so not to hide all the work underneath in poses.

Seeing it together like that makes him look so good, he'll be a cracker when he's finished. These are certainly your best work yet.

CHEERS!

All your painstaking work is certainly paying off, looking great.

Cheers,

Peter.

That is a marvel. Looking really cool. A lot of hard work is definitely paying off.

Your attention to detail, while entirely appropriate, continues to amaze. Keep up the great work.

peter the painter wrote:I continue to be surprised at your ability to problem solve in your pursuit of accuracy, and to be amazed at how well you address them.
The robe looks excellent, really looking forward to your next update.


Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you very much Peter! Sorry I missed replying there, got confused by my own thread! LOL.

Rogerbee wrote:Seeing it together like that makes him look so good, he'll be a cracker when he's finished. These are certainly your best work yet.

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:All your painstaking work is certainly paying off, looking great.

Cheers,

Peter.

Stryker2011 wrote:That is a marvel. Looking really cool. A lot of hard work is definitely paying off.

GubernatorFan wrote:Your attention to detail, while entirely appropriate, continues to amaze. Keep up the great work.

Thanks guys! It's slow going but we'll get there!

Indeed we will....

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Indeed we will....

CHEERS!

Thanks for your patience and mine!

More sewing to make his arm bands on the outer robe, I used a suede material for this from a jewellery gift bag or fancy pen presentation cover, I forget where it came from aside from my bag of red bits! Used wrap cord from an old pair of Korean fisherman trousers I wore out long ago for the black. Shoulder pads next..

Great work!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Great work!

CHEERS!

Thank you Roger! I went ahead and did a gold geometric pattern last night, I took the plunge as I didn't want to be faffing with it for weeks like the borders! It's not even close but should convey a Dwarvish pattern in gold on red, just made it up as I went along including vertical and 45 degree lines with some bisecting short lines too, the idea is to look the part from a distance. I've also removed a lot of the foam from inside the main robe to give it a more natural drape, well that's the idea; I may still need to use wires on his clothing. I'll be giving him a belly too, trying to find some small hook and eyelet clasps for his main robe first, I know they're somewhere just not sure where!

Outstanding, brah.

He looks ready to me but you're a perfectionist. And who could blame you?

He looks ace!

CHEERS!