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

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.

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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....

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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!

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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!

Just amazing custom work.

Cheers,

Peter.

dadrab wrote:Outstanding, brah.

Thanks dadrab!

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

LOL, cheers GF! Plenty more to do even though I am eager to get onto the next one..

Rogerbee wrote:He looks ace!

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Thanks Roger!

peter the painter wrote:Just amazing custom work.

Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you Peter! I've just been researching their costumes on line (for the millionth time ) to see what material I can give to one without depriving it from another since I'm only using what I have in my bags of stuff. Doing so, I went on the Wetta official web site for their statues and of course they have 12 of the 13 Dwarves in 1/6 statues (they call them figures, odd..they still haven't made a Fili), anyway my point was that even with all the backing they have and access to images and footage we'll never see, their facial likenesses of the Dwarves are way off compared to yours!! I thought you'd be chuffed to know that and I certainly feel lucky that you took my commissions especially as you had done them before. Here's a link so you can see for yourself if you haven't already. Just scroll down, it should be set to The Hobbit 'figures' if not you can choose that filter.

https://www.wetanz.com/shop/figures

I hate following along in your threads because I'm impatient and just want to see the final product, but your results are always worth it. Amazing work

ZombieKev wrote:I hate following along in your threads because I'm impatient and just want to see the final product, but your results are always worth it.     Amazing work

Thank you I think..

Thought I had the shoulder pads sorted by using that cut off piece of a 1/6 Frodo corduroy coat but then realised the bloody lines were all facing the wrong way! They need to be at a 90 degreeish angle from the black lines to be stitched over them as shown in the close up pic. So I had to take that piece all apart and reconnect loads of little segments into a circular shape with the lines of the material all facing the other way, then cut to shape, add the very thin foam, the black T-shirt material and fold it over to make the borders. I also painted the corduroy with red ink as it was too brown; I still need to stitch a gazillion black lines to complete the look before I can attach it. I also fixed a couple of mistakes in the gold geometric pattern on the main robe using acetone free nail polish remover, then gave all the patterns' edges a 'shadow' of darker berry red marker to make them more 3D. Looks a bit Art Deco but I like it.



(brown/red) Lines facing the wrong way















Testing markers and nail polish remover as an 'eraser'.















Red ink added

He's really coming together now!

CHEERS!

Since your work is so consistent and constant, I tend to take your posts for granted.

That is my shortcoming. I should not do that.

Thanks for showing us the builds. I love every post, though I might not always say it.

Holy cow this coat has progressed dramatically.

Rogerbee wrote:He's really coming together now!

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dadrab wrote:Since your work is so consistent and constant, I tend to take your posts for granted.

That is my shortcoming. I should not do that.

Thanks for showing us the builds. I love every post, though I might not always say it.

Stryker2011 wrote:Holy cow this coat has progressed dramatically.

Thanks guys! I'm just so glad people bother to follow my WIP threads and you guys kindly keep up the comments!

Been sewing since 4am, nearly done with the shoulder pads, stitched all the borders too.
Oh and finally found enough hooks and loops for his main robe by going through all my figures spare clothing, 1/6 seem to only have poppers and Velcro but found these hooks on a few 1/4 Obi-Wan Kenobi (ANH) Jedi outer robes.

For future reference (but, you probably already know it), these are standard women's dress hooks. Available almost everywhere that sells needles and thread...on-line by the millions and cheap.

Looking good!

CHEERS!

dadrab wrote:
For future reference (but, you probably already know it), these are standard women's dress hooks. Available almost everywhere that sells needles and thread...on-line by the millions and cheap.

Good point! Just found some on ebay, thanks!

Rogerbee wrote:Looking good!

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger!

Okay I think I've finished all his sewing and clothing at last!  Still got his boots to finish, make his weapon and add some final details like studs to his under shirt and main robe etc..
First pics are of the shoulder pads completed but not yet sewn in place, then I gave him a belly and hooks for his main robe, last pics are after the final sewing and clasps and belt attached.

Alex, that costume looks so good, great work.

Cheers,

Peter.

peter the painter wrote:Alex, that costume looks so good, great work.

Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you Peter! That gold pattern still bugs me but without even a flattened/2D picture of it for reference I can't make hide nor hair of it, it's just too complicated for my little brain! I suck at maths! should blend in okay when displayed with all the others...so much more work to do..

The pattern looks pretty convincing to me, anyhow the overall look stands very well indeed.


From this,

SLmd8Ma by Peter Miles, on Flickr

to this, Amazing work.

VroYFiZ by Peter Miles, on Flickr

WEeB1mq by Peter Miles, on Flickr


Cheers,

Peter.

Really fine looking figure there.

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peter the painter wrote:The pattern looks pretty convincing to me, anyhow the overall look stands very well indeed.
Cheers,

Peter.

Thanks for editing the pics Peter!

Rogerbee wrote:Really fine looking figure there.

CHEERS!

Cheers Roger!

Done his articulation as I almost forgot! And nearly finished his boots, need weathering and the silver caps still.

Those boots look so good, really well done!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Those boots look so good, really well done!

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Thank you very much Roger! They were a pain in the neck to lace though, especially as I used rolled paper string that's used to tie Transformers to their clamshell packaging! LOL. Used bits of a coffee drum peal back seal to make the silver toecaps. All done now except for affixing the head and adding a little bit of light grey to the hair/beard etc.. and making his glaive. Might make that when I need to use black milliput for other stuff too as it's a pain to clean up (tools, hands etc..).

Getting better and better!

What he said, LOL!

CHEERS!