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

Those boots look so good, really well done!

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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!

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Man, that outfit just gets better and better.

GubernatorFan wrote:Getting better and better!

Rogerbee wrote:What he said, LOL!

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Stryker2011 wrote:Man, that outfit just gets better and better.

Just as well I've finished him! Seems like you guys have run out of things to say! LOL.
Done a bit of added paint to the head sculpt, adding grey to his beard, gloss to his eyes and mouth, accenting his two scars and giving his nose more burst capillaries as he's obviously enjoyed imbibing over the years . I'll make his weapon when I need to build a bunch of them as it just makes it much easier to do them together using the same techniques.

Both Dwalin and Balin look excellent, your custom collection continues to amaze, looking forward to your next addition.




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Peter

They are both brilliant. I too look forward to whoever is next.

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peter the painter wrote:Both Dwalin and Balin look excellent, your custom collection continues to amaze, looking forward to your next addition.
Cheers,
Peter

Rogerbee wrote:They are both brilliant. I too look forward to whoever is next.
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Thanks guys! I'm doing Nori next since I have a body already built the correct size for him and he looks like less work (famous last words!) although his gauntlets and boots might prove to be a challenge, he also has a lot of knives..

Another fun one there methinks!

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Astounding work, my man.

I love the result and am looking forward to the next.

And to think it all started like a Santa impersonator! Well done, Sir Shovelchop!

Rogerbee wrote:Another fun one there methinks!

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dadrab wrote:Astounding work, my man.

I love the result and am looking forward to the next.

GubernatorFan wrote:And to think it all started like a Santa impersonator! Well done, Sir Shovelchop!

Thanks guys! Back at the beginning again.. makes me think of an Iron Maiden song but I forget which one.. Here are some reference pics for the more complicated bits and his actual costume on display, followed by my early start on him.

You've made a grand start on Nori Alex, once again looking forward to seeing his development.



Cheers,

Peter.

Rapid-fire dwarfs. Excellent.

Yep, damn fine start already and I'm really looking forward to the boot modifications. Those look really cool.

Forgot to ask, are you going to give Balin his peculiar mace/sword?


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Cheers,

Peter.

peter the painter wrote:You've made a grand start on Nori Alex, once again looking forward to seeing his development.
Cheers,
Peter.

Thank you!

dadrab wrote:Rapid-fire dwarfs. Excellent.

Yep, damn fine start already and I'm really looking forward to the boot modifications. Those look really cool.

LOL, Rapid-fire Dwarfs! Last one wasn't, must have got a jam! Got an idea how to do the boots, will be interesting if it works.

peter the painter wrote:Forgot to ask, are you going to give Balin his peculiar mace/sword?
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Peter.

Yes. When I do some other weapons all together as the black milliput is a pain to clean off hands, tools etc.. then I can spray them all at the same time, make leather goods too etc..

Been busy cutting glueing and sewing...

Nori's costume is coming along very nicely.


Cheers,

Peter.

peter the painter wrote:Nori's costume is coming along very nicely.


Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you!

Surprised I didn't shatter all my right cheek molars getting all these patterns lined up for printing, it was a bit like trying to dock onto the international space station with a mouse on a couch cushion! There are about 20 little segments that have to be lined up to the exact pixel using said mouse just to create one line of pattern and that's after all the resizing, rotating cutting, pasting, saving of each design piece into multiples that have to be spliced together on one sheet a line at a time. Just glad the printer didn't play up! There's the odd smudge due to the nature of the material being printed on since it's cotton fabric but I think it came out pretty crisp especially for the size and after all the modifications I had to do to the original images! Done his coat's under flaps too.

Damn, brah...

You know how to build 'em.

dadrab wrote:Damn, brah...

You know how to build 'em.

Cheers dadrab!

Printed out another sheet of fabric using the B/W setting since the previous ones came out teal oddly enough which is too close to the grey he is wearing ( I wish I could print them out in brown but no idea how to do that) as I will have to colour match the background material of his coat on these patterns somehow without ruining the printed ink... still working on how to do that..

Nearly finished his coat, luckily my old Tria markers don't seem to dissolve the printer's ink!

That coat is coming together really well.

Cheers,

Peter.

Dude... That worked like a charm.

Are you going to be able to salvage the page that printed in teal?

Very nice beginning on the new dwarf. The patterns printed on cotton seem to be working out brilliantly.

peter the painter wrote:That coat is coming together really well.

Cheers,

Peter.

Thanks!

dadrab wrote:Dude... That worked like a charm.

Are you going to be able to salvage the page that printed in teal?

Cheers! And hell yeah! Kili's got some bright Dwarven patterns on his clothing for example.







I didn't realise it's SIR Peter Jackson now!

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Very nice beginning on the new dwarf. The patterns printed on cotton seem to be working out brilliantly. wrote:

Thanks GF!

Holy cow! I thought you said Nori would be easier to do? Just looking at all the details, I’d be overwhelmed. As usual, you are tackling this build as if it’s no big deal. Great work.

What a great technique! It really makes those clothes pop, well done!

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Stryker2011 wrote:Holy cow! I thought you said Nori would be easier to do? Just looking at all the details, I’d be overwhelmed. As usual, you are tackling this build as if it’s no big deal. Great work.

LOL, thanks Stryker! Well he is easy compared to Balin!

Rogerbee wrote:What a great technique! It really makes those clothes pop, well done!

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Thanks! I got lucky that the markers didn't affect the printed ink, otherwise I would have had to pre-paint/ink-wash the fabric before I printed another sheet out.

Started on the the 'hard goods' now including Balin's glaive. He hangs it from his belt in a vertical fashion like a mace rather than a sword so that's dictating it's size more than anything (wouldn't want him tripping over it). I'm trying to get away with out using miliput etc.. but will probably have too at some point for the hilts and pommels at least. Dremelling and filing, carving ABS plastic sheet for now though, not done yet as the buckle needs it's crossbars all filed into points coming towards you or on the 'Z' axis if that makes sense, think 3D.