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

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!

CHEERS!

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!

CHEERS!

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.

Looking good, nice additions.


Cheers,

Peter.

Skills!

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:Looking good, nice additions.


Cheers,

Peter.

Thanks Peter!

Rogerbee wrote:Skills!

CHEERS!

Thank you Roger! I'm calling it 'micro-filing'! Well at least that's what I've been doing for the last couple of hours on the belt buckle to get the right 3D shape, might need to use some wet super fine grit modelling abrasion sponge to get rid of any fluff etc.. but basically done now. Started the boots too.

Keep up the good work!

CHEERS!

Alex, liking the belt buckle, and the way that you've reshaped the boots is quite ingenious.



Cheers,


Peter.

Rogerbee wrote:Keep up the good work!

CHEERS!

peter the painter wrote:Alex, liking the belt buckle, and the way that you've reshaped the boots is quite ingenious.



Cheers,


Peter.

Thanks guys! Finished the boots, I'll weather them in due course.

Another winner in the making!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:Another winner in the making!

CHEERS!

Thanks Roger! They'll look much better after I've added some sepia ink etc..

Nori is looking great, everything is coming together really well.


Cheers,

Peter.

Looking good, so far. Nice details on the jacket and boots.

This build just continues to blow my mind. The amount of detail is awesome. And wait a minute, am I understanding correctly that you're printing the trim directly on fabric? I didn't know that could be done. That's some real wizardry! Can you tell us a bit more on that (or did I miss that in an earlier post)?

Stryker2011 wrote:Looking good, so far. Nice details on the jacket and boots.

Cheers Stryker, I think I've added more than the coat actually has! LOL.

ReverendSpooky wrote:This build just continues to blow my mind.  The amount of detail is awesome.  And wait a minute, am I understanding correctly that you're printing the trim directly on fabric?  I didn't know that could be done.  That's some real wizardry!  Can you tell us a bit more on that (or did I miss that in an earlier post)?

Thanks RS! I've used printing on material for many years now so I didn't really cover it. I've used it on all the Dwarves so far, the actual printing is easy if you just follow the instructions that come with it; the printing is the easy part! It's all the virtual cutting and pasting, resizing, contorting etc.. that does my head in! Then there's the real hands on cutting and pasting, sewing etc.. to do afterwards too. pic of the raw materials:













Inked the boots, made and painted the gauntlets (still need to do the back of the gloves) and added more fabric printed patterns to his shoulders with matching ink to the material. Belt's mostly done too.

JUST AMAZING! you are pulling out all the stops on these figures, really enjoyable to see.

my personal favourite view of your Nori custom so far.

9ZRfHmb by Peter Miles, on Flickr

Cheers,

Peter.

peter the painter wrote:JUST AMAZING! you are pulling out all the stops on these figures, really enjoyable to see.

my personal favourite view of your Nori custom so far.

9ZRfHmb by Peter Miles, on Flickr

Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you so much Peter, that means a lot to me!

Painted his coat and boots a more movie accurate tan rather than just grey, spent all day making his metal lace up system, square eyelets? And a mounting system for it as I'd never made anything quite like it before that I can think of. Anyway, all sewn in place now and laced up, making the finishing touches for the belt too.

Beautiful work on this costume. Very impressive, including your patience with the eyelets.

GubernatorFan wrote:Beautiful work on this costume. Very impressive, including your patience with the eyelets.

Thanks GF! After looking at the source material and comparing it to my pics I decided the eyelets looked way too big which really bugged me so I came up with any easy fix, twisted each large one with angled pointed pliers to create a small pair of triangular eyelets that are now to scale and look more accurate too; the lacing looks more intricate and interesting as a result.













This is how the 'ties' of the laces will sit

Very nice work on the eyelets Alex, love the gauntlets and boots too.


Cheers,

Peter.

It appears to have worked! Good solution.

peter the painter wrote: Very nice work on the eyelets Alex, love the gauntlets and boots too.


Cheers,

Peter.

GubernatorFan wrote:It appears to have worked! Good solution.

Thanks! Need to finish his gloves, weapons, make scabbards and he should be done I think.

Made most of his belt which is now attached and for those with keen eyes will notice I've shortened his coat to a more accurate length. I also thinned it and stitched a bit more for a better look.

Alex, the detail on Nori's costume looks top notch, really enjoying every update.

Cheers,

Peter.

Impressive progress on Nori. All that thread work is well done.

Before I knew this thread I did not know much about the Dwarves - there was only Thorin, old Guy, Sausage Guy, Sexy Guy and the rest, but there is much love in their designs. Although I wonder how some of them kept their perfect hair throughout the Journey.

Maybe I have to read their backgrounds to appreciate the Hobbit Triology more.

peter the painter wrote:Alex, the detail on Nori's costume looks top notch, really enjoying every update.

Cheers,

Peter.

Thank you Peter! Just remembered I need to articulate his thighs!

Stryker2011 wrote:Impressive progress on Nori. All that thread work is well done.

Thanks for noticing, I had no margin of error to play with there! The thread is as thick as the gap in the pattern...

Ovy wrote:Before I knew this thread I did not know much about the Dwarves -  there was only Thorin, old Guy, Sausage Guy, Sexy Guy and the rest, but there is much love in their designs. Although I wonder how some of them kept their perfect hair throughout the Journey.

Maybe I have to read their backgrounds to appreciate the Hobbit Triology more.

LOL, who is 'Sausage guy'? As for keeping their har perfect, they didn't, at least in the barrel ride and ferry to Lake Town scenes LOL. I do wonder just how long it takes them to get dressed though! Crazy amount of buckles and laces to do up!

He is so well done, some top work!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:He is so well done, some top work!

CHEERS!

Thank you very much Roger!!

Funny how it's the little things that no one will ever notice that take so long to make like this little boot knife that will be in a scabbard on the back of his leg... plenty of tools and a vice used just to shape it..





Not perfect..