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

They look ace! Glad you'll be warm again!

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Nice touches on all the little details for the clasps and buckle. Those boots turned out great.

Rogerbee wrote:They look ace! Glad you'll be warm again!

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Thanks! And hot water! Don't realise how much you take it for granted until you go to have a shower then remember you haven't got any!

Stryker2011 wrote:Nice touches on all the little details for the clasps and buckle. Those boots turned out great.

Cheers Stryker! I might improve on the accuracy of the fasteners in the future but they work for now.

Finished the belt and the weapons are nearly done, gauntlets are next and the last things I think.

Great costume and weapon details, really looking forward to seeing the finished version of Glion.

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Peter.

Looking good!

I'm sure I'll have all the fun of my own heating maintenance to come, though I'd never choose gas, only electric will do.

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peter the painter wrote:Great costume and weapon details, really looking forward to seeing the finished version of Glion.

tx5jM7n by Peter Miles, on Flickr




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Peter.

Nearly there!

Rogerbee wrote:Looking good!

I'm sure I'll have all the fun of my own heating maintenance to come, though I'd never choose gas, only electric will do.

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Nah, grew up with electric in Greece, take ages to heat up and can zap you if the earth's not very good, like on our island house the sheet rock's not very conductive so if you knock your pecker against the tap...ouch!! Athens converted to gas about 15 years ago.

Done the armguards/gauntlets more accurately than I'd planned but was worth the extra time.

They look really good.

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Peter.

Very nice,

We converted to electric from solid fuel and it's been fine. I just wouldn't trust myself at all with gas.

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GubernatorFan wrote:I will just chime in with the others, the boots blend in beautifully with the rest of the outfit. And I am sorry to hear about your 1:1 boiler woes.

Sorry I missed you post GF! It was right at the bottom of page 8. Thank you!

peter the painter wrote:They look really good.

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Peter.

Thanks Peter! Even better on him!

Rogerbee wrote:Very nice,

We converted to electric from solid fuel and it's been fine. I just wouldn't trust myself at all with gas.

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Cheers! Yeah I remember we had huge oil tanks too that were used for central heating not hot water.

Finished Gloin's weapons and the complete figure. I made his knives similar to Indonesian/Philippine karambit  knife that is used in martial arts for very close quarter attacks, I've got a nice one by Cold Steel, dangerous bit of kit if you don't know how to use one (pics are of a training one from the net). I'm going to give Gloin his own thread as I took many pictures in different poses using different weapons.

Impressive work. He turned out great.

Great work on Gloin Alex, with that array of weaponry he looks a real tough character too.


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Peter

He is superb!

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peter the painter wrote:Great work on Gloin Alex, with that array of weaponry he looks a real tough character too.


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Peter

Thanks Peter!

Rogerbee wrote:He is superb!

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Thank you very much Roger! Please check out his dedicated thread, I've tried to show off his articulation and weaponry as much as possible.

Another of the biggest Dwarves next..Bofur! (on the left).

Will do,

Bofur looks like a fun build.

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Rogerbee wrote:Will do,

Bofur looks like a fun build.

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Should be although he's deceptively complicated the closer you get to the actual costume, I'll be using a lot of hemp, yellow ink and tusks on this build! Rebuilt some guns and did a lot of shooting so I think I'm about ready to tackle another Dwarf!

Alex, I thought it was Bifur on the left of the pic and not Bofur? Bifur looks to be another complicated figure, however having seen your previous builds I'm sure he will look a treat, still admiring your Gloin, and other figures at the moment, but looking forward to seeing Bofur/Bifur's  development, whichever you choose to do next.


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Peter.

peter the painter wrote:

Alex, I thought it was Bifur on the left of the pic and not Bofur? Bifur looks to be another complicated figure, however having seen your previous builds I'm sure he will look a treat, still admiring your Gloin, and other figures at the moment, but looking forward to seeing Bofur/Bifur's  development, whichever you choose to do next.


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Peter.

LOL, I keep getting these two brothers names mixed up and tend to think of them as James Nesbitt and the one with the axe in his head! His costume make me think of a wasp with the yellowish and brown/black patterns then his long boar hunting spear as a stinger.

I'm sure you'll be able to work everything out.

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Rogerbee wrote:I'm sure you'll be able to work everything out.

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Er.. work what out dude? The names? Got the rest covered hopefully, at least ideas wise for the build in my head .

I can feel another epic custom figure on the way.

GubernatorFan wrote:I can feel another epic custom figure on the way.

Cheers GF! Hopefully not literally 'epic' i.e. a very long story... as I'd like to finish all these little buggers before I die!

shovelchop81 wrote:

Rogerbee wrote:I'm sure you'll be able to work everything out.

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Er.. work what out dude? The names? Got the rest covered hopefully, at least ideas wise for the build in my head .

The complicated costume.

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Some cool elements in that costume. Looking forward to the WIP pics.

Stryker2011 wrote:Some cool elements in that costume. Looking forward to the WIP pics.

Sorry about the delay, needed a breather and had other non 1/6 stuff to work on. Built his body today but got a bit worried I was going out of scale but seems to be okay, I'm just tackling another of the bigger Dwarves, it's hard to draw a line between a short stocky bloke and a Tolkien fantasy warrior Dwarf at times, it's often just the proportions and not necessarily the height it seems, i.e. long torso, short legs and arms and big head with high forehead, big features like noses, ears, hands feet etc.. Took some comparison pics to work out if I was still on track or not. Found an old Spawn dio that with the addition of a painting or something to cover up the hole and perhaps turn the other into a window, will work nicely for old Bilbo's fireplace scene where he kept the ring in an envelope for Frodo and talked to Gandalf.

















Eh, maybe with a bit of work...



Actually there are so many interpretations I don't think accuracy is a problem!









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Finished the body and all it's padding, extremities etc. so done clothing mock up too.

I'd say he's almost ready to go! Well done.

GubernatorFan wrote:I'd say he's almost ready to go! Well done.

Cheers GF! Actually I haven't even started tailoring his complex (again!) clothing, there's going to be a lot of sewing on this guy...at least I had a break from that with Gloin but not cutting corners here with glue alone, should be less work than Balin though...famous last words...

Nice!

He doesn't look impressed with the union jack underpants though!

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