BOBF Boba Fett Finished Custom Figure/ BOUNTY HUNTERS: STAR WARS SCUM AND VILLAINY BUILD THREAD

Wow, your attention to detail, while familiar, never ceases to impress. I can't help but think there were easier ways to do some of this (like the round element on the gun), but this is very cool, and the results look great.

I like how you did the sand on his boots and the base. Nice details.

GubernatorFan wrote:Wow, your attention to detail, while familiar, never ceases to impress. I can't help but think there were easier ways to do some of this (like the round element on the gun), but this is very cool, and the results look great.

Stryker2011 wrote:I like how you did the sand on his boots and the base. Nice details.

Cheers guys! Attention to detail feels like a curse sometimes as there are so many builds I want to be done with! LOL. I gloss coated his visor and did the red light strips on his chest armour. Now got find some figures to pose him with for his finished thread, I'm thinking my two proper Gamorian guards (TBOBF ones looked kind of wimpy, I guess Bib Fortuna hadn't been feeding them properly), my custom Tusken raider and maybe a sail barge thug or two? Oh and cute Jawas!! Not exactly Tatooine weather here in Wales (the land of rain and sheep) but at least I have sand in my garden (my local area is called Sandfields! ) so I can dig some up and dry it out on the heaters to make a temporary indoor dio.

The thought of you gathering sand and drying it on heaters made me chuckle. We just had our first rain (and sleet and hail) for over a month (and it's winter!) and have a freeze warning for a few nights in a row. We had to bring in plants, but can't complain, we really do need the rain in these parts. Still, no sand. I do have some kinetic sand but still packed away. I've been using some sack cloth with cotton balls under it to simulate it, or paper sheets with printed sand. Jawas cute? I don't think C-3PO would agree, but I did reconstitute a couple from HT and other parts recently. Anyway, I'd love to see them all together.

You can also buy hobby sand, if so inclined. That’s what I did when I made my Jabba diorama. Sprayed the floor with a mix of glue and water and then poured the sand over the top, let it dry, and then knocked off the excess.

GubernatorFan wrote:The thought of you gathering sand and drying it on heaters made me chuckle. We just had our first rain (and sleet and hail) for over a month (and it's winter!) and have a freeze warning for a few nights in a row. We had to bring in plants, but can't complain, we really do need the rain in these parts. Still, no sand. I do have some kinetic sand but still packed away. I've been using some sack cloth with cotton balls under it to simulate it, or paper sheets with printed sand. Jawas cute? I don't think C-3PO would agree, but I did reconstitute a couple from HT and other parts recently. Anyway, I'd love to see them all together.

Stryker2011 wrote:You can also buy hobby sand, if so inclined. That’s what I did when I made my Jabba diorama. Sprayed the floor with a mix of glue and water and then poured the sand over the top, let it dry, and then knocked off the excess.

So I'm lazy...he's found a home in my collection and is staying there (I'm in the middle of reorganising my Ironman Dio and LOTR collection so a bit tired of balancing in strange places, crawling on the ground under tables looking for fallen parts and generally posing and reposing figures then watching them drop things on eachother!) so I've taken pics of him in just this pose now he's stopped dropping his helmet behind one of my large rifle displays.... I'm sort of balancing over another display while trying to take these pics so sorry any lousy shots, I had to zoom in a lot too. Maybe I'll do something grander later but I just want to get on with the next build, whether I'm going back to TKOTD or taking a break and build an HMM ZOID kit for a change, we'll see. Still wish he had an arched eyebrow!







































Hope to do better and more dynamic pics with other characters I'm going to build in the near future when I'm less burnt out!

Aww he looks great!! He certainly stands out on that shelf, in a good way. It is clearly a great character design, even if I initially thought the coloring is a little cartoonish. I actually like it better in your build, which is interesting... Thank you once again for sharing your process!

He looks right at home with all the others! top work!

Well, her certainly has gone through a lot now, time for some rest! Was fun watching his head evolve.

Turned out awesome, Alex. Very cool.

Beautifully done, Alex. It was not easy, but now he fits right in. Are these Jabba's Palace denizens upgraded/improved Sideshow or Hasbro figures? And where are the pig guards?

Diana wrote:Aww he looks great!! He certainly stands out on that shelf, in a good way. It is clearly a great character design, even if I initially thought the coloring is a little cartoonish. I actually like it better in your build, which is interesting... Thank you once again for sharing your process!

Thank you Diana! Yes his colours seemed a bit too bright in the series, might just be because of contrast with his new black suit rather than the more drab gray or because Disney being Disney and used to catering to kids just like bright colours (like the stupid hover mopeds); he also seemed rather too clean all the time. I realise he is now trying to portray a powerful leader but still, it's Tatooine! This is why mine is a little blander and definitely dirtier!

BAMComix wrote:He looks right at home with all the others! top work!

Cheers BAM!

Ovy wrote:Well, her certainly has gone through a lot now, time for some rest! Was fun watching his head evolve.

Thanks Ovy! Yes his head was an interesting adventure for me too!

Stryker2011 wrote:Turned out awesome, Alex. Very cool.

Cheers Stryker!

GubernatorFan wrote:Beautifully done, Alex. It was not easy, but now he fits right in. Are these Jabba's Palace denizens upgraded/improved Sideshow or Hasbro figures? And where are the pig guards?

Thanks GTF! No those are all my customs using hs casts bought from a guy on SSF years ago...dogmal snow or something is his avatar. The Gamorreans are on the top shelf with Jabba and co. including my first custom 1/6 Boba Fett made using vinyl kit parts many, many years ago!

Ah... Jabba gets top shelf. Can't blame you. Very cool collection and bashes. Thanks for showing these too.

Awesome Jabba collection. Nice stuff.

GubernatorFan wrote:Ah... Jabba gets top shelf. Can't blame you. Very cool collection and bashes. Thanks for showing these too.

Stryker2011 wrote:Awesome Jabba collection. Nice stuff.

Cheers! Thought I'd shown all this stuff before? Perhaps that was on FB. Maybe I should do a photo tour of my collection?

Very cool Boba, and Jabba gets the top shelf as he should. Personally like the black clothed Boba, it sure makes the rest of his armor pop out a lot more than with the grey jumpsuit.

shovelchop81 wrote:Cheers! Thought I'd shown all this stuff before? Perhaps that was on FB. Maybe I should do a photo tour of my collection?

I think you have offered us glimpses of your collection, some showing entire crowded cases of shelves, others zooming in on specific shelf displays. It may have been awhile since we've seen some of these Star Wars ones though, or perhaps they were never the focus before.

Yeah, I don’t recall seeing the whole thing either; just glimpses as Ian said.