My Current Collection (Pic Heavy; one minor doll nudity; 2 others might be NSFW, but no nudity) (Updated: 4/20/18)

OMG ! Thanks for Sharing. Good reference for me by searching for Headsculpts

Ephiane wrote: OMG ! Thanks for Sharing. Good reference for me by searching for Headsculpts

I know, you said it! I almost felt like imposing on him and asking him to go back and edit the post to indicate every name and male for the boxed sets and name every element of the kitbashes. Then I thought that would be too demanding of me...

Clearly there are some of yours that i would fancy! Did you built custom display cabinets to showcase them?

btw, is this HS what you are looking for Selena's?

GubernatorFan wrote:I know, you said it! I almost felt like imposing on him and asking him to go back and edit the post to indicate every name and male for the boxed sets and name every element of the kitbashes. Then I thought that would be too demanding of me...

Honestly... I don’t know how many I would even be able to say where some of the parts on the bashes came from. Quite a bit of the stuff came from eBay, and I’m not always paying attention to what the actual name is. I’m lazy that way.

brassco wrote:Clearly there are some of yours that i would fancy! Did you built custom display cabinets to showcase them?

btw, is this HS what you are looking for Selena's?

No. Actually, I was thinking about having a custom Selene HS made, as I haven’t been all that thrilled with any of the current ones. I thought the prototype HS by Star Ace was pretty good, but something happened at the factory level and the sculpt looks squished (and judging by a lot of their recent efforts, they don’t seem too concerned in correcting any of those problems).

Oh, sorry, brassco. I forgot to answer your question. The cabinets are these from Ikea:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30342078/#/50342077

I modified them just a little. They only had so many holes for the pegs that hold the shelves; as you can see they're designed for six shelves, but I only wanted 4. The middle shelf is part of the structural support for the cabinet, so I had to drill new holes for the top and 1 shelf up from the bottom. I knew what lights I was going to put in them, so I had to cut tiny holes in the backing (kind of a pain, since I didn't want the holes to be very intrusive, using an exacto-knife). The only down-side to those cabinets is the center part where the frames for each door make several inches of each shelf virtually unusable, as it blocks the view. Otherwise, compared to "real" display cabinets, these are relatively cheap. The average nice display cabinet runs anywhere from $800 to a couple thousand, which is just ridiculous. I wanted to make my own, but frankly, it would have taken me years, possibly a decade or two, to get anything done.

Stryker2011 wrote:Wow. Coming from you, ReverendSpooky, I’m honored by your praise. Your characters and dios are mind-boggling. I don’t know what else to say, but thanks, brother.

Ah, damn man, thanks so much. Most of my collection is either customs or waiting-to-be-customized, and I feel like I work at such a slow pace compared to a lot of people I see, so my collection grows pretty slowly. The custom stuff you have is a ton of fun (Sexy Dorothy with a watergun and vicious Toto are such inspired ideas) and the sheer size and diversity reflect, if nothing else, quality good taste in entertainment. A ton of fun just looking at everything, and a great collection to be surrounded by in your manly sanctuary.

Craaaaazy collection, thanks a lot for sharing, scrolling down that thread just made my day like going to a supa comicon! You have some really fantastic figures, I couldn't even choose some "favorites", I also really like that you cover plenty of genres and style but all nicely executed and detailed!!!

blackpool wrote:Craaaaazy collection, thanks a lot for sharing, scrolling down that thread just made my day like going to a supa comicon! You have some really fantastic figures, I couldn't even choose some "favorites", I also really like that you cover plenty of genres and style but all nicely executed and detailed!!!

Thanks. My interests are all over the map, that’s for sure. I would never be able to stick to one specific genre.

I thought I'd post this new pic I took of Conan, since I posted it over at the Freaks in the thread for the custom HS. It really is a thing of beauty. I was finally able to take a Grail figure off my list.

It is a thing of beauty. And if he hacks off to his left, he'd be Conan Dragonslayer.

Your collection is impeccable! I like how you have things displayed by genre with enough breathing room. Too much to comment upon, but I completely agree that Eggsy was surprisingly overlooked by the manufacturers both large and small.

Thanks for looking, MarkEl. I'm trying to keep things as nicely spaced as possible, but that's going to become problematic as more and more goodies come in.

Four of my naked girls finally got clothes; and one got a new item from Hobby Lobby just today.

I still need to get a few items for my Lifeguard Sonja.

Very nicely done. Pretty soon you will be able to manage plenty of good beach scenes. I take it the Hobby Lobby item is the lifeguard chair.

Very Nice, they look great!

Yes, it's the lifeguard chair. It's a little short, but it works. I have a few more swimsuits I'd like to put to good use, and some beach accessories (like that beach umbrella you have in your posts), including a surf-board that is actually an incense burner.

I'm currently on the hunt for some pom-poms to go with Cheerleaders Cara & Mercy (can't understand why Fire Girl didn't include those with the outfits -- kinda' stupid).

Thanks, Bad Wolf. Trying to step outside the norm; like making Sonja a lifeguard and Mercy a cheerleader; and Gwyneth a military hottie. I guess Cara being a cheerleader probably isn't too much of a stretch...

Stryker2011 wrote:I'm currently on the hunt for some pom-poms to go with Cheerleaders Cara & Mercy (can't understand why Fire Girl didn't include those with the outfits -- kinda' stupid).

You make a good point. I would like to see what you end up doing with the scene... and the incense burner surfboard. I have two. One is unrealistic and a bit short for my taste and came with a current surfer Ken; the other was a vintage Ken accessory and is quite long. At some point I will bring the photos over on this site or make new ones.

Wow, I love your collection!  So extensive and nicely laid out!

Thanks, ZombieKev. It’s been a lot of fun putting it together.

Cool addition with the lifeguard chair. Might warrant a trip to Hobby Lobby...

Cool collection, indeed, and the best part is that you have fun with it.

That's quite some collection you've got there. I've yet to see a Tom Baker Dr Who figure that really does him justice. Product Enterprise did a statue that wasn't bad, but, just like the BCS one you have, the paint makes him look plain scary.

Here's what Darren Carnall was able to do with the BCS:



If only they all looked like that....

CHEERS!

Wow! Those Who heads look awesome! How can I get ahold of him? I have a couple heads (including Tom, and the new-yet-to-arrive Tenant Who — which will no doubt look cartoonish), that could use Darren’s skills. My eyesight and shaky hands aren’t good enough for that kind of thing anymore. Thanks for sharing those pics, Roger.

That Tennant you've got coming, is it the one with the blue suit and glasses? I've seen that in hand and it's not as good as the one in my pic. They've also done 9 and he, by comparison, doesn't look too bad. Rose needs a lot of work though.

CHEERS!

Yes. It’s the blue suit one; I missed out on the earlier version. I agree on the Rose figure. I think the sculpt of her face isn’t that far off, but that hair and the usual mediocre BCS paint job isn’t doing that poor thing any good.

It's not the best if I'm honest, only a repaint would save it.

CHEERS!

@Stryker, I can't believe i haven't commented here before! What a collection!
That Dorothy... scaled super soaker... those gorgeous shoes (channeling my inner Hogancamp)!
Here I am like Joker going "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

May i ask what Phicen body is that you used for Mrs. Smith?

Wow! What can I say other than that is a really awesome and thematically well-organized collection. While not everything it it is something I'd want for my own, I could see quite a few pieces there I'd love to own myself and am in fact quite jealous of a few you have I'll probably never get to own.

This being said, I am taking great pleasure in slowly building up my own collection of carefully kitbashed figures and so looking at your collection is kind of inspirational insofar as I'd like to someday have as big a collection myself, if not necessarily composed the same way.

rollotomasi wrote:@Stryker, I can't believe i haven't commented here before! What a collection!
That Dorothy... scaled super soaker... those gorgeous shoes (channeling my inner Hogancamp)!
Here I am like Joker going "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

May i ask what Phicen body is that you used for Mrs. Smith?

Wow. Thanks for digging this one up — scary to think this collection has grown almost twice as big since I posted these pics. As far as Mrs. Smith, if I remember correctly it is a S09C body in the original Suntan. I need to get back to my Wizard of Oz characters. I always wanted to do something with the Oz characters, and those shoes were actually made like that (I think originally by Super Duck) years ago. The moment I saw them, and that head by Kimi Toys, I knew I had a good start on Dorothy. I have to finish up the Tin Man, and I’m waiting on a Munchkin — but all the others are done (including two winged monkeys).

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Wow! What can I say other than that is a really awesome and thematically well-organized collection.  While not everything it it is something I'd want for my own, I could see quite a few pieces there I'd love to own myself and am in fact quite jealous of a few you have I'll probably never get to own.  

This being said, I am taking great pleasure in slowly building up my own collection of carefully kitbashed figures and so looking at your collection is kind of inspirational insofar as I'd like to someday have as big a collection myself, if not necessarily composed the same way.

Thanks. Yeah, much of my collection isn’t for everyone. It has evolved in different directions since the original post. Many of the ladies have been taken down and boxed up, and additional figures added in other areas.