NEW PRODUCT: InArt Aragorn Standard and Deluxe Version 1/6

Inhand video. Great figure, cant wait

Wow!! I Really wish I had been able to afford this. Beautiful figure

lurpdog101 wrote:Wow!! I Really wish I had been able to afford this. Beautiful figure

I really wish I COULD afford it. I'm expecting an inconvenient bill any time now. Time to hustle!

That has to be one of the most close resemblance and realistic head sculpts I have seen to date , amazing .

Not my genre, but I have to say the details are really impressive.
Thanks for sharing the video too, as it contains interesting hair styling process too.

Looks excellent, I think they really nailed his look. Thanks for posting, Simon.

I’m psyched to get this. I’m so glad I Po’d two of these. It’s going to hurt financially, but holy $#@t this is going to be the best figure in my collection (and he’s going to look awesome standing next to their Gandalf).

I per-oredered the standard version and am really looking forward to it.

Diana wrote:

lurpdog101 wrote:Wow!! I Really wish I had been able to afford this. Beautiful figure

I really wish I COULD afford it. I'm expecting an inconvenient bill any time now. Time to hustle!

hahaha - yeah, I had to choose, as I wanted a small SAS squad as am building a custom Gulf War 1 SAS landrover which was 3D printed for me...and I am also now awaiting a very inconvenient bill for 2 of each of the DAM SAS figures! I already paid out for 5 Ukrainians from Flagset in full at beginning of the year which was thanks to a rebate! haha....no sign of them coming either.

Amazing looking figure!
Not a character that interests me.

That video is great! I really appreciate the hairstyling tips.

Here's an unboxing video (Chinese language) that really highlights how awesome the final sculpt looks:

That makes me want to cry in a corner for having to cancel my pre-order. I thought Joker was good, but this is simply what I always imagined 1/6 movie figures to look like. Pure perfection - I was in awe at the quality and detail on the costume, then came the sculpt..no words other than wow!!

Stryker2012 wrote:Here's an unboxing video (Chinese language) that really highlights how awesome the final sculpt looks

If this is what everyone will receive, I can safely say that this will be the most perfect 1/6 figure I've seen to date. The level of details on the headsculpt, the hands ( man, the hands !) the leather coat ... it's just from another planet.

Really incredible!!! I'm annoyed that I only pre-ordered the standard version.

Financially I'm in a tight spot right now, which will have me selling a big chunk of my collection, and I got tempted to keep this sealed and sell him on, and the prices are already quite ridiculous and inviting, but... he might just end up being one of those I keep. I certainly need to unbox him to cherish the beauty and craftsmanship at least for a while.  ^^

I have a feeling the invoice for this one will hit me at the worst possible moment, so still trying not to get my hopes up..

Looking forward to this. Here is Justin's video review:

GubernatorFan wrote:Looking forward to this. Here is Justin's video review:

Holy cow that was amazing!! I was at first a little disappointed about the face. It does fall short of the prototype, but everything else compensates for it. All those details and display options... It's insane!! Truly the best figure I've ever seen! (There are probably some samurai at this level of quality that I paid little attention to).

Diana wrote:

GubernatorFan wrote:Looking forward to this. Here is Justin's video review:

Holy cow that was amazing!! I was at first a little disappointed about the face. It does fall short of the prototype, but everything else compensates for it. All those details and display options... It's insane!! Truly the best figure I've ever seen! (There are probably some samurai at this level of quality that I paid little attention to).

I am amazed by these InArt figures, although this would be my first one so far. As shot by Justin (and this is not meant to be critical), the face does look a little bit less impressive than I originally thought, but I wonder whether that would not be different in hand. Surprisingly, to me, the molded hair version appeared slightly better to my eyes than the "real" hair version, although on principle I prefer the latter.
Yes, there are some amazing Samurai figures. I doubt it gets better than this, but there is the intricate scale armor, in some cases almost matching Ovy's painstaking reconstructions, and that would be a sort of thing that we don't get here (but which would not be necessary for this character and appearance).

I think the problem with the face is actually the eyes. They look weirdly small and I think that throws off the proportions of the face -- nose, cheekbones, eyebrows, etc.

This is just me being biased against rolling eyeballs perhaps, but that is where I noticed the main difference.

ETA: Also, for some reason, Justin doesn't 'futz' his figures ....he said he wouldn't touch the hair, out of 'respect for the artist'. Which I thought was ridiculous, because real hair on 1/6 figures ALWAYS needs futzing in order to look halfway decent. So that probably also changes the appearance quite a bit. The sculpt needs strands of hair in front of the forehead to look like FotR Aragorn.

skywalkersaga wrote:I think the problem with the face is actually the eyes. They look weirdly small and I think that throws off the proportions of the face -- nose, cheekbones, eyebrows, etc.

This is just me being biased against rolling eyeballs perhaps, but that is where I noticed the main difference.

ETA: Also, for some reason, Justin doesn't 'futz' his figures ....he said he wouldn't touch the hair, out of 'respect for the artist'. Which I thought was ridiculous, because real hair on 1/6 figures ALWAYS needs futzing in order to look halfway decent. So that probably also changes the appearance quite a bit. The sculpt needs strands of hair in front of the forehead to look like FotR Aragorn.

Good points, I think. Justin is indeed very careful with his "own personal copy" of each figure, as he states in just about every video, so he avoids any extreme tests or other actions that might cause a potential problem.

Yeah, I get that -- but in this case, it definitely affects how the figure comes across visually, and I personally find it a little silly to have real hair and not ever do anything with it. But that's just me.

I’m not a fan of Justin’s videos, or the man himself, since he shills for that crap Toys Wonderland (who, of late, has screwed over quite a few collectors). But, as has been pointed out, if he futzed his figures more they’d look better (not to mention the overly harsh lighting).

Stryker2012 wrote:he shills for that crap Toys Wonderland

This is not true. They had a fallout over a year ago iirc. He's now sponsored by Pop Collectibles.

I am a fan of his videos. They're the best video reviews of 1/6-scale figures out there, and it isn't even close in terms of competition.

I think he does not "futz" with the hairstyles because he wants to review them as they look out of the box. Obviously, the hair needs to look presentable, and I'm sure he does that at least; otherwise, every rooted hair figure he's reviewed (especially female figures) would look like a complete mess out of the box.

I asked Justin on the comments section and he said he did no restyling whatsoever to the hair. I get that he wants to review it out of the box, that's his thing, but it would still be useful to show a view of it at the end of the video with styled hair to show the figures *potential*. Just my opinion. I don't have a problem with his videos normally, it was just this instance that I was somewhat baffled.

ETA: My confusion stems from the fact that I don't think there is much point in even owning a figure with real rooted hair if one is unwilling to ever style it. Might as well stick with the plastic hair then, surely?

A couple members over at the Freaks got this guy in.

lordofthesquids:

head sculpt right out of the box (taken with cell phone):



Cellphone pics:



Comparison with the Battle of Helms Deep version by Asmus:



With their own Gandalf the Grey:





With Digital Camera:






And a pic from Agentbutterman (Aragorn Vs. a Ring Wraith):

Looks absolutely excellent to me.

Aaaaagh! Gorgeous!