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Slq32 wrote:Hello all. Has anyone have experience or knowledge of someplace that does custom lettering on clothing? I would like to make some shirts such as SECURITY and CREW as well as tour shirts ect

Not sure about anyone who offers this as a service, but there was a thread recently discussing DIY options for 1/6 t-shirts...


https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6918-printing-t-shirts

I have been meaning to ask about this for a while, but kept hoping I'd find them parted out somewhere in the meantime. Since I haven't, I just thought I'd mention that I'm looking for the latest Hot Toys Ahsoka's lightsabers, particularly the white lightsaber blades. I have no interest in the HT Mandalorian version of this character, but I do need her white lightsabers to complete one of my own custom versions of her.

(I've thought about trying to just track down some generic 'clear' lightsaber blades, but the only ones I could find like that were pretty expensive themselves.)

Here’s one that comes with the short lightsaber hilt:

https://www.monkeydepot.com/Tool_Hot_Toys_Ahsoka_Short_Lightsaber_w_Extra_Bla_p/ht5234.htm

Thanks for that, Stryker. I've been so busy lately, I keep missing these in the rare times when they do get parted-out.

Does anyone here have any ideas for how to make or where I could possibly buy a pair of 1/6 eyeglasses in this style, silver and oval - not round.

This is about the closest I’ve seen lately:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185829886994?hash=item2b44530c12:g:WM0AAOSwubtkIMmN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwNsJzVLdJnjzA%2FYW5jg7UtAmMhoPuJXUSpfHonVXcC0jLMVLDYDZ7qqC7WTAeLbQtTwaMuZO2wJuGTP%2F%2FKpgZQpRfmtBYlHo52QOHaVosZ8dllx89wOVqBIkGmpgtr%2BNswTg5ppV4IWwNf0y0Bm6UKYJTuN9YxpURY%2FTSw6avG4BXCHfeL3IK0XSsxaBvxACnzCIHsS%2F3bke%2FGvLZDwGbUy9RDXZV7tOC5b4MrRsbDm5kPtjrAlEGyjY9UqghBCYYA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-qZ-PymYg

Stryker2012 wrote:This is about the closest I’ve seen lately:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185829886994?hash=item2b44530c12:g:WM0AAOSwubtkIMmN&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwNsJzVLdJnjzA%2FYW5jg7UtAmMhoPuJXUSpfHonVXcC0jLMVLDYDZ7qqC7WTAeLbQtTwaMuZO2wJuGTP%2F%2FKpgZQpRfmtBYlHo52QOHaVosZ8dllx89wOVqBIkGmpgtr%2BNswTg5ppV4IWwNf0y0Bm6UKYJTuN9YxpURY%2FTSw6avG4BXCHfeL3IK0XSsxaBvxACnzCIHsS%2F3bke%2FGvLZDwGbUy9RDXZV7tOC5b4MrRsbDm5kPtjrAlEGyjY9UqghBCYYA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-qZ-PymYg

That is a good seller, by the way!

Does anyone have any idea on what the most petite male body on the market is, in both height and in terms of muscle mass?

My headsculpt arrived today, for the classical composer whom I have been accumulating items to assemble, and the body I have currently is the new JIAOU 17-A which, despite being very nearly what I need in terms of narrowness of shoulders and the overall look of being less muscled, is far too tall (also this is not to say that the person in question was not athletic, by all accounts he certainly was, but he was also 5'2" at most, and of a slight build)

In addition, I am unsure of where to put this, but thank all of you here for your expertise and advice, I'd not ever have been able to have brought this figure of one of my favorite composers to life in any capacity (having the headsculpt made, finding suitable era/''character'' appropriate clothing) without having been able to read the forums and ask people here things, sorry that I haven't been able to contribute more myself.

ThreeZero has some younger teenager figure sets from Stranger Things, which have shorter and slighter bodies. Perhaps too short.
There is also the shorter slimmer advanced DiD body I recently reviewed here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6256-six-new-ish-bodies-comparison
This is a shorter variant, perhaps only from parted-out sets (no ankle extender bit at the bottom of the lower leg), although I think it is the same as this base body set:
https://www.did.co/portfolio/oa60002/

Are there any tutorials on how to do female rooted hair on 1/6 scale figures?

I want to do her hairdo.



Thanks for any useful hint.

koloth wrote:Are there any tutorials on how to do female rooted hair on 1/6 scale figures?

I want to do her hairdo.



Thanks for any useful hint.

Perhaps brace and check out YouTube for Barbie hairstyling; likely to be the most prevalent guide on a similar size and similar type of hair. Ones like this might offer enough guidance to try adapting to the 60’s “do”? Good luck - it will probably be very fiddly!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395jBKLNPwg

Thanks, Tanzenwolfe, sounds like a good idea. However that tutorial just deals with transforming of head sculpts already endowed with rooted hair, so they have a hairline to start with.
I have a head sculpt with sculpted hair I removed cause the hairdo was wrong. So what I need is a tutorial starting with applying rooted hair to the bald head...and then proceeding with the particular hair style year 2269.

When I have more time I can try to do a write up of my custom re-hairing process. Bear with me a bit, I have some free time at end of the month and can hopefully go through in more detail then.

Thanks, Skywalkersaga, sounds very promising. I can wait!

koloth wrote:Thanks, Tanzenwolfe, sounds like a good idea. However that tutorial just deals with transforming of head sculpts already endowed with rooted hair, so they have a hairline to start with.
I have a head sculpt with sculpted hair I removed cause the hairdo was wrong. So what I need is a tutorial starting with applying rooted hair to the bald head...and then proceeding with the particular hair style year 2269.

For attaching "real" hair on a modified head, there is tutorial by Morezmore, linked in my threads. Here are a couple of my more detailed conversions:

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2126-converting-arnold-schwarzenegger-kp-conan-head

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2006-converting-jason-momoa-ht-aquaman-head

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2854-converting-eric-bana-hector-head-from-pangaea

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2335-converting-sebastian-stan-ht-bucky-barnes-head-updated

It's kinda hard to find there, so here is the Morezmore link:
https://morezmore.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/fortuna-goddess-of-abundance-luck-and-fortune-part-3/

I second the more-z-more tutorials for learning the basics of actually affixing the hair to the head. The styling part of the process can be tricky though, especially with these very fine natural fibres. I intend to do an ‘up do’ style on a figure soon and will try to remember to take pics this time…

Does anyone know where I can get a female sized flight suit in green? I know BBI made one for that F-16 pilot and Flagset also made one.

skywalkersaga wrote:Ok, I have a couple things I'm looking for at the moment, but I'll just ask one at a time so as not to get too confusing...

The first thing seems like it would be commonplace, but has actually been extremely hard to find. I'm trying to figure out if anyone has actually made female boots in this exact style, only slightly taller (like just under the knee height).



Yes, there are countless 1/6 female black boots on ebay, but I'm specifically looking for this exact style. The issue with a lot of the faux leather boots I've seen is that they tend to leave out the heel shape. For instance, I have pair of taller boots from Noveau toys which are nice, but they don't have that rounded heel, and it ends up looking a bit wonky and less realistic that way.  


I think the only ones I've ever seen that would maybe approach what I'm looking for are the Hot Toys Endor Leia boots, but obviously those are not exactly easy to come by.

Sorry for the late reply, S. Timewalker here in the US has some military style German boots that are the same used in Star Wars up for PO:

https://www.timewalkertoys.com/German-Officer-Jack-Boots-DiD-1-6-Scale-Official-p/did-oa60004s.htm

https://www.timewalkertoys.com/German-Senior-Officer-Jack-Boots-DiD-1-6-Scale-O-p/did-oa60004g.htm

https://www.timewalkertoys.com/German-Marching-Boots-DiD-1-6-Scale-Official-Acc-p/did-oa60005.htm

Thanks, Stryker, those look good. I always forget about that site, I'll bookmark it.

skywalkersaga wrote:When I have more time I can try to do a write up of my custom re-hairing process. Bear with me a bit, I have some free time at end of the month and can hopefully go through in more detail then.

Skywalkersaga, may I ask whether you’ve had the time …?

koloth wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:When I have more time I can try to do a write up of my custom re-hairing process. Bear with me a bit, I have some free time at end of the month and can hopefully go through in more detail then.

Skywalkersaga, may I ask whether you’ve had the time …?

Apologies, due to my new job, I've had a rather hellishly busy couple of months, so I haven't had time to take photos and make a tutorial.

But if you would like more detailed advice on this subject, feel free to send me a PM and we can discuss further. : )

Searching for plain black dress, loose (not stretch) length: slightly longer than mini-skirt, with sleeves that reach elbow/just below elbow.

I have searched and failed. I might end up combining two items. If push comes to shove, sleeves, dress length can be cut down.

ukshaun wrote:Searching for plain black dress, loose (not stretch) length: slightly longer than mini-skirt, with sleeves that reach elbow/just below elbow.

I have searched and failed. I might end up combining two items. If push comes to shove, sleeves, dress length can be cut down.

It's not quite it, but perhaps you could do something with this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256084807559

They also have this, but the sleeves are see-through lace, and there is lace on the surface of the non-see-through part:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266306041355

GubernatorFan wrote:

ukshaun wrote:Searching for plain black dress, loose (not stretch) length: slightly longer than mini-skirt, with sleeves that reach elbow/just below elbow.

I have searched and failed. I might end up combining two items. If push comes to shove, sleeves, dress length can be cut down.

It's not quite it, but perhaps you could do something with this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256084807559

They also have this, but the sleeves are see-through lace, and there is lace on the surface of the non-see-through part:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266306041355

Thanks..
Both look good, especially the 2nd link.
I placed an order over an hour ago. If it fails to work out, i might get your 2nd link a go. The second link features a very good head sculpt.

Glad to be of some help. Good luck.

So, I’m looking for a specific era of a soft drink can…


(If you’re a big enough Batman fan, easy guess!   )

I’ve been searching using a variety of terms like dollhouse, vintage, soda, cola, diet, can, and have been getting a couple decent hits here or there, but no luck on this era (late 80s).

I’ve thought about just buying some generic cans and replacing the labels, but would have to run some test prints to see how detailed I could get the tiny labels.

Other than looking for suitably-sized jewelry pieces (charms) of that specific design on Etsy and similar places, I think you might have to print your own and tape them on top of a suitable can.

Yes, I would also suggest finding a suitable 1/6 scale can and creating your own. : )

GubernatorFan wrote:Other than looking for suitably-sized jewelry pieces (charms) of that specific design on Etsy and similar places, I think you might have to print your own and tape them on top of a suitable can.

skywalkersaga wrote:Yes, I would also suggest finding a suitable 1/6 scale can and creating your own. : )

Being a designer by trade, I decided to completely recreate the can labels. It took a little digging, but I was able to find the era-correct logos/trademarks and can label layout reference designs for this Diet Coke can. Here is the end result:



I took measurements (in centimeters) of a label on an actual sixth scale cola can I do have on hand and designed in vector at 100% scale. After printing it out, I came out with the following…


Since I don’t want to ruin one of my licensed Coca-Cola 1/6 scale cans, I’ll probably order a multi-pack of generic blank cans, re-print these tiny labels on sticker paper and cover with clear tape to give it some gloss before trimming and affixing.

So far this looks like it will work out perfectly!!

EDIT: So I trimmed it out and used a tiny piece of tape just to mock it up to a New Wave Coca-Cola metal can… this is going to be PERFECT once I get more metal cans!!