Visisonor's conjectures of grandeur (updated 2024-11-02)

BAMComix wrote:Lovey posing to by the way

GubernatorFan wrote:I second that, great choices

Thanks!
And yes, it is an upgrade in terms of articulation and details.
(It may not be complete, some pieces are missing but they can be added)

Girls fight (part 2)

This was photographed some time ago, not long after part 1.
Since these wooden dowels make decent Bo staffs, I wanted to put them in action:














It seems even harder to set the figures up with two-handed weapons, so the whole sequence covers only two strikes.

I like the new sequence. Naturally it is harder with two-handed weapons, but you made it work very well.

Great movement capture!

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Bug fixes

In the earlier post I've shown the Catch Me suit, thinking it should be put on in that sequence (first the leotard of power), then the pants.
But the pants, lacking any belt loops, posed a problem with the belt - it always tended to ride up on the back. Maybe it's not evident in the photos, but it was quite annoying.


So I took a better look at the promo shots of the Catch Me figure: turned out I was doing it wrong!


The pants actually go first:


And then the body piece needs to be velcroed on top of them


After that, nothing is interfering with the belt:


Everything put together:

This is a sort of thing a viewer would usually miss but it can be really annoying for someone putting the outfit together. Glad you sorted it out.

Very cool my friend! I never thought of doing that.

GubernatorFan wrote:can be really annoying for someone putting the outfit together.

Yes, and it affects the fun factor quite a lot. Now I'm more inclined to pose the figure in this outfit, and it's harder to put her back on the shelf

BAMComix wrote:Very cool my friend! I never thought of doing that.

Thanks.
So for your Shea Moriarty the suit is arranged in the way I had previously, pants after body piece?

Visisonor wrote:

GubernatorFan wrote:can be really annoying for someone putting the outfit together.

Yes, and it affects the fun factor quite a lot. Now I'm more inclined to pose the figure in this outfit, and it's harder to put her back on the shelf

BAMComix wrote:Very cool my friend! I never thought of doing that.

Thanks.
So for your Shea Moriarty the suit is arranged in the way I had previously, pants after body piece?

Yeah, I have her top tucked up underneath her trousers, but as you say, it does tend to ride up .

Reunion

Perhaps the fingersnap from one of my earlier posts brought results, or maybe there were other reasons for this, but now I can present both sisters from my setting, Vera and Villa, on the same image without resorting to photo editing:


This is how they could look before the story started, similar to this 1/12 scale sketch.

And I can do this, too:


But this image is explicitly non-canon because...

Spoilers to Diary of a field agent:

And this is, roughly, post-diary look of Kate and Vera (Vera prefers HK-416 but I don't have it yet in 1/6):


So yeah, now I have three of my characters in 1/6 scale, and it seems like an unhealthy obsession, because there is not much practical sense in duplicating them in two scales.
Also,

They look great to me! I hate to think what I've spent creating the Black Knights!

YAY!! They look great! I gotta say I love the shorter hair on the 1/12 Villa/Vera. But this of course looks great, too. 

So... you got one full Villa set, one full Catch-Me set and a loose Villa head and a Catch Me suit? 
In any case... good catch!  

I wouldn't mind getting one of those cat suits but I didn't even think it possible to find them this late... except with horrendous shipping from the US.

They're looking sharp. Glad you've gotten them all kitted out.

BAMComix wrote:They look great to me! I hate to think what I've spent creating the Black Knights!

Thank you. Yeah, I try not to keep track of expenditures  

Diana wrote:So... you got one full Villa set, one full Catch-Me set and a loose Villa head and a Catch Me suit?

Thanks!
No, it's two full Villa sets (one a while ago, another recently - it is currently in package with the knock-off head).
And two Catch Me suits. These suits are on TBLeague bodies (S22A for Kate, S23B for Vera) which are featured throughout this thread.

I found the second suit recently on eBay (Chinese seller), but I think it was the last one

As for differences between versions, I personally prefer longer hair, though I realize it's less practical for an action-type character. But short hair looks great too, and the story will continue in 1/12 scale anyway.

GubernatorFan wrote:They're looking sharp. Glad you've gotten them all kitted out.

Thanks. Equipping them is a never-ending process (but a source of joy). There are still some things missing, and Vera's recently acquired holster is better than Kate's, so now I need to upgrade Kate to it as well...

Great figures Visisonor! Glad you went more into the 1/6 side of things. Your pics are also instantly recognizeable, especially with the backdrops

Thanks, Valiarde.

Valiarde wrote:Your pics are also instantly recognizeable, especially with the backdrops

I wonder whether this is a good thing (consistency as a sign of mastery) or not (over-repetition of the same)

Visisonor wrote:Thanks, Valiarde.

Valiarde wrote:Your pics are also instantly recognizeable, especially with the backdrops

I wonder whether this is a good thing (consistency as a sign of mastery) or not (over-repetition of the same)

That's me knackered then

Visisonor wrote:Thanks, Valiarde.

Valiarde wrote:Your pics are also instantly recognizeable, especially with the backdrops

I wonder whether this is a good thing (consistency as a sign of mastery) or not (over-repetition of the same)

I think it is a positive! You create your figures and backdrops with great care.

BAMComix wrote:

Visisonor wrote:Thanks, Valiarde.

Valiarde wrote:Your pics are also instantly recognizeable, especially with the backdrops

I wonder whether this is a good thing (consistency as a sign of mastery) or not (over-repetition of the same)

That's me knackered then

Congrats that you found another Villa! Great work with the fighting scenes; the posing is excellent.

I was just thinking you had a shot at making a mother-takes-daughter-to-work day, but unfortunately the adult proportions of the 12th-scale figure get in the way. But they look great, and such a good match for each other, across the two different scales.

Valiarde wrote:I think it is a positive!

Appreciate that!

Randam Hajile wrote:Great work with the fighting scenes

Thanks!
And with Villa it's really an overkill. Too bad I didn't start looking for a headsculpt earlier.

GubernatorFan wrote:I was just thinking you had a shot at making a mother-takes-daughter-to-work day

Not exactly, it's rather the "don't talk to me or my son ever again" meme which is often rendered with figures in different scales. I've done it here several times .

Accessorize! (part 4)

Continuing to accumulate pieces of equipment to match what I have in 1/12 scale.
The spotlight today goes to HK-416 by Minitimes.

Vera seems surprised by the quality

I can't compare it directly to the same weapon from other manufacturers, which are currently more expensive, but looking at 1/6 weapons I have (by E&S, Soldier Story) I don't see much differences in details.



And it's loaded with accessories. Suppressor shown above. The handle grip is connected to a flashlight, both can attach to the rails.
Holographic sight and aiming laser (which is also connected via a wire to the separate battery attachment):


There is also a sling. And I forgot to mention that magazine comes out too, but there are no extra magazines.


Now Kate needs a different holster, which is still on the way.
But Villa's Beretta M9 (by Multifun E&S) has arrived:


So Villa's kit is now complete.

Meanwhile, a new character has joined out the blue:


And she doesn't have a smaller scale counterpart.


She also needs a top like this, but that will probably be a subject of another post.

Nice additions, both the "accessory" and the new agent -- both of them lethal, I'm sure.

Your ladies looking amazing Visisonor.

Thanks, guys!

Recursion

Wanted to do something like this - taking photos of figures taking photos of (smaller) figures - ever since getting into multiple scales, but obtaining a 1/6 camera wasn't high on priority list.
But then a 1/12 scale figure makes a sort of half-scale doll, which is rather big. So I settled on these guys as subjects (don't remember what they are from, other than stylized Goofy and Sark; I received them as a bonus with some other order).


But they don't have to photograph figures - they can photograph each other too:

Very cute. I like that first pic with the tiny figurines.

Brilliant! They always make such great pics too!