Star Wars Black Series figures.

Certainly a worthy collection!

Impressive. Now that's army building

I'm not a fan of the Star Wars movies, but you spent a hell of a lot of time putting this together.

Cal-Kestis, & BD1 -Jedi-Survivor.

Nice photos, Dal. One of the very few post-Original Trilogy sets that I own.

Nice.
The styrofoam works quite well for the walls.

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice photos, Dal. One of the very few post-Original Trilogy sets that I own.

Thanks Ian . Yeah, I agree, he is a great character and makes an interesting looking figure too.

Visisonor wrote:Nice.
The styrofoam works quite well for the walls.

Cheers Vis, although, I think they could do with a coat of paint maybe?

BAMComix wrote:I think they could do with a coat of paint maybe?

Yeah, paint would make it even better.

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Not a new figure, but ever since getting Sidious, I wanted to compare him to an older (in most senses except for actor's age) rendition of the character.


This is an Amazon-exclusive (I think) release with a throne and several heads. But he was later released without the throne as an Archive figure - much easier to find now.


Other heads are stored somewhere, and I can find them, but didn't.
He also comes with lightning hands, same as with Sidious I think


Unlike Sidious, he has a robe made entirely of soft goods, including the hood - which I very much prefer:

Mr Galaxy Far Far Away beauty contest

The robe covers most of the body: there are some plastic pieces here and there - belt, boots, inner robe, but no joints are visible, so he is Mezco-style as far as I am concerned.


Same can be said about Emperor's Royal Guards, to some extent. Their capes cover them completely, but jointed arms can be seen through when they are extended. Not on the photo below, though:


So this corner of my collection is already up to my preference. And Luke in this style is pretty close - there are reports of him already shipping.
Just need a Vader without visible joints. Something to think about.

I also need to make some sort of throne room diorama. Most likely 3d-print the window

like this:

Another great looking figure, and a terrific comparison shoot too. The pictures are full of a dark atmosphere .

Nice comparison of the figures, Visisonor. My emperor figure is cursed. I tried to shoot it for a review a couple of times, and both times had problems with my computer or monitor. So do be careful. Or maybe it was just mine. There is a fine somewhat flattened Japanese window backdrop with stairs you can find on eBay. Also, there are 3D printed even more accurate window sections, but they might be in scale for the 1:18 figures. Of course, at either of these scales, you could just use the image as displayed on the monitor.

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice comparison of the figures, Visisonor. My emperor figure is cursed. I tried to shoot it for a review a couple of times, and both times had problems with my computer or monitor. So do be careful. Or maybe it was just mine. There is a fine somewhat flattened Japanese window backdrop with stairs you can find on eBay. Also, there are 3D printed even more accurate window sections, but they might be in scale for the 1:18 figures. Of course, at either of these scales, you could just use the image as displayed on the monitor.

Clearly he is strong in the dark side of the force

He looks great, and I'd LOVE to see that throne room printed!! That would definitely be one epic display!

You guys inspired me to share a couple of recent acquisitions: the Rebel Trooper & Stormtrooper 2-pack and the Rebel Commando. The latter comes with swappable bearded and smooth-shaven faces, much like the Hoth Rebel Trooper did. The Rebel (Fleet) Troopers are apparently a reissue of the same figure, previously sold individually. The Stormtroopers are very similar but not quite identical, paint-wise, to the Rogue One Stromtroopers Hasbro released previously. The paint job is just a little off, for example on the lenses, but it is not too obvious. The paint on the rebel figures seemed pretty much flawless.
I added a few more figures for the presentation (prepared but forgot to add C-3PO and R2D2); Vader is the only one that is not by Hasbro.


















Hope this was fun.

Great looking figures Ian, and what a great set up too . Thanks for joining in

Very nice, Ian! You have really great backgrounds!
However, something isn't right...unfortunately for the glorious empire, stormtroopers almost never hit.

:-))

Wow, that's an awesome army!
Stormtroopers win by sheer numbers, but rebels put up a fight
I have two of these Rebel troopers,


And also two Hoth troopers - quite similarly to Rebel Commandos they are versatile army builder with swappable faces and many ways to change their looks

GubernatorFan wrote:Vader is the only one that is not by Hasbro.

Is this Mafex Rogue One Vader with SHF cape?

And Space Walls backgrounds? (IIRC they went out of business after acquiring official license; another thing killed by Disney)

BAMComix wrote:Great looking figures Ian, and what a great set up too . Thanks for joining in

Thank you very much, Dal, I'm glad you liked them.

Darth_Hogge wrote:Very nice, Ian! You have really great backgrounds!
However, something isn't right...unfortunately for the glorious empire, stormtroopers almost never hit.

:-))

Thank you very much. The backgrounds are not my own work (see below). Also, have you seen the beginning of A New Hope? Stormtroopers can shoot when there is no plot armor.

Visisonor wrote:Wow, that's an awesome army!
Stormtroopers win by sheer numbers, but rebels put up a fight
I have two of these Rebel troopers,

And also two Hoth troopers - quite similarly to Rebel Commandos they are versatile army builder with swappable faces and many ways to change their looks

GubernatorFan wrote:Vader is the only one that is not by Hasbro.

Is this Mafex Rogue One Vader with SHF cape?

And Space Walls backgrounds? (IIRC they went out of business after acquiring official license; another thing killed by Disney)

Thank you very much. I love the Hoth troopers, and was pleasantly surprised to see the same approach with the Rebel Commandos. Yes, that is indeed the Rogue One Mafex Vader, but with a Hasbro outer cape. The backdrops are indeed the 6-inch scale Space Walls by GTP (Galactic Trading Post). Which is indeed defunct.

I love the Stormtrooper army! Great photos GF

Zes wrote:I love the Stormtrooper army! Great photos GF

Thank you very much, Jonathan, I'm glad you like them. The scary part is, I have more... just mostly not Hasbro ones, so I decided not to try to mix them.

This isn’t my scale, but this Hoth environment is excellent. Awesome stuff.

Fantastic, valentin!

Amazing work, Valentin, and so beautifully shot!

Great Hoth setup!
The catwalk is 3d-printed, I assume?

Great work!

Visisonor wrote:Great Hoth setup!
The catwalk is 3d-printed, I assume?

Thanks all! Yups, the catwalk and the cargo hauler are both 3d printed.

Your photos are really pretty.

I also bought this kind of figurine, 1/12, but next to my TB league 1/12 it looks ugly and toy-like.
You really know how to highlight them and compose pretty images