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Custom Emperor's Royal Guard - Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:24 pm

Since Mark asked about using the new modular Maha action figure body as a base for the third-party "red guard" inspired by the Emperor's Royal Guard from ROTJ, I gave it a quick test. It works, with some futzing. For once, I took all the progress photos, so here it is:

No problem sliding on the pants, the boots fit easily onto the ankle pegs (I left the added ankle extenders on). I chose not to use the padding for the torso, in part because it was difficult, in part because it was unnecessary.

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The "tunic" zips up at the back, making it relatively easy to put on. The hands swap easily enough. The belt was a bit of a pain, because instead of velcro, it attaches with little hooks. The hole inside the helmeted head is a bit wide for the neck peg's upper ball joint. While one could theoretically seek another neck peg that would work at both ends, I lined the upper ball joint with some electrical tape, and got a slightly better fit. It could have been better, but I was working on a quick solution. Visually, it is irrelevant.

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Here is the finished look. He stands about 31.10 cm tall.

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A comparison to the Medicom and Hot Toys versions. Medicom is undersized, despite being upgraded to a better body in the reconstituted version you see here. Hot Toys is the same size as the custom. The custom's outer robe drapes a little less well and its red is a little less rich. However, depending on the light or if not side by side with the others, I think it works very well. So well, indeed, that I regretted not trying this out earlier, since now the set is sold out. Had I done so, I could have replaced both of my Medicom guards with the custom ones.

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I hope this was helpful, to Mark and others.

As always, what do you think?

#starwars #rotj #Empire #imperial #royal #guard #scifi #fiction #custom
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Part I: Painting 3D printed heads of Star Wars characters



For Part II, see HERE.



For Part III, see HERE.


You all know how much I like good head sculpts. While I am no professional head painter, I've gotten to the point where I'm more willing to invest in unpainted heads and painting them myself (the time and cost of professional services for that are not enticing me). I am working on several characters at the moment, some of them more complete. So, for now, here are four heads I purchased from Poison3DHarleyCstms on Etsy. I cannot praise this printer/seller enough, very helpful and accommodating, and not too expensive.

Still Work in Progress.

The heads as they arrived:
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The heads primed:
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The heads painted so far, the light makes the colors more vibrant than in hand:
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So far all of the heads need their bodies, clothing, and accessories. I don't know how far along I will get this in terms of matching the onscreen look, except for some other characters I'm working on.

Weequay (there were several on Jabba's staff), will be getting some braids coming out of the bumps at the back of the head:
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Nikto (there were several on Jabba's staff), needs one of several possible head coverings; I am also still looking for the "green" Nikto (originally called Klaatu), but the only version I see is on Shapeways for too high a price:
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Barada or his compadre Kithaba (confusingly retconned as members of a "Klaatoonian" species, also several on Jabba's staff), needs a head scarf; in hand this one looks a lot duller and more realistic:
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Nien Nunb (Lando's co-pilot) came with his leather pilot cap sculpted as part of the mold:
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It ought to illustrate what one can do with these beautiful casts, even without being a professional. At any rate, I hope you liked them.

For Part II, see HERE.



For Part III, see HERE.

#3dprint #custom #kitbash #starwars #scifi #fiction #head
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blackpool wrote:I found the movie quite poor except for Margot Robbie which saves the thing with Jared Leto, so I had very little interest in the figures, but my girlfriend gifted me the prisoner version of Harley Quinn.

I was so surprised by this refreshing and awesome figure while it is very basic, so I decided to build myself a more "iconic" version, just grabbing the head and a few extras to mix with my prisoner Harley.

Anyway, here is my queen of Gotham! Hope you'll like!

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#custom #kitbash #female #film #suicidesquad


What tank top did you use for your Harley?
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Part I


For Part II see HERE.

I painted up the great Han head sculpt commissioned by Mark (HERE) with probably less patience than was advisable, but I'm ok with how it turned out, so here it is. A better painter would surely be able to get even more out of it. I do think the resemblance to Harrison Ford is unmistakable and quite accurate. I also think it worked pretty well with my kitbashed Empire Strikes Back Han (using Sideshow clothing).

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As always, what do you think?

Thank again, Mark!

For Part II see HERE.

#starwars #hansolo #harrisonford #custom #head #male #scifi #kitbash #paint
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Part I


For Part II see HERE. For Part III see HERE. For Part IV see HERE.


This is my take on Anakin as a Nelvaan warrior, from the Clone Wars series. This is one of these "can it be done?" projects more than anything else, and I know at least one person who might be interested in what was done. It is not necessarily entirely finished. As usual, took too many photos, so I'm culling through them and dividing them in parts.

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Unhaired, slightly repainted, customized, and rehaired denecked third party Anakin head, customized TBLeague M33 body with third party small ankle extenders and Nelvaan markings applied with Gundam Real Paint markers, HT Anakin customized pants and boots and light saber (and belt?) and customized Bad Batch Echo hand, custom vambrace.

The Nelvaan arc has been described as important in the narrative development of Anakin for more than one reason. "Ghost Hand" was a significant factor in the episode, but for practical reasons and taking advantage of the animated series' more rudimentary design, for now I have settled for a custom vambrace and a droid-like hand (as opposed to the more skeletal Anakin mech hand -- although I obtained two versions, they were not suited for easy attachment to the body). Besides, Anakin's loss of his hand (separately and long before losing other limbs) seemed to me one of the weakest decisions in the Prequel Trilogy, so it was not quite as imperative to get perfect for me as it might be for diehard fans.

As always, what do you think? Want to see more?

For Part II see HERE. For Part III see HERE. For Part IV see HERE.

#starwars #prequeltrilogy #clonewars #nelvaan #anakin #skywalker #custom #kitbash #hottoys #fantasy #scifi
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Updated/continued HERE.

I have always wondered about improving the potential of these sets with a bit of customization, so here is a start, with a figure I purchased for this purpose a long time ago but only now had a little bit of time to experiment.

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So, what do you think (other than, "WTF, I thought this was supposed to be another tactical tease!" or worse), is it a bit improved?

Updated/continued HERE.

For other Star Wars-related goofery, you can check out these older threads:

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t6115-recovered-previously-unreleased-footage-from-return-of-the-jedi

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t5484-star-wars-spoof-banned-tv-advertisement-from-the-80s-nsfw

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t4234-rivals-photo-heavy#59153

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t4151-oops-photo-heavy

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t3671-star-wars-the-accident-story-photo-heavy-updated-with-alternate-deleted-footage

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t3240-star-wars-a-happy-endings-story-original-trilogy-updated

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t3178-star-wars-a-silver-linings-story-original-trilogy-updated-with-extra-photos

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2799-star-wars-the-further-adventures-of-darth-maul-updated-with-part-ii-may-2020

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2541-star-wars-a-love-gone-wrong-story

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t2206-star-wars-moving-on-solo-story

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1862-star-wars-a-lone-scoundrel-story

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1852-star-wars-a-negative-body-image-story

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1150-star-wars-spacecops

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t909-star-wars-new-imperial-unit-aquatrooper-part-two

https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t1076-christmas-reruns-star-wars-christmas-revised-edition-not-the-holiday-special

Updated/continued HERE.

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Danny Trejo custom head updated - Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:57 am

More photos in this subsequent post.

I came across these Danny Trejo heads on eBay a few times, and was struck by the excellence of the sculpt -- in part helped by the part that it was made of resin, luckily without a molded neck.  Eventually, I picked up the unpainted version (custom painted ones were quite expensive), and last night I spent some time painting it, without expecting much success.  I used the technique of painting the flesh dark and building a couple of thin lighter layers on top.  In the end, I think it worked out ok for a non-professional paint job.  Which was a great relief, because I felt bad potentially defacing the beautiful sculpt.

Comparison of the unpainted sculpt above and my paint job below.

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Of course a close zoom in reveals all the imperfections in my paint job. But luckily, one doesn't look at it so large.  Besides, it ends up looking a little artsy. Smile

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What do you think?

More photos in this subsequent post.

#custom #paint #head #resin #male #actor #dannytrejo
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Part I


For Part II, see here.


For Part III, see here.


I picked up a bunch of the pieces from the Big Chief Studios Flash Gordon set that was released recently. To be honest, I am not the biggest fan of the 1980 film, and the oft-cited attraction of the Queen soundtrack (isn't it just that one song?) does little to impress me (they have done so much better). I suppose I am not a fan of camp. But it is still a fun, vibrant film, stunning visuals (even if my feelings about Art Deco have always been a little ambivalent), cool villains, likable protagonists (even if Flash himself is understated and dubbed, he does have the winning attitude of a friendly Lab or Golden Retriever); and, thankfully, the production does not take itself too seriously. And Ted made such loving references to the film and its leading actor. But I digress.

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Discovering that the Flash (Sam Jones) head is (for once) a perfect skin tone match for TBLeague's male suntan bodies, I decided to try to outfit one of those with the fairly basic Flash costume. Originally I had tried the head on M34 (here), and liked it, but these clothes had little chance of fitting on that, which was too bulky for Flash's onscreen look anyway. So I went to M33 (which is also a little too bulky in places), and it worked, more or less. The top works well, the belt even has some leeway, the boots work (and are quite difficult to remove, once in place), but the pants were very difficult to get on. They did not impede some wide stances, but they did make sitting or kneeling almost impossible (trying to come off in the process). Since they are black and their features are not too obvious, they could arguably be replaced by a different similar-looking garment. Here are several shots of the recreated figure looking more or less as intended by the Big Chief set (a benefit of the body swap is that the head does not sit ridiculously high on the neck).

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I didn't pick up the Hawkmen firearms, because they didn't look exactly like the prop I was looking at, so I borrowed something very remotely similar from elsewhere. I improvised similarly with other accessories.

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Some of the images I had found while doing research appear to have been promotional shots that did not have a direct counterpart in the film (which I rewatched), but apparently tried to tie-in Sam Jones' portrayal of Flash Gordon with the cartoon series. Here are some recreations and adaptations of these.

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Back to the film for the execution scene... but here only the head is Big Chief's.

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Some more fun with the sword.

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Overall, the clothing worked well, perhaps surprisingly so. Only the pants (partly) failed me, but that was only to be expected. The clothing and the head sculpt are a decent portrayal of the character's appearance, without being perfect. Perhaps the hardest thing to get right is the hair, which would be a challenge even with "real hair," given that it was dyed for the movie, and the darker roots need to be showing. A partial bonus is the fact that the molded hair appears to be easily removable from the rest of the head sculpt, which might allow for a rehairing. Thicker and darker eyebrows might help the likeness. And I need to get a plain red wife beater.

As always, what do you think?

For Part II, see here.


For Part III, see here.

#bigchief #flashgordon #samjones #tbleague #m33 #scifi #fantasy #male #custom #kitbash #movie #film
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Oscan / Samnite Hoplite custom / kitbash - Sat May 07, 2022 12:47 pm

HH Model and HaoYu Toys recently released their "Carthage Infantry" (HH18045) set. The figure is supposed to represent a Carthaginian infantryman, somewhat accurately recognizing that Carthaginian forces were largely mercenary and equipped with non-Carthaginian (Greek, Italian, Spanish) arms and armor. As usual, HH & HY spruced up the set, giving it additional items and messing up some of the details. I picked up some of the better pieces (including the head, which is a bit reminiscent of Eric Bana) and put together my own, using a seamless TBL body (M33 for the first figure, M32 for his colleague in a couple of the photos). Luckily, everything fit pretty well.

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HH & HY based the set on professional historical reconstructions. As already noticed by Skippy, the immediate reference was an illustration by Steve Noon for Nic Fields' Osprey Warrior 150: Carthaginian Warrior 264-146 BC. On p. 44 (plate F), Noon has illustrated an Oscan mercenary in 202 BC, sporting items such as a Montefortino helmet (an excavated Samnite example is illustrated on p. 31) and a Samnite or Oscan triple-disc cuirass (as found in a tomb in Tunisia, illustrated on p. 35), Samnite or Oscan belt, Greek greaves, a large scutum-type body shield, and a sword and scabbard. Very similar figures, both as mercenaries in Carthaginian service and as Samnite warriors in Italy were already illustrated by Giuseppe Rava in Salimbeti and D'Amato's Osprey Elite 201: The Carthaginians 6th-2nd Century BC, p. 55 (plate H), and by Richard Hook in Sekunda and Northwood's Osprey Men-at-Arms 283: Early Roman Armies, p. 30 (plate F). HH & HY supplemented this with leather (or rather pleather) vambraces and sandals (or rather sandaled feet), and replaced the historical shorter throwing spears with a single extra-long and heavy spear. Needless to say, I did not pick up or employ these additions, and substituted some old Ignite spears that were about the right size and look. HH & HY otherwise did a great job recreating what was illustrated by Noon. Strangely, while the detail on the cuirass is very impressive, they managed to make a mistake here: on the chest plate the two discs should have a stylized flower-like ornamentation, and the top part should not be decorated with the same necklace-motif as the goddess' head at the bottom. The back plate, the top two discs are correct, but where the bottom disc appears, there should be another representation of the goddess' head (there exist other examples of such cuirasses that do have three plain discs); the actual artifact is shown more fully in Sekunda and Northwood, p. 39. The belt ought to be made mostly of leather, but HH & HY's choice of soft metal that can be opened or closed easily was inspired. The HH & HY shield is quite a lot smaller (and especially shorter) than it ought to be.

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I bought enough pieces to outfit two Samnite/Oscan warriors, putting the first set on an M33 and the second set on a taller M32.

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Here are a couple more looks at some of the equipment.

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Overall, I'm very happy with the set (even if I only picked up a bunch of parted out pieces) and wish that HH & HY would continue putting these out, but hopefully with better attention to details: it is one thing to add additional pieces that can be removed to achieve a more historically accurate look (like the vambraces), it is another to get "creative" with actual artifacts that you are supposedly replicating.

Since the look, although quite historical, is relatively unfamiliar, I used it for guards in my Lady of the Lake fantasy thread.

As always, what do you think?

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Jaxon Xu's 1/6 Scale Custom Pair of Relax Palm / Hand

The set price is for one pair of relax palm

Cast resin material

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Medieval Timeline upgrade modification - Sun Mar 06, 2022 12:26 pm

This is a combination of modifications, applied to what was originally a nearly 20-year old set by Dragon, Chris Johnston (Paul Walker) from Timeline (2003). The old Dragon set was probably nice for its time, although it is not quite on a par with more modern action figures in this scale, which have more realistic likeness and better articulation, and usually come with more accessories. Timeline was a pretty good film, and has been held up as the right way to do historical fiction (if you are going to be making up things, do that to made up historical settings and characters rather than distorting actual ones). I am somewhat surprised that it got this much attention in sixth scale, but glad it did. I just wish I had picked up more of these sets when they were more readily available. I finally got this one a few weeks ago, and decided to see what would happen if it were transferred to a better body and given a better head. (By the way, see those knots with a single loop? If anyone has a link to an image explaining how to tie them, please send it along. Thanks in advance.)

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The body swap was easy enough, as the relatively loose clothing fit on a TBLeague M33. The boots presented a problem as they would not readily come off the Dragon body, restricted ankle articulation, and might not have fit easily on other feet (whether TBLeague or not). I went with the two-part molded ThreeZero boots from one of their Game of Thrones figures (Jon Snow?) at first. They worked great. The head was a bigger challenge. Ever since his untimely demise, Paul Walker has been rendered in sixth scale repeatedly, not always very successfully, but invariably in reference to his part in the Fast and Furious franchise. These all portray a more mature Paul Walker, with a shorter and neater hair, and more stubble. I ended up going with a GAC Toys head (or a knockoff of it), slightly repainting to make it match the TBLeague suntan skin tone and soften the stubble (in retrospect I may have overdone that, as Paul's character in Timeline does have a visible stubble). Of course, the big hurdle was the hair. I went from this (already repainted)...

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to this mess...

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to this (finished, apart from minor futzing).

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There was no way I was going to be able to replicate the messy slightly curly hair in the film with real hair entirely accurately, but I decided it was close enough (it was not perfectly replicated with Dragon's sculpted hair either). The color is a little on the light side, but my next darker option was too warm a brown to work well. So I went with it. Here is the upgraded figure.

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Overall, I was pleased with the poseability and stability of the figure, and the look seems ok. I ended up making one more change, from the ThreeZero boots to medieval/fantasy leather shoes from a POP or maybe CM set, as something more appropriate for someone dressed like a medieval peasant to wear. I think they are better for this purpose, although much less stable, as they curve up at the front. Here they are, although they are not very visible...

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I doubt it is perfect or that I could improve much on it at present, but it is a nice example of the potential of so many of these old sets.

As always, what do you think?

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For Addendum, see here.

I've been meaning to make a presentation of this for a while, around Thanksgiving, but between other things and waiting for some bits and pieces here and there, it was long delayed. So here it, is, late as it may be. I suppose people -- and vampires -- can overeat at Christmas dinner much like they do at Thanksgiving dinner (which is what this is supposed to be)...

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Lestat upgraded

Since he was last shown, Lestate has had a few minor upgrades. I repainted the eyes blue and reglossed them, and did a bit of repainting on the face. He now wears the same cravat, pants, and stockings as Lou. I repainted the Sideshow Angelus vest to have a blue background, to approximate some of Lestat's vests from the film. I found and repainted a couple of appropriately shaped rings for his hands. And he now has a real bow for his hair (not shown, as I'm waiting on better materials to make a better one). And he now has his own personal goblin assistant (who seems to hang out with Louis), more on whom later on.

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The Snacks

Apart from Bella, already familiar from Chez Louis, I added a custom Angel/Angelus. Since I was already using the Sideshow set for some of Lestat's clothing, I ended up getting more and customizing the figure. It kept all of its clothes, but transferred to an M33 body. I modified the head (de-necking, drilling, fixing the damage from a Dremel accident, etc) and repainted it to match the body and to look a little bit more realistic (removing the dreaded doll dots, etc). I think it worked out decently enough.

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For Addendum, see here.

For related items, see the following:
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Makeshift Vampire Lestat

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I was rummaging through a box of odd bits and pieces looking for something, when I came across items saved from a figure I had discarded long ago. Before there were TBLeague male figures, my female figures needed to find their (semi-)seamless male counterparts where they could, which led to the somewhat unlikely acquisition of a Jeff Stryker action figure (if you are going to look it up -- or him -- be aware you are likely to stumble across plenty of NSFW stuff). This was made around 2003 (I think), had very disappointing articulation, clothing that was probably fine at the time but does not look good now (you can see that below), except perhaps for the leather vest, and a head that was at once old style, stylized, and distinctly off-putting -- to me. I had tossed the body out ages ago, and was about to do the same to these remnants, but it occurred to me that it is a good thing to experiment with: could I repaint it to make it more realistic, and could I make it fit (physically and visually/color-wise) a TBLeague body. So here it goes.

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I still don't particularly like it, but think it is an improvement. The skin tone match seems pretty decent. And I think so was my attempt to paint hazel, although it is barely noticeable in the end. I don't think this was an instance of one of those pretty good head sculpts simply buried beneath a poor paint job. Then again, my painting skills are pretty limited in this scale. The head also required a lot of modification to sit more or less properly on the TBLeague neck peg.

As always, what do you think?

#repainting #head #male #custom #contemporary
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Jaxin Xu's 1/6 Scale TDR figure

Attention: Jaxin request for minimum 30 units in order to run a new batch which will be releasing Q1-Q2 2022, we will cancel the order and refund you the deposit if we cannot meet the target by 30th Nov

TDR figure fullset:

Head sculpt
Phicen m35 body
Hands
Gauntlet
Boots
Custom base
Damaged Superman cape
Batarang
Plastic belt

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Update: additional photos in Post 12.

For the review of the original set, see HERE.

Well, what can I say, I've pulled an ActionFigureMovies move and, after finding an extra Soo Soo Toys Mr Butcher set tropical shirt and jeans, experimented with recreating Billy using a TBLeague M33 body, which I figured was about the right build and stature for the character (you can see a comparison photo to the set figure farther down). I borrowed one of the heads, belt, and accessories, gave him a watch and a necklace to match the on-screen appearance, and some temporary boots (from ACI) that are an improvement in terms of stability and articulation, but not appearance (as I said, they are temporary). No special effects.

So here are a few photos of the reconstituted figure to start with.

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Despite the restrictiveness of the long sleeves of the coat, the elbow bent is already better.

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These poses with the crow bar were inspired by promotional images for the series.

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And the cattle prod one is based on a still or set photo.

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This one is based on a still.

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Say goodbye to your Compound V if you get any closer! I will crush the rest of them, I swear!

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He can wield the hammer much better, fitting it more easily in the softer plastic TBLeague hands, and without bending or twisting the relatively soft rubber handle of the hammer.

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What's better than pounding away while buzzed?

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Is that enough of a drill for you? Also based on still.

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Oh, hello there, mate. What's wrong with your elbows? Are you sure the cattle prod is as effective as my crow bar?

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I'm glad we got to discuss it over drinks.

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Electrical drill it is!

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Given the ending of Season 2 (no spoilers -- mostly), you may be wondering what Billy Butcher is likely to get himself into during Season 3. Well, some of that is pretty obvious, so here go some predictions.

First, his kid or not, he is going to be, despite his nihilistic nature, a pretty decent dad. Considering the circumstances...

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I don't know how he will find the time, or the patience, or the knowledge, but I'm sure he'll pull it off...

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And speaking of pulling it off, to the delight of our ladies, it seems that he has picked up an extra day (or is it night?) job...

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... apparently to get close to a certain female crypto-supe villain...

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That's it for the predictions, but I thought these showed off the more neutral head sculpt's remarkable likeness

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and realism.

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What do you think?

Update: additional photos in Post 12.

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Let me start of by saying that I'm not a Harry Potter fan by any stretch of the imagination. That said, I have picked up a few bits and pieces from Harry Potter Star Ace sets over the years. Now for the first time I picked up enough to more or less recreate and entire character -- Griphook (who is apparently a goblin). The original set was reviewed by Michael Crawford.

I just thought he looked different and interesting for a random goblin or dwarf character. I had read the review, so I don't know what I was thinking buying the body. It would have needed changing anyway -- as it had no torso, thigh, or knee articulation -- but almost immediately the relatively brittle plastic elbow joint broke. I do not have the skill or patience of Alex (shovelchop) to put together such bodies myself, but I remembered the Mr. Z child bodies already discussed by Ovy. I had picked up a couple of those (not that I had anything to do with them), and decided to see if I can substitute one of them for the faulty and under-articulated Star Ace body. The child body is slimmer and just a little shorter, but it works reasonably well. More importantly, it is fully articulated. I gave Griphook a young apprentice (yes, that was the most youthful head sculpt I had handy) to help demonstrate the articulation (these bodies are not meant to be seen disrobed). I could use a little extra padding for Griphook, and still thinking of ways to improve the fit of the Star Ace ankle and wrist pegs (or shoes and hands) to the Mr. Z body, but I think it worked out ok.

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What do you think?

#harrypotter #griphook #starace #mrz #kitbash #custom #goblin #dwarf #fantasy
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Amazing! Sir, is it alright to ask how you safely removed the sculpted hair?


GubernatorFan wrote:Having converted a Jason Momoa Aquaman head (HERE) and an Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan head (HERE), it seemed like a natural choice to do the same to the new Bucky Barnes head sculpt by HT. The face is excellent but the hair, while very impressively sculpted, is just soft molded plastic. I object to this on principle anyway, so here we go again. For more details on the process, please consult the other threads linked above.

More photos in Post 6 below

The original head:
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I gently pried off the two-part hair sculpt and perched it on his shoulders for this photo:
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You don't need a very ample scalp if you are going to give your head sculpt an ample hair, but I decided I should fill-in the various indents with Kneadatite Blue and Yellow. I painted it very lightly with a flesh color (not even trying to match the face, since it wouldn't be visible), then began to glue on the hair in rows, starting with a line parallel to the bottom of the head sculpt at the back.
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No matter how disheveled, I left the hair in place for a while, giving the glue a chance to cure.
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Then I gently removed any loose strands, rinsed the hair with water, and gave him a haircut.
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Finally, to make the hair less puffy, I applied a solution of water and shampoo+conditioner. I may have overdone it, giving him a more compact, wet hair look, but I will worry about styling it later (or not -- I wasn't completely crazy about the original/movie look of the hair).
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Hope this is helpful or informative. What do you think?

More photos in post 6 below

#custom #kitbash #modification #bucky #barnes #wintersoldier #hottoys #ht #infinitywar #marvel #film #fiction #male #superhero #head #headsculpt #hair
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Paul and Jessica on vacation - Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:26 pm

These were all at one point or another meant for the Barbie deBarbiefied thread, as they feature slightly or not-so-slightly modified Barbie and Ken items. I tried to put them all together in a logical sequence for a silly and tongue-in-cheek story (some of it is a slight edit of an older version). Some items require little modification, others more, and some of the improved ones still suffer from being undersized.

It was a beautiful day at the start of their vacation. Jessica and Paul were driving down the highway, enjoying the dry heat and the stunning nature all around them.

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Despite the natural landmarks surrounding them, they were lost. "Like a man," Paul had refused to stop and ask for directions. So he decided to turn around and try another way.

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"Like a woman," Jessica would not stop nagging him about it.

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They had almost turned around when...

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Paul had to slam the brakes. Apart from the screeching of the brakes, there was heard the slightest of thumps, as a human body collapsed on the road in front of them.

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It was local gadfly Sullivan, who none the worse for wear, proceeded to unleash a cacophony of curses and insults at our city slickers.

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"I swear, he came out of nowhere!" yelled Paul, while Jessica was (exceptionally) lost for words.

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While Jessica was trying to find a signal and talk to the insurance company, Paul realized that there might be a simpler way to get rid of the problem, as the angry Sullivan did not seem injured one bit.

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Sullivan readily accepted a thick pile of $20 bills, while continuing to abuse Paul and his stupid little car.

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Paul patiently hung his head and took a couple more minutes of abuse, before Sullivan decided he's yelled enough and disappeared into the same nowhere he had come from.

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Paul and Jessica got back into their cozy little car and continued on their way, hoping their trip home would be less exciting.

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That evening, Jessica took a relaxing bath while Paul was getting ready for bed.

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They determined that the close call that afternoon should not be allowed to keep them from enjoying what was left of their vacation time.

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Jessica suggested what was bound to be a bigger change of scenery and a pleasant getaway.

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Having made a few calls and packed a couple of suitcases, two days later Jessica and Paul were enjoying a sunny, breezy beach in Hawaii.

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And by the looks of it, Jessica is well on her way to learning how to surf and ride over the blue.

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More photos of some of these scenes, characters, or accessories in various posts in:  
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t127-barbie-debarbiefied-continuously-updated#1823

#barbie #ken #debarbiefied #custom #accessory #paulwalker #jessicaalba #sullivanstapleton #satire #photostory
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You'll see where this is going, and where it will end up, soon enough.

A bit of a sequel in Post 21.

Another Mistress Gina tutorial: painting TBLeague nipples.

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I hope you enjoyed the goofiness. And one does not need specially-designed c-shaped pieces to achieve this, as you can stuff other materials in a similar fashion with similar effect (foamies, rolled up strips of plastic lids/treys, etc).

A bit of a sequel in Post 21.

Another Mistress Gina tutorial: painting TBLeague nipples.

#tbleague #phicen #jiaou #tutorial #neck #modification #custom
Part II in Post 13
Part III in Post 24

Part I

This will eventually be placed in the Tutorials section.

What do the following four head sculpts have in common? I mean, other than their sex and arguably enviable looks. Smile

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They are all partly repainted to match the TBLeague bodies that carry them. In the first three instances these are Hot Toys sculpts, and between the expense of procuring them and the excellence of the detail, my repaint is very subtle, essentially a thin film to lessen the gap between the slightly lighter and cooler skin tone of the original sculpts and the the quite tan TBLeague body. In the fourth instance my repaint was a little less subtle, for various reasons.

Sometimes you get lucky with a head sculpt matching the body right out of the box, like this HY gladiator John Cena. Sometimes you do not, like this Dragon Sam Worthington (which also required quite a lot of modification to fit bodies with integral necks like DAM, TBLeague, etc).

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It is this last head sculpt that I have been meaning to repaint for quite a while, but its pale and yellowish skin tone is so big a contrast that it was going to take something more than the very subtle repaints I normally give head sculpts. Here it is again, compared to the slightly repainted Hot Toys Chris Pratt.

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Here is what we need: several acrylic colors (I prefer Vallejo) to mix to approximate the TBLeague suntan skin tone (in this instance), and some Liquitex Professional Ultra Matte Medium (thanks, Sky!) to keep the paint from curing too shiny.

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The mix that I find works well in approximating the TBLeague male suntan skin tone (as used for M31 to M36A) is cork brown with lesser amounts of dark vermillion, iraqui sand, and leather brown. I also used some burnt umber and German black brown (not shown) for some darker details on the face. Lip color (the bane of my repainting experience) was achieved by mixing dark vermillion, cork brown, ivory, and some blue. It came out a little fresh, but is pretty close to the reference photo I used. I could probably have used even more Liquitex matte medium (which appears white in the photo).

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I mixed the matte medium and the acrylic paint thoroughly to achieve an even color with a toothpick.

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Then I tested how the resulting color compares with the body's skin tone. Since it was close enough, I proceeded to paint the ears and the area between the hairline and the edge of the back of the head. Since these areas will sit right next to the neck, and since (except for the ears themselves) they form a notionally separate surface than the face, I was not worried about making the paint application particularly thin or transparent here. I think the match is pretty close (keep in mind that light, screen settings, and individual perception would vary). Here I should point out that a proper head sculpt paint (or repaint) job would involve stripping the original paint (if any) by dipping in acetone, etc., and starting with thin layers from scratch. My approach is more basic and less ambitious, essentially a touch up. Given the great disparity between the skin tone of the head sculpt and what I needed to match, that was not necessarily the best strategy in this case. But anyway...

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After this, using a fine brush (except for painting tiny details you don't actually need to use a 000 micro brush) with plenty of water, I applied some of the mixed paint onto the face, and then proceed to spread it as a thin layer with a cotton q-tip. In fact, I did not use enough water or start with a small enough area, and while I was fiddling with the camera it began to dry faster than I could attend to it properly with the cotton swab. That is why I had to do some damage control, which provides the occasion of noting that you might want to have a little container with alcohol standing by, so that you can quickly fix any errors by wiping them away with another q-tip dipped in it.

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Repeating this in other areas to cover the face, largely avoiding any fine details I was trying to preserve (like the eyebrows and the eyes), I covered everything that needed to be covered. Panting in thin layers produces an initial dirty and somewhat uneven effect, which is one of several reasons why you would want to go for a second or third layer. I still wanted a little bit of translucency to the skin, but between damage control and the stark contrast between the original and desired skin tone, that was not going to be very noticeable on this particular experiment. While I am not necessarily done tinkering with it, the result is this.

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The dark line over the eyes (which is there in the reference photos I used) is much less obvious and less fake looking in hand than in the macro photos. While I do feel I have lost a little bit of the fine subtle detail of the original paint job (as I expected in this instance), I think the result is passable and, as far as matching the body's skin tone is concerned, successful.

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Lighting makes a big difference in perception, so there are a few more images.

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Finally, this time I did remember to take before and after photos (there is hope for us all!), although I had to resort to some color manipulation to make them properly comparable due to somehow different light conditions.

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What do you think?

Part II in Post 13
Part III in Post 24

#tbleague #dragon #head #repaint #custom #tutorial
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