Fingers crossed!!Unfortunately there are some terribly rooted Aragorns out there too so I hope you get a good one mate after your previous debacle!
Fingers crossed!!Unfortunately there are some terribly rooted Aragorns out there too so I hope you get a good one mate after your previous debacle!
Literally why I go with the sculpted route. I just don’t want to deal with headaches from rooted figures. I’ll make exceptions for Gandalf and Dumbledore but if I can go sculpted, I do.Mine had thick hair and was cut straight at the back. Inart said it met the their qc standards and I got accused of faking it on here to bash Inart.
Turns out quality of the rooting has been all over the place on every release thus far. Hopefully they can get more consistent with time. Getting my aragorn this week so fingers crossed!
No I won’t. I don’t feel the need to since he feels pretty stable now with the foam removed.will you also be adding more magnets?
What the hell is that?? So messy. I was planning to open the base as mine is extremely wobbly. I plan to remove their magnets and to add a whole magnet covering most of the base. That's because their magnets are way too close and that limits posing.For anyone curious why Gandalf’s base wabbles, I found the reason.
The placard on the bottom of mine was peeling off. So, I decided to completely remove it in order to apply my own permanent double sided tape. I found that they have a 1mm thick piece of wood covering the opening and a thick piece of black foam inside to provide some sort of support I guess for the wood to not cave in. Well, that foam pushes out against the wood causing the wood to bow; therefore, the base won’t sit flat on the ground. Without the foam, it lies flat AND the magnets feel a lot stronger. Not enough to lift the base off with Gandalf, but not as weak as before. He really “clicks” on the base without it in there. Not sure why/how the foam would impede on the strength of the magnets given how much glue that have securing them in there, but it seems to have made some difference, enough that he feels much more secure on the base than before.
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Now that I have this open, I will probably make my own “supports” for the base so that is can sit flat and not impede the strength of the magnets
Bought a camera and took some photos today. Definitely a learning curve vs taking shots on my iphone.
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I think it’s more work, but only cause it’s very new to me lol. Lots of fun though! A whole new aspect of the collecting hobby to enjoy.Yep, I was just going to say really crisp, beautiful shots -- good purchase on the camera.
Is it easier with a dedicated, proper camera, I mean with lighting? Or more work?
I picked up a LUMIX FZ1000. Figured it would be good one to start with and keep for some time to learn how it all works. Shoutout to @DiostaR for answering a ton of my questionsVery nice pics. What are your shooting with now?
Thanks! Yeah, working on Aragorn renewed my interest for Gandalf.You been a busy man -- both Aragorn and Gandalf look great!
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