InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Aragorn 1:6

HyperDrive · Sep 30, 2024

Since everyone’s piling on the likeness, I’m just gonna come right out and say it but the prototype likeness wasn’t even bang on to the character to begin with. Never was lol.

The Final Release is essentially the same as the Proto minus the typical degradation every figure experiences.

That being said, the Final product is still awesome.

Sassafras · Sep 30, 2024

HyperDrive said:
Since everyone’s piling on the likeness, I’m just gonna come right out and say it but the prototype likeness wasn’t even bang on to the character to begin with. Never was lol.

The Final Release is essentially the same as the Proto minus the typical degradation every figure experiences.

That being said, the Final product is still awesome.

I feel that way about Gandalf, Aragorn, now Legolas. Also I figure with Aragorn something must be off or why does he have to be photographed so carefully or he looks like someone else.

But I would have been happy enough if I'd gotten a reasonable version of the prototype. The face paint is fine.

Wor-Gar · Sep 30, 2024

He looks like someone else so often because his head is 2 inches high and people are using cellphone cameras.

chrisstbh · Sep 30, 2024

He also just looks like a different person throughout the movies too. He has a very unique face.

Sassafras · Sep 30, 2024

Wor-Gar said:
He looks like someone else so often because his head is 2 inches high and people are using cellphone cameras.

Maybe/probably. I've seen plenty of great pictures too. I probably should have saved some of the posts explaining all that.

Raymond F. · Sep 30, 2024

I think some universal truths are that indeed his face is a tough one to capture. Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Kyle Maclachlan… Viggo all guys with super distinctive faces, incredibly charismatic guys that tend to look different in every still frame. It’s very very difficult to capture them. Ford and Craig have had more attempts and thus more success over the years.

I do agree the prototype sculpt was also off but it’s an admirable attempt. I think it’s probably the best Viggo we have seen. I still feel that way in the production version. To me it’s the paint that throws it off. And the many many variations on the rooted hair that are all over the place. Thus why I feel at least the sculpted hair gives less room for variance.

The trouble is without that very very good touch on nuance it can all be thrown off quite a bit.

I do still agree that this is a very fine figure overall in its own right. It’s just a tough one to nail down.

ObiGlennKenobi · Oct 1, 2024

Wor-Gar said:
He looks like someone else so often because his head is 2 inches high and people are using cellphone cameras.

THIS!!

Camera distortion is throwing the likeness.
Keen to get mine eventually.
First time using Kit,and with most everyone posting pics,I'm excited to get to that rooted hair!!
Will also my 1st InArt figure as I missed GtG.

Captain Jack Sparrow · Oct 1, 2024

I don’t think I can get on board with saying the prototype likeness was that off.
Just because of the way people’s brains work and how we all see faces differently, nothing is ever going to be

, but I always thought the prototype likeness was incredible.

And I’ve seen some pictures of the production figure that I thought are some of the most realistic looking 1/6th representations of a non-helmeted character ever.

Like (my dude) Wor-gar said, it’s more a photography issue than an issue with the sculpt. A lot of folks really don’t realize how distorted cell phone pictures can make portraits look, especially when people are sticking their phone right up to the figure’s face.

Sassafras said:
I feel that way about Gandalf, Aragorn, now Legolas. Also I figure with Aragorn something must be off or why does he have to be photographed so carefully or he looks like someone else.

But I would have been happy enough if I'd gotten a reasonable version of the prototype. The face paint is fine.

I mean, think of pictures of yourself. I’m sure there are good and bad ones, and the reason for both depends on multiple factors.

redxavier · Oct 1, 2024

Had another look at mine (still boxed up) because the wide variation among photos here still continues to interest me. It hadn't blown me away when I first checked (and there was a foreign substance speck in the hair). Once you have it out of its protectiveness tub it looks more impressive. The likeness seems very... inconsistent? But it's excellent nonetheless. With that speck removed, it's now back stored away until I can display it properly.

Also, to get the head out of the plastic tube, it's more pulling rather than twist (either top or bottom).

Sassafras · Oct 1, 2024

Captain Jack Sparrow said:
I don’t think I can get on board with saying the prototype likeness was that off.
Just because of the way people’s brains work and how we all see faces differently, nothing is ever going to be , but I always thought the prototype likeness was incredible.

And I’ve seen some pictures of the production figure that I thought are some of the most realistic looking 1/6th representations of a non-helmeted character ever.

Like (my dude) Wor-gar said, it’s more a photography issue than an issue with the sculpt. A lot of folks really don’t realize how distorted cell phone pictures can make portraits look, especially when people are sticking their phone right up to the figure’s face.

I mean, think of pictures of yourself. I’m sure there are good and bad ones, and the reason for both depends on multiple factors.

I'm comparing it to HT's IW Bucky, Yondu, and others where it's like a miniature person on the shelf (granted, it can take HT a few tries to get there). From any angle.

It's not that I don't see the resemblance; for me tho it never was quite it. Gandalf looked too robust and healthy; Aragorn was close, but not quite, and TBH the latest Legolas looks a bit bony in the face - or something is off for me. Actually IMO Aragorn is the best of the three, if the hair is good.

Klornamafern · Oct 1, 2024

Man, it's been quite a while since Kit's second batch of rooted Aragorn hasnt it?

I really hope it's not a Batman situation

Also the Nazgul and Legolas dropping from Kit soon, can't wait to see the actual price of the Nazgul.

hoodonit00 · Oct 1, 2024

Klornamafern said:
Man, it's been quite a while since Kit's second batch of rooted Aragorn hasnt it?

I really hope it's not a Batman situation

Also the Nazgul and Legolas dropping from Kit soon, can't wait to see the actual price of the Nazgul.

Yea I’m getting pretty frustrated to be honest.

chrisstbh · Oct 1, 2024

It’s been like 2 weeks

Captain Jack Sparrow · Oct 1, 2024

Klornamafern said:
Man, it's been quite a while since Kit's second batch of rooted Aragorn hasnt it?

I really hope it's not a Batman situation

Also the Nazgul and Legolas dropping from Kit soon, can't wait to see the actual price of the Nazgul.

Count me among those dealing with the Batman issue with Kit.
I emailed him recently about it, and got the impression that he’s not super happy about it either, because his response was a little more curt than he usually seems.

Captain Jack Sparrow · Oct 1, 2024

Sassafras said:
I'm comparing it to HT's IW Bucky, Yondu, and others where it's like a miniature person on the shelf (granted, it can take HT a few tries to get there). From any angle.

It's not that I don't see the resemblance; for me tho it never was quite it. Gandalf looked too robust and healthy; Aragorn was close, but not quite, and TBH the latest Legolas looks a bit bony in the face - or something is off for me. Actually IMO Aragorn is the best of the three, if the hair is good.

I mean, no doubt you’re having a rough go of it with your copy, and I totally sympathize with your situation.
And I don’t have mine in hand yet (it’s on the way, though, hopefully this week), so I can’t speak to how it looks in person.
I work as a painter and part of what I specialize in is portraiture, so speaking from my own experiences, it’s interesting to me (and something I pay a lot of attention to, both out of necessity and interest) how different people see faces differently.
When I’m painting a portrait, what I think about is “what are the facial features of this person that everyone notices, and what are the facial features of this person that I specifically notice,” and the combination of those things are what makes my style my own.
While I don’t disagree with you that there are some sculpts out there that look great from any angle, I don’t necessarily think that a sculpt not looking exactly like someone from every angle means it’s not a good likeness. Because that’s what people’s faces are like in real life as well.

chrisstbh · Oct 1, 2024

Captain Jack Sparrow said:
Count me among those dealing with the Batman issue with Kit.
I emailed him recently about it, and got the impression that he’s not super happy about it either, because his response was a little more curt than he usually seems.

Rule number one, don't ask Kit for updates.

Nyhargo Dirge · Oct 1, 2024

Just busted mine out today. Got to spend some quality time assembling. I have an iPhone 12, so forgive the pics, because…

Pics dont do this justice

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Captain Jack Sparrow · Oct 1, 2024

chrisstbh said:
Rule number one, don't ask Kit for updates.

Yeah, dully noted

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