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

Love this guy. He and Gandalf continue to fight it out for the title of My All Time Favorite Figure!

There may come a day when the courage of Men fails…But it is not THIS day!!!

My out of the box phone pic.. not bad at all. But using a phone to capture this is really hard. REALLY!

At least your canister opened the right way.

I probably will have to trim some of the bangs so the hair is more accurate.

BACON! said:

I think InArt is over thinking the magnetic base. If you look at JPT's Silent Hound figure, the feet are magnetic and the base is just a circle of metal. He can have super dynamic poses that way. It may be easier/cheaper for Inart to go with a solid piece of metal underneath the plastic base. I always like to pose my figures with their feet at the edge of the base, and now it is limiting, or I just get one foot catching the base

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I love the silent hound base. Talk about solid. I agree: InArt could just do a metal, milled base encircled by the One Ring

"You're a Hobbit, Harry!"

Cut a bit of the bangs on my Aragorn and man it brings the likeness out even more.

Stryker2011 said:

I added six rare earth magnets inside my base and it works great. Too great, really, as it’s a little difficult to get him stand the way I want, but it does work. When I pick the figure up, the base comes with.

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Duh! Why didn't I think of that?!?! Thanks for the suggestion

Wor-Gar said:

At least your canister opened the right way.

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I learned from Gandalf. That friction hold can be quite challenging. They could have used nut/bolt threads instead. Would have been so much easier.

Raymond F. said:

As promised here is my rework.

More images will be on IG @rfcustomfigures

Full rework of the beard and eyebrows and eye accentuation. Hair fully reshaped, bangs cut and overall style finesse.

Cape:ACI Collectibles
Body Replacement : WorldboxAT011

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Wow ! That is an awesome work !! The beard repaint is incredible !

Tolkien Nerd said:

Congratulations! You have done a great job with his hair. I would be more than happy with it if mine had come looking like that.

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Thank you!

Yeah, I actually thought that when I forced myself to stop picking at his hair. With forceps. That if I'd never seen other Aragorns I would have been
fine if he came out of the box like that. Tho luv the look you ended up with to me it's Aragorn at Amon Hen or other battle. Mine will never do that look or others like Pizza's the fiber texture is - well, more coarse with bigger wave. IMO Raymond on this forum is correct about InArt needing to be consistent with fiber choices.

So it turned out ok but honestly while I don't mind futzing I'd rather not learn on a 500$ figure it was too nervewracking. Too much chance I'd accidentally scrape the paint or yank some hair out.

Hafta say tho since I had to stare at the sculpt so much it is a beautiful sculpt. Best Aragorn I have seen even over WETA.

satanatos said:

My out of the box phone pic.. not bad at all. But using a phone to capture this is really hard. REALLY!

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Looks like you got good out of the box hair.

Yeah I noticed at least with my cell phone you have to get the angle right so the camera sees what I see. Otherwise there's this weird almost fish eye effect up close. Really wish I had saved posts explaining camera lens etc. Basically I need a good cheap camera.

roan said:

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Wow, that looks great! I think if he lowered the ends of the eyebrows, it looks exactly like the prototype. I might commission his services. Will reach out once I have mine in hand.

Looks good; but it would look better if he aligned the eyes better.

Apologies for the crap photo. Just received mine and thought I’d do a quick assemble before I put it back in the box as I’m moving house soon.

PS is anyone having issues opening the base up to get to the magnets? The Batman was pretty easy to open but I can open my Aragorn base of that life of me! Would like it to stand more central on the base.

Any suggestions???

aksimpson123 said:

Apologies for the crap photo. Just received mine and thought I’d do a quick assemble before I put it back in the box as I’m moving house soon.

PS is anyone having issues opening the base up to get to the magnets? The Batman was pretty easy to open but I can open my Aragorn base of that life of me! Would like it to stand more central on the base.

Any suggestions???

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Just push your palm against it and twist, mine comes off with little hassle.

That bottom cap is NEVER going back on any inart base again

I absolutely hate the base on this figure. I don't trust it. Really hoping cocoboloboy has something for Aragorn (and hopefully Harry Potter) up soon. I get the realism of not having the crotch holder but I would rather see the stand, especially knowing this is just an action figure, and not have it fall over and get damaged.

RandomHero said:

I absolutely hate the base on this figure. I don't trust it. Really hoping cocoboloboy has something for Aragorn (and hopefully Harry Potter) up soon. I get the realism of not having the crotch holder but I would rather see the stand, especially knowing this is just an action figure, and not have it fall over and get damaged.

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My Aragorn and Gandalf are standing 6ft high on a shelf without display case. They are still standing but i agree the magnetic bases make me nervous sometimes when wind blows in the room and i see Aragorn's cape fluttering

They doing new bases for Legolas and Nazgul. I think an acrylic stand is the best option to have that realism and be secure.