1/6 1/6 Hot Toys: Ellen Ripley - Alien - Collectible Figure

[Sidewinder]

Ripley and Powerloader will probably be one of those come out of nowhere releases. I mean there aren't too many more of those lesser used licences to release stuff from, so I can see it being just something that shows up out of the blue.

But God knows the cost! By the time it does show up it'll be like $700

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[Wor-Gar]

Anybody buy this head yet from OSK...?

 

[Marine Boy]

I've been waiting for a recast, so i can upgrade my Aliens Ripleys by transplanting the hair onto the new head.

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The rooted hair looks a bit messy, which is probably why HT eventually went with sculpted hair. It might look better if it was tied back, which is how she wore it in the 3rd act. It also opens up the possibility of doing a white suit version of her.

 

[rjszar]

Anybody buy this head yet from OSK...?

I've been tempted. I bought a spare Ripley head to have it haired a while back. Just can't be sure what the hair on the OSK will look like when you get it in hand, especially when he says it will vary from head to head. It's not that expensive, so might be worth the risk.

 

[Pizza]

Anybody buy this head yet from OSK...?

Yes

 

[S. Griffin]

 

[slikkerias]

Yes

Yes, that’s what I’m gonna use it for. Don’t think the rooted hair is better for Alien Ripley... might also see how it looks balled for my Alien 3 Ripley.

 

[rjszar]

Wow, that's what I was afraid of. Looks like she was in the middle of a hurricane. The base head is adequate, although I'm not sure I like how the mouth turned out. Ends up looking good as Aliens Ripley.

 

[Stryker2011]

Well, Kit said in the description for that head sculpt that the hair was going to be long and wild, and left up to the user to cut and style it, for whatever look you wanted, so it’s not meant to be perfect (this is clearly one for more skilled bashers).

 

[Wor-Gar]

It might look better if it was tied back, which is how she wore it in the 3rd act. It also opens up the possibility of doing a white suit version of her.

That's exactly what my thoughts were with any haired Ripley. This sculpt looks like it might work best like that.

Yes

Pizza's on it! Thank you for that. I'm actually surprised how thick the hair is on the head -- usually if you cut that much off you can see bald patches all over the head.

 

[BACON!]

This was my first crack at hairstyling. Used a lot of hot water, various pliers, tweezers, and the plastic comb that came with chewie. I'm not mad at it

 

[BACON!]

This is my before and after

 

[FlyAndFight]

I was tempted to order that custom sculpt for my "Aliens" Ripley but it just hasn't won me over.

I'm sticking with my spare HT sculpt for now.

 

[Marine Boy]

With some heavy makeup, it would make a good Dana Barrett custom. Her hair was pretty wild as Zuul.

 

[Marine Boy]

My rooted hair heads arrived so i started the conversion.

Cut the scalp off the old head and pulled the rooted hair off the new head.



Early test fit. Once glued down, any gaps filled and painted a dark brown, it will look a lot better.



Photoshop with darker hair



Rooted hair really only looks good if it's kept long. Cutting it short, causes it to go spiky, as there is not enough weight in the hair strands to pull it downward.

 

[dano669]

That actually looks pretty cool. Might try this myself except I will just sculpt new hair from scratch. Hair isnt hard to sculpt.

 

[kyekye]

Mine arrived as well.
Gave her quick haircut and brought out my old Ripley - replaced body with Phicen and matched the skintone - and printed out pulse rifle - tried leather jacket to see what it looks like..
RipleyB_WIP_01 by kyewans, on Flickr

 

[need2nobasis]

kyekye that looks fantastic , I have one of these rooted sculpts , I am nervous in regards to cutting the hair , although it needs to be done.

 

[Marine Boy]

Got my head glued and painted and i think it came out pretty good. I think i stuck the hair down sitting very slightly too high, but i will do it better on the 2nd one. Might give it a black wash, just to give it some more depth. As the paint was still a little wet, no chance to mount it onto the body just yet. A fairly cheap and easy mod that gives the figure a new life, but it does make the rest of the marines look really dated. There's definitely money to be made by casting the hairpiece and offering an "Aliens" look head utilising the exact same Ripley head.

Will try to get less blurry pics, when it is fitted proper.

 

[shells075]

Where is a new Big Chap HT?