1/6 Hot Toys - MMS297 - Star Wars: Episode IV - Luke Skywalker Collectible Figure

[Natedog]

If i didn't know any better I'd say that was Trevors sculpt.

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Seeing this again makes me want to give mine a repaint.

 

[CollectorGuy]

Can't wait until somebody adds real hair to this. Then it will be

Rooted hair sucks unless done really well by someone like rorywan. This will look good if given some BLONDE by ht.

 

[Chronos1919]

Rooted hair sucks unless done really well by someone like rorywan. This will look good if given some BLONDE by ht.

Certainly not a fan of the rooted hair when done by HT so far. That's what made Widow and Gamora easy passes for me. Glad that this version of Leia has sculpted hair.

 

[BLNadal]

 

[Darkseed]

^^^^^ money shot

 

[Asta]

Loadsamoney shot.

Five out of six of those will me mine. Oh, yes.

(Six out of eight counting the Falcon).

 

[YankeesFanboy]

No, yes, yes, yes, no, yes.

 

[Asta]

 

[Jaymas]

If i didn't know any better I'd say that was Trevors sculpt.

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Seeing this again makes me want to give mine a repaint.

I'm wondering if there is something about this sculpt that just doesn't work when painted. It looks so perfect like this, so much like Hamill, but I have never seen it painted (even really well) and felt the same way. I think all the features and proportions are spot on but it lacks important "detail" to look life like painted regardless of how good the paint job is. "Detail" may not be the best word for what I mean though. Its just seeing it all grey it looks like the perfect sculpture of Hamill but when it's painted it doesn't look like a person but looks like a painted sculpture and so the paint always takes away from the beauty of it. I don't know enough about the craft of scuplting such things to know why this may be, but perhaps there is more to a lifelike head sculpt that Hot Toys often accomplishes than just the paint, perhaps the WAY it is sculpted matters too; a way that even if they can't get the likeness quite right as a sculpt it better conveys "life" when combined with good paint.

 

[Smudger9]

Take out Stormie Luke and put in SS R2 and Tamashi 3-PO......

 

[WWEJedi]

Awesome shot. Just missing the droids! Take out Stormy Luke and many of our shelves will be looking like that

 

[ZE_501]

The most impressive thing about Hot Toys sculpts is the high resolution texture of the sculpt and the translucent, luminous quality of the paint work.

That SSC sculpt is fantastic, but outside of relatively large details lacks texture and I've personally never seen anything to match a Hot Toys factory paint job. These two factors can render a great sculpt at this scale flat. A monotone grey sculpt probably allows your brain to fill in a lot of details, too.

I'm wondering if there is something about this sculpt that just doesn't work when painted. It looks so perfect like this, so much like Hamill, but I have never seen it painted (even really well) and felt the same way. I think all the features and proportions are spot on but it lacks important "detail" to look life like painted regardless of how good the paint job is. "Detail" may not be the best word for what I mean though. Its just seeing it all grey it looks like the perfect sculpture of Hamill but when it's painted it doesn't look like a person but looks like a painted sculpture and so the paint always takes away from the beauty of it. I don't know enough about the craft of scuplting such things to know why this may be, but perhaps there is more to a lifelike head sculpt that Hot Toys often accomplishes than just the paint, perhaps the WAY it is sculpted matters too; a way that even if they can't get the likeness quite right as a sculpt it better conveys "life" when combined with good paint.

 

[Jaymas]

The most impressive thing about Hot Toys sculpts is the high resolution texture of the sculpt and the translucent, luminous quality of the paint work.

That SSC sculpt is fantastic, but outside of relatively large details lacks texture and I've personally never seen anything to match a Hot Toys factory paint job. These two factors can render a great sculpt at this scale flat. A monotone grey sculpt probably allows your brain to fill in a lot of details, too.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Rooted hair sucks unless done really well

Kind of a fallacious argument that. Anything done poorly sucks.

Here's something that doesn't suck. Anyone who says the paint or the hair "suck" can feel free to make an appointment with a shrink.

 

[Pixelpiper]

The most impressive thing about Hot Toys sculpts is the high resolution texture of the sculpt and the translucent, luminous quality of the paint work.

Skin-toned plastics/resin and very light paint application. No mysteries here.

I've personally never seen anything to match a Hot Toys factory paint job.

Visit the FB 1/6 groups sometime. I'd call many of HT's sculpts and factory paint sub-par compared to what's being put out by the talented artists frequenting those groups - many of them also posting here on the forum. WRT texture, this varies greatly from one HT sculpt to another as well - and it's not something universally missing from other companies or custom sculpts either.

HT produces some very nice work and some mediocre work. Overall they're the top 1/6 factory producer, the high end of high volume mass-produced 1/6. But not the highest end of 1/6. That goes to the custom artists in spades.

 

[ZE_501]

Skin-toned plastics/resin and very light paint application. No mysteries here.

Tell that to Sideshow.

I'm half-joking. I know that both companies have plenty of inconsistencies, but I'm opining based on my relatively limited experience with 1/6 product.

Visit the FB 1/6 groups sometime.

Gross. But okay, out of curiosity I will. Name a couple worth seeing?

I'd call many of HT's sculpts and factory paint sub-par compared to what's being put out by the talented artists frequenting those groups - many of them also posting here on the forum. WRT texture, this varies greatly from one HT sculpt to another as well - and it's not something universally missing from other companies or custom sculpts either.

I have yet to see it in a custom sculpt, but I haven't seen that many, so surely they exist. And I think I saw some amazing Game Of Thrones pieces from ... ThreeZero was it?

I don't think Hot Toys is necessarily the only company that can do it, but like many people, they're the company I have the most exposure to thanks to their licenses and mainstream popularity.

 

[Platty]

Kind of a fallacious argument that. Anything done poorly sucks.

Here's something that doesn't suck. Anyone who says the paint or the hair "suck" can feel free to make an appointment with a shrink.

looks great, doesn't it. The hair makes the ya ha sculpt look like less of a charicature.

 

[CollectorGuy]

Kind of a fallacious argument that. Anything done poorly sucks.

Here's something that doesn't suck. Anyone who says the paint or the hair "suck" can feel free to make an appointment with a shrink.

You just made my point though! That was done by a skilled professional, ht and other 1/6 scale figures that have rooted hair never look like that though. At least not without a good deal of work. I myself dont have the skills to style the hair and make it look good like that.

 

[Pixelpiper]

Paint and hair by our very own Rahmier.

ZE, I'll send you some links over the next few days. If you have a FB account, you'll need to join the One Sixth Republic group to see some of the links as it's a private group.

 

[CollectorGuy]

And yes that does look good.