1/6 Hot Toys - POTC5 - Jack Sparrow Figure (Artisan Edition + Regular) Collectible Figure

[Luisenigma1]

Something really peculiar I found on the DX15 right hands. I took the wrap off the other day because it's one of the main reasons I use DX06 hands instead, and under the cloth, there is sculpted wrap, like they originally sculpted the hands to paint it on and switched to fabric later, quite odd.

I believe they did that for the reason you said but also maybe for something to glue the fabric to so it keeps it's shape.

 

[MaulFan]

Like I said, peculiar. I was just thinking I could take it off and maybe paint over the tats on his fingers and have a POTC 1-4 looking hand, but the wrap textures make it look a bit strange. I might be able to use them in photos with angles and lighting.

 

[dantes2501]

Like I said, peculiar. I was just thinking I could take it off and maybe paint over the tats on his fingers and have a POTC 1-4 looking hand, but the wrap textures make it look a bit strange. I might be able to use them in photos with angles and lighting.

Are those sculpted straps or are the hands just flattened and untextured so the fabric can better wrap the hands?

 

[Gipetto0812]

Just found a post on FB that HT didn't bother painting the hands completely. The right hands don't have the brown straps painted on the fingers. The DX15 has them painted and also the left hands are missing the black smudge he has on the bottom front near the thumb. Not only is the sword not metal or even that the hat is oversized and the vest buttons not being real. This is another huge issue. SmhView attachment 756322

Definitely sucks, but this was already previously noted in the thread back when the figure was released in HK. The prototype didn’t have the straps painted between the fingers nor the black dot on left hands. Sure, it would’ve been nice had they went ahead and did it, but can’t really complain about it or expect it when it wasn’t like that on the proto either unfortunately

Something really peculiar I found on the DX15 right hands. I took the wrap off the other day because it's one of the main reasons I use DX06 hands instead, and under the cloth, there is sculpted wrap, like they originally sculpted the hands to paint it on and switched to fabric later, quite odd.

I noticed this as well as I had the same idea of wanting to use these better scaled and sculpted hands for earlier versions of Jack. I figured it was sculpted as more of a guide so that it would be applied correctly at the factory rather than it originally being meant to be painted. Especially considering the proto had the fabric wrap as well.

 

[MaulFan]

Are those sculpted straps or are the hands just flattened and untextured so the fabric can better wrap the hands?

Actual wraps, wrinkles/folds and everything.

 

[Luisenigma1]

Definitely sucks, but this was already previously noted in the thread back when the figure was released in HK. The prototype didn’t have the straps painted between the fingers nor the black dot on left hands. Sure, it would’ve been nice had they went ahead and did it, but can’t really complain about it or expect it when it wasn’t like that on the proto either unfortunately


I noticed this as well as I had the same idea of wanting to use these better scaled and sculpted hands for earlier versions of Jack. I figured it was sculpted as more of a guide so that it would be applied correctly at the factory rather than it originally being meant to be painted. Especially considering the proto had the fabric wrap as well.

It's truly a shame they are half-assed the work and details on this release when they are trying to push for more improvements and effort just to spite the competition. They should have fully painted the straps but this company will never really care. Can probably just replace the hands.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Just cancelled my artisan with SS so hopefully someone here on the waitlist gets lucky.

 

[HyperDrive]

I’d like to assemble a kitbashed Jack figure using Hot Toys parts, in hopes in recreating something closer to the AWE look. Would y’all let me know if this “recipe” below achieves the AWE look more or less?

Top to bottom –

Hat: MMS42 AWE or DX06 OST?
Face: DX15 neutral faceplate
Head: DX38 head-sculpt
Body: DX15
Hands: DX15 hands w/ palm glove painted in between fingers
Shirt: DX38
Coat: DX38
Vest: MMS42 AWE
Pants: DX38
Boots: DX38

I know he’s got a whole bunch of straps, belts and trinkets but most of these items included with the new DX38 seem to be present on the AWE look, minus the crocodile skin belt. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

My thinking behind grabbing the DX15 body & hands would be to match skin tones with the DX15 neutral faceplate which I’ve decided I like the best.

I bet it sounds like such a financial hassle to put this together but I think I’m up for it! Thanks in advance y’all.

 

[MaulFan]

I’d like to assemble a kitbashed Jack figure using Hot Toys parts, in hopes in recreating something closer to the AWE look. Would y’all let me know if this “recipe” below achieves the AWE look more or less?

Top to bottom –

Hat: MMS42 AWE or DX06 OST?
Face: DX15 neutral faceplate
Head: DX38 head-sculpt
Body: DX15
Hands: DX15 hands w/ palm glove painted in between fingers
Shirt: DX38
Coat: DX38
Vest: MMS42 AWE
Pants: DX38
Boots: DX38

I know he’s got a whole bunch of straps, belts and trinkets but most of these items included with the new DX38 seem to be present on the AWE look, minus the crocodile skin belt. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

My thinking behind grabbing the DX15 body & hands would be to match skin tones with the DX15 neutral faceplate which I’ve decided I like the best.

I bet it sounds like such a financial hassle to put this together but I think I’m up for it! Thanks in advance y’all.

Hat:
MMS42 AWEm not even a question, the HT MMS and Medicom hats are the only ones that actually look like Jack's hat shape.

Face:
If you're set on using a neutral face for you figure, DX15 is the one that gets my vote. I'll have the DX37/8/9 faces coming in a few days and can really compare that neutral face to the DX15, but from what I see in reviews and photos, I think DX15 is the better choice.

Head:
Depending on how you get the MMS42 parts, if you've got the entire figure, it might be worth seeing about removing the face/head from the dreads and using that as the hair piece, might be able to combine them, never heard of anyone trying and finding out one way or another, otherwise, I think your choice here works. If you do have the head from MMS42, you could pop the piece of eight off that and look at removing the one on DX38 and replacing it for more accuracy despite the other differences in the hair. I haven't finished because the bandana was giving me challenges, but I bought a DX06 hair piece, removed the trinket and took the piece of eight off a DMC head I have, then cut the dreads to a length more like DMC/AWE.

Body:
For the reason you cited, makes the most sense, and DX15 has the sculpted forearms too, DX06 was the only body not to.

Hands:
For overall selection of hands and gestures and paint work, the DX06 hands are best in my opinion, but they were a bit oversized, though they look less oversized with the newer heads, the DX06 heads were a little undersized, so the contrast of too big hands and too small heads really contrasted.

If it's down to DX15 or DX37/8/9, then I'd say DX15.

Shirt: DX38
Depends on what matters to you. I don't see a great deal of difference between DX15 and DX37/8/9 except for the thickness of the fabric and the size of the tassels hanging from the collar. DX15 is a thicker material and feels more durable than DX37/8/9 looked in Justin's review, however, the scale of the tassels on DX37/8/9 looks much better. Either way isn't a conclusive choice, so up to you what matters more to you.

Coat:
No question DX38 is the best, the tailoring is the best match to his coat.

Vest:
The MMS42 AWE is your only route to have the basic blue vest. I tried a Medicom vest thinking the Medicom body and HT Slim used for Jack would be close in size, but Medicom is still quite smaller.

If you have the option, I'd remove the cheap, glued on buttons of the MMS42, remove the real buttons from a DX06/DX15 and attach them to the MMS vest to make it look a little nicer.

Pants:
As far as I can tell, both quality and color are the same whether you go DX15 or DX37/8/9. DX06 are darker though, I would not use them.

Boots:
To me, this is a matter of preference regarding appearance. I find the DX15 and DX37/8/9 boots look too "stiff" and new. I use the DX06 boots for my figure because I feel like they look more piratey overall. I wish they were darker, but for me, the lighter color is worth it to have the better overall look, and there are times his boots look that light, such as when they're on the beach getting Davy Jones' chest.

As far as belt trinkets, the best options for the furs are to get the MMS42 furs or the DX37/8/9 furs, the DX06 and DX15 ones, while neat for having actual fur, are ridiculously out of scale.

The other things like the monkey paw and such can be used from the newer figures, if anything, it's just a matter of using less.

This site is a great reference for costuming details.

https://www.jacksparrowcostuming.com/index.htm

 

[Gipetto0812]

Body:
For the reason you cited, makes the most sense, and DX15 has the sculpted forearms too, DX06 was the only body not to.

DX06 Body has the sculpted forearms as well just like the later releases. I'm using it on my DMC/AWE custom. It just doesn't really have any paint on the arms or chest/neck area.

 

[MaulFan]

DX06 Body has the sculpted forearms as well just like the later releases. I'm using it on my DMC/AWE custom. It just doesn't really have any paint on the arms or chest/neck area.

Interesting, I don't remember that, but it's been over a decade since I owned it.

I know you never see it after the first 2 movies, but surprised HT never did the sparrow tattoo and P brand. Even Medicom did that tattoo.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Interesting, I don't remember that, but it's been over a decade since I owned it.

I know you never see it after the first 2 movies, but surprised HT never did the sparrow tattoo and P brand. Even Medicom did that tattoo.

Agreed. It's a real shame they never included it. I used waterslide decals from one of our old board members (who I believe goes by BadMuthaTattoos on FB/eBay) to put it on my previous figures.

 

[MaulFan]

I've had luck with printing them on clear mailing labels and cutting them out, though I haven't redone them since I realized I had them on the wrong part of his arm

 

[HyperDrive]

Ended up grabbing a DX15 neutral faceplate. Stoked.

 

[Spiln3r]

Here's some recent pics of my custom

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Thanks for the photos, I hadn't seen your answer
Good custom!
For my part, I'm dropping the Artisan, far too expensive for the difference it makes...
I think I'll ask an artist to do my real hair + bandana.
As we can remove the hairs + bandana on the original figure it should be even easier for an artist to make a new one and just make the wig.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Thanks for the photos, I hadn't seen your answer
Good custom!
For my part, I'm dropping the Artisan, far too expensive for the difference it makes...
I think I'll ask an artist to do my real hair + bandana.
As we can remove the hairs + bandana on the original figure it should be even easier for an artist to make a new one and just make the wig.

Surely that will cost the same as buying the artisan?

 

[Spiln3r]

Surely that will cost the same as buying the artisan?

Don't know because today Artisan is REALLY too expensive.

The cheapest I saw was at TBA the first days it came out, it was €620 (shipping costs for France included)
I took the deluxe sculpted hair version for €330, so the difference was €290.
In addition, customs fees had to be added for the Artisan, which further increased the price.

At the time I was already thinking about it because I thought the price was too high, and unfortunately today it's much more expensive, so the price difference with my Deluxe is much greater.

I think I'll pay less if I go through an artist, who will also be able to make dreadlocks thinner and therefore more accurate.

 

[HyperDrive]

who will also be able to make dreadlocks thinner and therefore more accurate.

This is key right here^.

I’d also consider sending it to an artist to get it rooted and make it more original trilogy based.

Artisan figures for the most part are egregiously overpriced for what they are imo too.

 

[MaulFan]

Artisan figures for the most part are egregiously overpriced for what they are imo too.

 

[HyperDrive]

I asked an old flame of mine, who’s studying at SCAD to become an illustrator (probably the most critical person I know xD) which neutral faceplate has the stronger likeness to Jack and she said DX15. I also asked my brother who collects and he feels the same way. You just don’t question it. I understand it’s all subjective and although I know there’s more realism with the DX37/38/39, I also prefer the likeness on the DX15, even if it’s more “caricature”. It kinda reminds me of the DX09 vs the new ‘89 sculpt.