ALIEN and ALIENS Thread...

[Mudshark]

This may be old news (or not) but Hot Toys is releasing two new True Type 38 (New Generation) bodies in the near future. May be good news for anyone who wants to make their own Frost, etc. The head sculpts look better on these than the first two, imo. Anyway, check 'em out.

Hot Toys True Type 38 Figure (African):
https://www.gijoeelite.com/f_itemPart.asp?strPart=GIHT-A01036

Hot Toys True Type 38 Figure (Bronze):
https://www.gijoeelite.com/f_itemPart.asp?strPart=GIHT-A01035

 

[customizerwannabe]

Looks good, but 30.00 for a nude figure is ridiculous.:emperor

 

[abake]

Your Drake looks awesome FB!
I still haven't been able to get mine repainted, but as soon as I get my figures customized I'll post some pics.

 

[DBoz]

Looks good, but 30.00 for a nude figure is ridiculous.:emperor

I agree, the Hot Toys bodies are pretty expensive. They are nice, though. You can pick up nudes from the boxed figures parted out pretty cheap sometimes. The problem there, though is that they frequently don't come with feet or hands and both are damn near impossible to find. I'd like to see HT release a hand set. That would be awesome. At the very least, a second set of posts for the second set of hands that is included with the nude bodies would be nice.

 

[FACEBOX]

Your Drake looks awesome FB!
I still haven't been able to get mine repainted, but as soon as I get my figures customized I'll post some pics.

Thanks, I'm happy I decided to get it.
I'm doing back-flips to bide the time untill my HICKS gets here.
My best friend is sending it to me for FREEEEEEEEEEEEE! :chew

 

[-=LoneWolf=-]

finally lifted my lazy ass and repainted ripley and drake. the more i looked at their stock paint, the more i hated them. i ain't no pro like les, but comments are welcome

i know i should probably get rid of her lower eye lashes, but i'm lazy to repaint her entire face

drake was a lazy job. my idea was not to completely cover the red of the original hair, but to do a diluted wash so the blonde finish doesn't look too flat. it looks ok in real life, but close up pics show a rather sloppy job. i haven't painted his eyes yet cos i don't have blue at the moment. comments?

and my first attempt at painting... i really hated the bloodshot eyes so i fixed them

 

[dekadentdave]

Ripley looks good. To remove her eyelashes try using some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. This will also remove bloodshot eyes which is a simple trick I used on my T-1000 so you didn't need to repaint the T-1000's eyes. As for Drake, the first thing is the sideburns must go, he doesn't have them. Secondly, he looks like George Clooney with those gray highlights in his hair so I would use a more taupe color for the base and lighten it from there to make it look more light blondish.

 

[-=LoneWolf=-]

ok

 

[FACEBOX]

Nice repaints LW!

Keep that up and I'll send the heads to you instead of Les!

(yes I said it)

 

[eighthsamurai]

awesome work lonewolf. i love the ripley.

 

[figuremasterles]

finally lifted my lazy ass and repainted ripley and drake. the more i looked at their stock paint, the more i hated them. i ain't no pro like les, but comments are welcome

i know i should probably get rid of her lower eye lashes, but i'm lazy to repaint her entire face

drake was a lazy job. my idea was not to completely cover the red of the original hair, but to do a diluted wash so the blonde finish doesn't look too flat. it looks ok in real life, but close up pics show a rather sloppy job. i haven't painted his eyes yet cos i don't have blue at the moment. comments?

and my first attempt at painting... i really hated the bloodshot eyes so i fixed them

They look great Lone Wolf.

Dek is right about Drake's sideburns, and his hair is acually sunbleached strawberry blond, or reddish. Couldn't hurt to blend some light red and brown into your yellowish color, and slighty redden it. Keep the highlights, just think light reddish brown otherwise. His hair was very light.

Love Ripley! If ou are not sure about removing the lower lashes, just make a thin paint solution (a "wash) of skin color mixed with just a smigen of the same red brown you use for Drake's hair. It will slightly cover the lower lashes and look about right. You just want to tone them down some.
Or, if you trust your skills with a blade, slightly scrape them off.

Either way, it's no crime to leave 'em. Just looks a bit more like her without.

Great work!

 

[-=LoneWolf=-]

thanks for the tips and comments

 

[The ill Jedi]

Question:

What is the easiest way to tuck Ripley's pants into her boots?

 

[thundergod]

There ain't one ! It's a pain in the ass , not only do you have to tuck in the trousers , you have to connect the feet as well !

 

[The ill Jedi]

There ain't one ! It's a pain in the ass , not only do you have to tuck in the trousers , you have to connect the feet as well !

Damn, I should have wrapped the pants around the ankles before I put the boots on!!

 

[thundergod]

Seriously though , I warmed the boots with a hair-dryer , pushed the ankles into the boots and then used a flat edged x-acto blade to CAREFULLY tuck the trousers in . Keep heating up the boots so they remain flexible and with a bit ( o.k , a LOT) of patience , they'll get there !

 

[JediMike71]

Hi guys. I'm new to this board and I'm collecting and customizing the Hot Toys ALIENS marines too. Who is "dboz"? I need a U.S. Colonial Marines patch to put on the sleeve of a blue jumpsuit I'm using for my custom Bishop (I'm using the Sideshow Milennium/X-Files Frank Black) 12 inch figure. Please let me know how to contact "dboz" about colonial marines patches. I would really appeciate it! Thanks!

 

[pjam]

Hi guys. I'm new to this board and I'm collecting and customizing the Hot Toys ALIENS marines too. Who is "dboz"? I need a U.S. Colonial Marines patch to put on the sleeve of a blue jumpsuit I'm using for my custom Bishop (I'm using the Sideshow Milennium/X-Files Frank Black) 12 inch figure. Please let me know how to contact "dboz" about colonial marines patches. I would really appeciate it! Thanks!

Best to contact EVA for a patch set, that's what I did. Google Eva Aliens and you shoulf be a ble to find it. Dboz was cool enough to make some iron on patches for us, Drake t shirt, etc. he is one cool dude...

and Welcome to the Monster thread JediMike71!

 

[dekadentdave]

I think you can get some patches from Chris over at EVA Hobbies.

 

[Mudshark]

Hi guys. I'm new to this board and I'm collecting and customizing the Hot Toys ALIENS marines too. Who is "dboz"? I need a U.S. Colonial Marines patch to put on the sleeve of a blue jumpsuit I'm using for my custom Bishop (I'm using the Sideshow Milennium/X-Files Frank Black) 12 inch figure. Please let me know how to contact "dboz" about colonial marines patches. I would really appeciate it! Thanks!

As pjam and DekaDave said, EVA Models has a great USCM patch set for $6.00 per sheet. You get 12 patches, which are enough for about 4 marine BDUs. Chris has lots of other cool stuff you might want, too. Anyway, check 'em out for yourself, and btw...


Here's a link for ya:
https://members.aol.com/Uscmr/rdr.html