Anakin Skywalker PF Coming

[MaulFan]

The credit goes as much to the painters as Trev though, he brought the likeness, but they had to paint those eery eyes, even on the regular head, and they nailed it. Best stuff is the paint-sculpt 1-2 punch. We've all seen good sculpts painted bad and bad sculpts painted good, they're partners in it all. You can do well with either at 100% even if the other is off, but both at 100% are something amazing.

 

[Captain Faramir]

Wow, that's an amazing piece, though his hair is really dark. Why can't anybody ever get his hair color right? He's blond, yet he always gets depicted with brown hair. What gives?

Still it's an incredible piece. If I cared at all for the character I might consider it, but Hayden's acting ruined it for me. Now if they release ROTS Obi-Wan, I'll be in real financial trouble.

 

[Shai]

Its pretty obvious that Trev sculpt this based on that image.Awesome.

 

[The Chaver]

You guys, leave the personal battles out of it, let people say what they want, if you disagree throw out your counterpoint but don't let it get personal and *****y, that's why this forum gets a bad rap in the other areas, elsewhere they disagree but at a 1 to 10 ratio, they don't get personal about it as much as the Star Wars section. There's no need to criticize each other, we're here to talk about products and this is one kickass looking product. There's so much life in the Hayden portrait, and those eyes man, going to rock.

This is true.Some of you can't handle certain critical point of views,so you talk your doody and get personal.But the only moron here is the one who get's all mad and can't counter what I said about the product,except for talking poopy about my person.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

[MaulFan]

Its pretty obvious that Trev sculpt this based on that image.Awesome.

Thanks to the wonderful world of the internet, I have most of the promo shots of Anakin Trev would be working from in addition to the film. I'd love to hear from Trev on the pose and how much that promo shot influenced him / Sideshow when designing the PF.

 

[MaulFan]

This is true.Some of you can't handle certain critical point of views,so you talk your sh$t and get personal.But the only moron here is the one who get's all mad and can't counter what I said about the product,except for talking sh$t about my person.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

I'd argue your comment with my belief that NO collectible is ever really worth what we pay for it, monetarily. In rational society, the money poured into these things could go to much better things like rent or car payments or things that provide a better way of life. As collectors though, the value of pieces and whether they're worth what we pay boils down how much the piece means to us. My rational brain says I'm a jackass to pour $150 into a figure, but the collector in me sees a great figure of a character or creature I like and feels it's worth paying that price to have it for myself to enjoy thoroughly.

 

[Trevolver]

hey guys, glad you are diggin' Ani.

I loved seeing this guy complete and actually had a great time sculpting it. The man that is Vader...pretty darn cool!:emperor

I was merely hired hands here with this piece. The pose and attitude were predetermined, and I just had to make the head hands and boots to fit it. We sculptors get too much praise! These things don't look NEARLY this cool when they leave my studio! But I'm not complaining...you guys are just too nice to me

thanks and enjoy the long wait! And that Aragorn piece that went up for PO is absolutely breathtaking in person. (sorry for the Off Topic)

Trev

 

[The Chaver]

I'd argue your comment with my belief that NO collectible is ever really worth what we pay for it, monetarily. In rational society, the money poured into these things could go to much better things like rent or car payments or things that provide a better way of life. As collectors though, the value of pieces and whether they're worth what we pay boils down how much the piece means to us. My rational brain says I'm a jackass to pour $150 into a figure, but the collector in me sees a great figure of a character or creature I like and feels it's worth paying that price to have it for myself to enjoy thoroughly.

I'm not really saying that.What I am saying is that SS should put a little more into their own products PF's/12" line cause it does show in their overall products that their cutting corners and saving themsevles some cash.I've been very happy with my HT and Medicom stuff and have felt that they were worth every penny,Jabba's thone and ANH obi look fantastic too.Those two SS products are what I expect from them.

 

[Sir Tristram]

My only....ONLY minor complaint is that I wish the saber were pointing downward in the diagonal like in that pic above. This is going to be a pain to put in a custom case....and then to display next to the others....So much empty space on the case because of the saber.

The rest is awesome!

 

[tomandshell]

Hmm...

I think I agree with you on the angle of the saber being a display problem. I foresee an odd amount of empty space next to him because of that.

 

[MaulFan]

Thanks for the info Trev. True enough it has a long journey from what you do to the final product, but if you didn't give great sculpts, the journey would be like getting to your destination and realizing you left something important back at the start. The great paint and tailoring and all for this PF wouldn't mean much if the head looked far from Hayden as Anakin Skywalker, but it does, so it makes the whole package great. And thanks for the tip on Aragorn, got that ordered as well.

 

[MaulFan]

I agree with you guys that the saber as is will be a space issue, but I think because of the force hand, the angled saber wouldn't look right. Standing still like the promo with his arm at rest holding the saber at a heavy downward angle works, but the PF feels like that a transition from the promo to an attack move and where the saber is feels more right for the moment.

 

[tomandshell]

I think I would like it if the saber was angled down a bit more as in the promo still.

 

[DarkArtist81]

The sewing method is absolutely easier in full scale. However, it would be easy for them to substitute the sewing for gluing like they did on the 1:6 figure, except with two sides instead of one. It would create the same look.

My main point would be that they did things correctly in 1:6 scale that they are not in the larger, 1:4 scale.

I agree as well on what you said... the Tabbards should be easy to do, especially seeing as though they have already nailed that in 1:6th scale.

The robe would be nice to see fixed as well, I didn't notice that until you said it. Now I can't stop noticing.

But overall, a bang up stellar job from SSC... Should be a very nice PF to have on the shelf. Now they just need to make ROTS Obi and I will be complete.

 

[pixletwin]

Its cool but it didn't stir anything in me to order one for myself.

Venny, I pm'd you.

And Danakin is right. The robe texture is wrong.

 

[MaulFan]

100% the robe material isn't right, but I have a feeling this does us better as collectors for a better flow and look to it.

 

[The Josh]

The saber could cause some display issues but Maul's did as did Grievous. The rob material appears to be off at least from the screen caps and the dressing book. Not something I'm gonna freak out right now cause that could be fixed down the road.

 

[theropod]

Trevor,
When was this Anakin sculpted?
-theropod

 

[MaulFan]

Ok, not my finest photoshop hour, but, for those curious, the saber issue for you to judge.

 

[Trevolver]

This guy was sculpted two weeks ago....

LOL! No, actually it was made mid-summer if I remember right. the design/sculpting/painting/fabrication/approval process is a lengthy one...

Trev

ps- I dig the saber shift! better composition...