Dark Toys 1/6 Rick Deckard

[Marine Boy]

DT all the way, even if the cost was the same. The custom has better tailoring and paint apps, but the DT has a much better likeness, which is more critical. In the movie, he is frequently shown drenched or beaten up, so the nicer clothing is less important.

 

[robbiethepainter]

The only reason there is this option is because of customs. No custom, no copy.

 

[lieutenant dan]

agreed but is it worth 5X more? . I have them all and TBH, these recast quality are beginning to close the gap significantly compared to the high end customs.

I would say in the last 2 years, the Quality is getting more blurry when compared to the customs

The only reason there is this option is because of customs. No custom, no copy.

Times more doesn't come into it for me, when it comes to a grail figure like Deckard... It is: can I afford it, is it worth it to me and which would I enjoy looking at more (for years).
If a company doesn't have to spend time and money coming up with original ideas, designs, sculpts etc, then the quality difference should be more blurry.
I think it's great when companies use (and pay!) custom artists to produce better, more affordable production figures, but not outright leeching, which may drive custom artists away.

 

[ymba]

Guys

Don’t get me wrong. There is no question without the customs there is no copy.

Not suggesting copy is right or wrong. I will never encourage custom work be copied as I owned all the original myself.


My only point is the copy is starting to get to a point where the distinction between the original and the copy are not far off.

 

[Mr.E]

Personally, I think it's a nice option for people to have. There is no question that the high-end limited releases will almost always blow away the mass-produced/knock-offs, etc. If one were to compare the original Buffy sculpt next to the DarkToys recast, the former would retire the latter.

 

[robbiethepainter]

Guys

Don’t get me wrong. There is no question without the customs there is no copy.

Not suggesting copy is right or wrong. I will never encourage custom work be copied as I owned all the original myself.


My only point is the copy is starting to get to a point where the distinction between the original and the copy are not far off.

Notice the prices of copies have gone up too?

 

[Marcelo.br]

The transformation process of my Dark Toys coat into the 'rain effect version' I always wanted for my Scott Pettersen figure has started.... Hope it works.... (I would never try it on the Iris coat, of course).

By the way, on the DT figure, just did a few mods, and I'm happy with how it looks (even out of the box was fine):

1- Put the Iris coat on it (as said, the DT one will be used on the final scene rainy version)

2- Made shoulders a little higher to remove giraffe neck, using foam from the package, following advice from One Sixth Cave review)

3-changed the shoes

4-added ankle extenders, as he was a tiny short for my taste

5- adjust a bit the tie, and put a tiny amount of glue on it, to keep both laces together in the right place

For the price, can't complain, quality is not bad at all, and lots of accessories. I just wish the paint apps were a bit better on the head, as it's the only thing still bothering me (I may have it repainted on the future, dont know)

Ps: don't be scared by the wet coat... The blue effect goes away once dried

 

[Lordscum]

Just scored the Black Box Officer K and the old Deckard figure from several years back for $180. Not sure what I am going to do with Deckard , save it for parts or see if I can sell it for cheap. It has a metal blaster and what appears to be decent clothes.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284699316815

 

[RED.6.Scale]

Greetings! Long time lurker, first time posting.
Just wanted to share my progress on some DT Deckard mods, as I got a lot of great ideas from this thread. I changed the body, gave the clothing the water treatment, weathered and flattened the gloss on the shoes, swapped the hands with some extra Ganghood ones I have, and dry brushed the holster with brown paint until the custom OWT one I have on order arrives. Oh - and a whole lot of futzing in general of course. I’ll definitely have the head sculpts punched up at some point too, but what a difference these easy mods have made so far. Thanks for the tips, everybody. Awesome thread!

 

[Marcelo.br]

Rainy version of the Dark Toys coat doesn't look bad.... Will still touch it a bit more though

 

[RED.6.Scale]

Worked on Deckard’s jacket today and wired the belt and collar lapels. The wire in the belt really helps keep the jacket more cinched at the waist, so it’s looking a lot more fitted now. It’s super easy to do and I highly recommend. Also retied the tie as tight as I could, but the knot’s a little crooked so I may redo.

Fun stuff! Can’t wait to get this head sculpt punched up.

 

[Turtle882]

Mine is supposed to be delivered today! Yippee!

 

[p3ss3ssod]

Still working on this.. my portrait repaints are in double figures now, but getting to the point where I think I've worked it out. The learning experience has been worth all the effort as doing realistic skin texture variations is now something I can do reasonably well by airbrush, which reduces the work time immeasurably.

Thought I'd knock up a newspaper for him to read in the meantime. Will do some staining/wear to it over the weekend but the scale looks about right.

 

[Turtle882]

I only had a few minutes to futz with him yesterday, but I love him. The gun needs an upgrade, but the figure itself has nice presence and poses nicely and easily imo.

 

[Asta]

Still working on this.. my portrait repaints are in double figures now, but getting to the point where I think I've worked it out. The learning experience has been worth all the effort as doing realistic skin texture variations is now something I can do reasonably well by airbrush, which reduces the work time immeasurably.

Thought I'd knock up a newspaper for him to read in the meantime. Will do some staining/wear to it over the weekend but the scale looks about right.

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Looking really good!

 

[Prime Clone]

My only point is the copy is starting to get to a point where the distinction between the original and the copy are not far off.

I prefer vinyl heads to resin, so if there's a close vinyl copy of a resin head I'll go with the copy every time.

 

[Rogerbee]

Still working on this.. my portrait repaints are in double figures now, but getting to the point where I think I've worked it out. The learning experience has been worth all the effort as doing realistic skin texture variations is now something I can do reasonably well by airbrush, which reduces the work time immeasurably.

Thought I'd knock up a newspaper for him to read in the meantime. Will do some staining/wear to it over the weekend but the scale looks about right.

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Very nice,

I always think the trick to painting heads is to paint the full skin of the actor and not just do a one paintjob fits all job on it. It's what really brings out the likeness and sells that it is totally the person you wanted the sculpt to capture.

 

[p3ss3ssod]

Thanks, Rogerbee!

Yeah, I've done tonnes of likenesses over the years in this scale but this is the one I've always wanted the most, so I'm trying to do my absolute best to get it to where I want it. I've a feeling it's why the sculpting of Ford's likeness is such a hard job to begin with but the paint has to be there too. In person the skin tone isn't as dark as it comes across in this photo too, it's the small subtle details that make the most difference. I was amazed how such tiny changes to small amounts of skin tone, barely discernable when applied, made the likeness jump out dramatically. I've certainly learned more painting this sculpt than anything else like this in the last 5 years, that's for sure.

This one is taken without the flash under more natural light.

 

[Rogerbee]

It shows too!

 

[matrix69]

Nice work p3ss3ssod. Still waiting on mine to arrive