1/6 General 1/6 X-men thread

[Pauln6a]

Sort of, I took the Cyclops "Laser Eye" and cut the sleeves off and painted the blue piping yellow.

Aha! I don't have any spares. Dammit. I need to get some made.

 

[BadLuckLuke]

Just saw the New Mutants photo

 

[swtimes11]

She’s mine! I love her and am so thankful One Sixth Salon gave her the perfect t finishing touch! View attachment 586335

Awesome repaint and hair root job. That's one of the best custom Famke Janssen Jean Grey that I have seen. I have always been a bigger fan of of the OG x-men cast.

 

[Kido]

I really hope Soosoo Toys keep going with the X Men, Im really dying for a Jean 1/6! specially the Apocalypse costume...

 

[jedijim3002]

I really hope Soosoo Toys keep going with the X Men, I really dying for a Jean 1/6! specially the Apocalypse costume...

Yes, and Storm please.

 

[Gipetto0812]

I really hope Soosoo Toys keep going with the X Men, Im really dying for a Jean 1/6! specially the Apocalypse costume...

Those final suits in Apocalypse were soooooo good! Such a shame they got rid of the in Dark Phoenix

 

[mattjack]

Hello and happy new year.

I would really like to do a custom Mystique with a full blue "nude" body. Maybe a Hot Toys Harley Quinn body, because I think it's hard plastic (easier to repaint) with the tatoos (maybe not all of them, but I think one of the Harley figure has a hard plastic body)
But it's probably really hard to do. I don't understand why Toys Era didn't do this look. If the seamless body was too hard to make, why not a body with visible joints ?
Are people really allergic to visible joints now ? I think most people would still prefer the "naked" look even with visible joints.
Personaly, I don't really trust seamless bodies. I'm afraid it will rott over time.

Hasbro did a really nice 6" figure of Rebecca Romijn Mystique. I would be happy with a 12" version of it.

 

[Pauln6a]

Hello and happy new year.

I would really like to do a custom Mystique with a full blue "nude" body. Maybe a Hot Toys Harley Quinn body, because I think it's hard plastic (easier to repaint) with the tatoos (maybe not all of them, but I think one of the Harley figure has a hard plastic body)
But it's probably really hard to do. I don't understand why Toys Era didn't do this look. If the seamless body was too hard to make, why not a body with visible joints ?
Are people really allergic to visible joints now ? I think most people would still prefer the "naked" look even with visible joints.
Personaly, I don't really trust seamless bodies. I'm afraid it will rott over time.

Hasbro did a really nice 6" figure of Rebecca Romijn Mystique. I would be happy with a 12" version of it.

Yes I would love a Mystique. Some people have used pastels to colour a seamless body but I have not seen one this dark. I don't think it would work with a standard body. I saw a few Youtube videos using shoe polish to stain seamless bodies (turning caucasian bodies to african skin tones) so it might be possible to try this with a blue shoe polish. I would probably settle for a sheer body stocking featuring her scales to be honest.

This is an example of what I mean - with a body stained or painted dark blue, a full body dark blue mesh, and appropriate scales attached, it might look passable, if not ideal. You would need a zipper up the back presumably. These meshes can be a bit delecate too and if you are gluing on rubber scales to hide her unmentionables, there might be a risk of tearing. Some detail is visible through the mesh so one option might be to use decals directly onto the body and put the mesh over the top.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2660321713...FjviWCOn1V2xcg7x8SQiUdKp6E|tkp:Bk9SR9rCitCxYQ
There isn't really a full body mesh out there to faciliate this look at the moment but it might be possible to commission one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1634306679...OWZOSASHuiePPku5D9pPdzjuxR|tkp:Bk9SR97CitCxYQ
This one has a mesh swimsuit in black - the seams show (especially with a pale body below) but might look better if mesh and body are a similar colour.

There are fishscale nail decals that could be applied but they would be way off the screen accurate patterning. Still, she can look however she likes...

 

[mattjack]

For my own personal tastes, I think I would still prefer to sculpt scales on a hard plastic body and paint it. I don't mind visible joints.
But it's gonna be a looooot of work. I don't know...

Do you know if the Toys Era Mystery body is blue under the suit ?
I saw Xman1990 did an interesting job on a body page 104

 

[Pauln6a]

For my own personal tastes, I think I would still prefer to sculpt scales on a hard plastic body and paint it. I don't mind visible joints.
But it's gonna be a looooot of work. I don't know...

Do you know if the Toys Era Mystery body is blue under the suit ?
I saw Xman1990 did an interesting job on a body page 104

I would suspect not. Generally they just do the neck and occasionally the forearms.

 

[mattjack]

I would suspect not. Generally they just do the neck and occasionally the forearms.

Ok, thank you. It's probably true.

Additional question : do you know where to find a Halle Berry head from the Figure Masters Windstorm figure ? I know the figure is impossible to find now, but I don't need the body or suit, just the head with sculpted hair.
Is someone selling one ?

 

[Pauln6a]

Ok, thank you. It's probably true.

Additional question : do you know where to find a Halle Berry head from the Figure Masters Windstorm figure ? I know the figure is impossible to find now, but I don't need the body or suit, just the head with sculpted hair.
Is someone selling one ?

I think I have a spare. I am keeping the uniform for Rogue and the body for a custom Uhura.

 

[mattjack]

I think I have a spare. I am keeping the uniform for Rogue and the body for a custom Uhura.

Oh
Are you selling it ?
I would be interested. I don't need the uniform or anything else except the head with short hair.

 

[Pauln6a]

Oh
Are you selling it ?
I would be interested. I don't need the uniform or anything else except the head with short hair.

Ping me a PM. I will need to check that I can find it but I am pretty sure I gave the long-haired head to my grand-niece so I have one sculpted and one long-haired head left.

 

[xii22loop]

Has anyone removed their Mystique's (Toys Era The Mystery) outfit/costume, to see what the full body looks like underneath?

 

[Pauln6a]

Has anyone removed their Mystique's (Toys Era The Mystery) outfit/costume, to see what the full body looks like underneath?

I've been speaking to Pabs Customs about trying to figure out a formula fir an X1 Mystique. Custom head and either boot polish or some other kind of dye on a pale Phicen body and then laboriously paint the scales away from any joints. It might work but would be a real experiment.

 

[mattjack]

Yeah I would like a X1 Mystique too, and since I don't mind visible joints, I was thinking about painting a body (like a Hot Toys Harley Quinn body) but
first : I don't really like the Jennifer Lawrence head and I can't sculpt a Rebecca Romijn one...
two : It requires a LOT of work to paint or sculpt scales all over her body

So I gave up on the idea...

 

[Pauln6a]

Yeah I would like a X1 Mystique too, and since I don't mind visible joints, I was thinking about painting a body (like a Hot Toys Harley Quinn body) but
first : I don't really like the Jennifer Lawrence head and I can't sculpt a Rebecca Romijn one...
two : It requires a LOT of work to paint or sculpt scales all over her body

So I gave up on the idea...

Commissioning a Romijn style head from Pabs Customs would be easy enough (my Nightcrawler looks great) but pointless without a plan for the body. I think once my Kitty and Beast are done, Mystique is next on my list. I suggested seamless as I assumed it is easier to stain a silicon body rather than paint the hard plastic limbs?

 

[ridetofight]

Tnk u! I just need Magma to complete the team. But I have not found the right head.

What head did you use for the comic magik? It's perfect!

 

[mattjack]

Commissioning a Romijn style head from Pabs Customs would be easy enough (my Nightcrawler looks great) but pointless without a plan for the body. I think once my Kitty and Beast are done, Mystique is next on my list. I suggested seamless as I assumed it is easier to stain a silicon body rather than paint the hard plastic limbs?

But the scales can only be painted on a silicon body, not sculpted in relief.
And paint on a silicon body probably won't last.

That's why I think a 12" version of the Marvel Legends Mystique from Hasbro woulb be cool :

I have this figure and I can only pretend some dumb story like "she has been shrinked down by Ant-man"...