GIMLI Customs...

[pixletwin]

are the heads interchangeable or do you need to modify them?

A few pages back Dwing posted pics of what you have to do. Basically you cut off the neck adapter on the DiD and glue the TB neck adapted onto it.

 

[King Darkness]

I should have payed more attention in this thread. Now I gotta go search through 250 + posts

 

[Wor-Gar]

I think Dwing also used pieces of TB Gimli's belt yeah?

Not sure, I thought it was the DiD belt. Pretty sure.

Whats a good price to pay for the Toybiz Gimli???

Not sure, I got mine direct from Dwing. Ebay prices lately seem to be closing around $15 or a bit more...although someone here got one for $5 (not including shipping). I'd say if you can find one for $15 shipped -- grab it! So be patience and watch the auctions.


As to the neck mod, Pix is right and Dwing's pic of his fix is only a few pages back.

But if DiD is like the reg Dragon neck, you should be able to just glue the TB head onto the DiD post -- assuming the neck post turns. TB head is a ball socket type, so maybe its necessary to mod the DiD simply so Gimli's head is not hanging low on his shoulders. I won't really know until I have it.

 

[pixletwin]

Here is his post:

Nothing wrong with the DID armour at all but I had the crap rotocast and wanted to see what I could do.
I pulled out the neck post from the TB and cut off the larger ball. I drilled out a hole in the DID neck post.
I cut off the arms from the rotocast, dremeled out the lower portion, cut the inside and pulled it open and over the arm. I think it adds some depth to the arm.

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I cut off the back packs and superglued them on the DID belt-also left space for the large axe to fit by placing two skewers on the belt while glueing it down.

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Over all I am getting happy.

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[pixletwin]

I am still scratching my head over exactly what he did to the arms.

 

[drbrad1975]

And it spreads...

There's also another one up guys!

Now that seller is up to 10 sold in the last week.

Now it's the battle over the TB Gimlis!!! I wonder if we all will be bidding against one another!!

 

[King Darkness]

Thnx Marc.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I am still scratching my head over exactly what he did to the arms.

Apparently the DiD arms are too long with the TB gauntlets, so you have to cut off 1/4" at the wrist so the TB gauntlets will slide down the DiD forearm to the correct length.

Now it's the battle over the TB Gimlis!!! I wonder if we all will be bidding against one another!!

There's a lot more TB Gimlis out there than DiDs.

I think we all got very lucky actually. That we can even find the DiD Gimlis en mass... and for a pretty darn good price. I've seen other Gimlis go over the years for up to $40.

At the end of the day, for the cost of the DiD plus ToyBiz Gimli, it's still less than an actual SS Gimli.

 

[The Craw]

I should have payed more attention in this thread. Now I gotta go search through 250 + posts

same here. i've been skipping this thread mainly cuz i was in denial. i was still expecting SS to announce a gimli this week.

 

[Entropy]

I got my Gimli(s) tonight! Woo-hoo. Can't wait to start work on this guy.

In person, it's apparent how off they are. DiD Gimli is way too big and the TB one, esp the head, is way too small. The TB Gimli sculpt is better but too rough and needs a bit of work.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I got my Gimli(s) tonight! Woo-hoo. Can't wait to start work on this guy.

In person, it's apparent how off they are. DiD Gimli is way too big and the TB one, esp the head, is way too small. The TB Gimli sculpt is better but too rough and needs a bit of work.

Congrats! Eager to see your custom. Please add tutorials to any work that may not seem obvious, or any shortcuts you got.

It be great if you can post a picture of the TB and DiD side by side so people can see clearly what they're getting to work on...maybe a pic with Frodo too for size comp.

 

[dwing]

The Rotocast neck(ball and socket) was easy. Just hold one end(smaller of the two) with pliers and cut the other end at the base of the ball with a exacto balde. I drilled/dremeled about an 1/8" hole in the center of the DID neck. this allows the TB hs to sit up a bit and allows for more movement. I found that if you use a cloak the head will not sit right w/out using the ball/socket.
The sholder armour was also pretty easy. On the TB I first cut around the top of the shoulder area(sharp blade) and then cut the bottom of the arm. At the top of the arm you will need to dremel or cut out the socket area.
When I have time-tomorrow I will post pics of the armour.
The back pack was an easy cut and glue up. I used two skewers to leave a gap in the middle of the belt for the purpose of holding the long axe.

 

[Entropy]

Congrats! Eager to see your custom. Please add tutorials to any work that may not seem obvious, or any shortcuts you got.

It be great if you can post a picture of the TB and DiD side by side so people can see clearly what they're getting to work on...maybe a pic with Frodo too for size comp.

Might do that and take pix of the process.

It's really ridiculous how much larger the Did is than the TB. And they're both supposed to be 1:6. And the boots are very different in design.

 

[King Darkness]

Take pics Entropy, lots and lots of pics.

A side by side before you start would be great too.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Might do that and take pix of the process.

It's really ridiculous how much larger the Did is than the TB. And they're both supposed to be 1:6. And the boots are very different in design.

For boot size/scale, I think the DiD ones looks better. The TB ones will be too small on the DiD.

I'm still planning on trying to frankenstein the top half of the TB fig onto the bottom half of the DiD fig (meaning the nude figure body).

If it works, theoretically, it would split the difference in height, and I feel that the DiD's shoulders are too wide for Gimli.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The Rotocast neck(ball and socket) was easy. Just hold one end(smaller of the two) with pliers and cut the other end at the base of the ball with a exacto balde. I drilled/dremeled about an 1/8" hole in the center of the DID neck. this allows the TB hs to sit up a bit and allows for more movement. I found that if you use a cloak the head will not sit right w/out using the ball/socket.
The sholder armour was also pretty easy. On the TB I first cut around the top of the shoulder area(sharp blade) and then cut the bottom of the arm. At the top of the arm you will need to dremel or cut out the socket area.
When I have time-tomorrow I will post pics of the armour.
The back pack was an easy cut and glue up. I used two skewers to leave a gap in the middle of the belt for the purpose of holding the long axe.

So did you use the Rotocast ball socket or the ToyBiz clothed figure's ball socket? Here's where it gets confusing because you're using two different kits from TB.

Let us know precisely what you got from the ToyBiz clothed figure (parts) and what you got from the ToyBiz rotocast version.

I got to make a recipe list here...

 

[King Darkness]

Let us know precisely what you got from the ToyBiz clothed figure (parts) and what you got from the ToyBiz rotocast version.

I got to make a recipe list here...

Yes please!

 

[Entropy]

I got the rotocast Gimli not the Toybiz doll one. It's got the same helmet, headsculpt and arm gauntlets that the 12" doll has, which is all the good stuff from Toybiz, plus it's got the good shoulder armor as well as the rubber belt pouches and he comes with a small handled axe that the DiD doesn't.

head, helmet, gauntlets - either Toybiz Gimli
shoulder armor, pouches, small axe - rotocast Gimli
body, clothes, weapons, boots (I'm still not satisfied with them) - DiD Gimli
arm chainmail - Timeline knight

 

[Wor-Gar]

I got the rotocast Gimli not the Toybiz doll one. It's got the same helmet, headsculpt and arm gauntlets that the 12" doll has, which is all the good stuff from Toybiz, plus it's got the good shoulder armor as well as the rubber belt pouches and he comes with a small handled axe that the DiD doesn't.

head, helmet, gauntlets - either Toybiz Gimli
shoulder armor, pouches, small axe - rotocast Gimli
body, clothes, weapons, boots (I'm still not satisfied with them) - DiD Gimli
arm chainmail - Timeline knight

Ah, so you got the Rotocast version. Smart, this way you have the shoulder armor. I didn't know about that when I got my soft figure. Supposidly, the "soft" figure has a better headsculpt -- paintwise -- than the roto...but a repaint is necessary anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

I'm curious if the roto and the "soft" really have the same gauntlets size-wise.

Yes please!

OK, I know EC did one above, but here's mine...which we can make updateable (word?) as we learn more about the parts and how they go together best.

Recommended PARTS so far:

TOYBIZ Soft figure Gimli (clothed figure):
*head sculpt with removeable helmet
*gauntlets
*plastic double-sided ax
*chainmail matches thre maile used on Boromir

DiD Gimli figure:
*ALL clothing -- underclothes, robe, pants, belts, boots, real wood and metal weapons (5 axes) -- possibly even chainmail with repaint.

TOYBIZ Rotocast Gimli (hard figure):
*head sculpt with removeable helmet
*gauntlets (must be cut from figure)
*hard shoulder armor (must be cut from figure)
*rear pouches (must be cut from figure)

DML Chainmail:
*Timeline knights

 

[dwing]

Sure thing.
TB parts:
Head sculpt
Gauntlets
Neck ball and socket
-pull out of TB neck, may need heat and some prying
-hold SMALL end with plyers and cut off at the LARGE ball

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DID:
Body
-cut off about 1/4" of arms above wrist line(arms are to long)
----TB gauntlets should fit snug/you can also pull out TB ball and socket and drill hole in DID arm
Clothes
----if you use the shoulder armour it can come out of the clothing
----there are two straps conecting them, one goes on eash side of the Body
Boots and gaters
Extra if available
Toybiz ROTOCAST:
shoulder armour
-hold at bottom of arm and cut around armour
-cut at bottom of armour
-you will need to dremel/cut out top inside of armour
-cut slice of inside of armour to fit over arm

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Here's some comparison pictures: TB 'soft cloth' on the left,both HS and gauntlets are slightly bigger.

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