thenammagazine
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Armored parts on the rotocast can be hollowed out and look better and more accurate than existing pieces on either the "soft" or the DiD
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Armored parts on the rotocast can be hollowed out and look better and more accurate than existing pieces on either the "soft" or the DiD
galactiboy
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Ahhh... is the scale smaller on the roto armor though? Or is it passable... I think I missed the full-on picture from this recipe.
icruise
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Does anything really need to be done to the non-rotoscope head sculpt, though? Aside from repainting it?
thenammagazine
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People were talking about the length of the beard and widening the head overall. I dunno. Don't have them inhand yet.
The length of the beard doesn't bother me at all but if EC thinks he can come up with something cool I would be interested.
No. Either the DiD or TB heads will work. The TB ones are just a bit small for the DiD body. I'm going to try modifying & casting a larger one. Really depends on what look you want and how detail obsessed you are. And, if possible, I really want this one to look as if Sideshow made it, not such a cobbled together look. Dwing has already done a super job with the parts available and led the way on this custom.
The Craw
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if you make the head larger then what about the helmet? i kinda like the removable helmet. it's a big plus for the TB column.
DID gimli is on his way BTW.
DID gimli is on his way BTW.
Agreed. It's an individual choice really.
To me, the TB one has a great face and expression -- very much looks like Gimli from the film. The beard is a bit short, and more sculpted looking -- more windswept and stylized.
The DiD has a longer beard, but it's so textured as to lose detail in Gimli's braiding. The face could be anybody and the helmet is not shaped properly (doesn't flare out on the sides).
A great painter could make either sculpt work.
I settled on the TB sculpt pretty much because of likeness is there. I am getting ants in my pants to get this going. Too bad the first part ot get to me will likely be the SS LOTR stand. 
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Great tutorial Wor-Gar!!
I am gonna pick up the "soft", the larger head is more important that the shoulder armor to me.
I am gonna pick up the "soft", the larger head is more important that the shoulder armor to me.
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Agreed. It's an individual choice really.
To me, the TB one has a great face and expression -- very much looks like Gimli from the film. The beard is a bit short, and more sculpted looking -- more windswept and stylized.
The DiD has a longer beard, but it's so textured as to lose detail in Gimli's braiding. The face could be anybody and the helmet is not shaped properly (doesn't flare out on the sides).
A great painter could make either sculpt work.
I think the TB head is 10 times better, great expression, good likeness, and removable helmet
I think the TB head is 10 times better, great expression, good likeness, and removable helmet
The King has spoken! Make it so.
if you make the head larger then what about the helmet? i kinda like the removable helmet. it's a big plus for the TB column.
DID gimli is on his way BTW.
Agreed. I love the removable helmet - even though Sideshow prolly wouldn't have gone that route.
And it depends on how much larger you make the head, natch. Hopefully, I can do what I have in mind without having to alter the helmet. Casting that helmet would be a ^^^^^.
The Gimli headsculpt is fine on it's own, but when compared to the slightly oversized Sideshow heads, they don't look like they come from the same line/company.
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I am fine with the head size, it looks good to me. Sideshow heads are oversized anyway.
With all the hair beards in the line, does headsize really matter that much anyway?
With all the hair beards in the line, does headsize really matter that much anyway?
If you trim your "hair beard" it will look bigger.
thenammagazine
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Agreed. It's an individual choice really.
To me, the TB one has a great face and expression -- very much looks like Gimli from the film. The beard is a bit short, and more sculpted looking -- more windswept and stylized.
The DiD has a longer beard, but it's so textured as to lose detail in Gimli's braiding. The face could be anybody and the helmet is not shaped properly (doesn't flare out on the sides).
A great painter could make either sculpt work.
Yeah, when I get mine, I think I'll go with the ToyBiz too. The likeness is wholly better, I can live with the shorter beard and it doesn't really look that far out of scale in KD's pic:
Ooops mean to say "hair/beards".
I think the shot Chase reposted of Gimli and Legolas pretty clearly illustrates that the TB head is in pretty good proportion. Not an issue with me.
I'm just nutty and nit-picky about getting these figures to look a certain way. 
Wait till custom Merry and Pippin... those are gonna be a challenge.
And it's not that Gimli is off in size and whatnot so much as Sideshow heads tend to be a bit oversized - I'm actually thinking of shrinking the Frodo and Sam heads at some point. And it's not so bad as long as he keeps his helmet on. Still, it's easier to customize Gimli than the rest, and I was planning on a beard resculpt/cast anyway.
Wait till custom Merry and Pippin... those are gonna be a challenge.And it's not that Gimli is off in size and whatnot so much as Sideshow heads tend to be a bit oversized - I'm actually thinking of shrinking the Frodo and Sam heads at some point. And it's not so bad as long as he keeps his helmet on. Still, it's easier to customize Gimli than the rest, and I was planning on a beard resculpt/cast anyway.
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