GIMLI Customs...

[thenammagazine]

Don't forget to save all of your spare Gimli parts and pieces for your very own custom "Gloin" figure!...

With Sideshow shelving the 12" LOTR line, I'm betting on similar treatment of the Hobbit. They'll probably just produce a Bilbo to go with Gandalf and wave a fond farewell to the whole line. Then again, that's IF they do anything. I really don't see the LOTR line picking up after The Hobbit as IMO (and flame away), the LOTR series was much better.

However, a Bilbo mod shouldn't be that hard either. You could easily just use Frodo and get a bald sculpt of Ian Holm and he'd look right at home with Frodo's wig and clothes. Hmmm, maybe I'll pick up a second Gandalf just in case...

 

[Blu Falcon]

Here
I'm not sure if they have anymore left...

They do.

 

[thenammagazine]

Perfect!

You're going thenam way then?

So easy...

...even a caveman
can do it!

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[pixletwin]

here in my office with a hammer i feel a bit like a caveman.

 

[galactiboy]

So easy...

...even a caveman
can do it!

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That is so offensive...

 

[thenammagazine]

That is so offensive...

I often wanted them to actually do a play on the commercial where a **** Erectus, Hominid and a Neanderthal argue over just who they're portraying in the commercial. It'd be funny to have them arguing all yuppied out over tea at a gentleman's club with the earliest of them having a British accent.

 

[pixletwin]

Ok I am endevoring to make a comprehensive tutorial on how to customize Gimli with ALOT of help from thenammagazine:

DiD GIMLI BEFORE​

The DiD Gimli Body

1) Cut the forearms down to the bottom of the hand socket

2) Lie the body down flat but keeping the midsection turned at a cross angle to the body and cut along the seam with the screw driver nice and deep down both sides of the midsection (being careful not to marr the belly and the chest pieces.

3) Place a flathead screwdriver in the cut in the seam you have made and get a hammer. Drive a wedge until you get one side open and repeat with the other side.

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Tomorrow I will post on the next steps in thenammagazine's method of Gimli customization.

 

[icruise]

Those are some seriously disturbing pictures!

 

[pixletwin]

Yeah it doesn't help that staining on the body makes it looks like he has massive bruises post mortem.

 

[icruise]

Mine had those stains too. Not sure what the story is there. Even one of my hands had it.

I will say one thing about the DiD body -- it's MUCH MUCH easier to cut the arms and legs than the buck. The buck is damn near indestructible, but this body is largely made of what seems to be a kind of dense rubber.

 

[Wor-Gar]

AWESOME TUTORIAL

Ok I am endevoring to make a comprehensive tutorial on how to customize Gimli with ALOT of help from thenammagazine:

DiD GIMLI BEFORE​

The DiD Gimli Body

1) Cut the forearms down to the bottom of the hand socket

2) Lie the body down flat but keeping the midsection turned at a cross angle to the body and cut along the seam with the screw driver nice and deep down both sides of the midsection (being careful not to marr the belly and the chest pieces.

3) Place a flathead screwdriver in the cut in the seam you have made and get a hammer. Drive a wedge until you get one side open and repeat with the other side.

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Tomorrow I will post on the next steps in thenammagazine's method of Gimli customization.

Thanks Pix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pixletwin]

Did I say I would post part 2 tomorrow?

Part two coming tonight!

 

[King Darkness]

Thx Marc.

 

[carbo-fation]

Awesome stuff, Marc. I can't wait for the rest so that I can finally start my own. I am really bad at stuff like this.

 

[pixletwin]

Be aware. The next step is not for the feint of heart nor the short of temper!

 

[Wor-Gar]

nor the short of temper!

Dammit!

 

[pixletwin]

PART TWO

1) You need to separate the chest pieces. Its probably better to do this from underneath the chest cavity rather than the shoulder (like I did) but I figured that it will all be covered up with clothes and such anyway so who cares? Cut the seams with an exacto knife the same as with the mid section.

2) Stick a flathead screwdriver in the cut seam as before.

3) Pry the two halves apart and the whole thing will fall apart and you will panic and curse. But its OK as long as you didn't break any of the parts. (NOTE: Remember which arms went in which sockets since it seems if you get them mixed up they will be REALLY REALLY loose!)

4) This is the really tricky part. You have attach the stomach part to the inside of the chest cavity where the midsection used to attach. While keeping strait (because the tendency is for it to flip off) you need to reattach the neck post and arms so that it looks something like this:

5) Now glue around the edges (being careful not to put glue by any joints) and carefully put the front chest piece back on (be really careful not make the stomach mechanism dislodge). It took me 3 tries before I got it right. But now I have a (relatively) dwarf sized Gimli.

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My Soft TB Gimli gets here Thursday and roto TB Gimli on Friday so I will post the final tutorials this weekend.

 

[pixletwin]

Before:

After:

 

[carbo-fation]

That looks great. Thank you so much. Now I need to try this myself and see how badly I mess it up.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Hey Pix, questions:

Pic at top: while you're in there, was there anything to do about the shoulders sticking out so far? Could you remove anything to fix it?

Pic at Bottom:

What up with the rubber band on his shoulder?