Hot Toys Alien Resurrection (pix)

[Elder_Predator2]

that's great.

 

[General Kenobi]

Awesome statues. As to the price? The collector determines the value. If I really want something, the money isn't the issue - if I have it. My question: Where did you get the flooring/panels that you are displaying the models on? I'd like to get some for my Alien figure. Very cool.

 

[abake]

Huh?
You lost me dude...

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Awesome statues. As to the price? The collector determines the value. If I really want something, the money isn't the issue - if I have it. My question: Where did you get the flooring/panels that you are displaying the models on? I'd like to get some for my Alien figure. Very cool.

I'm a little lost there man.
I think FACEBOX made them himself.

 

[uscmhicks]

yeah he was just wondering where he got the flooring from as well as complimenting him.
He made the flooring himself. Looking for something on a packet or something with a similar pattern. I could see something like that not costing alot if you looked around.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Can I get a close up of leg mods. Please.

 

[Bardoon]

Can I get a close up of leg mods. Please.

Second on that!

I saw this originally in Les' custom thread.

It looks AMAZING!!!! Great job Les and nice photos Facebox!

 

[FACEBOX]

 

[FACEBOX]

I just noticed that my camera focuses much better with a dark backdrop.

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[Sachiel]

I expect the Hot Toys version to look pretty much exactly like this. Maybe some differences.

 

[Les Walker]

This is nuts! Who would do a crazy thing like this?
Great new pics Face. Love em!

I expect the Hot Toys version to look pretty much exactly like this. Maybe some differences.

I would think. If I changed much, it would be the cleft in the chin, and the fingers should be even thinner, and the scaled surface under the dome, instead of the exposed brain, which has never been accurate anyway.

I doubt they do much different though. WHy? Just cost 'em money.
They probably do about like this. I'd be surprised to see it much more accurized.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

So Les is the part that connects to the knee a completly new sculpt, did you sculpt it your self?

Great pics Face, thanks for the close ups.

 

[dalekidea]

those aliens look awusome!!

 

[Les Walker]

So Les is the part that connects to the knee a completly new sculpt, did you sculpt it your self?

Great pics Face, thanks for the close ups.

Yes.
I severed the lower leg, about an inch from the bottom flare, and it is hollow.
I trimmed the rims of the cuts, so they would taper in, allowing me to blend them with putty later on.

The legs being hollow allowed me to use coathanger wire as an inner frame to secure strength when posing and holding the weight of the figure, without compromising that area. So, I folded and twisted the wires so it would be stronger and put my proper angle in for the back of the "foot" or whatever that part is that attaches to the tendon thing you add later.
I then superglued those in place into each end of the cut apart leg. You have to do a lot of figuring to get the angles and lengths just right.

I then roughly sculpted two part epoxy putty over that entire construction and let it set up a day.
Then I went back and dremel sculpted all the details back into the rough forms. I had to make it thinner than it was, which means when I did the putty pass, I had to account for details I was going to dremel away to. If that makes any sense.
Anyway, after massive amounts of dremeling and details carving, I sanded the legs.

Then, to match the colors I used browns, burnt umber and black, and semi-gloss coated it all. Fortunately, it worked! The knees take all the weight though, so be careful Facebox, but I think with the angle they are at, they will be ok...nd the ankles, which can only be in an extreme back angle to hold the thing up.


That's about it. The sculpting was the hard part. Adding the tendon was tough. Had to carve those to fit and superglued them in place.

Overall, several days of serious work.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Well, in that case.....





your even more amazing then I thought Les. Great job. Very impressive.

 

[Blackhole]

 

[Elder_Predator2]

nice cat pic.

 

[Gahgantu]

lmao.....excellent.