Happier with the coloring post-futz... still considering shaving my cat though.
Different lighting context...
Different lighting context...
1/6 Hot Toys - MMS 262 - Star Wars Episode IV - 1/6th scale Chewbacca Collectible Figure
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Got my Chewie at work today and just couldn't resist opening him up at lunch and doing a bit of simple futzing. And I gotta say, the more I work with it, the more I'm really starting to love this figure! 
And the hair color isn't looking too overly dark to my eye either. Granted, these were taken in my car in bright daylight, but I still don't get the sense it'll look that radically different when on display at home under lighting (my camera is also brightening things up a bit more than it really is).
(forgive the crappy cellphone pics)
Edit: Here's a darkened version that's a bit more accurate to what it looks like in hand.
And the hair color isn't looking too overly dark to my eye either. Granted, these were taken in my car in bright daylight, but I still don't get the sense it'll look that radically different when on display at home under lighting (my camera is also brightening things up a bit more than it really is).
(forgive the crappy cellphone pics)
Edit: Here's a darkened version that's a bit more accurate to what it looks like in hand.
ebor
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Thanks for posting the contrasting light shots Wor. The wait is killing me...
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It look's or seems like Chewy's feet have more or longer hair or are u guys futzing it that way ?
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This will be my 1st time getting 2 hot toys on same delivery stoked for next tuesday for them both to arrive same time of course single pack's.
Congrats, davejames! Yours looks great!!! Much better than mine did out of the box.
Thanks guys!
Thanks guys!
Well I couldn't stand how glued down everything was, so set about futzing almost immediately.
Thankfully it appears to be more of a hairspray or gel they used more than any actual glue, so it can be eventually pried loose. And it also appears that the eyebrow area can be futzed as well, so hopefully I'll be able to push those down a bit to remove that surprised look he has.
Got my Chewie at work today and just couldn't resist opening him up at lunch and doing a bit of simple futzing. And I gotta say, the more I work with it, the more I'm really starting to love this figure!
And the hair color isn't looking too overly dark to my eye either. Granted, these were taken in my car in bright daylight, but I still don't get the sense it'll look that radically different when on display at home under lighting (my camera is also brightening things up a bit more than it really is).
(forgive the crappy cellphone pics)
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Edit: Here's a darkened version that's a bit more accurate to what it looks like in hand.
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^^ Some of the most life-like pics I've seen.
Thanks. Here's another shot just for the heck of it, with more of that Chewie head tilt.
Bo Shrek
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You have some of the best shots I've seen!!
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Do you know if you have any filters turned on in your camera software? If you don't remember, double-check. My wife knew something was up with her photos for a while but didn't realize she had a filter enabled on her iPhone. They looked good (so do yours) but they had an aged color cast to them.
BTW, you carry a blow dryer in your car, don't you?
Thanks. That's only after about 5 minutes of futzing, so hopefully I can do a better job with it when I have more time.
The key for me is pulling away most of the hair from the face while not making the mustache look too puffed up on the sides (giving him that awful Wilfred Brimley look he had at SDCC). And I'm also trying to keep the hair looking kind of scraggly and messy as well, and not too straightened out.
It's definitely a fun thing to play around with.
Clearly davejames got the good "lighter" v2 head. You can see the eyes.
They're all gonna hate you Dave when their Chewie's don't look like yours.
Amazing that you did that in 5 minutes. Well done. I found the fibers of the fur to get squirly quickly if you separate too much. How do you keep it looking so neat and not "fuzzy/frizzy"?
They're all gonna hate you Dave when their Chewie's don't look like yours.
Amazing that you did that in 5 minutes. Well done. I found the fibers of the fur to get squirly quickly if you separate too much. How do you keep it looking so neat and not "fuzzy/frizzy"?
No, no filters on my phone at all, but I did go into Office afterwards and up the contrast and darken it a bit, since my phone makes everything really washed out and purply around the edges for some reason (I must have pointed it too long at the sun by accident or something. Lol)
Here you see what I have to work with at the start, and it's not pretty:
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Great shots, Wor-Gar and davejames!
Wor-Gar...are you feeling a bit better with Chewie now that you've had a good look?
...and davejames....if I can get the one I'm getting futzed like that, I'll be very happy....looks great!
Wor-Gar...are you feeling a bit better with Chewie now that you've had a good look?
...and davejames....if I can get the one I'm getting futzed like that, I'll be very happy....looks great!
Clearly davejames got the good "lighter" v2 head. You can see the eyes.
They're all gonna hate you Dave when their Chewie's don't look like yours.
Seriously - does his look noticeably different from yours? This "fur color variation" question has me a little stressed. Knowing my luck, I'm opening mine and I'll see a mouth/teeth amidst a ball of featureless black fur.
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