1/6 Hot Toys - Solo: A Star Wars Story - HAN SOLO

[Asta]

Apologies if the deviation is offending some, so I'll put the detail in spoilers.

Finished painting Qi'ra today. It was a bit of an experiment as I've never painted a 1/6 sculpt before.

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I started repainting Qi'ra's face yesterday.

Wasn't happy with the first result as the paint wasn't applying smoothly, so I stripped it off. I was expecting it to come back to Hasbro's pink flesh, but instead it uncovered a tanned skin colour that wasn't as shiny as Hasbro's flesh paint. Painting on this was easier.

One obstacle to overcome was straightening up Hasbro's wonky eyes.

On my first try I wasted a lot of time building up layers of shade. For the second go I kept it simple:

1) Coat d'arms Suntanned Flesh base coat

2) Coat d'arms Suntanned Flesh mixed with Games Workshop Pallid Flesh as a second coat

3) Suntanned Flesh for shading

4) Pallid Flesh for highlighting


She's not brilliant, nor did I expect her to be, but she'll work for what I want.


It's a lot easier painting wargames miniatures!


Today I painted everything else, apart from the flesh body parts which I thought would match the sculpt well enough.

There's a good resource for costume images https://501stunderworld.com/forums/index.php?/topic/93-qira-corellia-white-worm-gang-crl-discussion/]here[/url].

Deciding on the jacket colour was tricky from those costume display shots, so I went for something like this:




I'd been wanting to cover the leg joints, and suddenly an idea struck me: electrical tape. Instant leather and no more gaps.

As I wrote before, Qi'ra's S-195 turned out to be surprisingly accurate for such a cheap toy:

 

[Rbeato]

Not minding the Q?ira posts. HT isn?t making one and she?s from Solo so it works.

 

[Username]

Apologies if the deviation is offending some, so I'll put the detail in spoilers.

Finished painting Qi'ra today.

Wasn't happy with the first result as the paint wasn't applying smoothly, so I stripped it off. I was expecting it to come back to Hasbro's pink flesh, but instead it uncovered a tanned skin colour that wasn't as shiny as Hasbro's flesh paint. Painting on this was easier.

One obstacle to overcome was straightening up Hasbro's wonky eyes.

On my first try I wasted a lot of time building up layers of shade. For the second go I kept it simple:

1) Coat d'arms Suntanned Flesh base coat

2) Coat d'arms Suntanned Flesh mixed with Games Workshop Pallid Flesh as a second coat

3) Suntanned Flesh for shading

4) Pallid Flesh for highlighting


She's not brilliant, nor did I expect her to be, but she'll work for what I want.

Beautiful work!
It turned out amazing.
Great thinking with the tape.
The face has an amazing likeness.
I picked up another one for ?2.50 today also. Looking forward to giving the repaint a go

 

[Asta]

Beautiful work!
It turned out amazing.
Great thinking with the tape.
The face has an amazing likeness.
I picked up another one for ?2.50 today also. Looking forward to giving the repaint a go

Thanks.

I used to spend a lot of time painting miniatures, and the techniques are the same. But a 1/6 sculpt was daunting.

Look forward to seeing your Qi'ra.

 

[jedibear]

Totally enjoying your work on Qi'ra while we wait for new word on Han.
She's looking great!

 

[dukefett]

Great job Asta!

 

[Stryker2011]

That’s a really good repaint for your first try, Asta.

 

[chrisstbh]

Sculpt definitely has potential.

 

[Asta]

Totally enjoying your work on Qi'ra while we wait for new word on Han.
She's looking great!

Great job Asta!

That?s a really good repaint for your first try, Asta.

 

[Username]

Thanks.

I used to spend a lot of time painting miniatures, and the techniques are the same. But a 1/6 sculpt was daunting.

Look forward to seeing your Qi'ra.

I'm rubbish at painting. I'm fine at building, but i couldn't do a decent face. So i'll farm it out to some local warhammer expert.

 

[Asta]

I'm rubbish at painting. I'm fine at building, but i couldn't do a decent face. So i'll farm it out to some local warhammer expert.

I've looked at various 1/6 sculpt painting tutorials, some involving pastels, but I only know working with acrylics.

Because I haven't painted miniatures for many years my paint supply is depleted and old, so I had to make do with what was still usable. For the red shirt and wrist disc I had to breathe life into a long dead pot of Games Workshop Blood Red.


Here's a little scale test alongside another bare bones figure:

The back of Qi'ra's skirt means that the crotch grabber pushes her towards the front of the base, so I staggered them so that they're standing level with each other.


Qi'ra is the perfect height for a 1/6 Emilia Clarke. HT Leia is a little too tall, as I think they've all been.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Can we move all Qira chatter to the customs board? This thread is for the Han figure and I keep seeing it bumped thinking there is an update.

 

[Username]

I've looked at various 1/6 sculpt painting tutorials, some involving pastels, but I only know working with acrylics.

Because I haven't painted miniatures for many years my paint supply is depleted and old, so I had to make do with what was still usable. For the red shirt and wrist disc I had to breathe life into a long dead pot of Games Workshop Blood Red.


Here's a little scale test alongside another bare bones figure:




The back of Qi'ra's skirt means that the crotch grabber pushes her towards the front of the base, so I staggered them so that they're standing level with each other.


Qi'ra is the perfect height for a 1/6 Emilia Clarke. HT Leia is a little too tall, as I think they've all been.

Yeah.
It's to be expected. They can't source an unlimited amount of different height female bodies. They are getting better with making the male bodies closer to the correct heights. But they will never perfect the height issue with the female ones.

And well done with the paint work. It's looking great.

 

[athirsch]

Can we move all Qira chatter to the customs board? This thread is for the Han figure and I keep seeing it bumped thinking there is an update.

It bugs me too. Every time I see a notification, I get excited that it could finally be an update, only for it to be a picture of a custom Qi-Ra figure. They?re well made customs, but this is not the place for it


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[momaw]

Personally I don't mind. When Solo is released we will know it. Pointless bumps to say "where is this figure" or "has this been cancelled" are the annoying ones.

 

[athirsch]

Personally I don't mind. When Solo is released we will know it. Pointless bumps to say "where is this figure" or "has this been cancelled" are the annoying ones.

But a majority of the post lately are about a figure that is neither Han Solo or from Hot Toys


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[jedibear]

Point taken, but some leeway here since it is a character from the same movie and this thread would be dead if some interest wasn't shown for it. I hope he posts shots of this custom with the Solo figure when it finally arrives (even if the outfit is from an earlier part of the movie) Maybe someone will throw in a PO who hasn't yet based on the traffic here.

I still think these two Solo figures are going to have real small editions once they eventually arrive.

 

[theknight'swatch]

According to Sideshow?s website, this is coming this month at long last.


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[Mad Old Lu]

According to Sideshow?s website, this is coming this month at long last.


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Thanks for posting. Just checked and indeed the deluxe Han with fur coat says shipping in March. However, the regular Han is marked for April-July, same as the Mudtrooper version. Strange, I would have thought the regular would be ready before the deluxe.

Good for me since the deluxe is what I have on pre-order. I won't hold my breath, though.

 

[heon123]

Just waiting for this so it frees up the slot for a Bespin Han anouncement (if it works like that anyway; never know exactly with HT).