InArt: The Lord of the Rings - Aragorn 1:6

[TonTon]

What IPs do you collect Neko?

Neko: Inart Aragorn.

One figure to rule them all

 

[RandomHero]

By the time you get yours, InArt might start including the ranger cloak.

Going to laugh my ass off when they include the cloak with the standard release.

 

[lordnastrond]

Some final shots.

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[ronnieb555]

Hope you don't mind, Neko, I used your pictures for a COMP so people can see the variance on the heads...


This is Neko's 3x Aragorns...


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What is crazy to me is that the first 2 seem to have the same colour hair but the 3rd one (furthest to the right) looks to have very light brown hair rather than the darker almost black hair.

 

[Neko]

What is crazy to me is that the first 2 seem to have the same colour hair but the 3rd one (furthest to the right) looks to have very light brown hair rather than the darker almost black hair.

I think the three will look exactly the same after I work with them. Look at the hair color of the first after the "shampoo", it's very light brown too.

 

[GrimmReapah]

The head was another story. The first head I worked with had plenty of product on the hair, and an overall good look.
The two flaws I find with the hairing Inart does are the curliness, and the lack of some kind of "bang". I mean shorter strands before the forehead.
So I began with removing the product and try to straighten the hair. That was not easy but the result is there. I then gave Aragorn a haircut, worked with a paintbrush and a mini comb to restyle the hair and fixed it with my "do it all" product: Pliz.

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So, in my opinion, with a little work this figure is stunning and perfectly matches the prototype, wich has a good haircut, a perfect detailed painted beard, and is very well lighted and photographed.

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Honestly after seeing your first pictures i was like "what the hell did you do to his head" but after seeing the last ones, damm you nailed it. That hair looks way more accurate and brings out so much more life in the sculpt.

 

[Knedlo]

Some final shots.

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me when unboxing: where are my gloves?
Neko when unboxing: where is my blowtorch?

great work!

 

[Neko]

me when unboxing: where are my gloves?
Neko when unboxing: where is my blowtorch?

great work!

 

[Giimli86]

I am in the second batch cutoff at Kit. Yay! Waiting for the invoice right now.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Justin: so heeeeres my ‘Just In Case’ kit, standing straight up and down in the light box no crazy poses or accessories, with everything you may need to fix up your 1/6 figure.

Neko going to work on his Aragorns:

 

[Neko]

Hope you don't mind, Neko, I used your pictures for a COMP so people can see the variance on the heads...


This is Neko's 3x Aragorns...


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Good idea !!

 

[satanatos]

Shipping notice received. The end is coming up next week...

 

[Neko]

One is bored
One is puzzled
One is pissed off

@Neko good job on the restyling. I'm planning to do the same thing when I receive mine. Would you mind doing one shot with the hair slightly covering the sides of the face more?

Thanks !
the hair are fixed with some "Pliz" product, so I can barely move them without messing it up again. For Strider, I really wanted to clear the sides of the face anyway. For the other looks I will see. Amon Hen is coming next, I hesitate between a clean and a "battle damaged" look

 

[Neko]

This bugs the **** out of me. This is the same problem I had with Gandalf. I can't believe they didn't have a fix for this. Why are we spending so much money on these high-end figures with 'premium' headsculpts if the hands don't even fit on the wrist pegs?!?!

When the magnets are pushed all the way down, they are not really usefull anymore and it works like a classic peg. And He will hold his sword without any problem.

 

[Neko]

How does one acquire Neko-sized balls? I know ordering multiples takes some of the fear away about customizing

I can't stand to keep with something that's not optimal to my eyes, so I end up customizing nearly everything I receive. Even when I have only one figure.

 

[Neko]

See, that's a major issue with Inart as well.

Inconsistency

For the same price, one person can get a vastly inferior figure from somebody else.

Some of the Bruce Wayne sculpts look ridiculous, and completely phoned in.

There were notable variations for the rooted Jokers as well. Some entirely green, and others with heavy brown roots... different lengths, styling, and volume...

Some Jail cell Jokers look abominable compared to others.


I have to say, that's some absolutely stellar work man. That's how you work a figure!

Beautiful.

Curious about the burning technique. Do you sort of wave it around?

How long a distance do you keep? and How long do you let it stay in one spot?

Thanks !!
I really think the three will look comparable after the hair treatment. The third one has less product on it, so the color is lighter. The hair seems a bit shorter too, and maybe more rough, you're right.
But to be fair to Inart, rooted hair means a bit of inconsistency. When you will have thousands of same figures with plastic hair, wich is reproducible to perfection, you won't have two identical ones with rooted.
I think that's also the beauty of rooted, you have a unique figure and you can customize to your will.

About the burning technique, I first used it on Frodo's Jacket that was fluffy. (to burn the little threads) and I found it interesting. I knew it would work on Aragorn's coat. You have to approach with the torch on and you don't want to stay even for a short instant on the same spot, I may compare that to using an airbrush, that's the same moves.

 

[ronnieb555]

The head was another story. The first head I worked with had plenty of product on the hair, and an overall good look.
The two flaws I find with the hairing Inart does are the curliness, and the lack of some kind of "bang". I mean shorter strands before the forehead.
So I began with removing the product and try to straighten the hair. That was not easy but the result is there. I then gave Aragorn a haircut, worked with a paintbrush and a mini comb to restyle the hair and fixed it with my "do it all" product: Pliz.

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So, in my opinion, with a little work this figure is stunning and perfectly matches the prototype, wich has a good haircut, a perfect detailed painted beard, and is very well lighted and photographed.

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If you don't mind me asking, how much of the hair did you remove to get it looking the way you did?
I'm pretty nervous about having the cut the hair so if I can get away with just brushing it/moving it to achieve the same look I would prefer doing that.

 

[Neko]

Need a Neko-sized wallet.

3x Aragons with a 4th on the way. Hold my blowtorch...

Seriously, I'm from a very modest family, raised by a single mother. Today I have a good job and even if I'm not what I would call "rich", I can buy nearly everything I want if it's not a house or a boat. Every day of my life I feel blessed and so lucky because I know what hard times mean. And if hard times come back, it will be fine as long as my family is healthy. In the meantime, I enjoy what I can

 

[Neko]

If you don't mind me asking, how much of the hair did you remove to get it looking the way you did?
I'm pretty nervous about having the cut the hair so if I can get away with just brushing it/moving it to achieve the same look I would prefer doing that.

Not that much, only the strands before the eyes. And I feel I shouldn't have cut as much on the right side (his right side). I could have let a bit more length as I did on the other side.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Seriously, I'm from a very modest family, raised by a single mother. Today I have a good job and even if I'm not what I would call "rich", I can buy nearly everything I want if it's not a house or a boat. Every day of my life I feel blessed and so lucky because I know what hard times mean. And if hard times come back, it will be fine as long as my family is healthy. In the meantime, I enjoy what I can