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

[roan]

less magnets, more magnets, or even stronger... makes no difference if the figure has weak ankles.

I had to take the boot off because it had a strange fold in it, which I couldn't get undone and found out that they used a piece of foam to make the ankles more stiff and to prevent him from leaning forward. It was a pain in the ass to get the piece of foam in the right spot again and to put the boot back on, it took me at least two hours lol.

 

[QuiGonFishing]

Love this guy. He and Gandalf continue to fight it out for the title of My All Time Favorite Figure!

There may come a day when the courage of Men fails…But it is not THIS day!!!

 

[satanatos]

My out of the box phone pic.. not bad at all. But using a phone to capture this is really hard. REALLY!

 

[Wor-Gar]

At least your canister opened the right way.

 

[Luisenigma1]

I probably will have to trim some of the bangs so the hair is more accurate.

 

[Nyhargo Dirge]

I think InArt is over thinking the magnetic base. If you look at JPT's Silent Hound figure, the feet are magnetic and the base is just a circle of metal. He can have super dynamic poses that way. It may be easier/cheaper for Inart to go with a solid piece of metal underneath the plastic base. I always like to pose my figures with their feet at the edge of the base, and now it is limiting, or I just get one foot catching the base

I love the silent hound base. Talk about solid. I agree: InArt could just do a metal, milled base encircled by the One Ring

 

[Earth 616 Collector]

"You're a Hobbit, Harry!"

 

[Luisenigma1]

Cut a bit of the bangs on my Aragorn and man it brings the likeness out even more.

 

[BACON!]

I added six rare earth magnets inside my base and it works great. Too great, really, as it’s a little difficult to get him stand the way I want, but it does work. When I pick the figure up, the base comes with.

Duh! Why didn't I think of that?!?! Thanks for the suggestion

 

[satanatos]

At least your canister opened the right way.

I learned from Gandalf. That friction hold can be quite challenging. They could have used nut/bolt threads instead. Would have been so much easier.

 

[Neko]

As promised here is my rework.

More images will be on IG @rfcustomfigures

Full rework of the beard and eyebrows and eye accentuation. Hair fully reshaped, bangs cut and overall style finesse.

Cape:ACI Collectibles
Body Replacement : WorldboxAT011

Wow ! That is an awesome work !! The beard repaint is incredible !

 

[Sassafras]

Congratulations! You have done a great job with his hair. I would be more than happy with it if mine had come looking like that.

Thank you!

Yeah, I actually thought that when I forced myself to stop picking at his hair. With forceps. That if I'd never seen other Aragorns I would have been
fine if he came out of the box like that. Tho luv the look you ended up with to me it's Aragorn at Amon Hen or other battle. Mine will never do that look or others like Pizza's the fiber texture is - well, more coarse with bigger wave. IMO Raymond on this forum is correct about InArt needing to be consistent with fiber choices.

So it turned out ok but honestly while I don't mind futzing I'd rather not learn on a 500$ figure it was too nervewracking. Too much chance I'd accidentally scrape the paint or yank some hair out.

Hafta say tho since I had to stare at the sculpt so much it is a beautiful sculpt. Best Aragorn I have seen even over WETA.

 

[Sassafras]

My out of the box phone pic.. not bad at all. But using a phone to capture this is really hard. REALLY!

Looks like you got good out of the box hair.

Yeah I noticed at least with my cell phone you have to get the angle right so the camera sees what I see. Otherwise there's this weird almost fish eye effect up close. Really wish I had saved posts explaining camera lens etc. Basically I need a good cheap camera.