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

[Crease]

Does the Topo cloak require washing to rinse excess dye?

I washed it with warm water but no dye came out of it. I did it mainly to remove the unnatural creases in the fabric from shipping. However, as others have said it's tough to give it that natural looking folds with water spritzing because it is a polyester instead of cotton like gandalfs cloak was. Now, that cloak is magnificent in terms of manipulating it with water spritzing. So easy to shape it how you like

 

[Sassafras]

No but I've found it difficult to hold a good water treated shape due to the polyester fabric. Wish they had used cotton for it.

Yeah, I haven't gotten around to water treating/distressing mine. Hoping to soften it up with softener/hair conditioner etc. But am still happy with it.

 

[starduster]

Checked out of curiosity. Looks gone at least for now on OneSixthKit. OneMansHobby has it, but never ordered from them. Or E-bay at a mark-up from China. You might have to search for it on FB and other places. You could dare to ask Kit if he will get any more in. Not sure how he feels about inquiries on stuff that was originally a PO at OneSixth. But maybe he will get a few more in.

much appreciated!

 

[notdagreatbrain]

i ordered and received my premium aragorn from onemanshobby, and he shipped quickly too. how mcuh was the topo cloak on OSK?

 

[MGS_OldBoy57]

i ordered and received my premium aragorn from onemanshobby, and he shipped quickly too. how mcuh was the topo cloak on OSK?

I paid $35 shipped

 

[Sassafras]

i ordered and received my premium aragorn from onemanshobby, and he shipped quickly too. how mcuh was the topo cloak on OSK?

~35$. Noticed e-bay sales marking up.

 

[spaceghost2000]

No but I've found it difficult to hold a good water treated shape due to the polyester fabric. Wish they had used cotton for it.

I washed it with warm water but no dye came out of it. I did it mainly to remove the unnatural creases in the fabric from shipping. However, as others have said it's tough to give it that natural looking folds with water spritzing because it is a polyester instead of cotton like gandalfs cloak was. Now, that cloak is magnificent in terms of manipulating it with water spritzing. So easy to shape it how you like

Thanks guys.

 

[notdagreatbrain]

~35$. Noticed e-bay sales marking up.

onemanshobby has it for the same $35 shipped now, so i'd get on that before it sells out. still bummed it wasn't included in retailer release :/

 

[Sassafras]

onemanshobby has it for the same $35 shipped now, so i'd get on that before it sells out. still bummed it wasn't included in retailer release :/

Far as I can tell it's a perfect dupe or near to. But yeah, not InArt's finest hour in that the Ranger look shows up in a fair number of scenes. Plus IMO it's better made than the Elven cloak which has no finishing at all - tho the Elven brooch is nice.

 

[notdagreatbrain]

Got a new 100mm Macro lens adapter for my phone, and trying it out on this figure:

 

[Kalkylen]

Far as I can tell it's a perfect dupe or near to. But yeah, not InArt's finest hour in that the Ranger look shows up in a fair number of scenes. Plus IMO it's better made than the Elven cloak which has no finishing at all - tho the Elven brooch is nice.

I'd pay good money for a full set of 9 Fellowship Elven cloaks (this includes Gandalf the White's silvery cloak) in the correct grey wool with the extremely distinctive woven pattern. I'm not sure why all companies seem to completely ommit that detail. Granted, in some scenes the cloaks look green with all the green filters added (especially the notoriously bad Extended edition Blu-Ray version which has been removed on the 4k version).

 

[Rzeznikk]

I'd pay good money for a full set of 9 Fellowship Elven cloaks (this includes Gandalf the White's silvery cloak) in the correct grey wool with the extremely distinctive woven pattern. I'm not sure why all companies seem to completely ommit that detail. Granted, in some scenes the cloaks look green with all the green filters added (especially the notoriously bad Extended edition Blu-Ray version which has been removed on the 4k version).

This is a case of screen accuracy vs prop accuracy. Personally I'd prefer them to be what you see on screen in this case. The grey would be distracting to me. The correct pattern should definitely be there though. Shame on Inart for leaving it out

 

[Kalkylen]

This is a case of screen accuracy vs prop accuracy. Personally I'd prefer them to be what you see on screen in this case. The grey would be distracting to me. The correct pattern should definitely be there though. Shame on Inart for leaving it out

The problem is the cloaks change color from scene to scene and this made worse when all versions of the movies have different grading.

 

[Rzeznikk]

The problem is the cloaks change color from scene to scene and this made worse when all versions of the movies have different grading.

I think they were made to change color. I mean the lore "in verse" explanation was for them to change color depending on certain things. But I think the overall consensus was they appeared green on screen most of the time.

I wouldn't want them to be straight grey. But a grayish green would be fine.

 

[Bucky Underbelly]

For what it's worth, many years ago I bought a shawl for The Missus from the company that made the actual cloaks for the movies (https://stansborough.co.nz/) and the color in hand is a warm gray with brown undertones. (Though today you can buy them in a range of hues from their site.)

That said, my preference is always to match the look on screen rather than the physical object, so I prefer a bit of a green undertone for collectibles. I know that's an open debate because FotR has been re-graded for the 4K, but the original green FotR that The Missus and I saw dozens of times in the theater back in 2001/2 is the version I have the emotional attachment to, so that's my preference.

Everyone's mileage varies!

 

[Sassafras]

I'd pay good money for a full set of 9 Fellowship Elven cloaks (this includes Gandalf the White's silvery cloak) in the correct grey wool with the extremely distinctive woven pattern. I'm not sure why all companies seem to completely ommit that detail. Granted, in some scenes the cloaks look green with all the green filters added (especially the notoriously bad Extended edition Blu-Ray version which has been removed on the 4k version).

I'm resigned to having to do something custom one day, tho for the price the ASMUS cloaks have nice material, not this unfinished/speckled nylon polyester InArt came up with. Unfortunately the pricey Legolas also looks to have unfinished cheap cloaks.

Would have loved to have been at the meeting where material choice was being discussed.

But listening to reviewers, a lot of them just seem giddy because the Elven cloak material is "thin". Of course it's thin, it looks like someone just cut squares from inexpensive nylon and put a nice Elven pin on it, more or less.

 

[p3ss3ssod]

Can't add much at this stage that hasn't been said already, but I've trimmed Aragorn's fringe to a point I'm happy. There appears to be a below cheekbone length to his fringe on the outsides and then an eyebrow length in the middle. I cut the hair at 10x magnification and had washed a lot of the product out of the hair to ensure I was cutting as few strands as possible each time so it didn't get any clumps with straight edges. The small work definitely has the biggest benefits with this headsculpt.

It continually wows me every time I adjust and pose this figure and so many possibilities for posing and accessory usage, it just keeps on giving.