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

[he-man]

Unfortunately there are some terribly rooted Aragorns out there too so I hope you get a good one mate after your previous debacle!

Fingers crossed!!

 

[RandomHero]

Mine had thick hair and was cut straight at the back. Inart said it met the their qc standards and I got accused of faking it on here to bash Inart.
Turns out quality of the rooting has been all over the place on every release thus far. Hopefully they can get more consistent with time. Getting my aragorn this week so fingers crossed!

Literally why I go with the sculpted route. I just don’t want to deal with headaches from rooted figures. I’ll make exceptions for Gandalf and Dumbledore but if I can go sculpted, I do.

 

[Gipetto0812]

For anyone curious why Gandalf’s base wabbles, I found the reason.

The placard on the bottom of mine was peeling off. So, I decided to completely remove it in order to apply my own permanent double sided tape. I found that they have a 1mm thick piece of wood covering the opening and a thick piece of black foam inside to provide some sort of support I guess for the wood to not cave in. Well, that foam pushes out against the wood causing the wood to bow; therefore, the base won’t sit flat on the ground. Without the foam, it lies flat AND the magnets feel a lot stronger. Not enough to lift the base off with Gandalf, but not as weak as before. He really “clicks” on the base without it in there. Not sure why/how the foam would impede on the strength of the magnets given how much glue that have securing them in there, but it seems to have made some difference, enough that he feels much more secure on the base than before.

Now that I have this open, I will probably make my own “supports” for the base so that is can sit flat and not impede the strength of the magnets

 

[scumonkey]

will you also be adding more magnets?

 

[Gipetto0812]

will you also be adding more magnets?

No I won’t. I don’t feel the need to since he feels pretty stable now with the foam removed.

 

[dantes2501]

For anyone curious why Gandalf’s base wabbles, I found the reason.

The placard on the bottom of mine was peeling off. So, I decided to completely remove it in order to apply my own permanent double sided tape. I found that they have a 1mm thick piece of wood covering the opening and a thick piece of black foam inside to provide some sort of support I guess for the wood to not cave in. Well, that foam pushes out against the wood causing the wood to bow; therefore, the base won’t sit flat on the ground. Without the foam, it lies flat AND the magnets feel a lot stronger. Not enough to lift the base off with Gandalf, but not as weak as before. He really “clicks” on the base without it in there. Not sure why/how the foam would impede on the strength of the magnets given how much glue that have securing them in there, but it seems to have made some difference, enough that he feels much more secure on the base than before.

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Now that I have this open, I will probably make my own “supports” for the base so that is can sit flat and not impede the strength of the magnets

What the hell is that?? So messy. I was planning to open the base as mine is extremely wobbly. I plan to remove their magnets and to add a whole magnet covering most of the base. That's because their magnets are way too close and that limits posing.

 

[OzzyAndyHam]

A quick weathering of Gandalfs outfit as he's been looking way to clean on my shelf for far too long, particularly towards to lower half, using my go to Tamiya brush on weathering powders - easy to apply, easy to remove.

The effect is more subtle viewed in person, just enough to provide some much needed texture and variation to the fabrics.

 

[i_amjam]

Bought a camera and took some photos today. Definitely a learning curve vs taking shots on my iphone.

 

[redxavier]

Those are super crisp photos there, really doing well to showcase this Gandalf. And whatever futzting you've done with the hair has produced a great result.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Yep, I was just going to say really crisp, beautiful shots -- good purchase on the camera.

Is it easier with a dedicated, proper camera, I mean with lighting? Or more work?

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Bought a camera and took some photos today. Definitely a learning curve vs taking shots on my iphone.
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Very nice pics. What are your shooting with now?

 

[i_amjam]

Yep, I was just going to say really crisp, beautiful shots -- good purchase on the camera.

Is it easier with a dedicated, proper camera, I mean with lighting? Or more work?

I think it’s more work, but only cause it’s very new to me lol. Lots of fun though! A whole new aspect of the collecting hobby to enjoy.

 

[i_amjam]

Very nice pics. What are your shooting with now?

I picked up a LUMIX FZ1000. Figured it would be good one to start with and keep for some time to learn how it all works. Shoutout to @DiostaR for answering a ton of my questions

 

[Gipetto0812]

Beautiful photos and great futzing work @i_amjam

 

[DiostaR]

What a great start ! Well done man.

 

[dantes2501]

This is my awful out of the box Gandalf. I hope I'll find the will to try and style the hair some day.

 

[redxavier]

Not so awful really! I was watching FOTR yesterday and paying attention to hair (as you do) and the look changes throughout, sometime it's neat, others its messy; this is currently Gandalf atop Orthanc or fleeing across Moria!

 

[he-man]

Always thought this figure could have used wires in the clothing. Luckily all the fabric is pretty thin and light, so a well placed armature wire is enough to make it work. Only thing is, now the missing details on the pants are noticeable.

 

[Wor-Gar]

You been a busy man -- both Aragorn and Gandalf look great!

 

[he-man]

You been a busy man -- both Aragorn and Gandalf look great!

Thanks! Yeah, working on Aragorn renewed my interest for Gandalf.