Interest?Hot Toys DX 08 Custom Hat thread

[Maglor]

I think I'd prefer a sculpted or printed hat.

Yep.


Was looking closer at the HT hat. It seems to be made of a thin clear plastic with the "felt" kind of stuck to it. Almost as if the plastic had been sticky and the purple particles were blown onto it. Go check it out on your hats.

You can see right through it:

The inside of the crown is obviously clear, but there are spots on the underside of mine where the "felt" was sprayed on a little light and you can make out the clear plastic underneath:

Seems like a pretty good method. I mean the results in terms of texture are fantastic. It would be awesome if someone could replicate this exact technique with a correct sized brim.

 

[toylion]

Yep.


Was looking closer at the HT hat. It seems to be made of a thin clear plastic with the "felt" kind of stuck to it. Almost as if the plastic had been sticky and the purple particles were blown onto it. Go check it out on your hats.

You can see right through it:

The inside of the crown is obviously clear, but there are spots on the underside of mine where the "felt" was sprayed on a little light and you can make out the clear plastic underneath:

Seems like a pretty good method. I mean the results in terms of texture are fantastic. It would be awesome if someone could replicate this exact technique with a correct sized brim.

That's called flocking. Seen it done for upholstery on model cars.

 

[Maglor]

Yeah, flocking... I knew that. Well someone get on it!

 

[toylion]

Yeah, flocking... I knew that. Well someone get on it!

Not sure about the color, but they have other purples.
https://www.craftflocking.com/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=16&=SID

 

[Maglor]

Looks damn close to me.

 

[TheFiend]

Hmm, were on to something here. But it has to be done right. You don't want purple particles falling off everywhere.

 

[jacksparrow900]

theirs two things wrong with the hat. the brim has to be a smidge wider and the ribbon on the hat needs to be a smidge higher.

 

[batfan08]

Looks damn close to me.

For the most part, the HT hat seems pretty nice. I'm curious if there is a way to reverse-engineer the flocking. If someone could remove that flocked stuff somehow, then all they would have to do is use the pre-existing Hot Toys hat, sculpt a wider brim, cast it, re-flock the copies, and done.

 

[Maglor]

For the most part, the HT hat seems pretty nice. I'm curious if there is a way to reverse-engineer the flocking. If someone could remove that flocked stuff somehow, then all they would have to do is use the pre-existing Hot Toys hat, sculpt a wider brim, cast it, re-flock the copies, and done.

 

[Rorywan]

Flocking is not an easy process. I cannot imagine it could be done on a small order?

 

[batfan08]

Where've you been all this time, Rory?

 

[KingGrayskull]

Flocking is not that hard. I have done it with a MOTU Beastman. The ebay stuff is pretty good.

 

[hhhaney1234]

There are a lot of people who reflock vintage gi joe heads, so I bet if you find one on the eBay sellers who reflock gi joe heads, you could probably work out a deal with them to do hats

 

[batfan08]

Flocking is not that hard. I have done it with a MOTU Beastman. The ebay stuff is pretty good.

Could you do it for us?

 

[S. Griffin]

I'd be okay with just paint.

 

[S. Griffin]

Well, so long as there's an actual ribbon for the band, that is.

 

[batfan08]

If we can get it flocked, why not get it flocked? What the flock!?! It doesn't make any flocking sense to do everything right and not have it flocked.

 

[S. Griffin]

Not a fan of flocking in this instance. Too fuzzy for scale IMO. Then again, I certainly wouldn't turn my nose to a more accurate and well done hat that was flocked.

 

[Maglor]

Not a fan of flocking in this instance. Too fuzzy for scale IMO. Then again, I certainly wouldn't turn my nose to a more accurate and well done hat that was flocked.

What about the flocking on the Hot Toys hat?

 

[S. Griffin]

I don't understand your question, Mags?