Jabba 12" Image Thread

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Buttmunch said:
That does look the best. Could it possibly be a repaint?

Doubtful, the paint application itself looks exactly like SSC's and the only part in dispute is what makes the shades look the way they do, I can't imagine anyone repainting a figure just like the manufacturer just to get the colors as different shades, I would expect it to really be custom looking.
 
Wor-Gar said:
It could very well be. Anything is possible in China. But he is posed on his styrofoam box which leads one to believe he was just taken out. He's also in a closet so its darker; note the harsh blacks of the shadows.

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I agree... and I hope it is true that there is not some Jabba pieces that missed a darker "spray" wash that others might have. No way to tell without comparison shots in similar lighting.

Tom said he'd take some this week, which is good for me because judging by the pics my Jabba looks just like his.

Well if Tom doesn't get to it sooner, I'll be sure to put Jabba through the photography gauntlet when I get home Thursday.

I'm going to love this thing no matter what, but I'll be speechless if he looks like this picture.
 
MaulFan said:
Doubtful, the paint application itself looks exactly like SSC's and the only part in dispute is what makes the shades look the way they do, I can't imagine anyone repainting a figure just like the manufacturer just to get the colors as different shades, I would expect it to really be custom looking.

Maulfan, you're a photo-genius, certainly you believe that there is very little difference in paint apps on Jabba and that all the different pictures are simply a matter of lighting? Right?

I do wish I could get my Jabba to look like the one above.
 
Wor-Gar said:
Maulfan, you're a photo-genius, certainly you believe that there is very little difference in paint apps on Jabba and that all the different pictures are simply a matter of lighting? Right?

I do wish I could get my Jabba to look like the one above.

I can give a far better analysis on Thursday, but right now pictures are all I have to go on so until I see it person and know the starting point, we'll have to see, but without question lighting will play huge factor in these. I've seen some people's pictures where his belly looked very light and his face more brown like above, and it looked to me like the flash struck off his stomach precisely and the rest of him, including his face, fell into the darkness. At my office alone I'll see him under bright fluorescents and dim flurorescents, at home I have standard tungsten lighting, which is heavily in the orange temperature zone, plus over the weekend I'll have daylight, then there's my flash, but none of those factors are and issue for me because I adjust my white balance on my camera until the image temperature is correct, and if that can't do it I can do it in post because I know the true temperature of the image. I rarely post my photos without adjustments to make the shot true to what I see in person, at least my loose shots, with photoshop it's about fitting the lighting of the stills.
 
I know I'm going to get the crud beaten out of me for saying this, but... does Jabba look just a wee bit too small to anyone else? I just re-watched the palace sequence from ROTJ and am now under the impression that Sideshow's Jabba could stand to be about 10 - 15 percent larger.

- J!
 
I just got my Jabba opened up and on his throne. All I can say is wow. He is awesome. I will be ordering this baby a case.
Does anyone know why the pipe and bowl is so hard to get to look right sitting there.

Also did anyone notice Jabba smelled funny and some of the paint on his arms didnt feel dry.
 
I have to say this is the single coolest collectable I have every purchased. Everything about it rocks! You guys know I am a tough customer when it comes to pleasing too. I can't wait to get my table to display him on with Luke waiting to pounce. Man what a great thing. Way to go Sideshow. :chew
 
MaulFan said:
I can give a far better analysis on Thursday, but right now pictures are all I have to go on so until I see it person and know the starting point, we'll have to see, but without question lighting will play huge factor in these. I've seen some people's pictures where his belly looked very light and his face more brown like above, and it looked to me like the flash struck off his stomach precisely and the rest of him, including his face, fell into the darkness. At my office alone I'll see him under bright fluorescents and dim flurorescents, at home I have standard tungsten lighting, which is heavily in the orange temperature zone, plus over the weekend I'll have daylight, then there's my flash, but none of those factors are and issue for me because I adjust my white balance on my camera until the image temperature is correct, and if that can't do it I can do it in post because I know the true temperature of the image. I rarely post my photos without adjustments to make the shot true to what I see in person, at least my loose shots, with photoshop it's about fitting the lighting of the stills.

On Thursday, I'm gone to Toronto for a wedding over the weekend but I'll be very curious to see what you think of Jabba -- very curious -- when I return. And I look forward to a myriad of your photos... and wallpapers... and whatever else you'll throw at us in your Jabba wonderment. :D
 
Wor-Gar said:
On Thursday, I'm gone to Toronto for a wedding over the weekend but I'll be very curious to see what you think of Jabba -- very curious -- when I return. And I look forward to a myriad of your photos... and wallpapers... and whatever else you'll throw at us in your Jabba wonderment. :D

Well you may have missed it a lil ways back, or it's in the Experiment thread, I lose track sometimes, but I'm planning to do a photo slideshow using ROTJ music and Jabba sound bites.
 
MaulFan said:
Well you may have missed it a lil ways back, or it's in the Experiment thread, I lose track sometimes, but I'm planning to do a photo slideshow using ROTJ music and Jabba sound bites.

I can't wait for that! I made a goofy GIF I know you saw... see if you can make it a GIF so it will just loop and play.
 
Weird photo request: can someone take a detailed show of Jabba's left side profile?

For some reason, the left side of his chins area seems to droop -something I have not seen in pics - could be the angle, so this would help!

Thank you everyone!
 
Well, as always, if someone else gets to is so be it, but I plan on shooting him from many angles, lots of views to recreate from old film stills, that's what does it for me with these pieces, when I shoot them to match a still and it's like wow he's right out of the movie, just a good feeling, and I'm sure Jabba will give me lots of WOWs with his accurracy.
 
MaulFan said:
Well, as always, if someone else gets to is so be it, but I plan on shooting him from many angles, lots of views to recreate from old film stills, that's what does it for me with these pieces, when I shoot them to match a still and it's like wow he's right out of the movie, just a good feeling, and I'm sure Jabba will give me lots of WOWs with his accurracy.

Can't wait for the pics....you are all making me want to go out and get a new digital camera!
 
Wor-Gar said:
I can't wait for that! I made a goofy GIF I know you saw... see if you can make it a GIF so it will just loop and play.

I can easily gif it, it won't be so much of a motion vid like yours, but rather just a pretty cool browse through various angles of the big guy, I think the Jabba images need some diversity, everyone's images have been pretty much identical for the most part so I plan to showcase the visual feast he offers.
 
MaulFan said:
Well, as always, if someone else gets to is so be it, but I plan on shooting him from many angles, lots of views to recreate from old film stills, that's what does it for me with these pieces, when I shoot them to match a still and it's like wow he's right out of the movie, just a good feeling, and I'm sure Jabba will give me lots of WOWs with his accurracy.

Hey MaulFan, are you still panning on doing a hi-res background to display behind the figure? If so I CAN'T WAIT, MAN! :D :cool:
 
AmanaMatt said:
Can't wait for the pics....you are all making me want to go out and get a new digital camera!

Go for it, I paid $400 for one 4 years ago that you can get equal or better quality than it now for about half the price.
 
pjam said:
Hey MaulFan, are you still panning on doing a hi-res background to display behind the figure? If so I CAN'T WAIT, MAN! :D :cool:

Very much so, but reports of the throne dimensions have seemed questionable, what one's i've read, so I figure with him coming soon enough I'd just wait til Thursday and do it up. I've got a file started and all, but to make it work best gotta get it in scale, so first step is get the width down, then use a blueprint image I found online to scale the size of the steps to either side of the throne and work my way up from there.
 
MaulFan said:
Very much so, but reports of the throne dimensions have seemed questionable, what one's i've read, so I figure with him coming soon enough I'd just wait til Thursday and do it up. I've got a file started and all, but to make it work best gotta get it in scale, so first step is get the width down, then use a blueprint image I found online to scale the size of the steps to either side of the throne and work my way up from there.

Cool. Are you gonna use one big image piece or like a 3 part panel? Also are you using a foam or styro board backing to stand it up?
 
pjam said:
Cool. Are you gonna use one big image piece or like a 3 part panel? Also are you using a foam or styro board backing to stand it up?

I'm not actually going to use it myself, I don't have the resources to display him like that, I'm just looking at the whole matter as a chance to get my art in people's home. My plan is to just build a scale image that covers the wall to the sides of the opening and a few feet worth of the arch, and all of the background, and then do an image of the floor to fit with it as well, then work the file to people's size requirements.
 
I could cry right now with tears of joy or pain but I'll have to get off the paint smell (from Jabba) headache I have right now first. My most wanted collectable from my childhood is here in all its perfection and I cant display him properly! I gravely miscalculated the throne. Its freaking huge. It wont fit in either spot I had ready for it. I have absolutely no where to put it (except the closet). Tis a sad day indeed!
 
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