What boots are you using... I don't think I've ever seen a pair that accurate in shape?
Here's the Mando one... just for comparison (although it's my paintwork so it could look better
) It's a Sideshow Indy with some extra work done to age the face; meshed with the Sideshow Bespin Hair:
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Definitely agree that the hair is the weakest part of the Enterbay head, for both ESB and ROTJ, just a bit off overall.
The Mando one is something I'd be all over even a couple years ago he did a very nice job and it's an improvement over the original by far, but it just looks like one of the better Sideshow figures and for me it's time to phase those out and SW should be as up to snuff with the rest of my figures collectively but ever since HT put out Luke, anything that looks "sideshow" no longer has a place in my SW collection. So that leaves some mighty big holes.
Anything stock Sideshow I'm upgrading (or I already have upgraded) to be able to flawlessly hang next to Luke and Han.
The way I look at it is this, Hot Toys will never get to a lot of the characters I'd like in my collection at this slow as molasses rate they are going. As far as the non-human figures from SW, SS did a lot and I like a lot of them. I also only really want important OT and maybe the odd prequel figure in my 1/6 collection. As Cool as Bossk looks I don't need a tertiary character of that in 1/6. That's what my 3 3/4 collection is for. So I can have Bossk along with the Cantina bartender and Jabba's six ****ed dancer.
In addition to Luke and Han, these are the guys that I think are (and will be) good enough to hang with them...
- Darth Vader (Sideshow on a Kaustic Plastic body with a custom tunic and cape) I have no desire to lower any domes and the like, I like the head as is, looks like ESB to me which I prefer anyway.
- Boba Fett ( On a HT slim, the only body to go for Boba! Head was widened, chest armor reset. Maybe another bod or two in the future but I'm happy)
- Stormtroopers ( good as they are, I plan to upgrade to a HT slim body anyway as all sideshow bodies can be improved on)
- Emperor ( a future project for me, with a good repaint, some robe weathering and a new body I think he can be quite good)
- Yoda (Medicom is the only on that looks like him, I plan to repaint him, add real hear and weather the robes)
In order to round out a collection that I'd want that I think HT can fill in the gaps in the future I'd like to see...
Han (ESB, ANH)
Princess Leia (ANH or ESB)
Old Ben (ANH)
Anakin (ROTS)
Obi Wan (ROTS)
Lando (ESB)
And I'd like to see Sideshow or HT do
R2D2
c3P0
Chewbacca (any)
And truth be told I'd be happy with that SW collection, I don't need a lot more than those to feel like I have a complete collection.
Sorry for the crazy rant!
Oh and Galacticboy, those boots I don;t know where they came from, but I agree they are the only one's I've seen that are the right height, I found them I think on the ANH Han thread, someone linked to them. They were brown and i painted them black with semi gloss acrylic, able to bend and pose just fine!
