NEW HT PREDATOR, 'Dutch' full spec and hi-res pics

[Tyler]

Hell to the Yes. Here's a comparison pic of your mod with Tyler's:

You can see how much better the head looks on yours (and I thought Tyler's mod was fantastic so that's saying something). Definite improvement. Great job man! I'd suggest you save yourself the trouble and post up a "how-to" before you get killed with messages/pms.

This looks great from what i can see on my phone. Ill have to check it out properly when i get home.

 

[a-dev]

Its disappointing that Hot Toys got that so wrong. Not that they've never made this error before (was looking at pics of Rocky IV Ivan Drago) but surely an abnormally long neck is something easy to notice. Maulfan said it - no real human has a gap that big from the hollow between the 2 collar bones and where your face starts!

Was it just because they were trying to compensate for the fact that he is otherwise too short? With this mod, even though he'll proportionally be more realistic - it'll also turn him into the runt of the Predator special forces squad! Arnold Schwarzennegger! He'll be best displayed standing alone in a Dutchesque pose. We'll have to keep him away from Hawkins or it'll be embarrassing.

 

[Morbo]

please don't take offence, cos this is just my opinion, but now I think that his head looks too low on the neck.

Ok here is the new pics....

 

[a-dev]

Well maybe slightly too low. A full figure shot might show it clearer.

 

[holtrax]

Yeah i agree i think people are getting a bit too carried away with the length of arnies neck(myself included). Obviously his neck supllied with the factory version is too long but its important not to make it too far down either i.e turning him into a midget. Im going to try and have a happy medium as he clearly has a neck! as illustrated by the below shots from predator

 

[Morbo]

here's my Dutch. I'm really liking the new muscle body with the separate arms.
Thank you HT for making the best Arnie figure ever!

 

[Karaduin]

Arnie looks so cool during that whole scene! I love the way that the rest of the team show up when Mac loses his cool and starts to de-forest the jungle with lead - not one of them says a word (like 'what the hell are you shooting at? what did you see?!?), they all just start laying down the fire! Continuous shooting for at least 1 minute 'nade launchers and all. Love it.

 

[abake]

Mac was such a whining beeotch...

 

[Karaduin]

Mac was such a whining beeotch...

Huh?

What about when he's really lost it and repeating: "gonna have me some fun" ?

Not a whiner...

 

[Cap'n Cook]

here's my Dutch. I'm really liking the new muscle body with the separate arms.
Thank you HT for making the best Arnie figure ever!

Congrats man! Looks great.

 

[MaulFan]

Shaun (Maulfan), you are gonna have a ball!

Thanks man, and nice images of Billy's face, I actually can see some Sonny in the sculpt in your images, a good repaint could probably make him look just right. Am I right in assuming there's no skin texture, just a very basic portrait, looks that way. I should have Dutch and the Predator in a couple weeks.

As for the neck mods. It seems like calvarenga's and tyler's are pretty much the same end result give or take, just different paths.

Calvarenga's is to shorten how high the ball joint is so the head goes further down on the neck, Tyler's is to deepen how far the exsiting ball joint goes into the head.

Too bad Calvarenga's requires an uncommon neck adapter to achieve because I like the result.

 

[mr.thrifty]

Mac was such a whining beeotch...

Huh?

What about when he's really lost it and repeating: "gonna have me some fun" ?

Not a whiner...

I really hope they make Mac. but would Blaine get the gun or him. probably get the razer as an EX.

 

[Dollmanron]

here's my Dutch. I'm really liking the new muscle body with the separate arms.
Thank you HT for making the best Arnie figure ever!

Whatever you did looks like it falls between the other two mods, shorter but not too short. Which method did you use?

 

[abake]

Huh?

What about when he's really lost it and repeating: "gonna have me some fun" ?

Not a whiner...

Yeah, I know... it's just the way he crumbles with Blaine's death and his whole monologue with the corpse, I found it irritating...

 

[Morbo]

Whatever you did looks like it falls between the other two mods, shorter but not too short. Which method did you use?

I used the cutting the socket in the head method. I put the hair dryer on the head for a few minutes to soften the head and got a pair of needle nose pliers and pulled the socket out. there was not much glue holding it in.
then just cut a bit away at a time until I was happy with the results.

pulling the socket out

the bits I cut away. THE SOCKET IS THE LARGER PIECE AT THE BACK.

the socket sits deeper into the head. you can see the line in the head where it used to come to.

finished Dutch

 

[darren1228]

I used the cutting the socket in the head method. I put the hair dryer on the head for a few minutes to soften the head and got a pair of needle nose pliers and pulled the socket out. there was not much glue holding it in.
then just cut a bit away at a time until I was happy with the results.

pulling the socket out

the bits I cut away

the socket sits deeper into the head. you can see the line in the head where it used to come to.

finished Dutch

Thanks dude!! Great tutorial!!!

 

[Tyler]

Unpacked my haul last night, quick pics taken in my garden last night.

Shaun (Maulfan), you are gonna have a ball!

Love these Wookster.

After seeing this pic I wont be lowering the head any more than my original attempt.

 

[wookster]

Thanks man, and nice images of Billy's face, I actually can see some Sonny in the sculpt in your images, a good repaint could probably make him look just right. Am I right in assuming there's no skin texture, just a very basic portrait, looks that way. I should have Dutch and the Predator in a couple weeks.

As for the neck mods. It seems like calvarenga's and tyler's are pretty much the same end result give or take, just different paths.

Calvarenga's is to shorten how high the ball joint is so the head goes further down on the neck, Tyler's is to deepen how far the exsiting ball joint goes into the head.

Too bad Calvarenga's requires an uncommon neck adapter to achieve because I like the result.

Yep, Billy's skin is smooth a baby's arse. I keep thinking there is quite a bit of Sonny in the sculpt, but it must just be association to the character, because in all truth it doesn't really look much like him much at all.
I have to admit I don't feel the need to mod the neck, if I was gonna display sans shirt then I'd be tempted, but the jacket is so nice I don't wanna leave it off. In fact I'm tempted to stick him on a regular TT, the muscle bod looks amazing, but like HB it does hamper your posing options a lot.

 

[Khev]

I think his eyes need a repaint. Looks cross-eyed in all the pics.

 

[Reinhardt]

Wookster, if you put him on a Truetype, I would love to see pics. yeah, i'm posing him with his shirt on as well.