Robert De Niro / Vito Corleone : a year in the making

[Raymond F.]

About a year I'd say... I kept mulling over this wondering how I could get an outfit that was pretty accurate as thee was no way I;d get my hands on Ha Rue's. Strangely it was the vest that had me stumped for the longest. I recently received my Michael Corleone figure and it in part pissed me off that I could never get Vito done off of the amazing KAI sculpt I had. Funnily enough the answer lied completely in my spare parts bin and a little bit of hand customization and I couldn't be happier... I wonder how long ago I could have actually had him finished?

 

[Raymond F.]

Here are some shots from the film.. say i got the outfit about 95% accurate...

 

[siquisiri]

Great lookin fig!! congrats

 

[keysta75]

Nice pics too Ray

 

[Cheungkinmen]

great pics man~

 

[Boondocksaint]

who did the hs

 

[marker2037]

Lookin nice ray!

 

[meth head]

Bloody beautiful Ray, that is one fine looking figure

You really must do a thread for Show Your Shelves now

 

[keysta75]

Bloody beautiful Ray, that is one fine looking figure

You really must do a thread for Show Your Shelves now

I agree that would be nice

 

[Thrustmaster]

which michael corleone figure have you? always reading that you have one etc, but never seen a pic

 

[Cheungkinmen]

who did the hs

Kai if I'm not mistaken.

 

[JackSanta]

oh~~ It's cool collection!! I envy you.

 

[Raymond F.]

oh~~ It's cool collection!! I envy you.

Thanks Jack you'res is not so bad yourself hahaha

thanks guys Kai did the great head sculpt stated in the post it's awesome.

Teddy trust me my shelve set up looks like crap. My collection is spread apart two countries... It'd always in a temporary state. You should are my brothers in the show your shelves thread... He's got most of the same stuff and his set up I one of he best posted on the board.

 

[El Calvo]

He came out great !!! were did you get the shirt and vest?

 

[Raymond F.]

thanks!shirt is made by myself it's pretty damn close tobeing screen accurate. The vest came from the TTL black striped suit

I mulled over that damn vest for months... thought it was impossible to find anything like it in 1/6. How Could I have spent hours upon hours on eBay looking for something I had in my parts bin all along?

 

[Boondocksaint]

is the hs still available?

 

[Thrustmaster]

which michael corleone figure have you? always reading that you have one etc, but never seen a pic

 

[Raymond F.]

I think the head is long gone I'm guessing, Kai usually makes 15-25 sculpts then they sell out and that's the end of them... but you never know you can post in the wanted section maybe someone else got pissed not being able to get him an outfit and wants to get rid of their head?

Unfortunately I'm not able to show the Michael Corleone off at the request of the good friend who helped me get it since it was a private commission... Too bad I've taken some of my best shots yet and it is a wonderful wonderful caliber sculpt. But I'll always respect my friend's (who shall remain anonymous) request/ MC was my all time most wanted behind Taxi Driver so I'm so grateful to him for hooking me up. Sorry not meaning to be an ass/tease... I didn't think anyone would actually read or notice my post in any way lol.. doesn't seem to be much love for Michael Corleone around these parts.

 

[Boondocksaint]

thanks ray


soon there will be love for michael! lol

 

[Raymond F.]

great pics man~

Thanks man, the first one is my favorite pic I've taken... I set it at a really low depth of field with a high ISO... I wanted it to look really rich, sort of emulate an oil painting. A few of the ones below I'm not so happy about, i was itching to show him and it was late

I want to put a book together maybe of some of the better photos I've taken some day, customs, HT, SS etc.