ROTS Obi wan custom headsculpt

[paulcarson]

I've been tinkering with the idea of this ever since the Clonobi was announced, I thought that there was great potential in the sculpt to turn Trevor's awesome sculpt into my favourite Obi Wan from the prequels - episode 3.

As you can see I added a neck to the Clonobi sculpt and revamped his hair. Because I didn't use any clay that hardened on the head I also have the option of changing the hairstyle to a shorter episode 1 version . I also like the idea of having a slicked back "wet " look on the AOTC Kenobi so I may attempt this one next.

Anyway enough of my chit chat onto the pictures...

 

[paulcarson]

A few more pictures ...

 

[teabelly83]

thats cool!!

 

[paulcarson]

Thanks teabelly83 ! My photos are pretty awful, its a shame really as there is a lot more detail in the hair and beard than the pictures show.

 

[teabelly83]

no worrys, i dont own a ssc obi wan so ur sculpt would be cool.

 

[rw23]

Looks awesome! :chew

 

[drjedisith]

best obi yet!!

 

[paulcarson]

Thanks for the kind words rw23 and drjedisith !

I wonder if you guys can help me out here. I'm thinking of revamping the hair to add a couple of loose strands, do you think it is a good idea or should I leave it as is ?

 

[MANDO]

That really great stuff you got there! I have to echo what everyone else has said, that's the best Obi-Wan I've seen!

 

[gdb]

That beard looks awesome! That is cool! It's tempting to add loose strands but I've been staring at screencaps of Ep. 3 a lot recently and I wouldn't. I think the hair looks great as is.

 

[die]

that looks perfect!

 

[drod26]

Those are great looking, thay are going to look awesome painted. Are you going to make them available?

 

[paulcarson]

A small update.

I've been looking at the cast head and there was somethingthat was slightly off, that I couldn't put my finger on . It dawned on me that the back of the head was a bit too square looking . I also didn't like the shape of the floppy fringe . So armed with some reference pictures and some good advice from some very good friends here on the board ( you know who you are ! ) I've set about revamping Obi's hairstyle. Ignore the beard, it was damaged when I took it out of the mould I will redo it before moulding it again.

Rather than having strands hang down as I first imagined I've taken the hair so that it hangs a bit more naturally down the side. I want this to look close to the sculpts that both Andy and Trevor did to keep some kind of continuity. Its also a kind of homage to their excellent work ! So here we are... ( please excuse my crappy pics ... where's Maulfan when you need him ? )

I'm interested in any comments or improvement suggestions as I will be making a small amount of these available when its done. So its your chance to have some input into how you'd like your figure to look !

I've had a few pms with messages of support and compliments on this ,so I'd like to thank you all for your interest and kind words ! They mean a lot !

 

[paulcarson]

I forgot to add, the neck size has been shaped to fit on Hot Toys , Sideshow and Dragon neck attachments. I don't know which body I'm going with for this so I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Scifi67]

I was just looking at my Obi line up this morning thinking the exact same thing. How awesome it would be to have a Trev sculpted EPIII Obi and then I logged in here and look at what I found! Looks awesome as is I would not change the hair. If you get a chance how about a picture of the new head on the sideshow EPIII body.

 

[paulcarson]

Thanks ! I'll see what I can do about a photo on the body. Regarding the hair, I'm going to mould it with the new sculpted hair as I think it looks more like Ewan's was in the movie. Its also in keeping with the look of the character and consistency with the look of the other figures.

 

[DarkArtist81]

Very nice Paul! I love it, definitely looks like Ewan! You did great work here man, the beard looks great. I'll definitely want one, looks like it would be a joy to paint.

 

[paulcarson]

Thanks Josh ! Coming from a fantastic customiser like yourself I'm extremely flattered ! Like I said Trevor deserves the credit for this . I'd love to see what you can do with this one.

 

[drjedisith]

damn! this thing kicks al kinds of sith arse! awesome man.

 

[MaulFan]

Bravo on the part update Paul