Sideshow 1/6 Jabba and Throne

[Hoody999]

Shrinkage rates will also play a role. Some plastics shrink more than others. And I can't imagine SS going through a lot of development time to fine tune moulds to a mega small tolerance.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Knowing this crowd, no matter how small the gap, people will find it and have OCD cranial breakdowns over it.

No gap is acceptable other than the two-finger gap.

 

[Hoody999]

Knowing this crowd, no matter how small the gap, people will find it and have OCD cranial breakdowns over it.

No gap is acceptable other than the two-finger gap.

yep, that's totally acceptable

 

[Scottpe]

I don't quite follow that logic he mentioned in the video. Most high-end prototypes like this would be 3D printed in ABS

Often when prototyping, they will make a mold of the original print/sculpt, which allows multiple copies, usually cast in resin, to be made relatively quickly/easily for paint testing, etc. Given that he stated the prototype shown is resin, my guess is that is the approach they used...

 

[Matt S]

Knowing this crowd, no matter how small the gap, people will find it and have OCD cranial breakdowns over it.

No gap is acceptable other than the two-finger gap.

LOL, pretty much the truth with collectors

 

[TaliBane]

Knowing this crowd, no matter how small the gap, people will find it and have OCD cranial breakdowns over it.

No gap is acceptable other than the two-finger gap.

Cranial gaps causing cranial breakdowns. Makes sense.

Often when prototyping, they will make a mold of the original print/sculpt, which allows multiple copies, usually cast in resin, to be made relatively quickly/easily for paint testing, etc. Given that he stated the prototype shown is resin, my guess is that is the approach they used...

He didn't actually say the Jabba painted prototype itself was resin (and he and the lady made conflicting statements about prototype weight too) - he seems to be mentioning resin in a more a generic statement about prototypes - but I guess it makes sense it would be cast in resin.

Thanks for clarifying.

Going to be interesting to see how close they can get this. What's interesting is that the swap-out pieces idea (while ambitious) was both a risky and unnecessary decision - doing two heads would have been preferable and probably even simpler to make than all the little swap-out pieces.

 

[Hoody999]

Who wants a 1/6 Rancor now ??

Credit to ADAM VEHIGE what a great piece of artwork !

 

[slikkerias]

I do hope for an updated or HT version of the ROTJ Bib Fortuna. But you can actually get a pretty good one out of the old SSC version. A body swap is essential, heavy water treatment and a slight repaint.

 

[TaliBane]

I do hope for an updated or HT version of the ROTJ Bib Fortuna. But you can actually get a pretty good one out of the old SSC version. A body swap is essential, heavy water treatment and a slight repaint.

Very nice.

Yeah it's a funky figure out of the box for sure, but with some TLC can really be elevated.

 

[generalgrevious]

I do hope for an updated or HT version of the ROTJ Bib Fortuna. But you can actually get a pretty good one out of the old SSC version. A body swap is essential, heavy water treatment and a slight repaint.

did you replace the body and what body did you use and how?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Its that Alka-Seltzer stare that gets me.

"Oh god... my stomach..."

 

[slikkerias]

did you replace the body and what body did you use and how?

It’s a ttm19 narrow shoulder body I believe. The boots work fine if you remove the toes and the head has a peg that is small. So I removed the bigger peg from the neck and used some blue tag to hold the smaller peg.

 

[generalgrevious]

It’s a ttm19 narrow shoulder body I believe. The boots work fine if you remove the toes and the head has a peg that is small. So I removed the bigger peg from the neck and used some blue tag to hold the smaller peg.

do you have some pics of the mod on how you did it.

 

[LOPIE]

It's not a bad sculpt when it repainted.

 

[slikkerias]

do you have some pics of the mod on how you did it.

No. But it’s quite simple:
Undress him
Heat up the head w a blow dryer or hot water. Pull it off.
Break the neck of the ttm19 apart to remove the balljoint. Glue it back together.
Dress up the ttm19 and break off the toes to fit in the boots.
(The hands fit on the ttm19 hand pegs.)
Soak him in warm water and pose him and the clothes.
Fit the head on the neck. Use some blu tack to
I repainted the eyes and eye sockets.
The ttm19 is a bit short, so if you have some longer foot pegs I would use those.

 

[slikkerias]

It's not a bad sculpt when it repainted.

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No it’s not bad. But I agree that the expression could be better.

 

[earthdog]

It's not a bad sculpt when it repainted.

Not sure who this belongs to but.. yeah...

 

[TaliBane]

Wow, great repaints!

Out of the box I gotta say I actually preferred the hasbro Bib to the Sideshow one. Something about the sculpt of the face that's a bit off and the color scheme (too pink maybe) - but these repaints really are inspiring.

All I have done so far is repaint the eyes.

 

[slikkerias]

Not sure who this belongs to but.. yeah...

Looks great. But not pale enough for Bib I think.

 

[TaliBane]

Looks great. But not pale enough for Bib I think.

Yeah, it has a slightly zombie look actually.

This is my SSC Bib with eyes repainted and the Hasbro one I added some SSC parts to (before I found the full SSC figure for super cheap.) Not sure what to do with these guys. Even though its an old and simplistic sculpt lacking in detail, there's something about the Hasbro Bib that captures him a bit better.

EDIT: Just realized I pulled one of Hasbro Bib's hands out of the balljoint in this pic.

I do love the EX staff he comes with - one of the very first SSC nods to Kenner, and probably something Bib should have had in the movie - really suits his character.

I like having two Bib Fs - I use one next to Jabba and another greeting Luke in my Jabba dio.