parrasmaniac
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wow! that looks excellent Talibane... I wish I can achieve the same Luke
nice work Talibane I`m working on making a custom of this. I just scored the luke x-wing suit off TA and those cylinders that go around the leg as well. I have custom orange jacket a friend made for me for walrus man but going to use it on this project. I need to find those hoth boots if any one wants to sell an extra pair. and currently eyeing some hoth luke gloved hands and the wrist gauntlets. hopefully I can get them this week when I get paid hope there still there.I agree on the lack of a grappling gun and "ATAT-killer" grenade - really no excuse for the price; the reason I researched/made them (and I thought I had solved that problem for everyone, but thanks to a bs SSF ban, that got sunk) The unhelmeted head is indeed strange, but to call the helmeted headsculpt "atrocious" is a real stretch. I'd agree on the Luke X head, maybe agree on the extra Luke Hoth head - but no way on this helmeted head. It captures Hamill really quite nicely and the apps are close to HT quality.
But I agree that something went slightly awry - in a number of ways - with the Snowspeeder utility belt beyond them forgetting the leg strap. But the HT belt has some inaccuracies of its own.
The HT DX boots are not accurate for the Snowspeeder battle scenes (which this fig was mostly intended to portray, even though they did show a couple of Dago pics) at least without a fair amount of modding. He does wear the thinner boots in a couple of shots on Hoth, but they are a paler/white version, or have the bright white straps, not the beige/brown versions seen on Dagobah.
I've been working up a Dago arrival display variation - trying to match the pic I loved as a little kid.
I'm currently experimenting with various tweaks to the hair and face on the unhelmeted sculpt - may try some lighter highlights on the hair (but all the HT Lukes have fairly dark hair.) This is a scratch-built version of the unique "Muppet Show" style blaster he is holding in that shot, not the regular blaster that came with the figure (people may not have noticed, but the balster that came with this fig is an all-new sculpt, not the same one released with Luke Hoth.) This is the WIP under flat/bright lighting:
wow! that looks excellent Talibane... I wish I can achieve the same Luke
Awesome Talibane! I want to achieve this look , but i findthat the jacket is not that easy to work with, and to shape. Weathering is done, futzing too. I haven't spent too much time on it, but i'm sure it will happen someday.
nice work Talibane I`m working on making a custom of this. I just scored the luke x-wing suit off TA and those cylinders that go around the leg as well. I have custom orange jacket a friend made for me for walrus man but going to use it on this project. I need to find those hoth boots if any one wants to sell an extra pair. and currently eyeing some hoth luke gloved hands and the wrist gauntlets. hopefully I can get them this week when I get paid hope there still there.
So when are you doing a run of the grappling guns and selling them?
keep us posted on if you make some grappling guns Talibane that would be sweet
Exploring if a buddy of mine can 3D scan the pieces to create a digital file that can then be 3D printed. That way it doesn't mess up the paint like casting would. Hopefully they can be printed at a resolution that won't create all those little lines we saw on the Shapeways ANH stunt stormie helmet printouts.
Excellent pictures, Indy! Cool new avatar as well.
I'd love to have one of these but I'm finding crazy secondary market prices...yikes!
They might end up doing another run at some point. Or "V2" with some updates. If there's less accessories though, it would be crazy to charge $270. Hopefully they drop the price.
I dream of that scenario every night ! Unfortunately I think it'll stay just like that...........only a dream
Thanks man! I was watching Man of Steel again this past weekend, and when that part came on (my favorite scene in the movie) I thought it would make a cool avatar. [emoji106] Matches my username too. It also matches yours!
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