The Great FARAMIR Image Thread!!!

[Darth Cruel]

brothers

 

[Darth Cruel]

I disagree. The only shot I've seen where it looks "off" is WG close up which is not a fair pic to really judge by because how many of us look at it that close.

From the far off shots he looks 2 be pretty good which in the end is how most people are gonna judge it. Aragorn isn't that bad either IMO. Could he be better? Sure but I don't think this line has had too many issues other than a lack of figures.

I agree that they look good from a reasonable distance...but mine is even worse than WG's close up.

Edit - One of the things that it seems to me, is that both of these guys had goatees and a few day's growth in the movie...not full beards. Am I wrong?

 

[MaulFan]

I agree that they look good from a reasonable distance...but mine is even worse than WG's close up.

Edit - One of the things that it seems to me, is that both of these guys had goatees and a few day's growth in the movie...not full beards. Am I wrong?

If you're referring to Aragorn and Faramir, then yes, unless Faramir's beard was really light, they both had a, I've been out in the field for a good while beard, and actually Faramir even less so, his more like a heavy 5 O'Clock shadow.

 

[FlyAndFight]

I agree that they look good from a reasonable distance...but mine is even worse than WG's close up.

Edit - One of the things that it seems to me, is that both of these guys had goatees and a few day's growth in the movie...not full beards. Am I wrong?

Josh, please see this pic above and tell me you still think he's looking just "off"... That paint job is horrendous. When you get yours, do a simple test and put him next to Obi Wan and tell me there's not a HUGE difference in paint apps. Or just compare him to Boromir. There's no denying that this is bad and not just "off".

DarthCruel, you are correct. Boromir only had the goatee while Faramir had a beard but it wasn't "full", in the sense that it was scraggly and blonde, which didn't appear as full.

 

[The Josh]

His skin tones in that pic where the flash is very obvious does look bad. However, I think in some of WG pics the skin tone looks much better. The beard in the far off pics looks decent but should be lighter because of fact he didn't have a full beard.

 

[FlyAndFight]

I'm not going to bring up the age-old debate regarding the prototype vs production paint apps, but just compare the two pics and you'll see that they are miles apart, in terms of application. In this case, the prototype is actually quite restrained and appears similar to many of SS's other production finishes. Production Faramir, on the other hand, looks like it was rushed.

 

[MaulFan]

I don't think Faramir's paint apps would get as much attention if it weren't for the homerun they hit with Boromir's paint apps, from Aragorn to Legolas to Boromir was a strong forward momentum of improvement, now Faramir, while the overall application looks decent, the paint texture and shades seem a small step backward.

Going by this image, you can see his "beard" really is the faintest sign of there being anything, and mainly in the area of his goatee is it really visible.

I'm still looking forward to getting mine and think overall it's a very nice figure, but in critque he'd stack up a little short compared to big brother.

 

[jedibear]

If you're talking about those "naughty" pictures again, you are a sick man.

No more sick than that guy who came up with the story idea of a sister planting a big wet one on her brother...but I digress.


Um, no. Just a nice standard fully-clothed shot would do....thank you.
(My retinas still haven't recovered from Plo...)

But wait....DarthCruel has it covered

 

[jedibear]

brothers

Thanks Darth

 

[MaulFan]

I can't wait til I get him Thursday, I have a beautiful graphic in mind...

 

[DarkArtist81]

I'm gonna have to get this one just to see if it can be salvaged... Maybe if I dye the cloak, weather and repaint it... it might look like the Faramir we all know and love again..

I'll keep you guys updated if I do...

 

[Darth Cruel]

Now that I have beat up on the paint app on the face. Let me make it perfectly clear...I still LOVE the figure. No different than all the others.

 

[Khev]

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Wow, that's worse than Yavin Luke and I was assuming that Luke was rushed because it was a convention exclusive. How long was Faramir in development? Yikes. The sculpt and outfit look great but that paint job is Hasbro bad. This actually makes me a little nervous about future offerings....

 

[Seth Gecko]

Yikes wow..just wow who is that?Thats not faramir.

 

[nash]

I disagree. The only shot I've seen where it looks "off" is WG close up which is not a fair pic to really judge by because how many of us look at it that close.

From the far off shots he looks 2 be pretty good which in the end is how most people are gonna judge it. Aragorn isn't that bad either IMO. Could he be better? Sure but I don't think this line has had too many issues other than a lack of figures.

Dont worry guys, LOTR stuff can look off because we can justify it by saying that it's portraying the characters from the book. SInce the books were written well before the movie was ever made.

 

[galactiboy]

Remember people, the big pictures and what-not always get the panties in a bunch.

Just take a deep breath and wait for your figure to show up... its probably fine in person. I personally don't care to own Faramir so its a non-issue for me. But Boromir doesn't photo that well (face is always too flushed looking) but in person is great.

 

[Ultimate Weapon]

Ok, still really looking forward to Faramir's arrival on Thursday, but what happened to the paint? I don't even care if a paint job is ultra detailed, but the colors should at least be somewhat close. Color matching should not be difficult in the least. It looks like they didn't have the right light brown on hand so they just painted it with regular brown. There's no reason the paint apps could not match the PPO image posted a few pages back - that's a completely realistic expectation.

Another thing I notice is that on the proto there are two open spaces in the bangs of his hair, yet on the production piece those two open spaces aren't cut out - they're filled in and don't look like they should be.

A repaint is a must if only to achieve the likes of the PPO image, those spaces in the bangs need to br trimmed with an X-acto, and perhaps a bit of weathering on the cloak. I think that should really get Faramir back up to spec.

 

[Ultimate Weapon]

Not a major thing, but the buckle for the quiver is also completely different from the prototype and the film.

 

[shocktrooper_au]

I'm sorry the quality is so terrible; I'm using my phone's camera, but when I get a hold of a real camera I'll get some better pictures. At least you can see how I last posed him.

I'll be posing mine like this except hood up

 

[Darren Carnall]

obviously a repaint would help this be even better, but y'know... just a can of dullcote would get rid of that shine and help it look much better for those who hate the shine