The Great FARAMIR Image Thread!!!

[MaulFan]

Lets just hope that SS is flooded with returns and this whole thing will greatly impact future quality control and production paint apps in good way.

I would think the chatter in here has already got some chatter going within SSC, Chris' comments have a very "what the hell happened" tone to it.

 

[pjam]

Sounds like a broken record.

We've been addressing paint apps issues for years now with SSC and they are still consistently inconsistent with matching proto to prod figs unlike Companies like HT and Medicom which deliver product damn close if not spot on to their proto images...

Faramir, whether painted better or worse still has the same paint scheme for its production run based on the plethora of images posted here, so at best you may get a better painted fig which doesn't resemble the proto or display fig which was the case for me...

Other than that, the outfit and accessories are excellent so its a good fig, but will need a total repaint to look like the proto or display fig...

 

[King Darkness]

Well the figure looks awesome from the neck down, so I will not send it back no matter what.

Just send it to Josh and problem solved.

 

[MaulFan]

Sounds like a broken record.

We've been addressing paint apps issues for years now with SSC and they are still consistently inconsistent with matching proto to prod figs unlike Companies like HT and Medicom which deliver product damn close if not spot on to their proto images...

Faramir, whether painted better or worse still has the same paint scheme for its production run based on the plethora of images posted here, so at best you may get a better painted fig which doesn't resemble the proto or display fig which was the case for me...

Other than that, the outfit and accessories are excellent so its a good fig, but will need a total repaint to look like the proto or display fig...

Well I don't know about others, but for me, the issue at hand here isn't the difference between proto and production. I've been collecting SSC figures for a little over a year now, and in that time, no figures except for the aliens in the Star Wars line, have been painted just like the prototype pictures and I have no expectations for that quality in the final figure, nor did I have that with Faramir. What I do have is an expectation for what Sideshow's prodcution quality is, and was surprised to get Faramir in a condition that in no way reflected the quality I've come to expect from Sideshow's production. Incorrect colors and still look fine if the application of them is done right. I'll admit that the shades for ROTS Obi-Wan's beard and hair are darker than what you could consider consistent shades from the film, but the quality with which that head was painted is beautiful and he's the best human figure of the entire Star Wars line in my opinion, and Faramir could still look like a great figure even with darker beard and hair than proto/film, but the way the ones we've seen here in the forums have been painted, that's what's really in question to me, not the color choices, but the application of those paints.

 

[teemu]

I got my Faramir and I like it just like the other 3, but looking at these photos of crap paint jobs that got sent out to some of you, just shows who the best 12" figure makers are HOT TOYS and Medicom!!

Sideshow needs to shape up!

 

[pjam]

I'm not going to get into this again but needless to say it is and has clearly been an issue for years. There are literally thousands of posts on many threads on this board over the past few years addressing their disappointment over SSC paint apps quality, it's all there for anyone to read...

The good news is SSC has been making good quality figs for the most part with very good paint apps, the bad news is its still like playing russian roulette if you're really looking forward to a fig and were disappointed...

 

[Captain Faramir]

I got my Faramir and I like it just like the other 3, but looking at these photos of crap paint jobs that got sent out to some of you, just shows who the best 12" figure makers are HOT TOYS and Medicom!!

Sideshow needs to shape up!

In your opinion, though I disagree . . .

 

[The Josh]

Outside of one here and there I don't have many issues with the SS paint apps and I totally disagree that HT, Medicom, etc are immune to errors as some would have you believe. This all being said the Faramirs we've seen didn't turn out all that hot.

 

[Captain Faramir]

Mine was a bit worse than Wor-Gar's . . . hmm, I would almost send him back just to see what a good one looks like, but I've got Les doing it now, so really, at this point I'm one happy Faramir fan!

 

[Mookeylama]

just opened mine and it's about the same as the rest posted here. shiny face paint (i could live w/ this as a "sweaty" look but...), mustache is crooked, eyes are googly, and beard spotty. mine's hair looks a better color than some here tho. boots are awful.

 

[MaulFan]

I got my Faramir and I like it just like the other 3, but looking at these photos of crap paint jobs that got sent out to some of you, just shows who the best 12" figure makers are HOT TOYS and Medicom!!

Sideshow needs to shape up!

It's easy enough for Medicom not to botch a paint job persay because their heads have the least paint apps of any high end figure maker out there, and can still manage to botch a job, ie Johnny Depp's likeness lost in the final paint quality of the Jack Sparrow figure. The beauty of having 3 manufactures of high end figures is you get options, but ever single one of them has their flaws and no one company turns out 100% perfect product.

 

[Vader AL]

It's easy enough for Medicom not to botch a paint job persay because their heads have the least paint apps of any high end figure maker out there, and can still manage to botch a job, ie Johnny Depp's likeness lost in the final paint quality of the Jack Sparrow figure. The beauty of having 3 manufactures of high end figures is you get options, but ever single one of them has their flaws and no one company turns out 100% perfect product.

very true, no one can be perfect but looking at these this is unacceptable garbage. I'll keep mine because everything but the crap face looks great but will have to get someone to repaint it pushing the overall cost to nearly a medicom figure. i'm just very dissapointed with this QC failure. Luckily I received Maul PF today and it is stellar.

 

[pjam]

As was the Maul 12". As close to a custom paint job I've seen, it was superb... those eyes were perfect. Then more figs came out looking just great including Legolas and Boromir. At that point I was saying FINALLY they got their paint apps QC corrected...

Then we get these zombie glaucoma Faramir eyes and you just have to bang your head at the wall, and say WTF were they thinking?

THAT is a QC issue...

 

[musketball]

who is a good person to send the figure to if I decide to keep it?How do I contact them.I guess the repaint guys are going to make loads$$$$ off this one.

Brent

 

[Mookeylama]

hey how do u put this quiver on? i have it thru the hole and around the chest, over the shoulder, but i can't see where to connect the end of the strap. there's a hole at the end of the strap so i'm guessing it pushes onto a peg or something on the plastic part of the quiver but the only pegs i see already have straps on'em and dont have room for another.

 

[teemu]

In your opinion, though I disagree . . .

Your Right, my opinion, but I have never seen more threads that ***** about Sideshow 12" pieces paint apps
unlike Hot Toys and Medicoms paint Jobs.I like Sideshow
Once quoted, they were the greatest until Hot Toys and Medicom came along
Having Sideshow standing against my Hot Toys and Medicoms, its clear who wins in quality.Even people that have seen my collection take notice of whats better.What does that tell you? If your only collecting Sideshow you'll never see the difference.

 

[MaulFan]

Your Right, my opinion, but I have never seen more threads that ***** about Sideshow 12" pieces paint apps
unlike Hot Toys and Medicoms paint Jobs.I like Sideshow
Once quoted, they were the greatest until Hot Toys and Medicom came along
Having Sideshow standing against my Hot Toys and Medicoms, its clear who wins in quality.Even people that have seen my collection take notice of whats better.What does that tell you? If your only collecting Sideshow you'll never see the difference.

I collect all 3, and I find various faults in all 3.

 

[jaffakitkat]

I haven't got my Faramir yet, but looking at these pics has left me with a few questions. Obviously there's been a bit of a problem with the paint apps, but one of the things I'm really curious about is the hair – not the paint, but the sculpt. Someone pointed out earlier that there seem to be bits that should have been cut out, giving Faramir those loose locks at the front that we saw in the proto figure, and haven't been in the final product. Why wouldn't they have done that? Aragorn and Boromir both had more complex hair sculpts like that, with locks in front for Aragorn and over the ears for Boromir. Why did that suddenly not work when we got to Faramir? It seems very odd.

I'm also on the list of those wondering why they changed the buckle on the quiver strap when they had the correct one at Toyfair. Did the screen accurate one turn out to be too fragile, or something?

 

[hoodonit00]

You all that are comparing SST to Medicom or Hot Toys must be forgetting one thing, the latter companies are much more expensive than SST. You slap another 30 bucks on the price of a Sideshow LOTR figure and I bet the paint will be perfect. Now I dont know about you, but I would rather stick to paying 70. bucks for figure with a few flaws than 100 or more with none. Thats what got me away from collecting 1/6th scale, once bbi stopped releasing military figs, you couldnt get a fig for less than 90 to 110. bucks. Im envious of some of you who can afford to spend 350 bucks on this and 200 on that, but I cant and wont. So when SST releases figs from my favorite movie, at a price point I can afford, you wont hear me complain to much about the quality issues. We are a fickle bunch. If a company weathers an outfit, we complain because we wanted to do it. If they release a clean outfit, we compain because we want it looking used. Sure Faramirs paint leaves something to be desired, but Boromirs was great yet some still painted it as well as Legolas. Hell, people even complain about the weapons, modern and fantasy. If its true to scale than its very delicate and breaks when we constantly jam it into a figures hands. So the company makes it sturdier which usually means thicker, so than we complain about how out of scale something is, its neverending. Ive been collecting ever since 21st century came on the scene and ive heard complaints about all of them. I just hope that they continue with this line.

 

[Darklord Dave]

As I pointed out above - Medicom and HT are not only more expensive, but their human head paint jobs are far less ambitious than most SSC figures.

It is unfortunate that the paint jobs are hit and miss on the SSC figures, but I'm more disappointed that the quiver clasp is wrong. That would seem to be cost cutting measure that mars an otherwise outstanding figure (costume-wise).