Threezero - Game of Thrones - 1/6 Eddard (Ned) Stark Figure

[agen_kolar]

Tyrion's skin felt too dark to me, so I'm sad to hear that Ned seems to suffer the same.

Still no update on my tracking number. Two weeks after I received it, it doesn't seem to have left China.

 

[Raymond F.]

Tyrion's skin felt too dark to me, so I'm sad to hear that Ned seems to suffer the same.

Still no update on my tracking number. Two weeks after I received it, it doesn't seem to have left China.

You're right about the skin tone on tyrion but Ned is worse unfortunately. Very orange and dark.

 

[Zavior]

I had Tyrion on pre-order with direct collectibles in the UK and I got him end of March I think, I can't remember when 3Zero released him but it was was around 3 months later with that supplier in particular

Great to hear. My pre-order is at direct collectibles. So about three months after Threezerostore.com release? Hope I will get it faster Thanks for the info m8!

 

[Mudblood]

Got mine in today. I'll post pictures later tonight. One problem was getting the hands to hold Ice pointing straight down. It took a bit of wiggling and moving, but it worked. They always wanted to lean to either side.
The face paint on mine is fine, but I wouldn't mind getting the hair touched up. My biggest problem is the leather weathering on the hands and boots. Mine's a pinkish-brown that doesn't look the best. I'd get that fixed before fixing the head.

Overall, I love the figure. I like it a lot better than Tyrion, which is saying a lot. I do agree that Ice feels a bit thin and flimsy, but it looks great on the shelf. The sword and dagger look great, a bit flimsy, but they'll never leave the sheaths anyway.

 

[TheFiend]

Ned is much like Tyrion where whatever niggles I have with him they are generally lessened or disappear when looking at him on the shelf from about 4-5 feet away. I'm liking Ned more and more. I'll still look into a custom sculpt or repaint when or if possible though.

 

[Pixelpiper]

My biggest problem is the leather weathering on the hands and boots. Mine's a pinkish-brown that doesn't look the best. I'd get that fixed before fixing the head.

You're talking about the crease areas and not the dirt right? IMO, the color is a good representation of what leather tanned to this color would look like when distressed and worn, showing the reddish undertones.

I'd love it if all the weapons were made from metal, but I don't think that would fit well into Threezero's budget while selling the complete figure for $160 retail (considerably lower wholesale). Like everyone else has said, they look good when posed on the shelf, even from up-close inspection, IMO. Just don't use them to clean your teeth or nails.

I'll still look into a custom sculpt or repaint when or if possible though.

In the meantime, you should consider playing around with whatever lighting you're using on the shelf he's displayed in. The change in appearance on 1/6 figures with some creative lighting can be astounding. It can make something look "worse" too, so don't be afraid to play around with both the amount of light as well as its direction, trying to create flattering shadows and highlights that add a ton of realism.

 

[Mudblood]

Reddish undertones, sure. More pink like mine? Not so much. The dirt/snow weathering looks great.

 

[Brendan352]

Mine is coming in in about an hour, I plan on taking a few pictures with my camera and shadow box. Any requests?!

ALSO, how are you guys putting the belt on??

 

[Raymond F.]

The belt is easy just squeeze the head and put it through the loop and then flip it into a knot. There's a clear picture back a few pages

 

[Pixelpiper]

The belt is easy just squeeze the head and put it through the loop

Is this an auto-erotic setup for Ned?

 

[Ce Ilhuicamina]

Is this an auto-erotic setup for Ned?

 

[JonWes]

Mine arrived, and I'm astounded! I love him so much. Such great quality for the price. I'm pretty much 100% pleased.

 

[DKA8976]

Mine still hasn't arrived. It spent 4 days in customs and a day a piece to transition from customs to the San Francisco office, to the local post office up here. So it will be here on Tuesday, after nearly 3 weeks for shipping. Ugh.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Finally got a chance to open this set up, and it does not disappoint. The Ned portrait looks very good, the outfit & tailoring are both top notch, and the EX sword is nice as well even though it isn't metal. The asking price for the EX was a bargain, now bring on Jon Snow.

 

[TheFiend]

It's good to hear more happy customers.

 

[Raymond F.]

before anyone asks... I have zero time to take any commissions on now, no exceptions but hopefully I can inspire others to modify and enhance.

 

[illproxy]

before anyone asks... I have zero time to take any commissions on now, no exceptions but hopefully I can inspire others to modify and enhance.

when you can, pls go into detail about what exactly you did? filled out beard and applied lighter skin tone, correct? or a complete repaint? what type of paint and colors did you use etc?

thks, looks great, well done.

 

[TheFiend]

Can you paint mine??!!!
Just kidding. [emoji38]

Flesh color is way better. LOVE what you did with the beard. Would you mind giving us a small run down on what you did,Raymond?

 

[Raymond F.]

Thanks guys!

Of course! Happy to see if I can break this down as best as possible, my process is kind of intuitive so forgive me if I don't explain it to well.

How I always paint my heads from scratch is a base tone of flesh acrylic, my own special mix... and then the rest is light brown washes to make the detail pop and everything from there on in skin tone and shade wise is all chalk pastel. So for Ned, I didn't repaint it. I just used pastel to adjust the temperature to the existing paint job.

First of for the flesh tone, a little known trick that I use to adjust the tempter of my paint jobs is brushing on chalk pastel with a very fine brush, lightly so not to make it look dusty, and then sealing it in with light sprays of testers dullcoat. So when something is too warm, you cool it off with sky/baby blue... i added some magenta to his cheeks and nose a bit to give him more life also. I enhanced the bags under his eyes with light brown washes, as well as the crows feet.

When it comes to the beard the first thing was looking at a lot of reference pictures. Not only was the beard too light but they got the growth pattern wrong. he has a lot more hair around his mouth area i darkened nd filled this in with fine acrylic brush strokes and dark brown and black pastel. then i went in and added very fine gray/white hairs to the whole thing.

 

[Raymond F.]

and the band of pastels I use i got at an art store. They are called Rembrandt soft pastels, extra fine. the brush is just a very fine brush. I use a wider medium sized ones for overall tone and shade and a very small blunt one for fine details