Sean's 1/6 Tusken Raider

[SpaceCrawler]

I'm not completely finished with him yet, still have some tweaking, painting and details to finish. This was my first attempt at any custom 1/6th figure, I'm not very experienced with this.

It's a basic Dragon body and hands, Hasbro robe and Gaffi stick (and I modified the respirator), and I made everything else and sculpted the "face".

Next up is his Bantha!!! (yeah, I'm serious).

Sean

 

[Star Puffs]

Very nice job. I really hope Sideshow delivers on this character in the next year or so.

You might consider weathering him a bit. He looks a bit clean for a desert dwelling nomad.

 

[shaun-o]

Looks awesome!!!!

 

[Yiddo]

that looks cool

 

[SpaceCrawler]

Very nice job. I really hope Sideshow delivers on this character in the next year or so.

You might consider weathering him a bit. He looks a bit clean for a desert dwelling nomad.

Thanks guys. Yeah, I haven't finished the paint/color, really, yet. I need to pick up some pastels or something to really grime him up a bit.

Sean

 

[thundergod]

That looks fantastic ! A Tusken is next on my "to-do" list , so your figure is a great insiration . As for the weathering , have you considered weathering spray?
https://www.emodels.co.uk/plastic-kits/-c-159_454.html
I've not tried them yet , but they would seem to be ideal for this kind of job. Keep up the good work .

 

[LOPIE]

Looks great, just warp the arms up to the elbows so no skin isnt exposed.

 

[hurricane]

Looking good, you may want to thin down the head wrappings so they arent so wide, and maybe source a 1/6 thompson submachine gun ammo pouch for his midrift,maybe 'outer' robe too, but depends on your prefs and which version 'if any' your doing

 

[Chakaman]

Looks great so far! This is on my list also, but the head is kicking my arse! I agree, some waist ammo pouches and you will be there.

 

[dh4]

Looks great! Nice ammo pouches.

 

[barryo]

looks great. i would agree with the wrapping of the arms to hide the "skin" & your idea of using pastels to weather is spot on.

 

[dh4]

I missed your comment that the Bantha being next. I finished furring a Tauntaun late last year and was also kicking around doing a Bantha. What are you thinking of using as the body or are you planning on starting from scratch?

 

[Chakaman]

Sean, are the eyes steel spacers?? If so, what size are they? They look fab.

 

[SpaceCrawler]

I missed your comment that the Bantha being next. I finished furring a Tauntaun late last year and was also kicking around doing a Bantha. What are you thinking of using as the body or are you planning on starting from scratch?

Yeah, I'm building the Bantha from scratch. A wire and wood armature (so it has some movement) and I will sculpt the face/mouth and horns. The body will be shaped with foam and covered in synthetic fur.

I'm making the armature now, just trying out a few different things, seeing what works best. Hopefully that'll be done in the next few days, then I can start on the head, horns, etc.

Chakaman, the eyes are actually the ends of the some pens that I carved up. This was a fairly quick project and I tried to do it with no casting involved just to see what I could accomplish. I was planning on making another Tusken Raider, so I'd likely make it a bit more refined next go.

Sean

 

[dh4]

That sounds great. You should think about starting a thread showing the progress of the Bantha project. I'm sure everyone would be interested since I think it maybe the first one made at 1/6 scale.

 

[Vivisect]

I planned on doing a Bantha about 10 years ago, I still got the 14" tall woolly mammoth I intended to use as a base body crammed in closet somewhere. But it got shoved to the back burner and forgotten about, I think it was due to having trouble finding the right fur at the time.

 

[Dorgmal Snow]

Sean this is amazing... I think a Tusken is on everybodies todo list as is a Bantha. (that will be so cool.)

I love yours and think you have done an amazing job. When you do the next one can you take shots as you go.
I would love to see the step by step process..

 

[ToyTowersMan]

Looks really good! Nice work on it!
A Bantha would be cool..still think about it too

About the weathering : i used on my Tusken ( https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72294 ) simple coffee to weathered the clothes...
Damn..on my pictures you can't see the effect good enough..lol

 

[dh4]

Hey Sean

I found this 1/6 Bantha this weekend while looking for reference images on the net.

Check it out at www.owenscustoms.com/Beasts.html

Dan

 

[Darth_IMPoor]

Looks good, but it's way out of scale. If you could apply similar techniques to something the size of a 1/6 elephant, you'd be golden. I've thought of this as well and I've yet to come up with anything to use as a base. Building it from scratch is out of my league, so credit to Owen. I'd just like to see it about 25% smaller.