Recent content by geo71

Re: 1:6 Ellen Ripley Portrait This has got to be the best Ripley sculpt so far BY FAR!!! Well done!!! I do think that the hair needs to be just a tad longer at the sides and that it would look much more effective a darker shade of brown. Also think that the jaw/neck needs more definition...NOT...

Monkeybat, The hoses you mention are an absolute BALL ACHE!! When my powerloader arrived I had every intention of going down the metal pin route as most of the yellow pegs had snapped off or were just about to snap. Normally I am a perfectionist with these things but in the end I decided to try...

Always enjoy catching up on this thread. I got a HT powerloader a few weeks ago and had fun customizing Ripley, really wanted to get screen accurate look. Not quite finished yet but I am pleased so far. The powerloader is a great piece!

***UPDATE*** A few weeks ago I managed to get myself the HT powerloader.....AMAZING piece!!!! and it encouraged me to finish the Ripley figure I started way back when!... i am really pleased with the results although I do realize there are still a few tweaks and improvents I need to make. It's...

Great! what you have done to your Ripley is excellent! I am currently working on a hero heads Ripley sculpt, but seeing your pics make me wonder if I should just stick with the HT sculpt!!! It's also good to see you have your Ripley in this pose/outfit like she appears at the end of the film, I...

Excellent work! what a difference! beautiful skin tones and the lips look so real! Also love the sweat!

yeah, i can see what you're saying..... it does look quite masculine, i just like the fact that it has the high cheekbones and pointy features of weaver that is lacking in the HT sculpt.... I am not knocking the HT sculpt, it does look incredible and bears a good resemblence when it's painted up...

Re: Hot Toys Ripley hi, i got this sculpt from ebay, it was from a guy called lonnie at hero heads... i will dig out the details for you.

Hi All, I am new to the forums, and fairly new to the world of modelling too! I thought i would try to upload a couple of pics of my Ripley custom that I plan on working on. As you probably know it's a Hero Head.... I love what FiguremasterLes and others have done to their HT sculpts...they...

thanks everyone for the warm welcome..... still finding my way round the site at the moment, this really is a great site!:banana

Just a quick hello! brilliant site, it has a great feel about it... lookin forward to pickin up some top tips, i am 37, live in manchester uk, i used to do a lot of model makin in my teens and actually got pretty good at it.....alas, i have not done any modelmaking for quite a few yaers now but...