Thanks, Adam.
This is a modified version of the normal Endor Luke with the fixed neck. In order to achieve that “head up” look I I modified the body by shaving back some of the plastic from the back of the neck/shoulders to free up some more backward mobility. This is a pretty straightforward...
The first thing I did was completely remove the fat suit, however, when I reassembled everything the jumpsuit was WAY too loose. After that I basically cut the arms off and the legs below the thigh and it looked way better. I ultimately settled with adding a small bit of the padding at the...
I was surprised by the lack of flexibility as well, but this improves a little bit with some changes to the fat suit. The fat suit is across the entire body so it bunches up a lot around the joints. I removed the sections near the joints and the mobility improved. Here is my best attempt so far...
This was a grail figure for me. Slight inaccuracies aside, this is the best we’ll ever get. I modified the fat suit underneath, which I think helped with the proportions, but I still have some futzing to do. Hoping to take some better pictures this weekend with both speeders
Like many others have commented, I was charged over 10 days ago and my status was frozen at "Preparing to ship", but to my surprise my order for 2x Speeder Bikes & Scouts shipped from Sideshow today. Hopefully others start to get notices as well.
Thanks Indy!
I used to be really into WWII 1/6th stuff, so I used a set of DID boots from the Otto figure. They're a fake leather and look much better than the rubber/plastic ones.
Here is a link to where you can get them on TA:
https://www.toyanxiety.com/herbertottogille-tallboots.aspx
And...
This is my first Hot Toys figure, pictures hardly capture how awesome this thing is. I chose to customize an extra set of fatigues for my BD Bespin Luke, and stole the clean version for an Endor custom.