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Super Freak
COMMANDO
#status: done! (avaiting updated pics. Jan.2014)
EDIT: yea, might not look like that much have changed, but... much have changed.
Little details added here and there + added weaponry. Tried to make this thing as movie accurate as I can with the parts I can acquire... ofcourse there are differences, it's not perfect, nothing ever is...
+ it seems like every single little detail in this movie changes from scene to scene, even the movie posters are not consistent, but I did the best I could.
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PARTS USED:
head ............ Hot Toys MMS117 T-800
body ............ Hot Toys Chris Redfield (Stars version)
vest ............. Hot Toys Billy Sole flak vest with added straps and buckles from R099 Aviator Harness
pants ........... 060R Green Army Pants
boots ........... Hot Toys Wesker (Stars version)
watch .......... Hot Toys Wesker
knife ............ Hot Toys Billy Sole
grenades ...... Soldier Story m67 Hand Grenades (x3)
pouches ....... (all modified from) BBI NIGHT OPS NAVY SEAL WOODLAND M4 DROP LEG POUCH
shotgun
shells .......... TTL CIA Quick reaction force shells(x12) + (modified) carriers (x2)
throwing knives
in the back ... k-bar type knife (maybe Soldier Story) with custom sheat (x2) - not accurate, but cant really be seen in the movie
desert
eagle .......... Hot Toys Wesker
drop leg
holster ....... (modified > woodland camo) ACE USAF STS M9 Tactical Holster
rocket
launcher ..... (heavily modified) Zacca m202a1 - not accurate - custom built prop used in the movie, actually looks very different from the real m202a1
Valmet
M78/83 ....... (modified) Dragon AK47 (with DIY custom stock/elongated barrel etc.) - not accurate, but Valmet was never produced in 1/6th form
uzi ............. Hot Toys MMS002 BD T-800
shotgun ...... BGN-01-24 Dragon M1100 Shotgun (custom painted) - not accurate - Remington 870 used in the movie - couldn't find one in 1/6th form
claymore
carrier
bags .......... Hot Toys PLATOON Chris Taylor (x2)
a ridicilous amount of super glue and bomullsband (cotton ribbon) for all the straps on the vest/custom throwing knife holsters/black seams in the pouches/etc./etc.
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RED HEAT
#status: done!
Teaser pics on post #135: https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3405203&postcount=135
I liked the idea of making this figure, but in reality it seems almost too simple? Kinda dull even.
Really hard to get decent pics of it, since there's not much going on, but I'll give it a try.
Obviously the jacket & hat are a bit wrong, but those are the best I could find.
Body is just a buffed up TT (bubble wrap + ducktape), HT Arnie body would've been a waste + a very tight fit clothes wise.
I hope I can still figure out how to make the ID-badge for him. It might give me a few options posing wise...
MORE PICS COMING SOON! IF THERE'S ENOUGH INTREST... SEEMS I'M KINDA LAZY NOWADAYS.
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PARTS USED:
head ............ Hot Toys MMS136 T-800 (T1)
body ............ Hot Toys PLATOON Chris Taylor
winter hat .... BBI Russian MVD Krechet Winter Uniform Set (heavily modified)
shirt ............ Twisting Toyz Italian (Grey)
suit ............. Hot Toys Scarecrow
boots .......... Dragon Volodya Antonovich Soviet
winter
coat ............ DID WWII GERMAN 6th ARMY JOSEF
insignia ....... DIY custom
9.2 mm
Podbyrin
pistol .......... Coomodel Desert Eagle (black)
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DIE HARD (1988)
#status: done!
hated this figure for the longest time. actually I think I've been sitting on this for about six monts now.
I had the eBay knock-off with stubble&hair as the head and the whole thing just felt really, really off...
it wasn't until I sculpted the hair myself to the bald Colton knock-off's, that everything started falling into place.
still feel the HT head is off... but it's the best one out there at the moment.
I want my figures as seemless as possible. hence the "sleeves".
they dont articulate very well, but I keep my figures mostly in static poses anyway.
I seem to prefer them this way? and the sleeves do seem to compliment Willis's physique better than for example the regular TTM-19 arms...
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PARTS USED:
head ............ knock-off Joe Colton w/ custom added hair&cigarette
body ............ (modified) Hot Toys TTM-19 (original arms replaced w/ something equivalent to HT narrow type) + ZWCO rubber arm sleeves (w/ custom harness to keep the shoulders inside the torso).
sleeveless
t-shirt .......... ACI Toys undervest white
pants ........... random grey suit set
feet ............. Hot Toys Bruce Lee
watch .......... (custom) Dragon Police tactical unit wrist watch
walkie
talkie ........... (custom) Hot Toys T-1000
beretta ......... Art Figures
mp5A3 ......... (modified) Hot Toys Resident Evil Bioharzard Jill mp5
bag .............. (custom) DX10 carrier
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DIE HARD 2
#status: done! (avaiting updated pics. Jan.2014)
decided to be a little different and went with the cheezy and underrated sequel to the blockbuster that is DIE HARD...
WHY? you may ask, but as a FIN it's close to my heart. Sibelius, snow, Renny Harlin...
and funny enough there is actually a Commando (1985) connection in the movie.
from IMBD: The General (in Die Hard2) is from "Valverde", the fictitious Latin-American country used in Commando. (The first Die Hard was originally supposed to be the sequel to that movie).
this bash was a very enjoyable experience and I'm thinking of doing a bash from the first instalment too...
I must say I had my doubts about the Brothers Production dirty Johnny head, but it really seems to be the best likeness out there at the moment (just realised mine's actually just a very good and nicely painted knock-off from the original Bros. head. and the sculpt still looks nice.). actually I like the Art-Figures head more, but the bit too heavy beard and the lack of hair make the Bros. head an easy choice. really hoping Hot Toys will eventually pick up the license.
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PARTS USED:
head ............ Brothers Production Dirty Johnny (mine's actually just a good knock-off)
body ............ Hot Toys TTM-19 (a waste really. looking to replace it)
sleeveless
t-shirt .......... ACI Toys undervest white
pants ........... CC151 1/6 DOLLSFIGURE Black Men Suit Set
flannel
shirt ............ KC333 D.Blue Plaid Shirt (dyed grey) Ken & Friends
fire fighter
jacket ......... (heavily modified & painted) Figures Home (FH 1007) WWII Supply duty - 69 division, overcoat
shoes .......... Sideshow Indiana Jones
watch ......... Dragon Police tactical unit wrist watch (very tight fit for TTM-19)
walkie
talkie .......... Hot Toys T-1000
police
badge ......... Hot Toys T-1000 (w/ DIY black leather wallet & ID)
shoulder
holster ......... Art Figures Avenger
beretta &
clips ............ Hot Toys T-1000
mp5A3 ......... (modified) Hot Toys Resident Evil Bioharzard Jill mp5
cigarette
pack ........... DIY Lucky Strike
lighter ......... Dragon Korean War Pusan 1950 USMC Sniper Jack
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BEYOND THE LAW
#status: done!
this is Sid, man.
for anyone intrested in the film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt
Story:
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation.
In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes.
Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go? (Written by Alfred Jingle)
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done. finally... I'm really, really happy I saw this through as I started the project well over a year ago.
originally thought about doing this when Hot Toys Chris Taylor was first announced in 2010, but chickened out... and mere 3 years later, here we are
I'm not much of a painter or a sculptor, but I think the long hair and beard came out ok. without the Chris Taylor forehead seam I could've tried something a bit more natural with the hair, but all-in-all I think it came out pretty nice.
EDIT: please mind that the picture was taken at an unflattering angle considering the hair. from other angles it falls more naturally to the figures shoulders...
to me the blu-ray release of "Beyond the Law/Fixing The Shadow/Hart Wie Stahl/Made of Steel" seems very, very dark and the colors just seem somewhat off...
so, I based the color palette on the figure closer to my own recollections of the original PAL VHS-tape I used to have.
I was really struggeling with a good pose, untill I realised something as simple as lighting a cigarette might really fit the character well.
I didn't want to underline the bikerlook with guns etc. something simple works fine with the subjectmatter...
all the printwork was a drag, as it all had to be drawn from scratch, but well worth it... overall a fun little project that somewhere in the process became very, very personal to me.
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PARTS USED:
head ...................... (customized) Hot Toys MMS135 Chris Taylor (added beard and customised Hot Toys Odin hair piece)
body ...................... [pretty sure it's equivalent to] Hot Toys TTM-08
glasses ................... (customized) Hot Toys MMS119 Sarah Connor (w/ added custom leather coverings)
leather jacket .......... Hot Toys MMS117
denim jacket ........... (customized) ...cant recall, maybe Crazy Owners? (with custom biker patches)
t-shirt ................... random Hot Toys, black (with custom printing)
necklace ................ custom
double
shoulder holster ...... random (MMS206 Joe Colton would work perfectly)
guns (Smith&
Wesson 39) ........... ws0045 silver Pistol [or anything random off eBay would do, as they wont show anyway] (handles yet to be customized pearl white)
gloves .................. Hot Toys MMS136 T-800
pants ................... (customized) Saturday Toys biker set (narraowed down & painted light brown with dark highlights)
belt ...................... custom w/ custom buckle
boots ................... cheapest random (and likely counterfeit recast) boots off eBay
cigarette .............. Hot Toys MMS119 Sarah Connor
lighter .................. random DiD
SOME TWEAKS TO BE ADDED LATER...
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thanx for looking.
#status: done! (avaiting updated pics. Jan.2014)
EDIT: yea, might not look like that much have changed, but... much have changed.
Little details added here and there + added weaponry. Tried to make this thing as movie accurate as I can with the parts I can acquire... ofcourse there are differences, it's not perfect, nothing ever is...
+ it seems like every single little detail in this movie changes from scene to scene, even the movie posters are not consistent, but I did the best I could.
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PARTS USED:
head ............ Hot Toys MMS117 T-800
body ............ Hot Toys Chris Redfield (Stars version)
vest ............. Hot Toys Billy Sole flak vest with added straps and buckles from R099 Aviator Harness
pants ........... 060R Green Army Pants
boots ........... Hot Toys Wesker (Stars version)
watch .......... Hot Toys Wesker
knife ............ Hot Toys Billy Sole
grenades ...... Soldier Story m67 Hand Grenades (x3)
pouches ....... (all modified from) BBI NIGHT OPS NAVY SEAL WOODLAND M4 DROP LEG POUCH
shotgun
shells .......... TTL CIA Quick reaction force shells(x12) + (modified) carriers (x2)
throwing knives
in the back ... k-bar type knife (maybe Soldier Story) with custom sheat (x2) - not accurate, but cant really be seen in the movie
desert
eagle .......... Hot Toys Wesker
drop leg
holster ....... (modified > woodland camo) ACE USAF STS M9 Tactical Holster
rocket
launcher ..... (heavily modified) Zacca m202a1 - not accurate - custom built prop used in the movie, actually looks very different from the real m202a1
Valmet
M78/83 ....... (modified) Dragon AK47 (with DIY custom stock/elongated barrel etc.) - not accurate, but Valmet was never produced in 1/6th form
uzi ............. Hot Toys MMS002 BD T-800
shotgun ...... BGN-01-24 Dragon M1100 Shotgun (custom painted) - not accurate - Remington 870 used in the movie - couldn't find one in 1/6th form
claymore
carrier
bags .......... Hot Toys PLATOON Chris Taylor (x2)
a ridicilous amount of super glue and bomullsband (cotton ribbon) for all the straps on the vest/custom throwing knife holsters/black seams in the pouches/etc./etc.
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I'LL BE BACK.
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RED HEAT
#status: done!
Teaser pics on post #135: https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3405203&postcount=135
I liked the idea of making this figure, but in reality it seems almost too simple? Kinda dull even.
Really hard to get decent pics of it, since there's not much going on, but I'll give it a try.
Obviously the jacket & hat are a bit wrong, but those are the best I could find.
Body is just a buffed up TT (bubble wrap + ducktape), HT Arnie body would've been a waste + a very tight fit clothes wise.
I hope I can still figure out how to make the ID-badge for him. It might give me a few options posing wise...
MORE PICS COMING SOON! IF THERE'S ENOUGH INTREST... SEEMS I'M KINDA LAZY NOWADAYS.
- -
PARTS USED:
head ............ Hot Toys MMS136 T-800 (T1)
body ............ Hot Toys PLATOON Chris Taylor
winter hat .... BBI Russian MVD Krechet Winter Uniform Set (heavily modified)
shirt ............ Twisting Toyz Italian (Grey)
suit ............. Hot Toys Scarecrow
boots .......... Dragon Volodya Antonovich Soviet
winter
coat ............ DID WWII GERMAN 6th ARMY JOSEF
insignia ....... DIY custom
9.2 mm
Podbyrin
pistol .......... Coomodel Desert Eagle (black)
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DIE HARD (1988)
#status: done!
hated this figure for the longest time. actually I think I've been sitting on this for about six monts now.
I had the eBay knock-off with stubble&hair as the head and the whole thing just felt really, really off...
it wasn't until I sculpted the hair myself to the bald Colton knock-off's, that everything started falling into place.
still feel the HT head is off... but it's the best one out there at the moment.
I want my figures as seemless as possible. hence the "sleeves".
they dont articulate very well, but I keep my figures mostly in static poses anyway.
I seem to prefer them this way? and the sleeves do seem to compliment Willis's physique better than for example the regular TTM-19 arms...
- -
PARTS USED:
head ............ knock-off Joe Colton w/ custom added hair&cigarette
body ............ (modified) Hot Toys TTM-19 (original arms replaced w/ something equivalent to HT narrow type) + ZWCO rubber arm sleeves (w/ custom harness to keep the shoulders inside the torso).
sleeveless
t-shirt .......... ACI Toys undervest white
pants ........... random grey suit set
feet ............. Hot Toys Bruce Lee
watch .......... (custom) Dragon Police tactical unit wrist watch
walkie
talkie ........... (custom) Hot Toys T-1000
beretta ......... Art Figures
mp5A3 ......... (modified) Hot Toys Resident Evil Bioharzard Jill mp5
bag .............. (custom) DX10 carrier
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DIE HARD 2
#status: done! (avaiting updated pics. Jan.2014)
decided to be a little different and went with the cheezy and underrated sequel to the blockbuster that is DIE HARD...
WHY? you may ask, but as a FIN it's close to my heart. Sibelius, snow, Renny Harlin...
and funny enough there is actually a Commando (1985) connection in the movie.
from IMBD: The General (in Die Hard2) is from "Valverde", the fictitious Latin-American country used in Commando. (The first Die Hard was originally supposed to be the sequel to that movie).
this bash was a very enjoyable experience and I'm thinking of doing a bash from the first instalment too...
I must say I had my doubts about the Brothers Production dirty Johnny head, but it really seems to be the best likeness out there at the moment (just realised mine's actually just a very good and nicely painted knock-off from the original Bros. head. and the sculpt still looks nice.). actually I like the Art-Figures head more, but the bit too heavy beard and the lack of hair make the Bros. head an easy choice. really hoping Hot Toys will eventually pick up the license.
- -
PARTS USED:
head ............ Brothers Production Dirty Johnny (mine's actually just a good knock-off)
body ............ Hot Toys TTM-19 (a waste really. looking to replace it)
sleeveless
t-shirt .......... ACI Toys undervest white
pants ........... CC151 1/6 DOLLSFIGURE Black Men Suit Set
flannel
shirt ............ KC333 D.Blue Plaid Shirt (dyed grey) Ken & Friends
fire fighter
jacket ......... (heavily modified & painted) Figures Home (FH 1007) WWII Supply duty - 69 division, overcoat
shoes .......... Sideshow Indiana Jones
watch ......... Dragon Police tactical unit wrist watch (very tight fit for TTM-19)
walkie
talkie .......... Hot Toys T-1000
police
badge ......... Hot Toys T-1000 (w/ DIY black leather wallet & ID)
shoulder
holster ......... Art Figures Avenger
beretta &
clips ............ Hot Toys T-1000
mp5A3 ......... (modified) Hot Toys Resident Evil Bioharzard Jill mp5
cigarette
pack ........... DIY Lucky Strike
lighter ......... Dragon Korean War Pusan 1950 USMC Sniper Jack
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BEYOND THE LAW
#status: done!
this is Sid, man.
for anyone intrested in the film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103805/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt
Story:
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation.
In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes.
Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go? (Written by Alfred Jingle)
. . .
done. finally... I'm really, really happy I saw this through as I started the project well over a year ago.
originally thought about doing this when Hot Toys Chris Taylor was first announced in 2010, but chickened out... and mere 3 years later, here we are
I'm not much of a painter or a sculptor, but I think the long hair and beard came out ok. without the Chris Taylor forehead seam I could've tried something a bit more natural with the hair, but all-in-all I think it came out pretty nice.
EDIT: please mind that the picture was taken at an unflattering angle considering the hair. from other angles it falls more naturally to the figures shoulders...
to me the blu-ray release of "Beyond the Law/Fixing The Shadow/Hart Wie Stahl/Made of Steel" seems very, very dark and the colors just seem somewhat off...
so, I based the color palette on the figure closer to my own recollections of the original PAL VHS-tape I used to have.
I was really struggeling with a good pose, untill I realised something as simple as lighting a cigarette might really fit the character well.
I didn't want to underline the bikerlook with guns etc. something simple works fine with the subjectmatter...
all the printwork was a drag, as it all had to be drawn from scratch, but well worth it... overall a fun little project that somewhere in the process became very, very personal to me.
--
PARTS USED:
head ...................... (customized) Hot Toys MMS135 Chris Taylor (added beard and customised Hot Toys Odin hair piece)
body ...................... [pretty sure it's equivalent to] Hot Toys TTM-08
glasses ................... (customized) Hot Toys MMS119 Sarah Connor (w/ added custom leather coverings)
leather jacket .......... Hot Toys MMS117
denim jacket ........... (customized) ...cant recall, maybe Crazy Owners? (with custom biker patches)
t-shirt ................... random Hot Toys, black (with custom printing)
necklace ................ custom
double
shoulder holster ...... random (MMS206 Joe Colton would work perfectly)
guns (Smith&
Wesson 39) ........... ws0045 silver Pistol [or anything random off eBay would do, as they wont show anyway] (handles yet to be customized pearl white)
gloves .................. Hot Toys MMS136 T-800
pants ................... (customized) Saturday Toys biker set (narraowed down & painted light brown with dark highlights)
belt ...................... custom w/ custom buckle
boots ................... cheapest random (and likely counterfeit recast) boots off eBay
cigarette .............. Hot Toys MMS119 Sarah Connor
lighter .................. random DiD
SOME TWEAKS TO BE ADDED LATER...
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thanx for looking.
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There's not much you can do to that to make it better by the looks of it.
I really am overwhelmed of all the feedback.
...and it didn't really help that when it arrived, the wife decided to give, the M202A1 to my son to play with...
