1/6 Indy Customizations: Image Thread

[TRON1968]

LC inspired Indy

 

[Captain Britain]

I just ordered a Dutch muscle body off ebay for one of my Indy heads, probably TOD, but I keep wondering if I should have got the smaller looking Billy muscle body instead. I was just curious to see if it would be in scale with SSC Indy's larger noggin.

 

[chalkyYT]

heres my first attempt at customising indy, im pretty pleased how this turned out, especially the repaint considering its my first go. Its on a soldier story body so i still have to shorten the length of the arms and legs but other than that i think its done.

www.darrencarnall.com was a very useful site to refer to while i was doing this!

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[Mighty_Jabba]

Mikey2Bullets, TRON1968, chalkyYT - great work guys

Mikey2Bullets - I like how your Indy looks in the third pic. He's a bit too shiny though.

TRON1968 - ToD Indy looks great. I like the blood on his face. And Sideshow jacket looks nice on Medicom Indy.

chalkyYT - congrats on the repaint, really good work.

 

[Mikey2Bullets]

Mikey2Bullets, TRON1968, chalkyYT - great work guys

Mikey2Bullets - I like how your Indy looks in the third pic. He's a bit too shiny though.

thanks, i know i can't seem to find a proper flat clear coat that really flattens out the skin while protecting the paint. that's actually my third attempt. the first looked like a "special kid" and on the second the paint flaked off when i tried to re assemble him.

if anyone has suggestions for this i'll do him over. i'm using folk art acrylics.

from a distance of a few feet he looks great, a bit sweaty, but great

 

[Mighty_Jabba]

Mikey2Bullets, TRON1968, chalkyYT - great work guys

Mikey2Bullets - I like how your Indy looks in the third pic. He's a bit too shiny though.

thanks, i know i can't seem to find a proper flat clear coat that really flattens out the skin while protecting the paint. that's actually my third attempt. the first looked like a "special kid" and on the second the paint flaked off when i tried to re assemble him.

if anyone has suggestions for this i'll do him over. i'm using folk art acrylics.

from a distance of a few feet he looks great, a bit sweaty, but great

Maybe the guys in the customs section could help you:
https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13801

 

[Darren Carnall]

heres my first attempt at customising indy.....

www.darrencarnall.com was a very useful site to refer to while i was doing this!

awww, thanks for the mention! Glad it helped a little Your figures looks great!

thanks, i know i can't seem to find a proper flat clear coat that really flattens out the skin while protecting the paint.

I use a polyeurathane varnish, I think its designed for furniture maybe... or at least it has a picture of a wooden chair on the can. This harden very shiny... but the longer you leave it the harder it gets. So I do that and leave it for a few days... or if I can over a week.... (although its touch dry after a day) ...then I get some Testor's Dullcote... this doesnt quite protect as much as the other stuff (which is why I use that first) but this makes things DEAD flat... completely matt... not shiny in the slightest. This dries in a few hours. THen i use a tiny brush and some gloss varnish from a small bottle (craft store) and gloss the eyes.

Hope this helps

 

[Mikey2Bullets]

awww, thanks for the mention! Glad it helped a little Your figures looks great!



I use a polyeurathane varnish, I think its designed for furniture maybe... or at least it has a picture of a wooden chair on the can. This harden very shiny... but the longer you leave it the harder it gets. So I do that and leave it for a few days... or if I can over a week.... (although its touch dry after a day) ...then I get some Testor's Dullcote... this doesnt quite protect as much as the other stuff (which is why I use that first) but this makes things DEAD flat... completely matt... not shiny in the slightest. This dries in a few hours. THen i use a tiny brush and some gloss varnish from a small bottle (craft store) and gloss the eyes.

Hope this helps

thank you sir!
will definately try this.

i found this stuff called microflat. it's for flattening waterslide decals after application. on models it works great, no shine. i did to the extra fedora, still a bit glossy.

 

[chalkyYT]

if its any help i used tamiya acrylic paints, and a tamiya thinner, the ones marked "XF" are matt (X is gloss). The head was still a bit shiny as you can see in my photos so i bought a can of humbrol "model and craft hobby spray matt varnish" from my local hobby craft for about £4.30 A couple of lightly sprayed coats worked a treat. I prefer him to my premium format figure now!

 

[chalkyYT]

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this pic was before i used the matt varnish, theres still a shine to the paint, especially compared to the joker,
the one below is after i sprayed it. ill try to put better pics up in daylight

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[faststreetsofhongkong]

Sorry about the bad lighting, here are some pics of my 1/6th Indy in progress (he still needs to be weathered and the jacket has yet to be made) ... The shirt is off a bit on purpose, but the pockets do match up if it is not in "messed up" mode.

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[Indiana Fett]

Sorry about the bad lighting, here are some pics of my 1/6th Indy in progress (he still needs to be weathered and the jacket has yet to be made) ... The shirt is off a bit on purpose, but the pockets do match up if it is not in "messed up" mode.

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WOW! That looks great! What shirt are you using? Or is it a custom? Are the pants the Sideshow ones? The belt and holster look like the Mike Fisher ones...I have a couple of those myself!

 

[faststreetsofhongkong]

Thanks for the comments:

Yes, Mike Fisher belts, they are awesome!

The shirt and pants are custom, I spent a few days finding the right material here in Hong Kong. I had the lady who does the work make the pants slightly longer a just a little bit baggy.

Sean Ho did the face and full body re-paint, the hat has been altered as well based upon the excellent information I found on indygear. 2 cm has been added to the body length, which has really made a BIG difference.

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Here is a look at the fabric (though this picture is for the PF pants comparison):

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And here are some better lit pics:

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Hopefully I will have some pics over the weekend of this outfit weathered ...

 

[TRON1968]

Great work Faststreetsofhongkong!

 

[TRON1968]

KotCS inspired Indy.

I'm waiting for some Sideshow pants and a Medicom shirt. I think they will work well on OLD indy. I love the head sculpt. Very cranky!

 

[faststreetsofhongkong]

I love your KOTCS Indy, I did one a couple of weeks back myself. The Sideshow Jacket works great! And I agree about the head sculpt ...


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[MANDO]

Chalky, your's looks excellent!! Love that body for Indy!

 

[DinoLast]

KotCS inspired Indy.

I can't help but see this guy when I look at Medicom's old Indy.

Sorry guys.
I have seen a really good Repaint of the sculpt on this board, which managed to bring out a ford likeness

 

[FLOSI]

So I was throwing together an Indy on a TT last night and when I got to the feet/shoes from the original SS figure I was unable to figure out a way to get them on the TT. I would have sworn that someone at some point in this thread wrote that the Pro feet, when the ankle peg is removed, are compatible with the TT ankle. Am I crazy? I'm using the newer TT with the Tom Cruise sculpt. Is there perhaps a difference between this TT and a past version?

 

[Studio49]

So I was throwing together an Indy on a TT last night and when I got to the feet/shoes from the original SS figure I was unable to figure out a way to get them on the TT. I would have sworn that someone at some point in this thread wrote that the Pro feet, when the ankle peg is removed, are compatible with the TT ankle. Am I crazy? I'm using the newer TT with the Tom Cruise sculpt. Is there perhaps a difference between this TT and a past version?

I am pretty sure someone said you had to boil the sideshow boots to pop them on the TT pegs.