Statue Weta: The Hobbit - Balin

[NAZGUL-KING]

Let's see some pics!

 

[Gwindor]

From Theonring.nets Flickrpage;

 

[Moriaman]

My favorite Dwarf design,i'll be getting him for sure

 

[minastirith]

 

[Darth Waller]

These look incredible, but since they're prototypes I have to ask if production paint will look good. I haven't bought a Weta product in years.

 

[Rick Cottontree]

These look incredible, but since they're prototypes I have to ask if production paint will look good. I haven't bought a Weta product in years.

I hope the paint apps in production match this perfectly

 

[T.E.D]

From Michael Crawford

 

[The Josh]

 

[cstojano]

Up as well, discuss...

 

[The Josh]

Great looking statue! Another of my faves. Like the price and he's on the way.

 

[Enthus]

This will probably be my first Hobbit statue from Weta (once I have some spare cash). Balin's design is just so good; Classic dwarf look, yet very unique. Hopefully the next wave of statues include Bofur (and Bombur, I suppose, since he's been shown)

 

[Seph Stampede]

Very nice. Are these open edition?

 

[The Josh]

Yes they are.

 

[FrodoEyes]

Yes they are.

I wish i could 'like' that too - no rush to buy them, i can wait until i get enough cash together, especially at this time of year!

Although i reckon after Barad-Dur, GTG, Bilbo and Hobbit chronicles i might get enough Weta dollars to get a statue for free!

 

[The Josh]

I wish i could 'like' that too - no rush to buy them, i can wait until i get enough cash together, especially at this time of year!

Although i reckon after Barad-Dur, GTG, Bilbo and Hobbit chronicles i might get enough Weta dollars to get a statue for free!

Yeah, I understand that. I went ahead and grabbed them though. I had $209 in Weta Dollars that I used to get both of them for $281. So not a bad deal plus I got another $40 in Weta dollars coming my way.

Yeah, I think you just might.

 

[The Josh]

 

[EnShinNoi]

We already knew the sculpt was amazing and in person, it's even more so. I love all the details, he looks very Dwarven. For a $230 statue, the paint application is very good and I can't find a single fault. I love the red wash that has been used over his clothing. There's slightly less red shading in the face when compared to Weta's pictures but it's my understanding they're both factory painted pieces so as was evident with the recent Gandalf the Grey, there will be slight variations in face shading.

I had a little difficulty sliding in the square peg (situated under his right boot) into the hole in the base. It fit one way but not the way I needed. After a few attempts, it eventually slipped in :eheh

*There are no wide-angle shots because they all came out terrible (my camera has no manual setting).

Here's what I posted on S&F. If people are unable to see the photos, sorry in advance.

 

[The Josh]

Yeah, no pics are showing up. Do you have a photobucket account?

 

[EnShinNoi]

Yeah, no pics are showing up. Do you have a photobucket account?

Yeah I'll fix it up now.

 

[The Josh]

I see them now. Nice job.