Head sculpture (BeastMaster) Mad Max (Mel Gibson) Sculpt

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The 3d print production has started. I should have a batch shipped to me early November.

 

[fallinlight]

I thought I'd share my Beastmaster head on my Road Warrior figure. I spent about 14 hours on the neck to get it just right, trying out some of my spare neck adapters. Was an arduous task, but I learned a good method in the end through trial and error. I usually just use cotton but this called for something firmer and solid. Then I just remembered Beast recommended using 16mm diameter rubber tubing upon seeing his post earlier in this thread. So, I might try that later. I sliced the chest and took out the neck adapter from inside already, anyway, so the body is all prepped now, at least. That said, I think I prefer my method perhaps, as the neck shape with my adapter is very close to Gibson's. It looks like the tubing will still keep a taper towards the top, which always annoys me with some necks, and also even after some modification methods.

It's a larger than usual head it seems and I think modifying any neck on the body of your choosing is a must, as I don't know of a stock one that would fit this head properly. The key is that Gibson had a wide and tall neck. Using references from the film and Beasts photos, I think I've gotten near screen-perfect with mine.

On my stock custom body, it looked very off and it was really bugging me. I initially tested the head on an AT011 when I got it a week or so ago and it also looked bad:



And this as on my Max figure, without modification:



I remembered how much of a difference the neck height and size can fix and improve a figures likeness, though, so I got to work. I tried a few adapters and settled on the largest half bowl type one I had which allows the head to fit almost perfectly on top:



Unfortunately, most of the head doesn't quite fit over the neck as it is about the exact same width as the new circumference of the neck. But can be fit pretty snug still with some mild heat and wiggling it lightly. I also couldn't fill gap beneath chin, so from side angles in certain lighting, as you will see, it doesn't look the best. But I think I've nailed Gisbon's neck from profile, head on. Really helps sell the his likeness and big improvement over the above, if you compare. I am much happier now. I've got sore fingers to rest now!

 

[fallinlight]

With some cotton, or some heat and my needle-nose pliers, I can fine adjust the adapter and neck to articulate the head as I want. For now, I've settled on this brooding pose, similar to shots from the film:



I hope the above helps.

Wishing everyone a warm and Very Merry Christmas

 

[Wor-Gar]

Great work, and your outfit look particularly good.

Can you share what parts you use?

 

[fallinlight]

Great work, and your outfit look particularly good.

Can you share what parts you use?

Kind thanks, @Wor-Gar. I am the second owner of the base body and I didn't put it together and modify (apart from the t-shirt a bit and neck) and weather it, all credit goes to the previous owner and customiser who did that, it's amazing work.

Body: the torso and legs of the body are from two separate figures for the right proportions and to fill out the Dark Toys outfit. He did a great job there, it's a solid body and very similar to Gibson's, with a very similar chest as you can see, for example. The chest is shaped like a Maha or DID Advanced 2.0. The arms are more muscular than Gibson's were but I think the trade-off is needed to fill out this outfit, even then the outfit still hangs too loose on his arms, but it certainly looks decent/ passable, I think and is good improvement over stock.

Clothing: the clothes are from three different 1/6 Max figures, as well as a couple of areas the previous owner did himself with leather. Most of the outfit is Dark Toys, apart from the rear hand axe pouch, axe and the tire wrench and pouch, which are from the Premier Toys Max, which was switched out to have real material and accessories.

I will see about cutting his right sleeve the correct way, but it might take off too much material and then look worse, so will have to review this carefully first.

Weathering and other modifications/ enhancements:

Pleather outfit: the outfit was heavily weathered with various rust, dust and dirt paint details added, with a 'dust' acrylic colour mixture of the customiser's own.

T-Shirt: Max's T-shirt was cut and ripped to screen-accuracy at the neck line and the left breast area, which is torn in the film. I improved the neck line by fine trimming loose hairs and getting the shape closer to the film.

Shotgun: Max's sawed-off shotgun was weathered including with metallic scrapes, as well as grip wrapping added.

Leg brace: The stabiliser portion of the leg brace below the knee was reinforced and enhanced, as that aspect had been missing on the brace. Testers paint in a chrome was used to paint the brace to make it appear more metallic. An acrylic silver metallic top coat of paint went over that, since the Testers can be a little grimy. However, it is rubbing off easily, so I will need to seal it with a sealant.

Arm rag: the red arm rag, which was a cheap ribbon on the Dark Toys figure was also been replaced with an actual rag piece

Other accessories: Max's boot knife and all accessories, etc., have been weathered and in some areas, given stronger connections, such as the binoculars.

Max's Dog: The dog was re-painted to be closer to the actual colouring in the film.

There might be some other things that were done but I am not sure. If I think it safe to, I will treat all of the pleather with Aerospace 303, which I use for any pleather, it should be fine.

I hope that helps

 

[fallinlight]

@Wor-Gar, I can share some better photos of the customisation work to the DTs/ Max thread(s) as I don't want to de-rail this one.