[FRwL custom] HS Tech Noir...

[a-dev]

I'm here just as a Terminator lovin' fella.
I do wish I was able to buy custom stuff nowadays.
Plus I don't have the HT Punk figure anymore anyway.

Aww ***t yeah, I forgot about that.

 

[RIDDICK]

I would be very interested in Full BD version tho since I've sold HT figure yet can't sell my old custom (no one wants it).

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But let's be real, it's just wishful thinking. Most people are happy with their HT MMS238 head. :lol

 

[a-dev]

I think because of the animatronic puppet we give Hot Toys more room for error on that particular look. It definitely feels less needed than the BD Tech Noir/Police Shootout and a clean T2 head.

 

[RIDDICK]

Yeah, I absolutely ok with that. I'd interested in a great lookin' T2 clean head sculpt for sure.

Heck, maybe if this Tech Noir sculpt will be released at a point in time where I'll have spare cash to waste I may just grab one and re-sculpt into Full BD.

 

[a-dev]

If I'm really greedy (I am) I'd throw in a new semi-BD T2 head to replace the current fat-head on DX13 and also a new T-1000 Robert Patrick sculpt. The MMS129 T-1000 has the most bizarre hairline on the sides of his head and a really lumpy cranium shape.

 

[rjszar]

So you're agreeing on a slight eyebrow change?

We'd want to sum up the things we're all agreeing on to give Ullipekka a clear mission statement (if he's willing to oblige us)

I have no problem with a slant to the eyebrows, a-dev. As you know, Paint isn't exactly easy to work with, and I was just trying to get the brows up off his eyes and remove the curve at the end. Ulli would be better equipped to move the eyebrows around. It would have either taken too much time for me to do that or it would have looked a mess on the render.

So, basically the changes we want are:

1. Hair swooped over
2. More lip curl on left side of mouth
3. A little more squint in left eye
4. Raise and slant eyebrows and remove the curve at the end

Ulli, can you make these alterations?


I did one last alteration trying to raise and slant the eyebrows like a-dev suggested. It's crude, but you can do these the right way Ulli.

 

[a-dev]

We want to be careful with that eyebrow mod - I actually think that latest one has made him look more ''concerned'' than his trademark stern. I dunno maybe mine did that aswell but we definitely don't want that effect. The eyebrows just shouldn't be a perfect straight line from one side of the face to the other. I think, having drawn Ullipekka's attention to that he'll be able to make the right adjustment in looking at pics of Arnie.

We agree on the areas of possible improvement for sure - the four you listed.

 

[rjszar]

We want to be careful with that eyebrow mod - I actually think that latest one has made him look more ''concerned'' than his trademark stern. I dunno maybe mine did that aswell but we definitely don't want that effect. The eyebrows just shouldn't be a perfect straight line from one side of the face to the other. I think, having drawn Ullipekka's attention to that he'll be able to make the right adjustment in looking at pics of Arnie.

We agree on the areas of possible improvement for sure - the four you listed.

Agree about the "concerned look", but Paint is limited. Only trying to give general direction.

 

[UlliPekka]

Thank you guys for your enthusiasm and for your edits!
Soon I'll show you the modified version)
About "send me the original of the heads Hot Toys" - accurately not need to)in Russia there is these heads) I know where their take))
About the amount of interest list - I'll be ready to start at 25 wanting)
The edition will be 30 HS
If I immediately know the number of painted and not painted-I will be able to make certificates for each HS

 

[a-dev]

I unfortunately haven't learned how to use anything else and find myself easily daunted whenever I've tried.

 

[rjszar]

Thank you guys for your enthusiasm and for your edits!
Soon I'll show you the modified version)
About "send me the original of the heads Hot Toys" - accurately not need to)in Russia there is these heads) I know where their take))
About the amount of interest list - I'll be ready to start at 25 wanting)
The edition will be 30 HS
If I immediately know the number of painted and not painted-I will be able to make certificates for each HS

I'm pretty sure I want 3 painted......if they will be about the same price as Pumping Iron.

 

[UlliPekka]

I think 1 week and we will finish the work on the HS
then I have time to get the original HT body and try a test print (3-4 weeks from the current time)
When we are confident in the size-I will send to the final print

 

[rjszar]

Thank you for all the hard work you have put in on this. You have accomplished something that many have failed at.

 

[UlliPekka]

Too early to say)
When we do castes, paint them - and we like it) then Yes, it will be possible to say that the job is well done)

 

[a-dev]

I did another one. Some of rjszar's work is in here (and obviously the overwhelming majority being Ullipekka's) - rjszar's hairmod and the eyebrows not wrapping around quite so much are there. I made the eyebrows bushier so as to make the slant a little clearer. I've gone a little further with the squint than even my previous attempt and added a couple of wrinkles that I noticed in some close-up shots. I've toned down the lipcurl from what I had before as per rjszar's suggestion. It's tough to judge the mouth definitively - his lips really do look a different shape from shot to shot - it seems to be very expression-dependent. You do one thing and then you look at another pic and you doubt yourself but anyway..

What do we think of this?

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[a-dev]

Something else I tried to ''hand'' draw. I couldn't get the other side to match though.

 

[rjszar]

LOVE IT! You were able to accomplish what I was trying to do with the eyebrows. Can we put a big winner's wreath around this picture so UlliPekka knows that this is what is needed? Don't want him getting confused by all the other modded pictures. The eyes to the side look good, however that is something that the painter needs to deal with, not the sculptor.



:fireworks

 

[a-dev]

Awesome, thanks rjszar! I'd be happy with it looking like that. I like that more extreme level of squint - I hope it would cast well and be paintable. Sound advice on the mouth, there's enough curl there without it looking too caricature. The hair would be perfect with that small change and we know it's great from the other angles.

As far as the eye-turn I was just trying to assess if it would look weird - I'm not sure if the eyes being turned would require a slightly different shape to the eyes - as I mentioned I couldn't get the other eye to look convincing but maybe that's just because of the crude way I was going about it, not knowing of another way to do it.

 

[UlliPekka]

Hey, guys.
small photo to choose from
1 or 2
I like version 2 more (old eyebrows and eyes)

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But if after all You choose version 1 here are its pictures

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[a-dev]

2 doesn't look bad at all. There's an intensity in the eyes that's good. I've just always wanted to see that squint done. And I also really do think the bushier, more slanted eyebrows are more accurate. Importantly he still looks stern.

Therefore my choice would be 1. I think it looks fantastic.