Full figure Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (The French Connection ~ 1971) [ SOLD OUT ]

[Hosam-G]

Done and off to printing!

 

[earthdog]

Any plans to offer this sculpt without the hat as Lex Luther?

 

[Hosam-G]

Will have a painter for our project, if anyone wants the sculpt unpainted, please lmk

 

[greatlakes6]

Who is on tap for the paint?

 

[Hosam-G]

Who is on tap for the paint?

Still not decided yet, but I will put 2 or 3 names so we can all decide

 

[Hosam-G]

Options:

- Painter A:
https://www.instagram.com/manjin0524/
- Painter B:
https://www.instagram.com/zaki.woo/
- Painter C:
https://www.instagram.com/mike.yuan.98096/
Please note, the cost per paint might cost $350+ USD

 

[JungleJimbob]

Options:

- Painter A:
https://www.instagram.com/manjin0524/
- Painter B:
https://www.instagram.com/zaki.woo/
- Painter C:
https://www.instagram.com/mike.yuan.98096/
Please note, the cost per paint might cost $350+ USD

Options:

- Painter A:
https://www.instagram.com/manjin0524/
- Painter B:
https://www.instagram.com/zaki.woo/
- Painter C:
https://www.instagram.com/mike.yuan.98096/
Please note, the cost per paint might cost $350+ USD

They all look excellent to me.
I'm happy to have whichever everyone else thinks is the best for the job.

 

[magpie9]

Happy to leave the choice to you but I’ve dealt with Mike Yuan and he is excellent.

 

[greatlakes6]

I think Mike would the best with this sculpt. The other two appear to use a much fairer skin tone for the typical Caucasian character.

 

[Hosam-G]

Okay, it's official! Mike Yuan for the paint

 

[petes]

Ok. I reworked the badge to have more detail. When this small it was hard to notice. After 15 tries, I think I have the scale right. Next I’ll size up the gun. Working in that today.

 

[JungleJimbob]

Ok. I reworked the badge to have more detail. When this small it was hard to notice. After 15 tries, I think I have the scale right. Next I’ll size up the gun. Working in that today.
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Looks great mate. 15 times what a fu*ker of a job!

 

[petes]

Looks great mate. 15 times what a fu*ker of a job!

When it's this small, every mm makes a big difference. I ended up raising the relief on the badge type and art, too; otherwise, it's barely noticeable and will be a bitch to paint. I took actual gun specs for the gun, so hopefully, it'll play nice. I'm experimenting with some nice gun bluing paint techniques. I have never really seen any I liked in the past, so this should be interesting.

 

[JungleJimbob]

Brilliant mate. Yes that's sounds very interesting with the gun colour. Look forward to seeing it. Thanks for taking so much care and time over it.

 

[greatlakes6]

Just noticed that the 373 on the real badge has the surrounding area cut out. I’m guessing ours will be too small to copy that.

 

[petes]

Just noticed that the 373 on the real badge has the surrounding area cut out. I’m guessing ours will be too small to copy that.

Nope, it's cut in. It is just wet with the resin still. It hadn't been cleaned here yet. , and water filled the hole. But it's cut out. It's a pretty exact match.

 

[greatlakes6]

Nope, it's cut in. It is just wet with the resin still. It hadn't been cleaned here yet. , and water filled the hole. But it's cut out. It's a pretty exact match.

That is awesome!

 

[petes]

Pretty happy with the details. I’ll try to paint them up this week.

 

[petes]

Ok, so I found time to mess around with the gun, I needed a new resin basin due to a crack which is why I was getting errors.

So the actual gun is kind of small if you go to actual scale, so I added a few sizes slightly bigger, going clockwise from the top left. It is on a Worldbox seamless hand. Please note the trigger guard and trigger are very thin at this scale and easy to break. I could beef them up, but then it looks more like a toy. I only cured and had them out for 2 hours and the trigger snapped. Though you do need 24 hours cure, so it’s not a fair test. Also the seamless arms are pretty stiff in the fingers.
I also don’t love the way the seamless hand grips the gun, it kind of points upward. I can try on a standard hand, which is more flexible and it may sit better. But let’s get the scale down first.

So my questions. What scale do you like? Also, should I thicken the trigger guard and trigger?

Overall the detail is nice. Also the badges are ready to paint.

 

[JungleJimbob]

Ok, so I found time to mess around with the gun, I needed a new resin basin due to a crack which is why I was getting errors.

So the actual gun is kind of small if you go to actual scale, so I added a few sizes slightly bigger, going clockwise from the top left. It is on a Worldbox seamless hand. Please note the trigger guard and trigger are very thin at this scale and easy to break. I could beef them up, but then it looks more like a toy. I only cured and had them out for 2 hours and the trigger snapped. Though you do need 24 hours cure, so it’s not a fair test. Also the seamless arms are pretty stiff in the fingers.
I also don’t love the way the seamless hand grips the gun, it kind of points upward. I can try on a standard hand, which is more flexible and it may sit better. But let’s get the scale down first.

So my questions. What scale do you like? Also, should I thicken the trigger guard and trigger?

Overall the detail is nice. Also the badges are ready to paint.

Gene Hackman is a big fella which makes the gun look small in the film I think

I'm happy to go for the small one if you think it's not too fragile but if you and everyone else thinks it might be better for the bigger option so it's not so fragile I'm happy to have that.

The gun and hand look great btw. Top job!