[Joint Figure] 1/6 - Mohican Hawkeye -Caine/Fullmetal/Fergo

[mailalan]

That's been my experience with Gustavo too. He always goes above and beyond and his work is impeccable.

 

[Grifter]

Deposit sent for 1 Normal Set w/Rooted Hair. Please confirm and add me to this list.
Thank you!

 

[mailalan]

Rick, any updates on this project?

 

[DurdenTyler]

4yrs...wow. And completed photo shots?

 

[Bernard2002]

So, no word for 3 months... Not good...

 

[mailalan]

Does anybody know how to get in contact with Rick-FLU? It's been 9 weeks since he even signed on to the forum.

 

[Star Puffs]

I’ll write him directly via email.

 

[mailalan]

I’ll write him directly via email.

Thank you!

 

[mailalan]

I have been in touch with Rick-FLU via email. He emailed me back on 12/22/19. He has been unable to sign in to the forum and has been trying to work with Darklord Dave to get forum access but so far Dave's instructions have not worked. As for Hawkeye, he's received the leather pieces from Gustavo Ponce and is waiting on the tattooed bodies from Hunter, which have now been shipped. He says the project is still on track and he hopes to ship the figures in February or March. He asked that if anyone wants to contact him to please email him until he gets the forum problems worked out. If you want his email address please PM me and I will send it to you.

 

[TheWhatWhatNow]

5 years and still not done.

 

[mailalan]

Rick-FLU emailed me some pics that he asked me to post for him. He stated "These shows how Hawkeye looks with the shirt off, showing the breech cloth and all his tattoos. This is breech cloth 2.0 with very soft fabric. The body is JSX. With head paint job #1"

 

[mailalan]

Here is another set of photos Rick-flu sent asking that I post. About these he stated "here's head paint job #4. I think this one is made intended for worldbox but has a slight difference."

 

[mailalan]

Please note I am not involved in the making of these, I am just waiting on my figure like everybody else. I just offered to post on the forum for Rick-flu since he said he could not sign on. I did tell him that people were getting impatient and he said he understood that they were. I also expressed concern about the head color not matching the body color very well and he mentioned getting some heads repainted to better match the bodies. I think he may also be waiting on some better cloth pieces, I'm not sure. If you want to email him, send me an IM and I will give you his email address.

Here is another set of photos he sent that he called configuration 1.
He said:
"Head paint job #1
Jsx body
Shirt 1.0
Musket strap 1.0 turned into Sash
Musket strap 2.0"

 

[mailalan]

This set of photos he referred to as "Configuration 2" and said:
"Head paint job #2
Worldbox narrow shoulder 1.0
Shirt 2.0
Musket strap 1.0 turned into sash
Musket strap 2.0"

 

[Grifter]

I think I would prefer configuration #1 with shirt 2.0

 

[mailalan]

Ric-FLU emailed me some more photos taken under different lighting. Here's what he wrote: "Here are the pics from last test. You can post them on the forum. They are the same 03 heads under different lights. Natural daylight, closed room, with and without flash. The lights really play tricks. In natural light they show a bigger contrast that is not so visible for real.
I honestly think these 03 heads are good enough for the jsx and worldbox at011 bodies. And there other 03 heads that comes close.
So if someone that doesn't care for a very minor difference 03 sets are ready to ship next week.
But there also the worldbox bodies coming soon that are intended to solve this tone difference. So it's up to the buyer get it now or wait a little bit more. "

 

[Jeronimo]

Good this is finally being finished. However not feeling the clothing completely, seems a bit bulky, not fitting that well. This is Geewhiz right? Cause on his website it seemed much better fitting. https://www.geewhizcustoms.com/86-16-scale-last-of-the-mohicans-hawkeye-kit-run

 

[mailalan]

I don't think Geewhiz did the clothes for this figure. I will ask Rick.

 

[Jeronimo]

I don't think Geewhiz did the clothes for this figure. I will ask Rick.

Cool man. Its just that all the other parts on this are top notch and especially since we have been very patient with this project the clothes seem a bit rushed imo, bit formless and rushed especially the upper part. I think Geewhiz was initially chosen for this project but something went wrong there and a new tailor had to be found as far as I can remember. But we were asked to choose between the 2 options above I'm guessing this is final and tbh I dunno.. Not sure what the others think here, but I don't think the upper part of the outfit do the figure justice at this point. Just being totally honnest here.

 

[Grifter]

Cool man. Its just that all the other parts on this are top notch and especially since we have been very patient with this project the clothes seem a bit rushed imo, bit formless and rushed especially the upper part. I think Geewhiz was initially chosen for this project but something went wrong there and a new tailor had to be found as far as I can remember. But we were asked to choose between the 2 options above I'm guessing this is final and tbh I dunno.. Not sure what the others think here, but I don't think the upper part of the outfit do the figure justice at this point. Just being totally honnest here.

I agree. The clothing appears too thick and stiff, much like older figures. The shirt should be a thinner material. I did reach out to Rick a few weeks ago and he said that he is attempting to add a 3rd option for material that would be more pliable, but have yet to see. Everything else looks great, but the current option brings this figure down a bit. I havent been waiting as long as others have for this project, but I'm willing to wait longer if we can have a better fitted option.