Topic: Hemble's Figure's - Stormtrooper Flag Bearer 6" - P49 09/07/24

[Clonehead]

Fantastic, Ron! A one of a kind display piece.

[hemble]

Hi All,

Simply amazing Ron. Your dio work always blows me away.

Cheers buddy.

Ron  outstanding as always !  fantastic paint job  as well as getting rid of the joints if i didnt read that it was from the 6 inch line i would have been asking what greedo figure did you use !  excellent work .... Art

Thanks Art.

Another masterpiece. Your work is inspiring.

Thanks mate.

Fantastic, Ron! A one of a kind display piece.

Cheers mate.

Also I'm half way thru another 6" Indy dio and then I'll have another SW 6" dio/figure which will be Luke in X-wing gear and I'm just trying to decide on a scene for him.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

While on a routine patrol in the Melholtor System Luke's X-wing begins to navigation and thruster malfuctions, he and R2D2 try to repair the problem but to no avail. Luke decides that he will have to make a force landing on the 3rd planet of the Melholtor System and sends a distress call.

After the force landing in a small and shallow waterway Luke picks up a signal of a incoming landing craft and thinking it to be a Rebel Search and Rescue craft he is soon relizing that a Imperial Scout Shuttle has picked up his distress call and now are on his way to his location.

After ordering R2 to stay with the ship Luke starts to head of and find the Imperial crew but it only takes a few minutes before he realizes that they have found him so Luke pulls out his Light Saber ready to defend himself, R2 and his ship.
 
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Figure - Luke is from Hasbro's 6" Black Series line and was positioned into a pose I liked and then the joints were superglued and then puttied. Instead of painting over the figure I firstly added thin strips of tissue paper by applying watered down PVA glue the tissue to give the outfit a more fabric feel to it,  once the tissue paper had dried I painted and weathered the figure using Vallejo and GW paints.
 
Base - The base was done using left over foam core layered ontop of each other and glue togther using superglue. Once dry I marked out the feet and helmet areas and then cut the foam and removed the foam, I then inserted the figure and helmet using superglue.

The water was done by using plaster of paris to cover the base and just before the plaster dried I used a plastic spoon and lightly flicked it over the plaster to simulate movement in the water. I then used Woodland Scenics Water Effects went over the plaster waves so that it would give more of a ripple affect.

The ground work was done by using dirt and mulch from the garden and the plants and undergrowth are plastic fishtank plants and Army painter shrubs. Once all the plants were added the water was painted using GW paints and once dry I then used Woodland scenics Realistic Water mix with a little falt white to give the water affects a more frothy look.

Ron
 

[hemble]

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[Tamer]

Nice, time for the front page.

[hemble]

Hi All,

Tamer - Thanks Shawn.

Ron

[maxx-replicas]

...great as usual...

[Clonehead]

Sweet work! Love the water effect

[Tamer]

I love how you fill in the joints once you achieve the pose you want. it makes it look so much more realistic.

[Goldleaderone]

Great work! I agree with Tamer, it does look more realistic. Awesome.

[krztfr]

How do you come up with all these scenarios?

[FialaFernbrugg]

Great work Ron!
The figure looks very realistic.

[hemble]

Guys I do apologize for the late replies between real life and commissions I totally missed these.

...great as usual...

Thanks mate

Sweet work! Love the water effect

Glad you liked it mate and thanks heaps.

I love how you fill in the joints once you achieve the pose you want. it makes it look so much more realistic.

Thanks Shawn and as you know I have done figures in the past with articulation but honestly never been a huge fan of that type style. I love it when the joints are filled and the figure is on a nice dio and as you said it looks so realistic, but if you have the same figure on the same dio with the joints left alone you aren't going to get the same re-action.

Great work! I agree with Tamer, it does look more realistic. Awesome.

Cheers mate.

How do you come up with all these scenarios?

It's funny you ask that, it really depends on the figure I'm doing at the time. With Luke I wanted him to be wielding his light saber so I get the pose I want and then superglue all the joints and once I have done that I then decide what type of scenery I want for him and what time frame it will be around and then I go from there.

I very rarely wright down or draw sketches I just go off the imagination and picture what the scene will look like and go from there, I will do research thou into how water would look like in different depths or look at real at how vegetation will look near the egde of water ways etc.

Great work Ron!
The figure looks very realistic.

Cheers buddy.

Ron

[customjedi]

Tissue paper mache' for texture. Genius!

Another beautiful piece!

[hemble]

Tissue paper mache' for texture. Genius!

Another beautiful piece!

Thanks buddy and the tissue paper gives the clothing a real nice texture to it and once dry it actually looks nice and sturdy as well. Next time I do it I'll have to take some WIP pics to show.

Ron