Thanks for sharing the process that went into your build here. Man, a lot more work went into this thing than I thought! How do you like working with those ball joints? I have seen others use them on figures and have always wondered about them. As Shawn has said, you took one crappy piece of plastic and turned it into a masterpiece! I love the design and sculpting work you have done. Paint aps look great as well, he is one rough and tough looking joker!
Thanks LE. I wanted this figure to be functional as if purchased off the shelf. I wanted the arms to work better. That original swivel joint had to go. The figure was from the deleted ANH scene and was only pose-able in the "crawling" perspective because that was Jabba's only position in that scene. I wanted this guy to be able to lay on his side too. That's why I put the work into the joint in his head.The original wheel was only able to turn about a quarter of it's circumference. That ball-joint allows the torso to pivot independently, while it's tight fit drags the wheel mechanism.
The Ball joints are handy. So far this was the first time I've used them and I'll say they work fine on larger figures. I haven't tried them on the "typical" human sized figure yet but I can already see something I want to try. When I mentioned the joints tight fit for the torso, up there, that was a happy accident. You see, when the ball is put into the socket, the socket expands a bit. BUT if you sink the socket into FixIt and let it set, it can't expand creating a tighter fit. ALSO rough-up the ends of the joints so that the FixIt can hold it in. If you don't the joints will slip out of the cured FixIt.
I got a few different kind of joints I just need to figure them out. They're in Chinese packaging and there is a microscopic diagram on how to assemble them but I don't own a microscope.
I'm still wanting to cast that head though. I want to try a version with a magnetized torso instead.
Truly amazing rebuild. Had to get this on the front page.
Thank you much Tamer. I saw the facebook page too thank you.
Impressive! I need to get into sculpting more.
Thanks Wiloughbian. The FixIt is really easy to use but a little trickier to manipulate. If you mix too much throw it in a ziplock bag and put it in the freezer. When you're ready to use it again, warm it up in your hands and it will return to it's last state.
wicket looking hutt... Like the work on progress pics and the ball joint idea.. very nice entry...
Thank You dr0d. I always hated that figure and now it's sitting on my desk.
