Recent content by rory

For sure. His painted eyes are also freaky real looking. As far as durability tests go, I’ve purchased both painted/finished and unpainted pieces from him, handled the hell out of them sanding and painting and don’t find his pieces any more, or less, durable than any other custom 3D printed...

In fairness, your are intentionally implying people are ******* stupid and then condescending them for nothing more than buying something you don’t like. It’s not offensive as much as it’s unnecessary and just brings down the vibe. I’m sure the overwhelming majority of the public would say we...

Someone here did try that and said it had no effect. But may be worth a second shot?

I really like my 1/4 scale and 1/6 TDK upgrades by OT. They added pretty significant improvements in my opinion. I don’t think it’s necessary or accurate to call me “obsessive compulsive” or “mental” for that. Man, there are a lot of collectors hurling insults and name calling on here lately...

Don’t listen to that nonsense man. Nothing stupid about spending money on custom hand made pieces you enjoy. Cost is all relative.

Perhaps. Someone tried Cape Cod cloth and it did nothing. The trick is to find a thinner that removes the orange weathering, without destroying the delicate gold paint under it.

It's a trade off really. Sideshow's sculpts are more accurate, but their paintwork is really crude and sloppy by comparison to Hot Toys, which has less accurate proportions but are finished far more intricately and painted with precision.

Here's a quick side by side of the 1/6 Mark VI (I don't want to unpack my IV) and the 1/4 Mark IV. It's difficult to get exact perspective and angles etc. given their different scales, but it's close enough to make some comparisons. Proportionally, the 1/6 head is a tad larger and sits higher...

Agreed. Though I think that may be the result of film grading and filtering, where warmer reds and yellows are cooled to not look harsh onscreen. But I agree. And would prefer a less saturated gold.

I think the fact that people see little difference between the scales has more to do with how well HT captures details in 1/6 scale these days. They want to see new details in the larger scale, but there aren’t any new details left that aren’t already on the 1/6 version. The benefit of the 1/4...

Thanks. Yeah that's the original cowl. Not a great sculpt, but serviceable enough. The suit comes off easy, and it slipped back over his beefy arms with no issues. I just went slow and careful.

I have six or seven of the diecast 1/6 Iron Man figures, and I do enjoy them on the shelf and love the heft of diecast. BUT, for me personally, there is absolutely no contest that the quarter scale figures just blow them out of the water as far as details and overall proportions go. The Mark 3...

And that, to me, is the fun of modding. If I don't like a choice Hot Toys or Inart made, I like to f**k around and see if I can get it closer to my own preference. "Screen Used" accuracy and "On Screen" accuracy are two different things. I lean towards "on screen" myself.

No offense taken. But you're subjectively judging the "accuracy" of work I haven't even done yet. I disagree that there is a singular weathered look for C3P0 in the film. His appearance onscreen changes pretty significantly from scene to scene throughout the film depending on the particular suit...

Meh, I still don't like the weathering. I'd rather weather it myself the way I like. I don't care which weathering is more accurate. As for "bit crazy to pay $350 for this then attack it with various chemicals", that's just a nonsense insult. I happily "attack" figures all the time. It's called...