Pirate Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 You all know his stoy and my affection for him coming clean. I have been working on this for some time. It's a customized McFarlane piece for my collection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav3rek Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 ...that my friend is one absolutely killer figure. How exactly does one go about customizing a figure like that? Very very very well done. I am highly impressed my friend. I'm sure Josh would be just as impressed himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Unit Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Damn! That's amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 This is what I was talking about in your dynasty a few days back. It's a process... probably 20 hours of work on that guy. You find a figure that fits or a couple you can piece together and you clean em, prime them, paint them, sculpt them and decal them. Then eventually you have a figure. It's a awesome hobby. I have done about 10 figures... Thanks for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEagles Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Beautiful work Pirate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Wow, that's amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespungo Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 We need some before and after pictures. I'm curious as to how you accomplish this, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav3rek Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I'd be interested in getting into this, but I have about negative 10 percent artistic ability. The jersey numbering/lettering is spot on. Amazing amazing work. Edit: Can you let us know who it started out as, or who you pieced together to make it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 That is amazing! I can't believe that you made that yourself! Great work Pirate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 This was a Troy Glaus figure. I plan on doing a couple more Hamilton figures with different poses... Here was the base figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 What do you make the armbands and other addons out of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsfan776 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDudleyDoWright Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Wow, That is amazing Pirate, That takes time and patience, I would never be able to pull something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defender17 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Nicely done my friend, how many of these have you done before? that is high quality so its obviously not your first. On a personal note, I am going to be making a cusom figure of my brother who is the quarterback for his high school team for his birthday. I plan on using a Tom Brady figure. I have been reading up on how to make them online, but do you have any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudge77 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Is it possible to buy that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Yes I am willing to sell figures, but they are costly. Usually around $60 to $70, plus shipping. This one is all mine, but I can make more. I make the arm bands and extended the pants using a specialized sculpting clay. It's green and really sticky, but it works wonders. As for tips I just suggest paitience. Let the paint dry, match you paint and decals by printing tests on photo paper and measure everything out perfectly. I have done ten of these figs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Damn, those are nice, what type of material do you use?? This seems like a good hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 What do you use for decals and stuff? It seems to me like they would fall off. Do you use decals for numbers, team names, and logos? I don't see how you can do it, those are spectacular! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 This is where it may make sense on why I do it... You all have seen what I do with the stadiums, well this is an extension of that. I make all the decals in Photoshop. I have every MLB, NHL, NBA and NFL font. Using my graphic resources I get the logos and wordmarks. I study size and print extremly high resolution files on my home printer. I use a special film for decaling models to set the ink and then I use a special glue to adhere the decals to the model. Finally I just use gloss and dull paint clearcoat to make the decals stick. I first start by buying the igures to fit my model and then I boil it and break into several pieces that are originally glued. Once broken I clean it with brake parts cleaner to remove some gunk. Then you let it dry and then I put down the base color. That color is determined before I make the decals. I then match the decals to the base and print and apply. There are two types of decals ones with a white background that print all colors and apply all colors. Then there are clear decals that will show the back ground base paint color, but not white. I love doing it. It takes a while and my wife thinks they are neat. Not shown in my photos are an Amobi Okoye - Texans; Ozzie Newsome - Browns; and John Van Benschoten - Pirates... I'm takin gorders if you all want one ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudge77 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 so do you just find these then paint them and add accsessories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 so do you just find these then paint them and add accsessories? Most are done as I posted above. Just repainted. But you can also take several figures and mix and match parts. My Joe Jureviious figure is three or four figures put together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudge77 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Thats cool, you are very good at that, Like evil said it seems like a good hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RmembrZito75 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 These look awesome man, great job. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDudleyDoWright Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I wonder if you can take a stab at David Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Pirate, I do some of these too. Just did a Ozzie Smith in the Baby Blues. Working on a Maris Cardinals now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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