youbastards Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Great shots, but that Dude is the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Whereinn the word can i get that Ra's, that's amazing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Great shots, but that Dude is the best! Thanks. I tried something similar when I first got the Dude, but the quality wasn't great. This was a chance to give it another shot. Whereinn the word can i get that Ra's, that's amazing!!! He's no longer for sale, but he was made by the Iminime team: http://www.iminime.net/index.php You might find one on the secondary market if you keep an eye out though (either eBay or the Sideshow Freaks boards). He initially cost around $300 I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 It's fantastic. Price is too steep for me, though. I imagine it'd be even worse on the aftermarket. I'll just hope Hot Toys makes one at some point. Only non-official 1/6 item i've ever seriously considered was the Headplay Roger Moore sculpt, but i'm not sure it's sharp enough for me, and it won't just fit on a Bruce Lee suit without a new body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Just got the Rocco Ghostbuster heads in today. Loving them. Gonna send them off to get painted Monday. I haven't been this excited about a 1/6 project in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 What did you do, Ray?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost? If the answer is "yes," then don't wait another minute. Pick up the phone and call the professionals... Edited January 31, 2013 by karamazov80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Man, you much really like Ghost Busters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Collector Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 "Listen!...do you smell something?" Awesome customs! Did you use the Matty figures as a base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 You're right. No human would stack books this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Those are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Thanks guys. They are still a work in progress, but are mostly there. These figures are definitely a passion of mine. Ghostbusters is possibly my favorite film, so these newly available sculpts really lit a fire under me to put these customs together. To YB, the bodies are narrow shoulder Truetypes (or reasonable facsimiles thereof in two cases). The proton packs, black undershirt, traps, and PKE meter are from Matty, but everything else was pulled together from other places. This has actually been a pretty pricey project. These heads are all from Rocco ("Sculptor"). The previous Venkman head was from Snyder-Man, and I think I will use that for my display. Edited January 31, 2013 by karamazov80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Are those custom jumpsuits made for GB, or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 They are khaki Soldier Story flight suits that I dyed with some gray to give them a more washed out look. In the movie the suits actually look different colors in different shots and in different lighting, so I struggled with how much to dye them, but was satisfied here. The non-flash pics I took are actually deceptive, because they don't look that beige. The flash pics are more like they look in-hand, but they looks more or less gray depending on the lighting and the colors around them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Nice job with the dye. I'm working on my own custom project right now, and getting the right amount of dye for the color you want is tough. Edited January 31, 2013 by youbastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks. They actually went through a couple of dye cycles before I got them where I wanted them. At first I thought I might have done too much, but I'm actually happy with them now. There is a dedicated thread to GB customs at SSF if you haven't seen it. Mando and Elvis have lots of great ideas there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 After seeing yours, I toyed with the idea of getting Rocco's last set of sculpts, but talked myself out of it. $200 for the sculpts, plus paint, plus bodies, plus accessories (or tracking down the Matty figures), is more than I can commit to Ghostbusters right now. I'm partly holding out hope that one of the big 1/6 companies gets the formal rights one day. With Hot Toys new fascination with 1/6 scale vehicles, a 1/6 Ecto-1 would be amazing. Did they ever show anything from the Back to the Future license they teased last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yep, like I said--they ain't cheap! I was fortunate to stock up on Matty figures when they were on sale a year or two ago, just waiting for the opportunity some nice heads would provide. But getting Matty figures on the secondary market now isn't cheap. So, you've got that (probably $70 or up?), $25-50 for a body, $15-20 for a jump suit, $20-25 for a pair of boots, $10 for the pistol belt, then you've got decals and patches. . .on top of all that, $50 per sculpt and if you're lucky $60-70 for each head painted. I haven't even really investigated the belt accessory options all that carefully yet. And then you have to put it all together! If I wasn't really into these there is no way I would go there. But I think these will be an essential part of my collection, so I pretty happily justified it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Couple more/better pics. My '80s comedy/action icons: Ray with cigarette: My current Snake Eyes. I plan on giving him a TT Advance body and one of those Tony Meis suits eventually: Timber is actually very very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Ghostbusters look awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 ACI Gladiator Also got Rainman's Anton today! But no time to put him together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Great Gladiator. The sculpt is well done as is the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Yeah, I agree. I was worried based on the early pics released, but it is a winner IMO. Major problem with this figure is the body kind of sucks, and the wrist pegs won't stay in. Otherwise no real complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I love that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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