Would anyone be interested in custom parts for DS9 customs?
#1
Posted 26 February 2011 - 08:23 PM
About a year ago, I stocked up on several Diamond Select Trek figures in hopes of making a Quark, Nog, Rom, Garek, Soran, Morn, and maybe a few others as custom action figures to be in scale with the Deep Space Nine figure line.
I never got too far with the project, but I'm thinking about revisiting it.
Anyway, here's my question: the characters I mention above... I bought the 5" Playmates figures of all of these, and am thinking about using Hydrospan to cast the parts and scale them up to 7" scale. I've scaled some Star Wars parts up before, and was surprised how crisp the detail is; I'm curious to see how the Playmates parts will look.
Part of the reason I haven't done this yet is the expense of the process, and the time factor going into it. That said, I am toying around with the idea of making extra casts for sale to Trektoy members, if there's people who would be interested.
Now, the Playmates figures have pretty decent sculpts, though a tad on the cartoony side. Still, that might work pretty well with a more realistic paint job and a larger scale.
Before I begin on this, though, I've got two questions:
1) assuming I could offer up extra casts for sale (I'm guessing they'd be in the $15 range for heads), would there be any interest?
and 2) out of ALL the Deep Space Nine merchandise out there, what are the *best* sculpts for characters that never got the figure treatment, regardless of scale. (As in, is the 5" Garek better than the 9" doll version?) I really want to make a Gul Dukat, but I'm not sure what's out there...
I can resize parts from almost any size and get it to the size I need. It's a costly, time consuming process, though, so I wanted to brainstorm ideas with you guys before I go too much further.
Any thoughts? And... thanks in advance!
Matt
aka Iron-Cow
#2
Posted 26 February 2011 - 10:12 PM
I would also like to buy a Tuvok and Janeway, in order to make them into Flashback figures.
Obviously a Morn-like character would have to be taken from the smaller scale...
#3
Posted 27 February 2011 - 07:44 AM
I basically resculpted the hair and did my best on the stubble without having an airbrush. The sizing of the head may be a bit big but I think it fits fine.
As for Nog I used a First Contact figures (5.5")body and a 4.5" series 1 ferengi head:
I really liked the way this one came out and since Nog is much smalled, the size change fits pretty good. The likeness isnt all that terrible either! The biggest problem with Nog is that there isnt a good playmates figure to use a base since he was only produced as a pack in figure.
So in short I am very interested and feel free to post any other questions!!
#4
Posted 27 February 2011 - 08:40 AM
The Jem'Hadar has possibilities, too.
Is there a complete gallery of the 9" stuff that's available? I tried looking on eBay, but most of the pics are kinda small, or in the box. Personally, I'm only interested in the DS9 characters, but if someone has a set that they wouldn't mind letting me borrow so I can remold them, I can make you a set of DST-scaled casts for free in return? Just tossing out ideas.
Still, I do see some possibilities:
-Kira (pre-Nemesis outfit hairdo)
-Gul Dukat
-Jem'Hadar (though the rest of the outfit would still need figuring out)
-Voyager characters?
-Garek (though the likeness on the 9" looks a bit off?)
-Guinan
-Quark vinyl model kit?
...any others?
And TheHSBR - I love that Nog custom of yours! I saw that photo ages ago, and it's what got me wanting to expand the line. I want to try and scale up the tiny Nog pack-in figure just to see if it's salvageable, but if not I've got that exact Ferengi head on standby to use as well. Great recipe!
#5
Posted 27 February 2011 - 09:00 AM
#6
Posted 27 February 2011 - 01:25 PM
#7
Posted 27 February 2011 - 04:42 PM
I know I definitely want to add a Gul Dukat to my shelf and some point, along with Quark and some of the other major DS9 characters.
Amazon has the 9" Dukat fairly cheap, so I might invest in that to see how it looks scaled down.
How big of a demand is there for the Voyager stuff? Did they ever make those uniforms for the DS9 crew?
#8
Posted 27 February 2011 - 05:17 PM
I know I definitely want to add a Gul Dukat to my shelf and some point, along with Quark and some of the other major DS9 characters.
Amazon has the 9" Dukat fairly cheap, so I might invest in that to see how it looks scaled down.
How big of a demand is there for the Voyager stuff? Did they ever make those uniforms for the DS9 crew?
Just my two cents: the 12" model Quark is much better than the Playmates version. Garak is better looking in the smaller scale.
Also, Count me in for whatever you come up with!
#9
Posted 27 February 2011 - 09:04 PM
#10
Posted 28 February 2011 - 07:49 AM
#11
Posted 28 February 2011 - 09:28 AM
Oops... apparently now, so do I. Just won one super cheap off ebay.
I'll keep you posted if I can scale him down any time soon and it'll save us both some effort. Probably grabbing the 9" Dukat today as well, to do them both at the same time. I wish Dukat's chest armor were closer in shape to the tv version, but I'll see what I can do...
Matt
aka Iron-Cow
#12
Posted 28 February 2011 - 12:49 PM
I'll keep you posted if I can scale him down any time soon and it'll save us both some effort. Probably grabbing the 9" Dukat today as well, to do them both at the same time. I wish Dukat's chest armor were closer in shape to the tv version, but I'll see what I can do...
Matt
aka Iron-Cow
I ran home at lunch time, took some pics.
Dr. Carson Beckett
Anubis head
7 of 9
Quark
as far as Nog i took a page from HSBR's book.
#13
Posted 28 February 2011 - 03:20 PM
#14
Posted 28 February 2011 - 04:37 PM
#15
Posted 28 February 2011 - 08:04 PM
And, Tiberius: I love the idea of the TOS figures. I actually have a bunch extra of those I was thinking about selling, but I'll see if I can use one for Quark first.
Right now I have the Quark model and the 9" Gul Dukat on their way to me. I'll see how many of the parts I can mold, as well as scaling up Garek and possibly Morn from the 5" line. Can't wait to see how these turn out. I reeeeeeeally miss DS9.
#16
Posted 01 March 2011 - 08:12 AM
molds of the original 12" size heads well a cast of them i should say.
#17
Posted 01 March 2011 - 08:36 AM
#18
Posted 01 March 2011 - 08:48 AM
#19
Posted 01 March 2011 - 09:15 PM
But yeah, I'd buy some good cast's of Quark, Nog, Jake, and pretty much any other DS9 character you do Iron Cow!
and yeah... that Quark head looks good Worf22!
#20
Posted 02 March 2011 - 05:02 PM
You can count me in for anything that expands the DST figure line.
Take care,
Matty-lad
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