pluv wrote:
Midgarn wrote:
That's extensive sculpting on Frostbite? It looks like it wasn't sculpted at all, so very nice indeed!
He said modifications not sculpting. I think he cut that from something else.
Actually, you're both right. The holster was easy...I just snagged it from the Eversparkle set and drilled a little hole in the flattened chest to fit the peg. But flattening the chest took a lot of work. The plastic on these 25th torsos seems harder or more solid than it was on a lot of the new-sculpt figures, and the Snow Job mold has a lot of unpainted detail that I needed to handle just right in order to pull off the right look for the shoulder holster. Plus, I had to shave the top of the shoulders, around the collar, pretty evenly smooth to bond with the fur lining properly (that being the top of a Snow Wolf cape).
JBYRD wrote:
maybe a han solo in hoth gear hood might work ?
Wasn't sure what you meant 'til I looked it up and pluv is right, that's a winner of an idea. Thanks!
pluv wrote:
I really like the Arctic Clutch. Yeah, I like that head so much for Clutch it is really hard for me to see him as anybody else. Simple but totally effective design either way.
Funny thing about this observation is that back when I got my first look at Frostbite in 1985, I was SURE that it was just supposed to be clutch in an arctic outfit. He had the same beard and a shoulder holster, and they'd just released a new Snake Eyes, so why not. Of course, I also thought Bazooka was a new Zap and that Alpine might be a new Stalker, but that's really neither here nor there.
pluv wrote:
Steeler is solid but I'm just not sold on that head. For some reason I see him as pretty clean cut and the stubble doesn't work for me hear.
I definitely characterize Steeler as the clean-cut ROTC guy in my dioverse, so I'm not sure why I thought the stubble worked for him here. I'll keep my eye out for a better noggin and swap it out before I consider him "final." I also need to try and figure out a belt for him, I think.
Thanks, everyone, for the comments and the ideas. Now to find me one of those Han Solos...