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I knew I wouldn't have to worry about their faces. That was probably the most important thing. I had fun with Sacawagea and the Chamois. It turned out haflway decent. I used leftover clothing from the Corps of Discovery (Lewis and Clark) makers. I'm going to have to be a touch more cautious with Lewis and Clark as well as Charles Floyd I imagine unless I just want to go full on with artistic license, which I have done before. LOL The thing is this stuff is for me, which makes this stuff so fun. 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

I like your attitude. Never give up. I always try to salvage things too, but if I can't for the original purpose, I try to use it for something else. I never played the game either, but like you, I just liked the figures a lot. So I started collecting them. I just hate it when something though falls apart and you really didn't do anything to it. Such is life!!! Have a great one today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

I really think Hot Toys is pricing themselves out of a market. The head sculpts are great, but sometimes articulation is so poor because the clothing is not only form fitting but thick. All you can do is a museum pose. I still like their stuff, BUT not the prices. I like making my own stuff because I will make something I like and it won't cost me an arm and a leg. I still get all types of figures, but I'm not tied to Hot Toys figures any more. I like to say I am eclectic. LOL Thank you for your kind words and have an awesome day today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

We will use those printers for guns. Those things are expensive these days. We will always sell them reasonably on eBay. We kind of want to break the market if we can. The prices are really too high for tons of things on eBay!!! 🤗🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures what's your ebay store name and do you sell your unwanted gear from other seller that you shop with there too

The husband here. We've been so swamped lately that we have not put print up on eBay in ages. We really don't have a "store" with a standing inventory. I think "Qualitycreations" is her handle. eBay is her thing.🤣

I think I had the worst time with Claire. Buttons fell off . . . the knife didn't fit into the sheath (too long), her holster clip snapped, on and on and on. Every time I pick her up, I think something is going to come off of her. I don't get why things are so fragile. It's not like this is their first rodeo making things. It is very frustrating to get things that you pay good money for and straight out of the gate, something bad happens. On one of the Jill Valentine figures--the one on the far left (Super Duck), the pants were so tight they slightly tore when I tried to get them on a body. Thank God the tear is in an obscure place. I don't know about you, but this gets old fast. I'm so sorry about the leggings, the boots, and holster on your figure. That has to suck. 🤔😐😌

We are too. LOLOL Hope you get a chance to put up Medusa soon. I want to see what you do with her. I like your poses. 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures I was hoping to do it this week, but I have to see how next week goes. I really need to get the review done so that I can put the figure on display LOL!

It's better than "The Walking Dead?" I will check it out then. Thank you!!! I had no idea!!! After getting hooked on "The Walking Dead" and getting emotionally exhausted there. It's taken some time to get courage to get back into it. Yet, if "The Last of Us" is even better, I need to see what it is all about. 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures I’m not sure if I want to compare The Last Of Us with The Walking Dead, but TLOU has a very great story. I haven’t seen the show yet though. I have only played the game so I can only vouch for that story. I have heard people say that the game story is better than the tv show story. I know there are edited videos on RUclips that have just the cinematic scenes and the gameplay parts are edited out. I there is also a fan made movie of the game story available here on RUclips. I will find the links for them and post them here for you.

@@UndergroundActionFigures Edited game movie (all cut scenes and story): ruclips.net/video/-H319ys4Tb8/видео.htmlsi=EZtAQzmwQkGrExKs

I hope you have a great day today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

THANK you for sharing that. I have to say I am intimidated about the weathering process. I know they will look better weathered, but finding that balance you are talking about and making them all look similar are going to be essential elements. I will die if I overdo it so I think I will practice on some other figure first . . . one that I don't care about if I destroy it. I just hope I don't destroy it. LOL With the Zombie I made, I put some scars on the face and then decided to put more scars on it. Then I thought it was better off with the first set of scars not the additional ones. Sigh. I have to be brave I know, but underneath I am intimidated with the weathering I would like to do on these figures. I'm going to have to practice. There is no way around it. If I don't I'll be very unhappy if the outcome is bad. Thank you for the advice. Start with less. I just hope I know when to stop!!! 🤗🤗😜 🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures When it comes to weathering I highly suggest that your start off by finding some similar fabrics and practicing on that first. It is so easy to take it too far, and sometimes less is better than too much. I figured that out the hard way when I added some blood on the first zombie I made. Even when trying to rip up then clothes a little I went too far. I didn’t really notice it while doing it, but it became so clear when I put the clothes on the figure LOL. Another thing I learned about weathering is to keep the clothes on a body when doing it. I have a TTM-18 body that I use for weathering clothes. It makes it so much easier to tell where to put the weathering when there is a posable inside the clothes to get the tears and stains on the right spots. And speaking of tears and ripped up clothes. Using a knife sounds like a food idea, but it doesn’t make the best results. Sandpaper wrapped around a shape similar to the shape of the damage you want to create works better. That way you won’t get so surgical clean cuts, unless such a cut is just what you are going for that is. I think there are some videos on RUclips on how to weather 1/6th scale clothing. You should try to find some of those before you get started.

I know McFarlane does American football figures, but the 12" ones are a smaller pool. I know Enterbay does basketball. I can't think of anyone else that does 1/6 American football, other than the Hot Toys Cyborg as a football player, but I've seen soccer players. There was a craze for mini American football helmets way back when. I just did a touch more research. I guess Kenner did 12" figures back in the day (1990s), but those are not good quality items. Things have definitely evolved over the years!!! Thank God. 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures I just did a Google search and I saw some football figures there but I couldn’t make see the company name on the product shots. I also saw some rugby and custom football figures. On top of that I did a quick eBay search and found a custom Ohio State football figure. Further down one the search results I saw one 12 inch figure made by Kenner. The body probably sucks on some of these figures but it can be swapped out I believe. Its just a matter of getting the sports items.

I like how you put that . . . his iconic gaze. ThreeZero definitely captured his facial features. I wish other toys makers could capture facial features so accurately. I actually wish, even when not trying to produce a known person, they would come up with a real believable head sculpt. Sometimes head sculpt just miss. The eyes, the chin, the mouth . . . something just doesn't fit. It's a shame really. THANK you for the kind words!!!

The Walking Dead was such a phenomenon. I haven't watch it all yet, but hope to in due time. Have a great one!!! 🤗🤗🤗

I always wanted to make a James West figure, but I kept thinking how could I do it. He almost always wore short jackets. When I came across the jacket and pants one day, I said in my head Bingo! LOL Bangles are cheap and full of so many surprises . . . you just look at them and go . . . how can I use this thing? I've used them as belts, as adornments, and as laurel wreaths. LOL Trying to enjoy our Sunday. Hope you and your wife do so!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

THANK you. I think she definitely has a look. He has probably the best Dragon head I've ever seen, but I wish there was a more modern version that gets close to his look in the Wild Wild West. In the meantime, this will have to do!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

The wolf is indeed great. I love it a lot!!! Thank you!!! Have a great day!!!

Welcome to you folks from Indonesia!!! THANK you for your kind words. I hope we can get you excited about customizing, but chances are you've been doing that already. (big smile) Have a great day today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

LOLOL You know . . . you're right!!! Grizzly Adams. LOL Yes, they made Carl but as a young teenager, but I don't like it. I also didn't like their version of Maggie or Carol, so I used other heads. I liked the Glenn head. I found a place where I just got the head and then I customized him. I customized everyone I guess--Maggie, Glenn, Carol, Daryl, Michonne (statue painted), and now Rick. The only ones NOT customized are the zombies. LOLOL Go figure. 🤗🤣💖🤣🤗 Please, you and your wife have a great day today!!!

THANK you!!! If I had only been a touch more patient with the head. Oh well. Live and learn as they say!!! You have an awesome day today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures you too!!

Someone said maybe Grizzly Adams. LOL Yes, a custom biker would work too. Sometimes you should just slow down and read things word for word. I could have sworn they meant everything but the head and accessories were custom. Given the price, I should have known better. Sigh. You have a great day my friend!!! 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

I am so excited for you!!! Also, THANK you for the kind words. Keep these 1/6 loose distributers in mind as you look for things--Monkey Depot, Toy Anxiety, Rattlesnake Toys, Black Ops Toys, and Zhukov's Attic. I'll keep trying to add more as I find them. If you go with the DID head vs. the generic, unbranded one, you'll be so much happier. With the generic one, the facial features aren't too bad, but just a touch more off, especially the eyes. Please have fun!!! Try to be patient . . . I have to say that is what I lack when it comes to collecting. In our next episode, I show folks what patience would have created instead of what I originally purchased in terms of a head. Live and learn I say!!! Have fun!!! 🤗🤗🤗

LOLOLOL Yes! They probably died because they had to contend with my husband all of the time. LOL I know he'll read this, and I know he'll get me back. In the meantime, I like messing with him. (big smile) You have a great one today my friend!!!!! 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

Oooooh. If they meant sea horses, that would actually make more sense. 🤔 That is sooooooo funny! By the way, you would love the Gold Medusa . . . she has fangs. I know you are into Dracula and stuff like that!!! Of course, I went for the fangless one, but in retrospect, I wish it came with two heads--one peaceful and one more formidable. You and wifey have a great one today!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures I definitely need one of these figures now I can’t she is this beautiful & everything she comes with. Good job on your hubby for noticing there was a trident 🔱 on the box & that you found it in the foam. Thank you 🙏 for showing her to us what a beautiful figure

You are so right . . . the quiver. I didn't even think of that . . . I just kept looking at how good the bow looked. I did like how she looked on the box with the trident, but the bow. Wow. So beautiful. I have to admit that she did look more formidable with the fangs . . . I just didn't like how dog gone green she was albeit snakes can be green. I do wish I could have gotten the other head and it was silver in tone. Having said all of that. I love this figure, but I have to admit, the Dead Queen's head sculpt still outshines here. On the other hand, the price of this thing . . . You can't pass it up. It will go up in price. It has already gone up on eBay. People just don't know it's in stock still in some places. Have a great one today!!! I'm looking forward to your review. The quiver . . . that's a great point!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

THANK you for the tip. I didn't know they did an actual movie. That is definitely good to know. He looked great in the photos, and I love the head sculpt! Thank you again!!! Have a great one today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

I wanted to get the Tom Cruise figure, but at the time it was a touch too costly for me. I have to say it was a great movie, and I wish I had the extra cash at the time but sadly I didn't. 🤔 Now it's probably worth a fortune. LOL Have a great day today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

You kill me sometimes. LOL I don't like capris either. LOLOL I have one standard. Does it look good? If it doesn't I will keep changing it until it does. I liked the head and ordered it a long time ago. It finally came in so the pose of kneeling and drawing the sword is good for me. Thank you for the kind words as always. You have a fantastic day and rest of the week. Give our regards to your wife!!! 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

THANK you for the kind words!!! I liked him when I saw him and the fact that you can change out the hair is a great plus for this guy!!! You have an awesome day today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

The hope dashed over the years . . . they buckled straight out of chute, or they faltered in the mid season. The worst thing is when they destroyed themselves at the end of a season. The only thing that kept me a fan was Barry Sanders. He made watching the game worth it. If they can it this year. I will be so happy!!! Thanks for the kind feedback on the figure!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

I heard some of those stories too, and I just thought this was the most tragic/traumatic war ever. Yes, brothers fighting brothers. How can that NOT be traumatic? 🤭I just can't imagine. 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures America has a lot of very dark and sad history to it. When I was in high school my history teacher said that America was a somewhat unique nation, and that it was built on its own blood. The Civil War is one great example of that, but it began long before that war. It started when the first immigrants/settlers arrived (with the Mayflower ship) and started to build America. How could the intention of starting a new and better world go so horribly wrong… A student in my class back then made a joke that you couldn’t find one spot in America that wasn’t soaked in blood, but my teacher replied that his joke wasn’t actually all that far from being true. American soil have seen far too much bloodshed, and it even happens today, but just in a different way than in the past.

To me that is half the fun these days, and when I memorize the information, it makes me use my brain. Lord knows, I need to oil this machinery more than I used to. LOL You both have a great day tomorrow as well!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

He did a good job filling in, didn't he? 🙂 I also loved how Thor is turning out. That 3D set of artists are good. Miss Chelsea just started doing this recently. Now I think she thinks it's her duty to be in front of the camera. LOL It's almost every day she does this now. We had a great day today, but the week will be busy again. Hope you and wifey had a great Sunday too! 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures it seems hubby is starting to get comfortable in front of the camera 🎥 I know it’s not is 1st choice but he does very well, & Miss Chelsea is always a welcome guest & cant wait to see Thor all finished, I hope you both are doing well ❤️❤️

I can try. I did see him as a broken man, and if he could have only given himself permission to let go, he would have been the man he was at the start of the show . . . a man who tried to do the right things and protect everyone along the way. Thank you for the kind words. People don't always know how just a few words can make a person's day. (big smile) 🙂 I can't do Shane soon though. I will have to find a head that works for me, but I will eventually!!! 🤗🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures thank you so much you are truly amazing have a amazing day! And I completely agree with your view on him.

My husband says CG Trader is his go to place. He says files are files and those models should work for a filament printer albeit the detail may not be quite as nice. He used to have a Ender 5 Pro before switching exclusively to resin. If you're looking for great models, check out 3D Wicked on CG Trader. Occasionally, he says Turbo Squid and Thingiverse are good sources too. 🤗🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures thank you so much!!

I know poses are hit and miss sometimes. I liked this pose a lot and the one with the explorer laying down and inclined. I am sure there will be poses that are so-so even though I want to up my game here. I'll just keep on working on it!!! Thank you as always for the kind words my friend!!! 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures Some times when I try to come up with a pose, I tend to stand in front of the mirror and strike a pose myself. It kind of gives you a better feeling of how the figure should be balanced. If you fall over, then the figure most likely will too LOL. And once I have put a figure in a pose I tend to inspect the pose from all angles to see if it leans unnaturally in some directions so that I can adjust. Sometimes we put a figure in a pose and only look at it from the angle we are going to view it from when we display it, and it may look good. What we don’t notice is that the figure may look off balance when we look at it from the side. This is why it sometimes can take me a whole day just to get a figure in the final pose LOL.

Thank you Barbarina for your kind words. I agree that Hot Toys has the market cornered when it comes to good head sculpts. Some companies start out slow and make up ground, but this is a disheartening start for Flash Point so much so that I doubt I would purchase anything from them again sadly. If they do get better I might reconsider, but so far I'm not inclined to get something else from them again. Having said that, the additional accessories were nice though. Still, if I had to choose between a good head sculpt and additional accessories, it would be a good head sculpt. You have an awesome rest of the weekend!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

Yep. With the possible exception of car motor displacement, we don't use the metric system for much of anything. A number of years ago, I flew into Calgary CN. I did so during the huge yearly rodeo called the Calgary Stampede. I chuckled to myself as I and three legit Canadian cowboys rode in the hotel shuttle bus as they spoke of the temperature in Celsius and distance in kilometers. It was their attire that seemed out of context with the use of metric system to me.

I really love the clothing from Cotsworld, and the head sculpt on this figure is so very good as is the one for Salem Poor. Thank you for the kind words!!! You have an awesome day today--I hope the rest of the weekend treats you well!!! 🤗🤗🤗

TH here. Thanks Eric! Yah, it was a scorcher. Average is 82 degrees for that day. But it was "officially" 107. A new record by 3 degrees. "But it's a dry heat." (14% humidity) So is my oven, but I prefer to not stick my head in it. I think the wood for the smaller pallet is white oak. The larger pallet is certainly red oak. Both will make good firewood this winter if my project goes sideways. Stay tuned! Hope you and the wife have a great weekend!

Thank you so much!!! I saw the movie, and the special effects were awesome. I liked her in the movie, but I do wish she played more of a role in the movie. She was important for the role she played, but I do wish they would have given her even more of a storyline! 🤗🤗🤗

Thanks! I have a 10" Yost on my joiner's bench. The Irwin's screw is a lot sloppier by comparison, but for a 24 dollar vise, it's a steal. Odd how a woodworking vise comes in really handy for action figures, isn't it? And I assume you mean the Chicago shirt? Not from there, but I worked a year in the west suburbs YEARS ago. Even totaled my car on the Dan Ryan because I was too cheap to take the Tristate toll road to go visit what is now my wife in SW Michigan.😆

If I give her a warm hug, she will wonder what I did wrong while she was away. 🤣

@@UndergroundActionFigures LOL! Then you should make sure to give her a warm hug every day. That way it won’t look so suspicious the day you actually do something wrong 🤣

"The husband here* I think I'll just go by "T.H." for short. LOL. By "the boat" I assume you mean a fishing boat? Maybe lobsters since you are in the NE. And yes, staying in formation was insane. "Weapons dictate tactics", but some armies were slow to change. Walking, en mass, especially during the Civl Ware was crazy given the advent of rifled muskets and better artillery compared to the Revolutionary Way.

@@UndergroundActionFigures you are right T.H.😉 Lobster 🦞 & Party Boats for Deep Sea Fishing, it was a lot safer than battle fields these men were on & with lead bullets & the medicine in that era your chances of survival were slim, I hope you & wifey are well & have a good weekend.

"The Husband here" Yeah, a "slow" moving .58 caliber lead ball does enormous violence to a human body. Amputations were the norm for a leg or arm wound before infection set in due to residual bone and flesh in the wound from the large and slow moving projectile. No concept of sterilization, And a wooden wheel wagon was your ride out of the battle zone. Ancient Rome's Galen was the better trauma surgeon, I'd argue. And "hard times" today is when you can't get cellphone service in a given area.

@@UndergroundActionFigures That is so true. A lot of times when I watch periodical drama movies I tend to fall in love with how they lived their daily lives. It looks like such a simple and good life for the most part. None of that stress we have in todays era. Of course they also had their difficulties and all that, but if one look away from all the conflicts and the struggles they went through, I tend to dream of living in that age and time. I have especially fallen in love with the feudal Japan era. That is I time I would have loved to live in. They had their problems too, but I would rather live with those problems than the ones we have today. In todays world the things people tend to lose their minds over, such as the lack of cellphone coverage and the silly things like that… Sure, I feel sorry for people when they are having a difficult time, but sometimes I just feel the need to really laugh when people seem to think it is the «end of the world» almost simply because their social media isn’t working 😂 How spoiled some people really are always makes me wonder if these people will ever make it if all the electricity suddenly went out 🤣

Thank you Eric. I think I enjoy learning about the people almost as much as making them. If I can give someone a name, I love it. I feel bad for Charles Floyd. He was the youngest male of the group and to die of the after effects of a ruptured appendix . . . I just can't imagine. Historical writers though note that even if he had been surrounded by a group of physicians, they didn't know what to do back then. That is so very sad. You have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend with your wife!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

You have SO much more patience than me. LOLOL I just hope it looks good enough on the first try. Then again, you no doubt sew better than me too. My life line is super glue. Gosh. My mother was so good with sewing. She could make a dress without a patten. I do not take after her sadly. Regardless, I was happy with the outcome. Sacagawea must have been a strong willed young lady. She had to be to have survived being around so many men. 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures Well, superglue works too LOL! If it wasn’t for this hobby I would never have touched a thread and needle LOL. I can make two pieces of fabrics stick together, but usually it looks terrible on close inspection LOL. Does my seams look straight and even? Not by a long shot. It looks like the sewing is done by a drunk tailor to be quite honest, so don’t ask me to make a wedding dress LOL! Women back in the old days had to put up with a lot of crap, I think. The gentleman concept wasn’t very common those days, as most men was probably a-holes just like a lot of men are today. The difference between back then and today is that women have more rights and are more protected by the laws (in most countries anyway). Even in todays world it seams like women are some sort of property instead of humans with feelings and emotions. Back in the old days men thought that they could do what ever they wanted to the women, and a womans opinion carried no weight what so ever. I still see signs of that even today. Some women in todays world are lucky though, because there are actually some men out there that have come to their freakin’ senses and learned to respect women and treats them right! So thats a most welcome progress.

You can push the head down a touch further but it will still be too long. Sometimes if you take out the connector it can be lowered, but sometimes it ends up being too low that way. However, you can move it upward with some material or even a piece of a paper towel. Having said that though the metal was such a shock to have on the guy. I wish his face was not so baby faced . . . a bit more stubble would have been nice, but he is still an awesome looking figure. He does weigh a ton. You really have to have a good stand to keep him standing up. All I can say is he will do some damage if he hits something like wood. Have a great one today!!! 🤗🤗🤗

I couldn't believe the name thing, but it just made me feel I made the right choice with the head. LOL THANK you for the kind words. We are doing well. I woke up not feeling well today, but have rebounded nicely. Tylenol flue medications are great!!! Wishing you and your lovely wife a good day today!!! 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

That is a constant fear I have . . . you even have to be careful of clothes you buy for your figures. Sometimes the dye on the clothes sinks into the figure. Sigh. So many things to be wary of these days. I had that happen once on a TBLeague body, and I went like, "Really?" I was not a happy camper. I agree . . . the more natural, the more safer, and on top of it things just look more realistic. Some rocks really have tremendous character. 🤗🤗💖🤗🤗

@@UndergroundActionFigures When it comes to the TBLeague bodies and dark colored outfits, I always wash them in cold water before I put them on a figure. I have learned my lesson on that part LOL. I also wrap the parts of a body in cling foil when I am using dyed leather/pleather materials. Most 1/6th scale clothes seem to be made in China, from what I can tell, and they manufacture things very cheap! There will always be some very tiny dye particles on the fabrics, so this is why I rinse the outfits well in cold water. I discovered quite the weird thing on one of my custom female figures not long ago. It wears this beautiful black dress. With the dress being black I naturally washed it before putting it on, and I checked the body regularly to see if the dress stained it. For some weird reason the body itself didn’t stain, but at the edge of the hands where the dress barely touched them there was some discoloration. How that happened is a mystery to me. You’d think that the silicone body was the first thing to get stained, but it looks clean. I find that pretty funny LOL.

Thank you Eric!!! We are doing very well. I'm amazed I still haven't run out of ideas. LOL This can definitely be a full time business if one wanted it to be, but I have to work to support the hobby. LOLOL Give our regards to your wife as well!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗

I saw the "clip" of him in the cage. I thought it was so funny. I think he said something not so kind to the wrestler. LOL That is a good idea!!! 🧐Let me see what I can do. Thank you!!! 🤗🤗❤️🤗🤗 That will have to be in the episode after this next one. 🤞🏼 Have an awesome day today!!!