Tips for getting rid of the dreaded doll dot.

I just bought Sideshow's 1/6th Gandalf. It's a great sculpt, and the paint isn't terrible, but that little white dot in the eyes just kills it. Quite a few of my Sideshow figures suffer from this terrible malady, and I would like to cure them of it.

Other then repaining the the eyes (or in my case - having them repainted) are there any ideas for how to get rid of them?




My idea is to use a brand new exacto blade to gently shave/scrape off the dot. It seems to be the last layer of paint, so my hope is that I could just scrape that off without ruining the underlying pupil/iris. However, any clear coat would be gone in that tiny spot.

I would think I could touch up any clear coat that is noticeably missing. And worse case scenario, I could break down and get the ones I FUBAR repainted by a pro.


Thoughts?

I will definitely post before and after pics if I do this.

Are you not familiar with the "doll dot" I speak of?

I'm at work right now so I can't take a picture, but here's a pic I grabbed from google where you can make the dot out:

It's the twinkle in his eyes.

Maglor said:

I will definitely post before and after pics if I do this.

Are you not familiar with the "doll dot" I speak of?

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Actually no, but i'm afraid to look my statues in the eye now

Repaint is the only way.

Well, then there's no harm in trying my method.

Just ignore them

Here's a quick mock up where I took out the dot with iPhoto:


With dot:





Without dot:





Close crops:








With dot:





Without dot:





Close crops:





It's actually a pretty good paint-job without the dot.


Why they included it is beyond me. The eyes have a clear-coat which gives it a "natural" dot/reflection. The daub of paint is completely superfluous and it just looks like there's something in his eye.

That's one of the main reason I started repairing my SS figures in the first place, besides the usual early bar paint apps they had. I still need to repaint Gandalf and Faramir. Havent had any motivation, but yea the white "doll dot" bothers the hell out of me. I'm just glad it's not on my Anakin PF. Still need to repaint that too!

You want those bad boys repainting anyway if you ask me. His eyes are yellow!

somebody should start a thread/petition............

Platty said:

You want those bad boys repainting anyway if you ask me. His eyes are yellow!

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If you were Gandalf, you'd drink too.

Repaint the whole head.

The hair and beard being all one color with no gradation or depth would bug me far more than the doll dot.

EVILFACE said:

Repaint the whole head.

The hair and beard being all one color with no gradation or depth would bug me far more than the doll dot.

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Good point. That's the only thing that bugs me about the PF figure. From day one I've wanted to get the hair and beard repainted. There's a tiny bit of of gradation right around the face, but it's still pretty much one big mat of grey.

A repaint will likely be in the cards for all of my LOTR Sideshow heads - with the exception of Strider which is already repainted. The paint is just piss poor in general. But for me, the doll dot is my main pet peeve, and I want to see if I can get rid of it in the meantime.

either repaint the eyes or get eye decals from zotz and pick the closest one you can use..

Rob

I like the decal idea. Never heard of zotz...

Yes please do tell about "zotz" and their eye decals. Could save me some time when painting

Found the website, but have no idea how to search it for 1/6th.

https://www.zotzdecals.com/new.htm