Building your MARINES - CORRECTLY

[THE IMMOBILIZER]

Finally been able to put bishop together and wanted to share. Still have some way to go to finish everything (Hudson head being the most obvious) but I'm really excited how it's all coming together.


Nice Lookin crew you got there Dinosoar-daz,...
Realy great look on the ripley arms!,
Did you use the Sarah conner body for her?,...
Xenoviper is gonna do a resculpt on the H2O Hudson BTW, thought you would like to know.
Your Bishop needs a matching tan, i would choose to do the tan just a little lighter on the face.
Would like to see that Bishop paintjob close-up .

Gonna use the Sarah body for Vasquez, and Sarah hands for Ripley.
And am waiting on a return of Drake,s head , was dun by Small _studios.
+ 5 new suits for my crew from ''Men-at-arms'', with so much accurateness it will make you puke!,.
Still waiting on sleeves i see,... did saw a thread a while ago by ''Sovereign studio'' on new sleeves.
Would like a new pair of sleeves myself, sumhoes?.
Gonna PM Shawn again on that,...........................................

 

[Angry Kal-El]

I'm looking to make a racal headset for my hicks figure, anyone have any advice for what you use?

 

[Dinosoar Daz]

Realy great look on the ripley arms!, Did you use the Sarah conner body for her?,...

Yes that's the Sarah body, which I managed to get at a resonable price...looks so much better.

Xenoviper is gonna do a resculpt on the H2O Hudson BTW, thought you would like to know.

Wow, I didn't know that. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Your Bishop needs a matching tan, i would choose to do the tan just a little lighter on the face.
Would like to see that Bishop paintjob close-up .

Bishops sculpt came pre-painted a little darker than I would have prefered and then to make matters worse the new TrueType body is much paler Not too sure what I will do about it yet as cashflow is a bit tight thanks to Hot Toys's new T2 & Predators line

And am waiting on a return of Drake,s head , was dun by Small _studios.
+ 5 new suits for my crew from ''Men-at-arms'', with so much accurateness it will make you puke!,.

The Small Studios repaint will be sweet. Can't wait to see the photos.

Still waiting on sleeves i see,... did saw a thread a while ago by ''Sovereign studio'' on new sleeves.
Would like a new pair of sleeves myself, sumhoes?.
Gonna PM Shawn again on that,...........................................

I read somewhere that he needed to make new moulds before we can get new sleeves. Hopefully he'll put some on ebay at a later date and I'll get some then.

I'll post some new photos when I've done a bit more work on my diorama.

 

[Seditionary]

I am currently looking for a Hudson headsculpt if anyone can help me.

 

[Dic07046139]

Hope this is allowed, oh well gonna do it anyways!
Found a pretty kickass dio that somebody has made on a different forum heres a link, check it out!

https://www.thehiveforum.net/forum/index.php/topic,8148.0.html

 

[Mudshark]

Excellent work on that diorama. The Marines could use some finessing, but overall, a really cool display!

 

[Dic07046139]

Ah mudshark its not my dio, I just found the pics of it!
Some people seem to like to leave there marines alone, Id personally customize them but to each their own.

 

[Mudshark]

Well, the weather over here's been absolutely craptastic for the past couple of weeks, but the sun finally peeked out long enough for me to snap some quick pics... So here at last is a set of MAA's new camo BDUs, taken in natural sunlight with my SA 1:1 USCM 3-PAT camo BDU in the background for comparison.

I'd say the colors and pattern are as good as it gets. They do look brand spankin' new issue though, so a wee bit of subtle fading / weathering is probably in order for those who want their Marines to look SA. Vas is really looking forward to getting her female-sized BDUs next!

Thanks again to MAA for making these available!!!

 

[Dinosoar Daz]

I am currently looking for a Hudson headsculpt if anyone can help me.

Try the Lonnie headsculpt, available here https://h2creative.com/HHOF.pdf

Awesome Mudshark, utterly stunning.

 

[men-at-arms]

The BDUs will fade if you wash them. But since you don't wear these but plastic bodies that don't sweat & produce body oils causing need for cycle washing -- you might help the process along. In the past, one tea spoon of bleach added to single cycle no detergent wash then hang dry in natural sun light have yield instant results. ALSO, for anyone wanting to roll sleeves up easier, I'd recommend popping/slashing the stitching instead of making a permanent cut up the sleeve seam, so that preserves the integrity of the sleeves and can be sewn back if needed. Just 2 tips.

 

[dano669]

Selling my ht aliens collection on ebay https://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170522524968&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

so if anyone wants them make me an offer

 

[men-at-arms]

Here's a repost of a collector on applying the helmet cover

 

[THE IMMOBILIZER]

Thanks for posting these pictures MAA!.
And ''LT Dan'', thanks for your info on the helmet cover you did.
(Realy appriciate this alot).
Will make good use of this.

 

[Dinosoar Daz]

Does anyone know what would work as replacement boots for Vasquez? Are they the same as the other marines? I’ve scanned this thread again but can’t see any clear shots. I’ve never owned the figure so I’m not sure.

 

[THE IMMOBILIZER]

Does anyone know what would work as replacement boots for Vasquez? Are they the same as the other marines? I’ve scanned this thread again but can’t see any clear shots. I’ve never owned the figure so I’m not sure.

Yo Dinosoar-D
The boots that came with Vasquez,
are almost the same as ''Apone'' and ''Hicks'' boots that came with the HT sets.
If you look at the later released marines,( Drake and Hudson), then you will notice that they have less detailed boots, realy? yeah realy.
they are more slim, and they have no real shoelaces.
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But if you go back to the start in this thread, there you can read about better matching boots.

I found it for ya
These are words worgar putt on in the first few posts.

Boots are the wrong pattern. I think the toys come with Panama pattern soles when they should be Vibram pattern soles.

 

[men-at-arms]

The Panama sole conversion to Vibram sole on high end 1/6 jungle boots has been addressed as below. Just need a pair of cheapo vinyl Nam boots or similar:

 

[Dinosoar Daz]

Yo Dinosoar-D
The boots that came with Vasquez,
are almost the same as ''Apone'' and ''Hicks'' boots that came with the HT sets.

But if you go back to the start in this thread, there you can read about better matching boots.

Boots are the wrong pattern. I think the toys come with Panama pattern soles when they should be Vibram pattern soles.

The Panama sole conversion to Vibram sole on high end 1/6 jungle boots has been addressed as below. Just need a pair of cheapo vinyl Nam boots or similar:

Thank you DC & MAA. I think my search of the thread was too specific. When I just seached for boot I got much more useful results
Anyway my next marine project has begun

 

[Predator vs. Alien]

Anyone know where, or have either a FML custom Hicks or Hudson head??

My marines are in need of an upgrade

 

[Morbo]

postie just delivered my painted Hero Heads Apone. yay!

finally a complete set of Marines with decent head sculpts.

 

[Predator vs. Alien]

The Hero Apone head is SO much better I just got mine the other day as well.