Governor of the Imperial Outlands

[wax murderer]

Yet another WIP that got a jump start in the last couple weeks; I give you the Grand Moff Tarkin...

Not much really needed to be done, but I did more than one might think(as usual)...

To bring him up to correct height(Cushing had a good 3"on Kenneth Colley) I added .100" to his upper torso and calves...

This is actually Dr. McCoy, but the principle is the same, if not the location...

The uniform needed only 2 mods;inverting and repainting the badge, and fabricating another code cylinder(guess which one is mine)...

The Prometheus neck required cutting down the sculpted neck and adjusting the connection.I did a squish with Magic-Sculpt to fit the ball, then carefully pushed the edge slightly to create a "lock-in"for the ball.You can just see the edge in the last photo. It works quite well.Now we just have to paint his head,which my wife(who's a much better painter than I)has agreed to do...PS

 

[Tworiverz]

wowwee !!!! , well nice Tarkin.
Its simple but very effective, is the head from the Hasbro version or something fresh and new.

BTW cant tell which is the fabricated cylinder, is it the second in on his left shoulder ?

Did you pin the chest and upper legs before sculpying them ?
Seems like an effective way to gain some height.

Excellent work

 

[wax murderer]

The head sculpt is my own mod of the Hasbro;reduced in size and improved for accuracy.I have a mold,if anyone is interested.
You missed on the cylinder.
No pinning on the "extensions";added sections of styrene sheet with Tenax-7(a very efficient solvent cement for styrene),cleaned the edges and added Magic-Sculpt for strength.
I'm a bit OCD about height relationships,especially where characters with known heights are concerned. Besides, who wants all their figure to be the same height?...PS

 

[Wor-Gar]

Beautiful! Looks like the real thing!

I made my own long ago out of the GG bust and the Imperial Officer outfit by Hasbro, but this one looks worthy of the Sideshow shelf.

Let's see him next to your Vader? Please.

 

[elar]

Wow, nice job, I want this character in my collection in future!

 

[wax murderer]

For those who are interested, I do have a mold of my sculpt...PS

 

[jkno]

Excellent job!! This is an impressive figure. You might color the top of the code cylinders blue.

 

[wax murderer]

Hadn't noticed that detail before(apparently, neither did SST).I shall have to attend to it...PS

 

[j14]

My Favourite figure.

Great job on him!

 

[StarconstruX]

Perfect work!!!

Is the uniform from the Hasbro-Tarkin? I send you an PM about the head ;-)

 

[wax murderer]

The uniform(and body) are the Sideshow Adm. Piet,with some minor mods to make him a little taller.Got your PM...PS

 

[elar]

Do you have some new pics?

 

[wax murderer]

Not yet; haven't really done much with him since I base coated his head, other than hitting the tops of his(and all my other Imperials) code cylinders with a bit of blue tint.When I get more along I'll take some more...PS

 

[TheGent]

Be sure to use some grey in his teint. Or is it tan? Dunno.

 

[jkno]

Hadn't noticed that detail before(apparently, neither did SST).I shall have to attend to it...PS

Not all the Imperial Code Cylinders were the same. Most of them were real radiation dosimeters and there were some used by Rebels which were made from other things. There are some radiation dosimeters coming with a blue cap and others with a lens to see through. Tarkin had his with blue cap, Chief Bast and General Tagge had ones with lenses

My own 1:1 original radiation dosimeters aka Imperial Code Cylinders

 

[galactiboy]

Looks great so far! I might be interested in one of those heads once you are casting them

 

[rebelpig]

Really good, tried something similar myself but couldn't get the head small enough. might be interested in one of those heads, could you pm me with price, I live in the UK for postage.

 

[automaton]

and here i thought the Imperials simply like to have a lot of pens around.

 

[wax murderer]

And now, the finished figure,face-up by Arianne02...

As usual, my wife has done an outstanding job with the face paint(I need to work on that).

He really turned out well, and has been received cordially by my other Wars customs, 2 of the more notorious showing up for pix...PS

 

[automaton]

very cool trio!