[Clockwise]

With three months to go to complete my 40th Anniversary A-Team set, Hunter Stockwell is the last "gotta have" figure for the set. The rest will be nice to have, but not as necessary.

This is my 3rd custom using Shark Tank figures in suit, and it's what I'd call a happy fail.

The head I used, an ARAH Chuckles, has a good facial match for actor Robert Vaughn, but it's still not perfect. The head is too large, so I resculpted the jacket lapels to balance this out, but they're too puffy. I also sculpted the hair too far forward on the forehead, and it's too thick.

Unlike Pike and Lynch, whose base figures have open jackets, Stockwell's jacket (a Kevin O'Leary figure) had a buttoned jacket. So while the newly sculpted jacket bottom hides the leg articulation cuts, the legs have very limited range. Pike and Lynch's legs can move forward and up to about 45 degrees, not horrible for suit figures.

As for the eyes, the effect works if you're looking at the figure straight-on. Look at It from an angle and it's obvious they're just painted straight onto the lenses. I tried solid lenses, but it didn't capture the creepiness of being able to see the eyes.

Give me feedback on the eyes, if you would. Curious to see if anyone likes them or not. Now I'm jonesing to try the painted eyes on an ARAH Tripwire head, just to see how it turns out...

[TheOverlordCorp]

The eyes look fine. Maybe a little more light in the irises than we would see with lenses. Robert Vaughn had a noticeable coldness in his persona, I thought.

[Itchweed]

Looks great man! Great work!

[Clockwise]

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

The eyes look fine. Maybe a little more light in the irises than we would see with lenses. Robert Vaughn had a noticeable coldness in his persona, I thought.

Thanks.

Now I want to try sculpting for a figure with glasses, by leaving the lenses out and just sculpting the frames (like ARAH Baroness or M*A*S*H Father Mulcahey), but using paint to make it look a bit different than the surrounding face.

[Clockwise]

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Originally Posted by Itchweed

Looks great man! Great work!

Thanks.

Just a few more A-Team figures to go...

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by Clockwise

Thanks.

Now I want to try sculpting for a figure with glasses, by leaving the lenses out and just sculpting the frames (like ARAH Baroness or M*A*S*H Father Mulcahey), but using paint to make it look a bit different than the surrounding face.

Wow. The 4077 would be an undertaking!

[Clockwise]

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

Wow. The 4077 would be an undertaking!

Oh, no, I'm not doing them. I was referring to the Tri-Star action figure line from 1980-ish. They sculpted on lenseless glasses on Father Mulcahey and Col. Potter. Looked damned good, too.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by Clockwise

Oh, no, I'm not doing them. I was referring to the Tri-Star action figure line from 1980-ish. They sculpted on lenseless glasses on Father Mulcahey and Col. Potter. Looked damned good, too.

Got it. I think I've seen figures like that, just rims and eyes.

[Clockwise]

"Just rims and eyes" sounds like the name of an unused Iam Flemming story.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by Clockwise

"Just rims and eyes" sounds like the name of an unused Iam Flemming story.

I like it.