wayouteast
Sr Member
I've just recently finished the last (for now) in a set of 1/6th scale figures from the original Blade Runner movie.
I've had the Deckard figure for years. He's an old vinyl figure, made by a company called Phantom. There's a fair bit of work needed to make a decent final product, to be honest, with his proportions being a bit 'off', his jacket not present at all, and a very poorly cast and inaccurate white metal cast blaster. Also, the original head bears hardly any likeness to Harrison Ford. Still, it's not that bad, and for a long time it was the only Blade Runner figure I had.
Then I acquired a 3D resin printer, and in my search for STL files to print, discovered not only a number of nice blasters (including one that was all in one piece) but also couple of excellent figures of Pris and Rachel by Jorge Rahab on CGTrader. I printed a replacement blaster at 1/6th scale for Deckard, and also printed, assembled and painted the two figures. Later, Jorge Rahab also produced an equally good figure of Roy Batty, so he joined the collection. Finally, I found an STL bust of Deckard which wasn't too bad a likeness, and managed to slice it, resize it and print just the head to replace the original head on the old Deckard figure.
It's taken me ages to finish painting Batty, and then to paint Deckard's new head. To be honest, despite my best efforts, he's not quite as good a likeness as the others... my eyes aren't what they were and I struggle with really fine details now. But it's a heck of a lot better than the original, and I now have Deckard and three of the replicants in the Blade Runner collection. I think they came out pretty well all things considered. I'm hoping that Jorge might sculpt Leon and Zhora at some time... maybe even Gaff or Sebastian too.
I've had the Deckard figure for years. He's an old vinyl figure, made by a company called Phantom. There's a fair bit of work needed to make a decent final product, to be honest, with his proportions being a bit 'off', his jacket not present at all, and a very poorly cast and inaccurate white metal cast blaster. Also, the original head bears hardly any likeness to Harrison Ford. Still, it's not that bad, and for a long time it was the only Blade Runner figure I had.
Then I acquired a 3D resin printer, and in my search for STL files to print, discovered not only a number of nice blasters (including one that was all in one piece) but also couple of excellent figures of Pris and Rachel by Jorge Rahab on CGTrader. I printed a replacement blaster at 1/6th scale for Deckard, and also printed, assembled and painted the two figures. Later, Jorge Rahab also produced an equally good figure of Roy Batty, so he joined the collection. Finally, I found an STL bust of Deckard which wasn't too bad a likeness, and managed to slice it, resize it and print just the head to replace the original head on the old Deckard figure.
It's taken me ages to finish painting Batty, and then to paint Deckard's new head. To be honest, despite my best efforts, he's not quite as good a likeness as the others... my eyes aren't what they were and I struggle with really fine details now. But it's a heck of a lot better than the original, and I now have Deckard and three of the replicants in the Blade Runner collection. I think they came out pretty well all things considered. I'm hoping that Jorge might sculpt Leon and Zhora at some time... maybe even Gaff or Sebastian too.
