SirCharles77
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Hey gang, some of you may remember me for the Hasbro Falcon conversion I did a few years back. I have been lurking but haven't put up any more work for a while. I just finished a huge LEGO project and now I am moving on to my Han in Carbonite build that I have been wanting to do for years!! Finally have the means to do it and the place to put it!
That's here btw! I have this wall of my Sideshow and Vintage Figure and Vehicles collection. I am going to spread the sea and put Han right in the middle. He will be the centerpiece on the wall and flanked by these cases. Lord Vader is going to have to find a new home unfortunately. He'll get over it.
I haven't made much progress yet. I am mostly doing research atm so I have been reading up on all of the other builds people have done over the years.
In case the rest of you are curious I have found these 2 especially helpful.
kurtyboy My Han in Carbonite panel upgrades 23 Nov 2013
Thrashers Thrasher's HIC build thread
Both have tons of great info and pictures and seem to be a few of the ones that still have pictures...(Thanks Photobucket!)
So I haven't figured out everything yet, but here's where I am at with the build.
I picked up this amazing cast of HiC! It looks soo awesome I couldn't believe I got it! I am still in awe of its beauty and I can't wait to bring it to life with this build.
It's been sitting in my Man Cave ever since just waiting to be put in a fitting carbonite block.
Preparing this thing is going to be the scariest part of this build for me. I have never worked with this type of material and its a piece of art that I don't want to screw up. I am planning to mount it on a sheet of plywood. (what quality and thickness yet tbd, but I am looking to keep this build as light as possible.) I want to fill the backside with something so that its more durable and less likely to collapse if something happens. But again, not sure what yet. (Always looking for suggestions so PLEASE PLEASE fill me with your knowledge!!)
Then I need to clean up the seams and fill in the plywood surround with something to replicate the look of Carbonite. This is another thing I have yet to figure out.
Then I will prepare the surface for painting. Thinking I will do a light sanding on the model, then basically just paint it with a semi-gloss or eggshell silver color and then do a light black wash over it to fill in the gaps and cracks and make the shapes pop. Then once done do an overcoat to seal it in. May even touch up some areas with some more refined painting to make some highlights pop.
In this image of it from I believe the Identities Exhibit you can see that it almost looks like they specifically painted Han's outline with some black to make the shape of his body stand out a bit more. Not sure if this is how it was originally or the result of years of wear and fading or something. But I kinda like it.
I am referring to this thread for ideas on how to do all of this but still not set on anything.
King Jawa "Han in Carbonite" Helpful hints Tutorial thread
Then there are the panels and box. I will talk about those in my next post. Trying to keep this in smaller chunks this time. My Falcon thread had some doozies in it for bit posts!!
Wish me luck and I hope to have lots of great discussions with all of you experts out there on how to make this thing awesome!
That's here btw! I have this wall of my Sideshow and Vintage Figure and Vehicles collection. I am going to spread the sea and put Han right in the middle. He will be the centerpiece on the wall and flanked by these cases. Lord Vader is going to have to find a new home unfortunately. He'll get over it.
I haven't made much progress yet. I am mostly doing research atm so I have been reading up on all of the other builds people have done over the years.
In case the rest of you are curious I have found these 2 especially helpful.
kurtyboy My Han in Carbonite panel upgrades 23 Nov 2013
Thrashers Thrasher's HIC build thread
Both have tons of great info and pictures and seem to be a few of the ones that still have pictures...(Thanks Photobucket!)
So I haven't figured out everything yet, but here's where I am at with the build.
I picked up this amazing cast of HiC! It looks soo awesome I couldn't believe I got it! I am still in awe of its beauty and I can't wait to bring it to life with this build.
It's been sitting in my Man Cave ever since just waiting to be put in a fitting carbonite block.
Preparing this thing is going to be the scariest part of this build for me. I have never worked with this type of material and its a piece of art that I don't want to screw up. I am planning to mount it on a sheet of plywood. (what quality and thickness yet tbd, but I am looking to keep this build as light as possible.) I want to fill the backside with something so that its more durable and less likely to collapse if something happens. But again, not sure what yet. (Always looking for suggestions so PLEASE PLEASE fill me with your knowledge!!)
Then I need to clean up the seams and fill in the plywood surround with something to replicate the look of Carbonite. This is another thing I have yet to figure out.
Then I will prepare the surface for painting. Thinking I will do a light sanding on the model, then basically just paint it with a semi-gloss or eggshell silver color and then do a light black wash over it to fill in the gaps and cracks and make the shapes pop. Then once done do an overcoat to seal it in. May even touch up some areas with some more refined painting to make some highlights pop.
In this image of it from I believe the Identities Exhibit you can see that it almost looks like they specifically painted Han's outline with some black to make the shape of his body stand out a bit more. Not sure if this is how it was originally or the result of years of wear and fading or something. But I kinda like it.
I am referring to this thread for ideas on how to do all of this but still not set on anything.
King Jawa "Han in Carbonite" Helpful hints Tutorial thread
Then there are the panels and box. I will talk about those in my next post. Trying to keep this in smaller chunks this time. My Falcon thread had some doozies in it for bit posts!!
Wish me luck and I hope to have lots of great discussions with all of you experts out there on how to make this thing awesome!
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