Custom Elric 12" action figure/doll (lots of pics)

[Anonymous]

Hi everybody,

I posted this on some of the 1/6 hobby forums. I was really nervous posting this here, I hope you guys like it. Any comments are welcome.

My version of Elric is based on the first book, 'Elric of Melnibonأ©', shortly after he found the black sword Stormbringer. Here he is wearing his wearing his royal black Melnibonأ©an battle armour and his signature dragon helmet.

Thanks for looking.



My inspiration for the figure design came not from one source, but from many sources: from the novel descriptions to a wide range of artist impressions ranging from the classic Robert Gould book covers, to Japanese "bishonen boy" interpretations and even fan art (particularly, an artist named Janet Chou).

I built the armor from scratch using styrene, heat, apoxie and a vacuum cleaner that really sucks. Then painted the pieces with Tamiya metallic acrylics and sealed with a gloss coat.

Yep, the armour is completely removable.



Almost everything about this figure is scratch built.




"The Ring of Kings"





To make him an albino, I sprayed his body and face with very light coats of Tamiya white primer. I wanted to be able to see the natural flesh tone underneath and thus create a sort of a translucent effect. Then sealed the body w/ Testors Dull Cote. I painted the face details with acrylics.



cheers,
Doc T

[Whiskers]

Fantastic!

Is it fair to say that this is one of a kind? No plans to mass produce?

[PsychicWarVeteran]

8O

Wow. Just... wow.

That is really, really good work, DocT! That Stormbringer replica is great!

Welcome to MWM, by the way! :D

[nalpak retrac]

Doctor T:

The delicate features are very impressive and, to my eye, are very very accurate. That is young Elric! From the pics I can almost suspect the hands are sculpted, but the face is pristine. Very nice touch you have! Is the figure sculpted around an armiture?

And nice scratch-building job on the armor and sword.

I enjoy looking at (and building) models. Thanks for sharing your work!

[DoctorT]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Is it fair to say that this is one of a kind? No plans to mass produce?

One of a kind, I'm just a hobbyist and I did this is for my personal collection for fun. I read the books in my teens in the 80's during my D&D phase. So doing Elric in 1/6 scale was a fun project for me.

Is the figure sculpted around an armiture?

I can't claim credit for the body and head (except for the painting and hair styling). The base body came from a Volks doll "Neo Goh Guy".
http://www.volks.co.jp/en/index.aspx




cheers,
Doc T

[Typhoid_Mary]

Wow! 8O

Great work, DoctorT!

[DeeCrowSeer]

8O Wow. Just... wow.

You said it!!

That's incredible... totally incredible. I'm getting a headache just thinking about how much work and skill must have gone into Stormbringer alone. That's plastic genius, right there!

Congratulations on a beautiful piece of work, and thank you for posting the photos.

[mordenkainen]

awesome.

[KenBoorman]

Just have to add my note of congratulations too - a job VERY well done!

Ken

[Poetgrrl]

*speechless.* truly. WOW!!!! 8O

ehm... i guess there'd be no point putting this one on my Christmas list?

the details, esp. the sword, are VERY cool.

okay, folks. we found our stop-action Elric for the movie, eh? :twisted:

[L'Etranger]

It is just wunderbar,
encroyable, una maravilla, batt'am tiruno ! I'm very impressed!
L'Etranger

[DoctorT]

I've been lurking around here for a few months, doing research for this figure and I just want to say I think this site is fantastic, and the community is very knowledgable and nice! Thanks again folks, it really means a lot coming from the real knowledgable Elric readers on Mr. Moorcock's own site. :D I've also noticed some of you are really great artists, which humbles me even more.

I'm getting a headache just thinking about how much work and skill must have gone into Stormbringer alone.

It's not so bad when it's a labour of love. ;) I'm a HUGE Moorcock/Elric fan and I knew the more I put into it, the more I'd get out of it. Even as is, I think there's more I can do to add or improve. Heh, I think these types of projects never really get "finished".

And so I made the clothes and armor easily removable so that I could make adjustments and/or tweaks later, as well so I can do different Elric outfits in the future, like court robes or something like that. Still lots for me to learn though.

Simple armour breakdown

Again, a lot of armour pieces were greatly inspired by Janet J.E. Chui's painting.

okay, folks. we found our stop-action Elric for the movie, eh? :twisted:

:lol:

Cheers,
Rob

[Marc]

Just thought I'd add my two cents worth--BLOODY FANTASTIC!!--and very, very 8) ...

With talent like that, you should mass produce this stuff--I can think of a lot a kids who would be delirious to find something like that under their Christmas tree... :)

[PsychicWarVeteran]

I can think of a lot a kids who would be delirious to find something like that under their Christmas tree... :)

Yeah... me, for one. I'd fork out a decent number of clams for a doll like that. But then, a generic Volks Dolphie isn't cheap to begin with.

[DoctorT]

With talent like that, you should mass produce this stuff--I can think of a lot a kids who would be delirious to find something like that under their Christmas tree... :)

Thanks, you're too kind sir. Of course, for me it would be really cool if I could find a way to mass produce this figure somehow. Personally I wouldn't mind doing it, especially for the people who would really appreciate it. I wouldn't do it for profit, I'd just want cover my costs.

But before I even think of how it can be done, I'm no lawyer, but I think there are legal issues like licensing or some sort of permission from Mr. Moorcock.

But then, a generic Volks Dolphie isn't cheap to begin with.

Totally. Heh, it took me a little while to get over Volks sticker shock. When I bought the unpainted head for $15 I thought it came with the body (which is not bad) - but then I found out that the body is separately priced at $30. So $45 for an unpainted nude dolfie (plus shipping in my case). I usually work with high quality Dragon and BBI bodies and I can get them for $6-10 with painted head. But to me the tall/slender Volks body and pretty boy head was a perfect match for Elric imho. Even then I had to modify his right hand to be able hold the sword on it's own.

cheers,
Rob