Angry Hulk Breaking Out

This is a 1/6 Marvel’s Incredible Hulk from Ang Lee’s movie. This nicely sculpted kit had been built and painted when I bought it on Ebay some time ago. I like statues that are more dynamic in contrast to being ‘still’ or in a more passive posture. This kit illustrates what I mean by dynamic with HULK in anger holding both hands in fists with accentuated veins all over the body. To complement this kit, I was lucky to have separately found this broken brick wall base which I recently acquired on Ebay. Ebay has been resourceful for me in terms of finding a lot of long out-of-production goodies. In this display set, angry Hulk appears to be forcing his way out from behind the broken walls.

Oyama Alien at Aliens Hideout

Alien created by my favorite Austrian artist HR Giger has been one of my favorite movie characters. This 1/8 Alien kit from Japan by Oyama has been built and painted professionally. The sculpt quality and details are amazing. However, in my opinion, the most special part about this display set however is the inclusion of this Alien Corner base, or I prefer to call it the Aliens Hideout, which did not come with the kit. Both the Alien kit and the Alien Corner base are equally rare to find. The base was purchased separately from a garage kit shop called Starwars Emporium in England many years ago. Amazingly, it’s in scale with the Alien kit. Please note that the Alien Corner base came with an Alien head surfaced partially and creepily from the base just like the way the character would in the movie. It also came with a human face on the other side of the base. A great base can be very harmonizing when being put with the right kit, and this kind of match is extremely rare. I am proud to have come across them and to put them together in perfect harmony with one another. They both not only complement one another, but also dramatically enhance the value for one another as well.

Hugh Jackman as Logan (Wolverine) from X-Men

This is a 1/6 kit of unknown origin already built and painted when I acquired it on Ebay a few years ago. It was a well sculpted kit with close resemblance to Hugh Jackman from the X-Men movie but poorly painted when I first bought it. The sculpt work itself has been in my experience the most important part, just like the intrinsic or inborn features of the kit itself. Under the right hands, repainting it can easily bring it back to life. In addition to finding the right artist to revive the kit through repainting it, I also added some more values to it. The claws were originally made out of resin which in my opinion can never mimic real steel or metal. Therefore, I asked a machinist to machine out the claws for me. So my Logan has real stainless steel claws. Also, this kit didn’t come with a decent base. Bases are very tricky and challenging to find on many occasions. I was lucky enough to come across this one when I went to Wonderfest in Louisville on one occasion. I found this base from a seller there who had a batch of bases literally on the floor. I didn’t know at the time which kit will the base be good for. But in the right time, I found a good use of it. A great part of the fun is to make your kit unique. Therefore, even sometimes when kits come with bases I would still find better replacements for them, just to make them all the more special. The more effort you put in, the more enjoyment and satisfaction you usually get at the end. This Logan is one such good example from my private collection.