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  • p3ss3ssod
    New Member
    • Sep 4, 2015
    • 10

    Kolchak: The Nightstalker from Neca Old Man

    Greetings! First time posting here, was going to just put this on my personal Facebook page but wanted to share to a more discerning audience.
    I've wanted to do a Kolchak for years, and the recent Neca Old Man figure provided the perfect opportunity. I've looking around to see if anyone else
    had done one yet and couldn't find anything, then again, I'm not really 'connected' online with any custom groups/sites/feeds/etc.

    I kept the body from the Neca figure too. The clothing's FTC's Boss Hogg. So far I've hand dyed the shirt to a the pale blue colour and sculpted up the hat (which is removable), and made the tie (and taken in his trousers). There's still a long way to go as I plan on pinstriping the jacket and pants, adding a belt and belt loops to the trousers and then making his camera and tape recorder. The shoes to need to be resculpted/painted too. I was thinking about slightly adjust his expression, but I'm warming to this look. I'll experiment a bit with it in photoshop before I decide to go down that track.





    Will start on his accessories tomorrow and hopefully have some success.
    Last edited by p3ss3ssod; Apr 14, '18, 8:45 AM.
  • Brown Bear
    Still Old School
    • Feb 14, 2008
    • 7057

    #2
    Looks amazing so far and welcome to the Forum.
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    • LonnieFisher
      Eloquent Member
      • Jan 19, 2008
      • 10814

      #3
      I think it looks great the way it is. That hat is awesome!

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      • newlyknighted
        Persistent Member
        • Feb 21, 2010
        • 1625

        #4
        He looks great! Welcome to the museum.
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        • dr_cyclops
          One eyed, wonder
          • Dec 17, 2009
          • 2138

          #5
          Welcome to the MM. As Lonnie said; Awesome hat! Thank you for sharing.

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          • danadoll
            Micronaut Nut!
            • Apr 11, 2005
            • 1840

            #6
            I think he looks great and welcome aboard!
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            • palitoy
              live. laugh. lisa needs braces
              • Jun 16, 2001
              • 59201

              #7
              man, that's perfect!
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              • boss
                Talkative Member
                • Jun 18, 2003
                • 7204

                #8
                He looks great! Nice job.
                Fresh, not from concentrate.

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                • sprytel
                  Talkative Member
                  • Jun 26, 2009
                  • 6539

                  #9
                  Looking good! Great job on the hat.

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                  • The Bat
                    Batman Fanatic
                    • Jul 14, 2002
                    • 13412

                    #10
                    PERFECT!!
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                    • Starroid Raiders Dagon
                      Persistent Member
                      • Apr 28, 2013
                      • 2162

                      #11
                      Awesome work!

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                      • p3ss3ssod
                        New Member
                        • Sep 4, 2015
                        • 10

                        #12
                        Many thanks for the kind and supportive words.

                        Progress has been slow while I work out how/if to pinstripe the suit or whether I just hand dye it a single colour. I'm really in a quandry about how visible the pinstripes should be at this scale to keep the aesthetic, as accuracy to the scale of the real suit is an impossibility by hand.

                        I have finished his camera though, as accurate as I could get, I managed to include the pop out side viewfinder and the extra flash attachment. This serves as a good gripping point for him to hold it too, which was a great bonus.

                        I've also resculpted the top of the hat. Before it was to straight on the sides going to the top section, this has now been rounded and peaked to look more like it should. The band around the crown's been redone in tape too, which lends itself more to a toy-look, I think and neatens it up.

                        Tape recorder and belt should be taken care of this weekend with any luck and by then I'm hoping to have made a decision about the suit's pinstriping.



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                        • TrekStar
                          Trek or Treat
                          • Jan 20, 2011
                          • 8354

                          #13
                          Great job on this, nice facial expression and love the hat and camera.

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                          • p3ss3ssod
                            New Member
                            • Sep 4, 2015
                            • 10

                            #14
                            Thanks!

                            More progress today, got his cassette recorder completed; I knew I bought that ReMent walkman years ago for something. And yes, the cassette is removable.
                            I painted it up to be more accurate to the Sony used in the show, I'm happy with how it's come out.



                            And here he is all loaded up. He's very nearly done now, a couple of details I might still add are his watch and the bow/clip or whatever it is on the side of the ribbon on his hat.
                            I've decided to not do the pinstriping, at this scale I don't believe it'll look right. I have dyed the suit a very pale blue so the relationship of the colours on him is how it should be with the pale blue shirt, lighter blue again on the suit (from a distance, when you can't see the pinstripes) and white sneakers.



                            Will mull things over a little more and see if I can add/change anything else before I'm ready to call him done and will do a proper photoshoot for him then.

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                            • LonnieFisher
                              Eloquent Member
                              • Jan 19, 2008
                              • 10814

                              #15
                              I think it's super awesome!

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