Nori (Hobbit) Custom Action Figure
Custom #:91855
Name:Nori
Custom Type:Action Figure
Toy Series:Hobbit
Creator:Bastila  
Date Added:August 25, 2017
Base Figure:Tyrion GoT
Height:5.25 inches
Completion Time:9.00 hours
Articulation:20 points
Critiques:Requested!
I have been working on 2 figures that are taking forever, so I took a break from them and cranked this guy out in a day.

This guy was a delight to make because I didn't have to go out of my way to get any of the parts.I went around Phoenix, AZ about a month ago to used action figure stores and gathered a munch of cheap fodder figures. I intended to use the Tyrion figure to make Fili, but abandoned that idea in favor of Deaditor's recipe. So I used the part here.

Head: Ned Stark
Hair: Aragorn
Body: Tyrion
Upper arm: Tyrion
Lower arm: Tyrion
Hands: Tyrion
Kilt: Jon Snow
Thighs: Tyrion
Shins: Donatella TMNT

I slimmed the torso out with a nail file and then glued fringe from a Faramir character on the upper ans lower tunic. The under kilt also came from Faramir but the upper kilt came from Jon Snow. I added shoulder pads from Thorin and with an exacto-knife sliced Thorin's belt buckle off and glued it on sideways. The belt came from a Mad Hatter Batman figure.

I used milliput on the forearms and and shins to sculpt the wrist protectors and top of the boots. The shins are from a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and originally looked like hiking boots. I didn't have to change the bottom of them, they even curled up at the toes!

For the head, I used Ned Stark and sculpted a wider forehead, bigger nose, added cheeks and wrinkles with an oven bake Sculpty. Then baked it. Then I added the ears. Then baked it. Then I sculpted the top of the hair, baked it. After that, I glues Aragorn's hair to the back of the figure. Then I glued fodder to the face. I shaved several braids off of a Jack Sparrow figure and glued them on. Then I used milliput to blend the beard, add eyebrows, and make the braids on the top of the head. Then painted it.

The head actually only took an hour, even with the breaks to bake the play.

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User Comments
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Red Wolf Kustoms -
Monday, August 28, 2017
Outstanding Nori Custom! This would be a Excellent addition to any Tolkien Collection!
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Bastila -
Monday, August 28, 2017
Thank!! I am halfway done now!
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Grinmankey -
Monday, August 28, 2017
AWESOME!!! You're starting to get to the "B-Team" dwarves and this Nori is amazing. Great job! I'm getting inspired to get to work again. My dwarves are sitting at 6 complete and 3 more that are works-in-progress. Nori, Dori and Ori are probably the ones I'm most intimidated by, though. You make it look easy and possible! Fantastic!
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VicVeinz -
Friday, August 25, 2017
Awesome job done here.. keep it up!! Customizing figures can be very rewarding as your skills will grow in this hobby. I began nearly 5 years ago and have'nt looked back.
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Edgy 3 -
Friday, August 25, 2017
Wow !!! That looks just like Jed Brophy (actor who played Nori)!!! GREAT WORK!!!! As is all your work!!!!! ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL!!!!!!
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Bastila -
Monday, August 28, 2017
Means a lot coming from such a talented sculptor like you!
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Deaditor -
Friday, August 25, 2017
Haha nice. You're definately going to finish the lot before anyone at this rate hahaha. I get wheat you mean when you said you want to get them out of the way then improve or add on when they are finished but Nori looks great here. I'm toying with whether or not I want to do them all as I'm currently working on 3 that I feel are absolutely essential, I'm sure eventually I will also start trying to make them all but I want to do the most important ones first so Bifer, Nori, Ori, Dori and Oin are being back ended by me as I'm going for the most Iconic/ important to the story ones first. Really nice job on this one keep it up
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Bastila -
Friday, August 25, 2017
I should be done with Dori in a day or two. I work a late shift, 1 to 10pm. I fall asleep around 2 am. So I get a full 4 hours a night to just work on these, while everyone is sleeping. Ha ha. At first I hated the night shift but now I like it because I have a hobby to do. Great alone time.

No body other than my family knows I have this hobby. Ha ha I am a 26 year old girl who goes to toy stores looking for 2 dollar figures and stays there for hours just staring at stuff, imagining and planning.

When I decided to do this project, I planned out most of my figures in advance. For three weeks before I started, I Googled what other people did, and searched for figures to use. I gathered all the parts and knew what specific piece I would use for each fodder figure, to make the characters.

Not everything has worked out like I though, but for the most part they have.
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Deaditor -
Friday, August 25, 2017
I am in a similar boat haha, being a 22 year old student and only my family and a close friend know about it so I totally get it. Yeah planning is essential, whenever I do a custom there is so much wrk in the planning beforehand. I get idea, draw it to understand it sometimes, look at parts or sometimes something hits me then I do my research into their weapons or things they carry etc and get loads of pictures to look at and of course look at what others have done. I know I keep going on about my Thorin xD but I did see one other atempt at im which from what I can see they just used parts from Briene of Tarth and stuck it on him and I prefer hyper dertail so I sculpted mine from scratch, spending a year to get everything right down to rivets and shape etc so it would be authentic. Really enjoy seeing you get all these out and so far Nori is my favourite. Probably because no one else has done him yet haha. I got one comming out tomorrw if I can get him done then I need to start another. Keep up your excellent work!

I would advise you use miliput black instead of sculpy as it saves you from having to use an oven and risk anything. Works just as good as sculpy is stronger and easy to use. Glenn Webb the customiser who left us too soon used miliput and swore by it, but yeah it really is better than sculpy and you can buy in bulk on ebay!
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Staley -
Friday, August 25, 2017
Once again, I'm stunned how smart you choose and combine so many parts and how quick you assemble them to a beautiful figure. Your face-sculpt-skills are amazing from your first figure on. I'm a hudge fan of your work ! KUDOS and CONGRATS !
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Bastila -
Friday, August 25, 2017
Thank you so much!! Watch for Dori coming soon. Then there maybe a break before the next batch. I have been building them all at once but I have almost finished all the figures I have started on. And will work on the next 5 or 6 for a few weeks and then start dropping them on here as I finish them.
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