Temple of Doom: Mola Ram

[Hinckley]

Following a request from Mr. Customizer in this thread to create this figure:

I designed this torso:

Please feel free to leave feedback. Thanks.

[Shadows]

First, I'll say that it's nice to see figures from the games. TLG has been notoriously bad about producing things shown in the games, so customs are frequently our only chance to see them brought into reality.

Now for the specifics here. That torso is dead on. I'm not sure what else to say there, it's like you ripped it straight out of the shot, it's perfect.

Obviously the hair/plume thing is silly, and you mentioned elsewhere that you might try the leg decal, so I won't say much about either except that somehow, I expect that the hat could be done with a combination of clips and horns. At least tolerably so.

Bottom line: Perfect torso. The beginning of a very professional custom figure.

[Hinckley]

First, I'll say that it's nice to see figures from the games. TLG has been notoriously bad about producing things shown in the games, so customs are frequently our only chance to see them brought into reality.

Now for the specifics here. That torso is dead on. I'm not sure what else to say there, it's like you ripped it straight out of the shot, it's perfect.

Obviously the hair/plume thing is silly, and you mentioned elsewhere that you might try the leg decal, so I won't say much about either except that somehow, I expect that the hat could be done with a combination of clips and horns. At least tolerably so.

Bottom line: Perfect torso. The beginning of a very professional custom figure.

Thanks.

And thanks for editing my topic title. I, honestly, was considering posting a little message to you to alter it for me, because I knew it wasn't specific enough. But not only was I too lazy to research the character name, I was also to lazy to type that little sentence requesting your help.

[iamded]

Shadows is right, that torso's dead on! Great job Hinckley, it looks fantastic on the fig! :thumbup:

~Peace

[jamtf]

The decal is perfect. As for the headdress.... I would rather have chosen an Achu temple priest headdress although that is not exactly accurate either and perhaps the yellow does not fit well with the flesh tone head.

[SirNadroj]

Like I said in the other thread, this is just perfect. Period.

A leg design would be really nice! And I don't know if youve tackled anything like this yet, but if you wanted a little 'challenge', maybe you could try the red head painting, that way you wouldn't need a hat.

[Scouty]

Great decal Hinkley! It's really good, and spot on! I ♥ it!

But why "Original Trilogy"? I wouldn't say there is a new trilogy

[MrCustomizer]

It's perfect!!!!! Too bad I don't have enough money to buy all the stuff to put the decal on the Patric torso.

And SirNadroj, I agree about the red head painting. But since I want to make all of the figs in my movie look just like they do in the Video game, I decided that wouldn't work. If it was my choice, I would use the natives from KotCS for Mola Ram, because they have better skin color for him. But whatever LEGO wants..

Oh and ImperialScouts, its "Original Adventures." If it were called the "Original Triligy", than I would agree with you. But is not, and I don't . Which hopefully clears that up.

Edited May 18, 2008 by MrCustomizer

[Asuka]

A very accurate rendering indeed, well done.

[Scouty]

Oh and ImperialScouts, its "Original Adventures." If it were called the "Original Triligy", than I would agree with you. But is not, and I don't . Which hopefully clears that up.

Custom fig from the Indy OT

[the enigma that is badger]

Beautiful work on the torso; it's spot-on to the game, and that design perfectly captures the essence of my personal favorite Thuggee cult leader.

A hip-leg decal set might make the fig "pop" a bit more. You could do with dark red hips, then a leg decal similar to the Slave Leia fig:

Setting that aside, black legs instead of brown might work a bit better to make the decal-leg transition a bit smoother.

The helmet is probably the weakest element of the fig. It's certain not a deal-breaker, but this piece might work best:

Honestly, until TLC sees fit to grant use a factory Mola Ram, this is perfect. Nice work!

badger

[Captain Green Hair]

The torso looks excellent Hinckley!

But i have too agree on the helmet and legs with the enigma tha is badger here, maybe even a decal on the legs for the red cloth thingy?

[zero1312]

Nice, like fresh from the box.

[Armothe]

C'mon, get that dremel out and let's see a Mola Ram Headdress :) You're off to a great start!

-A

[Hinckley]

*Googles dremel*

*reads*

er...okay.

Hey, see you in a few weeks!

[Wout]

Decal looks great.

Now a canyon with some hungry crocodiles to enjoy this tasty snack

[Clonecommando007]

That torso is so close to the figure in the game! Great work!

[mammymarf]

This is incredibly good and I agree with the enigma that is badger that helmet he showed is perfect just need to paint it correctly. Anyway awesome job looks just like the fig from the game!

[keetong]

'Cool' I like the detail on it. Its heaps good.