I know I haven’t been on much lately, but I haven’t been completely idle either.
Mostly I’ve been continuing to dabble in the 1/12 action figure realm experimenting with what does and doesn’t work with my skill sets and knowledge of mediums.
A couple weeks back I picked up a figure just for a modification. Not something I’d normally do but I saw something in my head and thought I’d go for it.
I stole a head from a cheaper “Ninja Strike” G.I. Joe Scarlet that is a total let-down of a figure, but she had this odd mischievous grin that didn’t fit the character anyways. I knew I could do better with such a primo face sculpt but the hair had to go. So I removed the head from the body, dipped it in boiling hot water and literally ripped it off lol.
The glue was tough, but I prevailed.
That left a big hollow space around her crown where the plastic hair fit into a notch and I filled that with Miliput in preparation for the hair I had planned to also build in layers of Miliput.
This took the better part of 24 hours before I was absolutely sure the Miliput was cured. That was a rather thick application after all.
I rolled out more Miliput to about 1.5 to 2 mm thick and cut some basic shapes for the hair style I had in mind. I don’t know hair styles and what they’re designations are but I’m guessing this is a kind of pixie bob with bangs? Whatever.
Sanding. Carving. Sanding. Scribing. Getting something hair-like in texture took some patience. Turns out you can manipulate Miliput with water while it’s still curing. I read that after I had already let the stuff cure overnight. Even though I’d read that on the box several times, it only clicked after I had pretty much finished. Future experimentation is going to happen, I assure you.
So I sealed the hair sculpt and painted it up as I’d seen it in my minds eye. To finish it off I gave the face a makeover, going for the dark and mischievous Goth look that goes with the body I chose.
I don’t know what kind of character I’ve created, but I like the look of her. The original character is Lynx from that video game Fortnite that every kid seems so in love with these days.
I call mine Minx. Her accessories are all included except for the slightly deformed P-90 she came with. I replaced that with an odd AK-47/SVD hybrid rifle from Gridiron Props. They specialize in some very accurate 3D resin printed weapons for many different themes. Mostly they’re making a killing on G.I. Joe stuff right now, but they offer some fantasy stuff as well. Nice swords!
Anyways. Not much happening, but still having fun when I can.
Thanks for taking a look. I wish you all well! Keep your heads up.