The challenge was to start with a selected mold, this time Breyer's G3 Cantering Warmblood, and make it into something else. This could be with just a paint job, a simple custom (just mane and tail changes), drastic custom (anything beyond many and tail) or a fantasy piece (divided into repaint and custom). And there were two categories amateur and professional. I don't know what I would have gone into.
Regardless, I started with just the one piece and he had no idea what was coming.
So first you cut up the pieces...
Then you rearrange them...
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| Hmmm, this looks wrong maybe. |
Lengthen the back...
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| WAIT! TOO MUCH! |
Using the head as a guide.
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| "I feel funny... and really short." |
Reattach the head...
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| "Yay! I don't see the underside of my feet anymore!" |
Fill in some holes, make a base for the neck, and make a few leg tweaks...
Change the legs some more and sand...
and sand...
and sand... ack too much!
Around this time is when I got a second idea that just had to be done so I got another body! A comparison of the changes so far compared to the original.
Ok, time to put some muscle back on! This is where he is at right now. He still needs his legs to be finished, chest muscles added, the right haunch is going to be resculpted, feets, face, ears, details, wrinkles, mane, tail, ears.... And to top it off more sanding!
I haven't decided on a color yet. He is definitely going to be fore sale once completed, so I might offer him unpainted too. I'm going to give the second guy his own post as this one has gotten very long! Until tomorrow!
6 comments:
He (she?) already looks so much better! And thanks for this funny post, it made my day! :D
Coming along great! Can't wait to see him/her when its done!
I think it's going to be a he/him. Can't believe I didn't post that at all! Haha. Thank you both! It's really fun doing drastic customs this small. They seem to take up so much less time. Why didn't I think of this sooner?
Looks brilliant already! Can't wait to see him finished :)
how do you move the legs?
Olivia Morris - Thank you! I can't wait for him to be done too! I want to start on his hair already!
Lara - On this little stablemate, I used my embossing gun (heat gun) and carefully heated the parts of his legs I wanted to move. I try and make sure to not get the plastic too hot or it will bubble and then that's anothe area that will have to be resculpted. The plasic will be very hot, so care must be taken to not burn yourself!
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