What’s on the workbench, /toy/?Sculpts, castings, original plushies, 3D prints, dioramas, mods, kitbashes, and repaints are all welcome!Post WIPs, finished projects, ideas, techniques, ask for advice, and most of all, have fun!HELPFUL TIPS:-Invest in a rotary tool such as a dremel for sanding/sculpting, especially a flexible extension tip.-Pin vises for drilling holes can be found at hobby stores like Hobby Lobby and are great for making peg holes.-For soft, flexible parts get Sugru silicone putty and Oyumaru-Hardware epoxy putties such as Waterweld, KwikWood, and PlasticWeld are similar to milliput, greenstuff, and apoxie, can be cheaper some times, and can be found at local hardware stores such as Lowes, Ace, and Home Depot.-Bootleg figures make great custom-fodder, especially if the legit figures are pricey.-Body-chan/kun, Figma Archetype He/She, and Sozai-chan/kun are great base bodies for import-style human characters.-For 3D models to use for editing, the following sites are good to bookmark:>cgtrader.com (free and purchasable models)>cults3d.com (free and purchasable models)>models-resource.com (FREE 3D game models)>turbosquid.com (free and purchasable models)>grabcad.com (free and purchasable models)>renderhub.com (free and purchasable models)>makerworld.com/(free and purchasable models)Let's get Spooky
Jin is pretty much finished aside from a new scarf (on the way) and working on his punch/kick fire effects. He was made from a Secret Wars Beyonder upper body, 3d print modded Ryu head (ebay), Solid snake bandana, AoA Gambit arms/legs/feet/belt, 2-pack Secret Wars Dr Doom hands, Star wars Krrsantan shoulder pads, UV resin, various fodder knife/pouches/straps, metal Gundam caps, and a scarf made by putting bendy weird between two pieces of white duct tape. Unfortunately the tape eventually starts to split apart so I ordered a Figuarts Apocalypse Zero Exoskeleton figure to swipe the white articulated scarf from Jin is painted with Testors Aztek pearlescent white, grey-blue shading and details, then sealed with MTN acrylic matte so he can be posed and handled. I'm going to add whatever I can to him over the next few years and want to make a Blodia fist at some point!
WIP of the fiat effect. Need to add the fire trails around the inside and paint it clear, airbrush the white blast on the front. Also Jin's legs are the 3-pack Gambit (Psylocke, Banshee) not AoA's.
>>11594943The effect came from Diamond Select Avatar figure and I had to remove the inner fireball blast, then add a soft plastic fire ring to get it to snug on to Jin's fist. I'm also eyeing the Tamashii impact shock effect set....
>god I hate customs
>>11594970We only hate customs made by dioslop
Reworking the blank body to remove reliance on wire "pins" (and also improve tolerances and general aesthetic/engineering). Arms have been heavily redone; upper arm is now more seamless, with a Figma-style disc-hinge at the shoulder slotting into the bicep and going into a balljoint at the chest. The bicep swivel has been moved to above the elbow with an offset sphere-hinge replacing the pin. I feel this style works better for smaller figures than the below the shoulder swivel (which works better on thicker or more "defined" arms). Need to add the connector between the elbow joint halves but that's easy enough.I need to learn to use FreeCAD to design these joints honestly. Adding the chamfers, bevels etc to avoid sharp corners (and the stress fractures that go with them) is tricky in Blender, whereas parametric modelling would make them super simple and I could just import the joints into Blender after the fact.
X-ray view of the peg arrangement. Should allow for good range without getting gappy. Sculpt needs some tidying up on the forearm but again, easy enough.
Could u guys make a custom based on this?
>>11595590I'm gonna need a little more puddy to make that double chin
>>11595590Patrician taste in physiques, anon. Though I'm more of a Venus of Willendorf body type guy. Depending on your resources both digitally and IRL you could use my recent 3D model as a base and remove the belly and shrink down the tits either in a 3D program or by printing it and modding IRL with putty and cutting/carving tools.Pic related is up for sale as-is on Cults3D (the OP pic has an earlier WIP pic of the model). Boolean as you see fit.
>>11594930best scarf i've ever seen on this kinda figure.>>11595087seems weird to have the pegs so offset instead of parallel with the arm, but.. i'm sure you know what you're doing.>>11595590huh, one of Rukisan's models.
Where do i get started reading up on putting together custom 1/12(i think?) dolls? Been eyefucking these chinese chun li dolls on ebay for months, $200+ and thinking i could get a head + my own choice of body for around that, are there guides/suggestions i can get for what to look for? also part of me wants to figure out making figures of female characters that get not even official release treatment but again wouldnt know were to start.also saw theres bodies that support the figma joints, would be neat to get a body for my ulala figma. though then theres getting her clothes.. overall this looks like a fun rabbithole.
>>11595772>seems weird to have the pegs so offset instead of parallel with the arm, but.. i'm sure you know what you're doing.Fuck, I see what you mean. Hmmm. Miiiiiight have to adjust that a bit.
>>11594976You do. You have for over a decade now. I'm more tired of your incessant need to share your seething than I am of Jin.
>>11596095You're in luck anon, a shitload of blank bodies got announced on Wonfes recently, one of them were by Snail shell, but other chinese companies announced some
>>11596165you some sad shit dio some sad sad shit man
