Spring 2011 Challenge: Season 8 & 6 (x3)

[Jess]

The Spring 2011 Challenge runs from March to end of May.

This challenge is to make figures from the Buffy Season 8 and Angel Season 6 comics.


Rules for Customisers

1) You can state your ideas for what you intend to make. You can post in-progress photos, if you like, as well as finished photos.

2) Remember, this challenge is just to give us some unity during this Season. You are still encouraged to produce any custom you like that is un-related to this challenge and post it in its own thread.

3) If you post photos of your custom in this challenge thread, please don't also post it in a separate thread.

4) This challenge will last during the months of March to May only. Please plan to finish your figure by May 31.

5) You can use any format of custom in this challenge. It can be Mini, Palz, 6", 12" or bust. It can be a single figure or a tableau of several figures.

6) Only photos of 600 pixels wide, or less, are accepted.


Rules for Non-Customisers

Everyone is encouraged to comment on the works shown here. This thread is for chatting about the theme, posting photos and sharing ideas but please keep it on topic.


Gallery

This is a quick view of completed customs only. Please scroll through the thread for recipes, details, progress photos, multiple angels and reference photos. I'm showing them in the order in which they were completed.

Smiler - Last Gleaming Buffy and Spike



Whiskey025 - Turbulence Willow




skytteflickan88 - My Little Pony Buffy

[smiler]

Season 8 - Last Gleaming part 4
" Did I do all this? "
" Yeah, ya did. Where's the seed? "
Hi again! This is my version of the scene where Spike and Buffy first go underground amongst the devastation of what was once Sunnydale.
Spike is slightly wary, Buffy ready to kick some butt.
Recipe: Buffy - primevil head,Val doran torso, unknown legs from my fodder box! I sculpted over her thighs and calves to give more shape and sculpted the sleeves of her jacket where the denim? turns into sequins, her hair and shoes and sculpted over all the joints.
Spike - dst school days head (best of them all in my view ), Xander dst torso,cut so it was at an angle and sculpted over to create some folds in the fabric, the legs were from a Crow figure and left as they were (no sculpt on them needed ), and the coat was from a really crappy Neo figure.
The base background was from a Black widow figure but I added quite a lot of sculpey to it and then stuck lots of debris all over. It was painted in rocky/earthy colours and then I sprinkled ash all over it to make it look like it had been charred and buried.The figures were painted to match the outfits from the comic but i tried to make them appear to be like real life fabrics because the comic doesn't really show what they are made of.
Once again, sorry no in progress pics. Still no camera and using a friends so I can't hang on to it during the whole process. hope you like ! x

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Night time view

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3rd attempt at posting photo

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[skytteflickan88]

It looks so great! The way you pose figs, it's amazing! Sculpt, colors, everything is great. I want this so badly!

You came in from nowhere and became one of the best customizers on the site in such a short time. Sure, you're not perfect yet, but your skills far outway the few flaws in your art.

[willowswarlok]

ooo i didnt see this!
Nice work Smiler
looks awesome, as always

[MsBig]

Another fantastic set. Great work, Smiler! It's great to have fresh work on the forum.

[MsBig]

I doubt I'll be making anything for this challenge or the NJ. I'm still swamped with a job, and plugging in 1000+ pages of data to my new CMS custom figures website.

Thanks to Jess for organising the challenges and COTMs.

I'm sorry I've been such an absentee parent recently. I'm expecting to be done with the new site in July, and will be more active again on the forum.

[Whiskey025]

Here's my entry deluxe "Turbulence" Willow. I sculpted her hair and her top. I painted her to look like Willow in the comic book. I really liked this outfit and wanted to do something with my deluxe Willow.

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She's great - that's a really lovely paintjob you've done, those flowers are excellent and the frills are very well made. Hair is spot on too. Which issue is she from, I must have missed this outfit she's wearing and I want to check it out ? Very well done.

[Whiskey025]

Thanks Smiler , it means a lot that you complemented my custom. I really like your work, the sculpts and paintjobs you've done are amazing. The issue this outfits from is issue #31:Turbulence.

[skytteflickan88]

Not sure if My Little Pony customs are allowed. Tell me and I'll give her her own thread.

Some in-progress photos.

Buffy from The Long Way Home issue 1, Season 8. My interpretation of her anyway, lol.

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I couldn't find a pic online for the cross Buffy uses to kill the demon.







This will be my third custom. Third custom I complete anyway.

Just half-done as you see. Lots of painting left. School is kicking my butt, and need to buy a smaller brush.

I'm very proud of her(sometimes I'm very uncritical of my work, lol) but as with my former work, I think I will find my clumsy hands and poor painting skills ruin her potential.

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I see a little bondage creeping in there Caroline !!!!!
It's great fun, I'm curious - maybe a season 8 Buffy/Satsu combo could be your next project!
I love that you can have a good laugh, well done!

[skytteflickan88]

You and your dirty mouth. You're making her blush! ;D

I guess she does look a bit dominatrix-like.

And thanks for the idea. Making a Satsu to go with her would look good. I think they were so cute together in the comics.

[CraigO]

Well, after spring cleaning, I can't find my legs.

... The legs I need to get my custom done.

Wish me luck...

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May 20, 2011 8:06:01 GMT -5 CraigO said:

Well, after spring cleaning, I can't find my legs.

... The legs I need to get my custom done.

Wish me luck...

What legs do you need, I might be able to help?

[CraigO]

That's very kind of you to offer.

Unfortunately, having found my spares box, I find I don't have a body or arms either.

(Season 8 "Nick Fury" Xander, currently just a head. I'll see if I can find a marked-down Star Trek 6" figure to use as a base...)

[skytteflickan88]

Finished.

My Little Pony: Ma'am Buffy.











I used a My Little Pony(not sure what kind), chopped of the hair, added clay, cut up the cross from the base that comes with some Spike figures, but in a piece of metal at the end of the cross, added more clay. Painted and varnished.

[smiler]

I love her, as i scrolled down each image my smile got wider and wider. Such good fun and actually really well made and beautifully painted!
I don't know if I can take her seriously of course, but I don't think you'd have it any other way! What a great new take on the Buffy universe. I hope you make a whole series like this. x

[skytteflickan88]

May 24, 2011 14:25:12 GMT -5 smiler said:

I love her, as i scrolled down each image my smile got wider and wider. Such good fun and actually really well made and beautifully painted!
I don't know if I can take her seriously of course, but I don't think you'd have it any other way! What a great new take on the Buffy universe. I hope you make a whole series like this. x

Just like Buffy, this little pony is cute, tiny, looks harmless, but can kick serious butt. So you better watch yourself.

Seriously though, thank you. I saw some Buffy ponnies on deviantart and wanted to make my own. I think I will make a few more season 8 ponnies.

It's actually cool that this is the third custom I've made finished, yet it looks pretty decent. The two customes I made after this (one finished, just have to post photos) looks like crap.