June 2007 Challenge - Slay-a-thon/Make-a-Wish (x7)

[ba|1]

Wayne that Ubervamp looks great! Love the likness and UNBELIVEABLE job on the clothes!!!

[MsBig]

Fantastic Ubie, Wayne.

Really looking forward to seeing your new work, Aly. I've missed you on the forum.

[CraigO]

Joss's Birthday Update Thing:

I now have all the parts for "abseil into the evil lair" 8.01 Buffy, apart from a suitable blaster. I intend to fix her hairdo tonight, paint her and grab some photos with my dad's more-than-twice-as-good-as-mine camera tomorrow.

Should I go for the bare Dawn arms, or the bare Deluxe arms? The Deluxe arms would keep full articulation, and I could include the jacket and its arms for the "mooching around in her jacket" scene later that issue, but the Dawn arms don't have that big ball at each shoulder. I normally lean towards keeping the articulation, because that's something I'm good at customs-wise, but I don't want to make a figure that looks out of place with her colleagues.

(And I mentioned I was doing this at today's Can't Stop the Serenity screening, and that I'd be putting the end result in the same charity auction as others, and naturally the guy I was talking to knew Sasha's work and said "oh, yeah, her stuff's amazing". So no pressure there.... )

Update to my update - I tried the Dawn arms and they are FREAKISHLY long. So Deluxe armed she is.

[Alyrenee]

i am still working on mine. I think i will be able to push and get it finished this week (along with some others I have been working on for ages). i have been having a bad month with my hands...some carpal tunnel issues...and since my job is totally hands on detail work (painting, drawing, sewing, etc) its been really hateful. So its coming...but slowly yall. now no more typing for me..it hurts worse than anything....

[CraigO]

I'm really sorry to hear that. I can only imagine how frustrating that is.

[CraigO]

Season 8 Buffy

Since I'm representing Season 8 all by myself (no pressure...) I decided to go with the already-iconic first scene.

She's a Deluxe Buffy from the bust up, and a Season 5 Willow from the bust down. I hacked the top off the Willow torso, leaving a "spine" to go into the joint space in the Buffy chest, before gluing and puttying the gap and modelling the action-hero abseiling harness over that.

She's Deluxe-ly articulated in the head, neck and arms, and normally articulated from the waist down. She can switch to the Deluxe jacket and arms too, for the "moping around the castle" scene later in the episode.

Besides the harness, I also sculpted her hair, and painted her Serenity T-shirt, and I will be sculpting the blaster she wields soon.

She's not 100% scene-specific - her trousers aren't tucked into her boots, and I didn't paint her hands and wrists as gloves, as that would rub when switching accessories.

Ever have one of those days where the Macro function on your camera is fascinated by the wallpaper and focuses on it instead of the figure? Well, I just have, and since I won't be able to borrow my dad's high-spec camera again until after he spends a week whale-watching, I'll just have to update the photos in July, once I have all the accessories. I found a just-about perfect base part for the blaster, and need gold paint for the cross she SHUUKs that demon with.

You'll hopefully see a blurry my-camera-has-no-zoom picture of them before the 30th, and I'll try to take some complete and in-focus shots before sending the figure to the auction.




(The only shot I got in proper focus all day.)





Update! Cruddy flash photo with blaster and cross. And yes, I will be repainting the blaster.

Good work all!

[MsBig]

Nice work, Craig! Great detail on her shirt and harness.

[CraigO]

Thanks!

Important question - where should I be posting her to, and when, to get her to the auction?

[MsBig]

I've just sent you the address in a PM, Craig.

[Willfan]

Ohh I'm also gonna need the info for the auction...thanks!

[Kenobi]

Same here!

[Alyrenee]

okay i only had time to do something really simple...so here is a non-vamp nightmares buffy in progress. i will paint her tomorrow night.

[stakey]

aly its so great seeing your work again!! Ive missed it!!

I shall comment on all the figures in one big post once they are all done but wow guys these are awesome!!

[Kenobi]

Better late than never, right? Here's my base for my "The Gift" Buffy, finally finished. Not super creative or anything, but I think it works well.

[EndofDayss]

Season 2 - Dancing-Tease When She Was Bad Buffy



I used a Cheer Buffy head, Prom Buffy torso, MAC Dru arms and hand, Charmed hand, MAC Cordy legs, and a wooden floor base. I managed to retain a lot of her articulation, which I was happy about. Her hair isn't as yellow looking in person.

I wanted to do a repaint of an Ice Cream Xander to go along as her dancing partner, but I'm still waiting on him. If I get him in time, I will include him.

[ba|1]

Wow love the season 8 buffy, also the gift base is nice, Nightmares buffy looks very promising so far and that season 2 buffy looks cute

[willowswarlok]

ive nearly finished mine, but wont be able to post it till later today, so since this thread will be locked, ill have to start a new one
Wayne

[MsBig]

I'll keep this thread open for an extra couple of days, so that Wayne and Aly can finish. It is for charity after all.

[willowswarlok]

msbigpileofdust said:

I'll keep this thread open for an extra couple of days, so that Wayne and Aly can finish. It is for charity after all.

Sasha, you are a lifesaver, also, my camera is on loan to my mum's boyfriend, his daughter has a batmisfah, or whatever its called. but it shall be done,
Thanks
Wayne

[MattyEre....(Chosenprophecy02)]

Great enerties everyone.Carn't wait to see the show time custom finished.