Hello Moonbasers,
do you like Gashapon figures?
Those carefully detailed Japanese figures come inside plastic balls and can build up to quite impressive sizes. They need to fit inside a 50mm ball and I've been toying with the idea of turning some of my puppet film work into collectable figures.
On a Monday night, I go to a local group "Sketch Club" held by a retired Art School tutor. I often draw pictures of toys, but I also work on clay sculptures.
I decided to make a figurine of the central character in my film, as a combination of
"sweater girl" and Spitfire pilot! I've already made a 1/2 scale head with flying gear, so I shrunk it down to 1/5 scale and sculpted a clay body to go with it.
Then life got in the way and the clay figure stood on my 3D scanning stage for weeks. The other day, I decided to look at the scans and discovered I hadn't done any final scans at all!
So with a quick session, I managed to get my figure into the computer and printed out on my 3D printer. The 50mm gashapon size,
is a perfect fit for the Trumpeter 1/25 scale Spitfire kit I'll be using for my VFX.
Last night I was watching the movie Shamrock Spitfire for reference and inspiration. I noticed the RAF salute with the thumb facing downwards, whereas my sculpt is American style.
Luckily I can modify the clay arm, rescan it and print out a King's regulations version!
I'm just having too much fun! For the first time in my life, I'm enjoying the journey as much as the destination.
Happy toy hunting Moonbasers!
Looey
Oz
Nicely done!
ReplyDeletegashapon capsules and gum machine ones were a staple of my childhood - like you, i loved the transparent domes that i could fit Spacex astronauts into as ready made spaceships! Looks like Ms Bissett is coming along amazingly well too! Bill
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