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