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Gizmo-Tracer — Custom Season 3 Sari Sumdac
Published: 2009-05-16 01:02:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 2641; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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After discovering her Cybertronian origins, Sari decides to use her Allspark Key to upgrade herself, unlocking her full technorganic abilities!Sari is a 3.75" scale custom figure. I started with a Star Wars: The Clone Wars Padme Amidala figure, sculpted on the extra details with modeling putty, and painted the whole thing using Formula P3 acrylics.
You can see a full gallery here: [link]
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I always loved this figure. I plan on making my own Sari using a Cato Parasitti as the base, so that I could use her mask to make Sari's battle mode face. But I gotta ask how you made that dress without fear of it breaking when you move the legs.
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Pretty much the same way you'll see skirts on most production figures. There are two, thin, overlapping pieces made from two-part epoxy. They're fairly flexible, so they allow her some movement. That said, the figure didn't have a huge amount of articulation in the first place, so that may not be the best way to go in every case.
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WOW!
I just used a power rangers RPM toy to make her in battle mode all the time.... I suck.
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awesome use of the clone wars padme! Very cool. I read on your gallery that you had some trouble with the sculpting stuff? Is it a two part self hardening clay? if you've never used anything like that I would recomend trying out some "Apoxi sculpt". It's a two part self hardening clay that works like epoxy. It has a good consistency and fairly good long work time. It starts getting to hard to sculpt after about an hour and a half. with wet tools and fingers it smooths out to a nice glossy finish...
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It wasn't so much that I had trouble with the putty, just that it was my first time using it and there was a bit of a learning curve. Now that I've gotten used to it, I'm quite pleased with the stuff I'm using, though, yes, I am familiar with Apoxie Sculpt.
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That really is excellent, easily the best Sari custom I've seen. I admire the skill of all those who make theirs from scratch, but to me they always end up looking a little freaky. Not like this, which is just fanastic. Nice touch in selecting Clone Wars Padmé to give her a more cartoony look.
I don't suppose you'd be interested in customizing another one and selling it to a fan? Just wondering is all.
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Glad you like it! I'm not looking to make another one myself, but I would heartily endorse giving it a shot yourself! It's a lot more satisfying that way, anyway. If you follow the link I've got in the description you'll find a flickr gallery with a load of pictures including some WIP stuff, and a pretty throughout description of the process and materials I used.
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