Toph Action Figure WIP part 3

Just a quick update on the current state of my Toph action figure.

Shes about 70% done in the sculpting stage. Next I need to smooth the surface, cut up the joints and make some mold.
This is going to be a looooooooong weekend.

Zgok Custom into Airman

A great step-by-step custom video. Zgok into Airman. Pay attention in making those hand and fingers.

Toph Action Figure WIP part 2

Just a quick update on the current state of my Toph action figure.

Doing this in wax sure is a whole new learning experience. To get a smooth surface I fist rake the surface of the wax. Then using heated sanding pad, I scrub the surface smooth. For polishing, I use water and t-shirt rag, I find that using sanding pad also work beautifully (don't heat the pad this time).

In the last post I said that I don't want to so ball joints. Well, scratch that. Toph will have at least 2 ball joints on her. I'm still trying out the mechanism though. More soon!

Toph Action Figure WIP

Just a quick update on the current state of my mystery action figure.

If you watch Avatar: the last air bender, you probably know who she is. She's Toph Bei Fong, my favourite character in the avatar universe. As you can see this is still a very rough sculpt. For this figure I'm going to go simple in the articulation department. So Toph will have at least 10 articulation points. The joints are in the neck, shoulder, elbow, hand, hip, and knee. I might add more though, but I don't think I'm going to include ball joints in this figure, because I don't know how to make them :p

More to come in the coming days.

Mystery Action figure! articulated! OMG!

I should have uploaded photos on how to work with wax, at least how I work with it. But I think that a video might explain it better then words or still photos. So I'm going to postponed the wax working photos and make a video of it.

As a subject for the video, I've planned to do a mystery action figure. Articulated and made in wax. Then I'll transfer the wax sculpt to a more sturdy material for finishing and painting. For those of you who asked about doing some articulated figure, either anime or not, you'll gonna love this.

For now I leave you with this very early, and fugly, WIP shot. Try to guess the figure I'm trying to make ;) here's a hint: Rock Loli

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