Hi! My very first two customs ever. I'm still working on them though. They're not finished and I wanted to ask some questions while I'm waiting for my hair to come in.
1. G4 Wigwam!
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loginEugh. The cutie mark looks really bad in the picture but much prettier in person. Head isn't attached yet, no neck plug.
So yeah questions:
I've read all the reviews on sealants. I've never had modge podge get tacky on me, but I'm told it does. Does it?
For the hair, I want that great front floop that you get on G1s where it falls forward, should I poke an extra hole in the front of the rows of hair for rehairing?
What should I make his bandana out of?
Should I paint his hooves a different colour or leave them as is?
For a first custom, what do you think?? :33 I bulked up the hind legs and snout and did the footies.
ALSO I made him a little hat.
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login2. Sleipner pony!
Made from a brushable Celestia bait.
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loginGOSH hacking off those wings was the worst thing ever, I must have hacked away at the neck plug fr an hour before I realized exactly why it wasn't going to work.
Pony.
Anyway if you do not know what Sleipner is, Sleipner is the 8 legged horse Odin rides in Norse mythology. Fun fact, Sleipner is Loki's son!
The paint job isn't finished, still needs more black on the insides of the legs and more grey on top to smooth out the colour a bit. And obviously eyes.
I added on four extra legs and bulked up the snout to make it more masculine.
(btw, head isjust sort of stuck on with a bit of sculpey since it's not attached yet)
I'm having an issue with how to ix the back though. I took the wings out which is apparantly necessary if I want to rehair the tail. I can't do that until the paint is all finished but I can't seal the hole until it's rehaired. Should I just rehair it, clay over the hole and repaint the area very carefully?
Also, I ran her head through the oven and her neck plugholes closed up! D: I was not aware that would happen. If I poke through with a needle will it still go through do you think?
Also, flank. cutie mark yes or no, and if so, what do you think?
Thanks!!
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Updates! :33
Wigwam is finished! Or at least, as finished as I really can finish him. I made him a little fake neckplug out of tinfoil but... his darn head really is loose and bobbly. Need to find some solution to this. Ah well!
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loginGOSH he looks so light in this photo next to the real deal. I promise he's much brighter in person. Maybe it's the light reflecting off of the shiny sealant...? IRL they're a fairly close match.
Sleipner has his paint finished. (other than his back which has to be done after his tail is finished.)
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loginMore pictures under the cut!
Also, a new project I'm working on: Starswirl the bearded! Starswirl is a wizard often referenced in friendship is magic. He's never actually shown but twilight wears his costume once for nightmare night and princess luna remarks on it's accuracy! (being immortal she knew him.
) I am very much a fan of the Discord-Is-Starswirl fan theory and plan to paint him that discordy shade of brown, and also give him bushy eyebrows and a long brushable wizard beard. :33 SO MUCH HAIR! I also hope I can make him a little cloak and hat. Maybe use some actual tiny bells and paint on the little symbols.
Anyway here is the bait having been sculpted (one ear got brushed off whoops gotta fix that)
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loginAs you can see I have buffed up his chest, snout, and his hind legs. Only partial hooffluff. Most of his fluff will be actually fluffy. And pointy eras to show his discordyness. Made from a lyra bait. Not yet baked so he hasn't been sanded yet.