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Creativity => Customs => Topic started by: Eluluu on April 06, 2014, 07:13:12 AM
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well some of you may remember that last year I was working on a BnG Fizzy, tho it got shelfed halfway thru as I got distracted by other projects and kept backburnering her. well earlier this week I got tired of seeing a ponyhead on my customs shelf and decided it was time to stop stalling and just tail her already... so I busted out the hair and dug out my pinning vise (since at the time id been following a tutorial that instructed snapping off the head THEN repairing the mechanism... joy.) and went on an emergency run for superglue gel...
took a little tinkering and swearing but I got her back together after some head scratching... she is finally complete... aaand... SHE WORKS! *victory dance* shes the second BnG ive made and the first one to be functional. she still needs her mane washed so itll lie flat *she has shelf hair lol*and some cosmetic repairs need doing as I think I may have accidently scratched her with my nail when I was tailing her. the repairs are simple tho, just a chip on one of her floats and a few tiny areas in the FBR that the white primer is showing thru. prolly scratches shes picked up from my fifteen million moves this year. and she needs to be blushed still since when I painted her I didn't have that skillset yet and had skipped it.
so, without further ado...
FIZZEH!!!
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she started out as a particularly mangey Bouquet that had definitely seen better times. she was a lovely shade of brown and had the most... interesting... texture to her hair... :sick:
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she had a good scrub inside and out (after I broke her head off and gutted her, saving all the internal bits in a spare Dollyhair baggy) an acetone wipedown, then a few rounds with a can of white primer for an even basecoat. she was then sanded with 1,000 grit sandpaper to smooth her out, since I detest rough paintwork... and her eyes were carefully cut out and beveled with an exacto knife. (yay Criminal Minds marathon)
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she was given an FBR and gently sanded again...
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symbol time!
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then came the mane... that was... a lot... I cannot express how very much a lot was... but suffice it to say... she holds a shockingly 'lot'ness of lot of hair. left it at quarter length and trimmed it even. then SOAKED the inside with glue. here she is in the typical "Eluluu balance" to keep the glue in the right spot as it dries. was interesting finding the right angle to let her hang at to keep the glue on the hair, without letting it pool close to the neckplug where the mechanism has to sit, but without letting her droop too far and drip out her eyes...
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after giving her about a week on the pencils to make sure the glue in her head was completely dry (after a few almost mishaps where I thought she was dry enough and started tinkering with her only to find rings of glue on my desk where she was sitting I decided to play it safe and leave her be lol) I set and puttied the eyes in. after this point she got shelfed for the better part of a year for other projects and generally cause I was being a coward and putting the tail in was intimidating lol. and im a pro at stalling and finding reasons to NOT do something...
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but that doesn't mean I didn't play with her from time to time... I tend to lose my mind a bit when im tinkering... especially when im spending day after day glittering...
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finally got off my bum and started work on the tail... left at full hank length atm, might trim an inch or two off of it eventually but for now im leaning her as a SLH BnG. after getting the tail at the right thickness I twist tied the center at two places and tied off the center with thread, by repeatedly winding and knotting it... then the thread and the surrounding hair got glue smeared and massaged into it...
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then it was fed into the tail mechanism and more glue applied to the knot area... then the tail carefully pulled thru the back slot...
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and twisttied to a couple pencils and suspended over a coffeecup for a day to dry...
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after pinning the little nub back onto the neckshaft and superglueing the upper half of the mech back into her head it was time for the moment of truth as I bullied the tail into the body...
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then clicked her head back in place and gave her a few test cranks... and the tail DOES feed into the body and releases when pulled. so shes just a few repairs and a ribbon away from being 100%
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the first BnG, Moonstone (not functional) who lives with BerryMouse.
im thinking of making Galaxy or Rainribbon when I get another bait... tho not sure yet =]
*goes to get more coffee*
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She is gorgeous :heart: Thank you for sharing (I laughed so hard at that pic with the Princess Sparkle customs XD ) and huge cheers for you for all that work. *hands out a coffee mug*
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very cool
love all the wip pics
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She turned out beautifully! The WIP shots and commentary were helpful too, I always like hearing about other people's processes! :lol:
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Beautiful! She looks amazing!
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Simply amazing!!
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Wow, she looks sooo beautiful! And it is so cool that you even got her tail mechanism to work. Congrats on that :biggrin:
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Wow, that's brilliant! Very well done!
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She is perfect! :lovey: And thanks for the wip pictures!
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Wow, that is so cool. Fizzy is one of my favorite ponies and BnG are one of my favorite sets. So I am super excited and impressed to see this. She looks lovley, and the fact that she works makes her all the more awesome! Nice job! :D
~Jennifer
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very awesome. i have only made 2 functional bng. that was back when i was still fairly new to customs, before i used hair. i used embroidery thread back then. i would love to make another one, maybe make myself a bow tie.
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very awesome. i have only made 2 functional bng. that was back when i was still fairly new to customs, before i used hair. i used embroidery thread back then. i would love to make another one, maybe make myself a bow tie.
Oh, that would be awesome! If you do, you have to share some pics with us! :D
~Jennifer
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She is beautiful! :lovey:
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Great job!!! :lovey:
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Awesome work!!
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That is such an awesome piece of work you did there. I just got my first BnG for my birthday in December and they are really cool. Plus I have always had a special place in my heart having grown up with the g1 cartoon.
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Wow she is fantastic!! I'd be terrified to try that! :shocked:
What kind of paint do you use as the primer? And do you hand paint the FBR or airbrush?
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You are a wizard, she is just Amazing!! I am so impressed and inspired by all your wip-pics aswell, thanks you so much for sharing! :heart:
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Wow, that was a lot of work! She looks amazing!
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Shadow: the primer i use is Armory white primer. I get it from gaming stores (wherever you can get miniatures and mini supplies), and atm im handpainting my fbrs, since i live in an apartment and the air compressor i borrowed from a friend a while ago (and finally returned cause it was gathering dust) was ridiculously loud, and i dont wanna be "that neighbor"
If i ever have any spare cash and find a nice quiet model id like to try airbrushes... If only for fbrs and the occasional gradient. Right now i sink SO much time into killing brushstrokes... Been working on a baby gingerbread commission all day and omg white is the worst behaved color ever!
Bngs were some of my favorites as a kid, after TEs and princesses =)
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Wow! I just assumed it was an airbrush cause it looks so great! I'm trying to do a white FBR right now and it's kicking my butt. Haven't touched it for months cause it's annoying me so much. You have massive talent!
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WOW! Beautiful!!! I really like that Moondancer to!
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She looks perfect! I enjoyed the WIP pics :D
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That is awesome! She looks great! Fizzy was also one of my favorite G1 ponies, too. I love her color scheme. Good work! :)
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It's a strange relationship you and I have, where I love you but am desperately jealous of both your talents and your TE's...
You are amazing and I want This Fizzy so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad :P
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Lol strawberry. :heart:
Yeah white is a bear. Mines at a point where it looks good, then i turn on the ottlight and zomg cloudy!!! Tempted to tell my commission that itll be done in a week, but shes not allowed to look at it in light.
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Wow! Wonderful work :)
Love pkw xxx
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wow i like :)
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Wooow. I love that it really works. So great. And such a clean job too. Love it!
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wow she is so gorgeous! :)
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Very cool! She came out perfect!
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That's just super duper cool!!!