The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Ragamuffin on November 26, 2018, 01:12:12 PM
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I'm Very Passionate about the quality of G4s and I'd like to see what they'd look like if Hasbro put in Any amount of effort. Also it's good painting and Photoshop practice ;)
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Luna is my first attempt at doing anything major. Before it was small things like eyes and head shapes, but I wanted to try to give her new hair and accessories. I fixed her head shape, ears, gave her accessories (the crown is recoloured from a Celestia, the necklace is original), fixed her hair (recoloured from Twilight Sparkle stock images and repainted in places, particularly the forelock), and made her cutie mark bigger. I can only get better from here, the wings and ears need work.
Spike is one I fixed earlier because hoo boy. Hasbro does NOT like him.
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I made his head smaller, repainted his eyes (tbh rushed, but this was supposed to be a quick edit anyway), painted his mouth, fangs, and chin, fixed his ear, gave him eyebrows (like in the quadrupedal mold), and repainted his head spikes. And most noticeably, gave him wings.
I plan on doing more, maybe, but I don't know who else is really bad enough to fix. Any suggestions? (Not sure if I'll do Cadence, she seems more complicated because of her hair colours...)
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They look nicer like that.
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I so wish they looked like how you fixed them.
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These look so much nicer than the actual products, I wish these were real!
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Wow, that looks really good! It's a shame that Hasbro doesn't put much effort for show accuracy into some of their toys.
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Those look so much better! A lot of the changes aren’t even that drastic, I doubt it would cost hasbro much more to put a little more effort in, but what do I know :shrug:
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The only ones that looks remotely similar to this is the Target exclusive Ultimate Equestria Collection. You did a fantastic job on these edits for sure!
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great work, i would probably buy G4.5 if they looked like yours :) your right about the effort hasbro needs to put in their toy line.
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I'm just going to sit here crying on the inside with the knowledge Hasbro is far too lazy to ever consider changes like these ;;
The edits are gorgeous, you did a great job!
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They look good-- I especially love Luna's ear. However, I have a (hopefully constructive) criticism.
I think maybe you should do these in a 3D program. I only say that, because Spike's head spikes don't seem to be following the curve of the back center of his head. And I think the eyes are tricky because they have to look "ok" at different angles-- so those back eyes aren't going to lay the way you photoshopped them in. Or poofing out Luna's cheek on one side, but not doing the same on the other side.
I do think that Spike would look 100x better if they put black eyeliner on him. meh.
There's always going to be cost and manufacturing restraints...
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They look good-- I especially love Luna's ear. However, I have a (hopefully constructive) criticism.
I think maybe you should do these in a 3D program. I only say that, because Spike's head spikes don't seem to be following the curve of the back center of his head. And I think the eyes are tricky because they have to look "ok" at different angles-- so those back eyes aren't going to lay the way you photoshopped them in. Or poofing out Luna's cheek on one side, but not doing the same on the other side.
I do think that Spike would look 100x better if they put black eyeliner on him. meh.
There's always going to be cost and manufacturing restraints...
Criticism noted, but I don't plan on learning any 3D programs soon ;( Spike was very quickly done and more of a mockup than a serious effort. Luna's cheeks... I see what you mean... I didn't notice that!
Post Merge: November 26, 2018, 06:15:05 PM
Wow, that looks really good! It's a shame that Hasbro doesn't put much effort for show accuracy into some of their toys.
That's what's so frustrating! What's with Spike's eyes?? Are you telling me giving him eyelashes costs that much more? And the gradients?
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Wow these seriously put Hasbro to shame. Yours ought to be the official versions not theirs
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Luna looks so good! Cadance bugs me a lot because her eyes are always placed like...that. Even in newer releases, what the heck?
I'd say maybe Twilight if you want a simple one, always bugs me she has PURPLE hair when it's more a DARK BLUE.
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Oh I like how they look so much better!!!!!
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Why can’t we have people like you working in hasbros toy development section? I like your versions much much better than the official releases. They’d honestly have a lot more business if they just put a bit more effort into their figures.
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I love what you did. I would for sure buy them, especially Luna if the actual toys looked like these. Luna's design in the show is so beautiful so it frustrates me so much that we don't get figures that have those gorgeous deep colours she has.
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Definitely prefer what you did with them :)
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Wow, these look great! It Hasbro were to make them to look like this instead, I would buy them in a heartbeat!
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Wow these are amazing! That Luna is incredible!!!
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Yours look so much better. Especially Spike.
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Ugh wow they look so much better! If hasbro could at least place the eyes on properly that would make a world of difference.
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Oh gosh, if Luna really looked like that I'd buy all the figures. Luna is my favourite out of them all and her toys always let me down.
I did however buy the recent release of the Ultimate Equestria Collection just because her colours were more spot on.
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I'd say maybe Twilight if you want a simple one, always bugs me she has PURPLE hair when it's more a DARK BLUE.
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Tada! I redid her head, eyes, and ears as well. Twilight is one of my least favourite brushables, not because of her hair (personally I think it's a pretty blend, but that's no excuse to get it wrong for an entire decade), but her eyes! They keep giving her those eyes when they're teardrop-shaped in the show.
I gave her her forelock back but it looks very obviously painted. But thats okay. Her forelock is hard to work with since it's impossible to actually style how it exactly is in FiM.
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She looks so much nicer now! Her eyes look super sweet too. You do great work!
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This is partly why I'm more or less done with buying any more new mlp releases from Hasbro. The fact that they can't produce anything that meets this level of quality (while other toy manufacturers can) is inexcusable. I'm curious as to what they'll come up with for their G5's, but I won't get my hopes up.
I mean, for Frick's sake, they stopped doing forlocks/bangs after the first G4 wave because, what, it was too costly? What??
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Ohh, if only these were in the stores instead of Hasbro's. So much better! Great job!
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This is partly why I'm more or less done with buying any more new mlp releases from Hasbro. The fact that they can't produce anything that meets this level of quality (while other toy manufacturers can) is inexcusable. I'm curious as to what they'll come up with for their G5's, but I won't get my hopes up.
I mean, for Frick's sake, they stopped doing forlocks/bangs after the first G4 wave because, what, it was too costly? What??
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These are beautiful! I'd actually have some respect for G4.5 if these were actually how they looked- I can't stand the official ones.
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Wow, great work on the edits! They really do look a lot better! Twilight turned out super cute!
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They look awesome!!!
Do Sweetie Drops (Bon Bon) next!!!
In the show she has straight up pink and blue hair and they have the toy lavender??? It really bugs me lol!