Lady Littlefox used to make customs a long time ago that had a combination of sculpted and piped decorations on them.  I'm not sure what she used for the material that was piped though.  I've seen one of them in person and the piped parts definitely looked hard and clay like.  With how it was used, it would also have had to have been air dry.

http://www.ladylittlefox.com/galleries.html  Her pony customs are all the way at the bottom of the page.  Is that what you were thinking of?  Or just strictly for flowers?

Jeeze those are amazing!!!     

I can't believe it's not Budder? 

Quote from: WingsOfMasquerade on April 24, 2012, 08:06:16 PM

Listen to your fans, listen to your buyers
Give them what they want at a cost reasonable for company, worker AND buyer
Do it in a timely manner, and to all interested areas

I disagree with Apple's policy here...  First off, when is the cost of human suffering and lives worth ANY material object we might want to own?  We've all read the studies in the factories -it's no secret that these businesses have anti-suicide clauses in their employment contracts.   WHAT?!  And the nets...  *shudders*

I only partially agree with the statement that if Hasbro chooses to outsource its labor, it "Deserves what happens".  NO!  I think we should make it very clear to companies that its target markets, its shoppers, the consumers are NOT going to accept mistreatment of others so that someone else can have a shiny new gadget. 

I know that it's nearly impossible to change the manufacturing since the infrastructure has relocated but we can make it very clear that we want our products being made fairly and NOT at the expense of the workers.    The more money Hasbro loses to black and grey market goods (like Taobao), and often the handmade market (because they didn't license), they simply use marketing tactics to ramp up sales and continue to wring what they can out of the production line. 

I'm all with Hasbro cracking down on piracy if it helps them move towards goals of improving the lives of their manufacturing team - they are MAKING our PONIES, after all!  It's not very fair if MeiMei works at the factory, making ponies for 12 hour shifts and then her coworkers Wong, Yuo, and Ping "screw up" the machine and make some "factory errors" to sell on Taobao for extra money, while MeiMei gets only her wages and her lodging.   Even if they are doing this with the manager's permission ($$$ or some form of graft involved - maybe a few rounds of drinks after work?), it isn't fair to ALL the workers in the factory, so I find it very questionable to support.

Maybe that last example makes more sense - or absolutely none....

I understood it and I think it's an excellent point to bring up, one that I don't think anyone has brought up before. It's hard to justify helping only a few people in need who have connections rather than a whole company of maltreated people, but is there a solution? Chinese factories work under different laws and different wages. Hasbro is obviously not going to just give them a better working environment and better wages since that would cut into their profit margins.




That being said, my opinion on this whole issue is that while it would be a bummer to not see any new upcoming toys before they are released, Hasbro has the right to crack down on early released goods if they wish. Now, on the other hand if what the blogger says is true (and it does seem true I'm not sure why someone would fabricate a story like that) then Hasbro used underhanded measures and almost scare-tactics on a third party who isn't even related to the production and online selling of early products. That is just not right in my opinion (especially that whole scheme/ e-mail to get their address? I mean ridiculous if the two are connected, and my gut instinct is telling me that they are)

Quote from: Starie on April 25, 2012, 10:34:14 AM

Oo this sounds very fun sign me up?

You'll need to take a moment to read the rules and fill out the entry form.

  Whoops so sorry didn't see the entry form but I have read the rules


Sign up form:
Name: Stariearth
Category: Existing Hasbro Character
Bait: Twilight Sparkle blind bag
I agree to terms and conditions

https://hasbro.promo.eprize.com/mylittlepony/rules

The rules seem pretty fair. I'm glad about that.
And it does seem judges will pick out the grand winner.

"During the Judging Phase, a panel of qualified judges designated by Sponsor in its sole discretion will select the one (1) entrant with the highest-scoring Submission from among all eligible Submissions based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”):
 •Suitability for reproduction as an 18" model (40%);
•Creativity (40%); and
•Effective representation of the MY LITTLE PONY brand (20%)."

Only dissapointing part is the fact it's a "USA-only" competition.

It's USA only?! Well this is a major bummer

I really want to try to make her too but any idea how to drill through the legs? Would any standard drill work?


Also for the wings I was going to use Liquid fimo, chalk pastels, mika dust and wire since I have no clue where to find fantasy film O:


any ideas how to slim down celestia's stomach too?

I dunno I think they might call and get stuff reserved for you O_O Because I didn't pay for the Pony until 2 days after I submitted the request and still managed to snag one...