Bleach ponies: Renji & Rukia

[Griffin]

Now, I have never watched a single episode of Bleach, nor have I read the manga, but I was commissioned to make these two characters and since I thought it'd be fun to try out ponifying Renji, I accepted. While the project was fun, it was way more time-consuming than I had anticipated, and also frustrating as I have never tried to sew a single piece of clothing in my life, let alone something as complex as a hakama, and reduced to pony size... But here they are, and I must say I'm pretty pleased with the result. I hope all Bleach fans will be as well. (Still, I won't be making any more Bleach ponies, at least not with fabric clothes, lol.)

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Collage pic of Rukia
Collage pic of Renji

Both ponies wear handsewn shihakusho, an outfit consisting of a white undershirt, a black kosode and a black hakama. Naturally I couldn't make them perfectly accurate, and even though they are removable in theory, I'm afraid the clothes might tear if taken off -- it was difficult enough to get them on. This also means that only a minority of Renji's tattoos can be viewed... and those were actually my favourite part. Rukia was tough to photograph, her hair looks somewhat funny in every pic. I wanted to give her a full head of hair in order to make it look somewhat more accurate, but for some reason her paint started to crack so I didn't dare to add too many plug holes. Her forelock and Renji's spiky ponytail were styled with watered down glue.

I was also asked to make them some accessories. Rukia is fond of bunnies (or so I heard) and she got a plush toy. That turned out bigger than I wanted but otherwise I'm happy with my first sewn plushie, learned quite a few new tricks...

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Renji got his katana, made with Apoxie Sculpt (the sword) and Fimo Puppen (the scabbard). I made the katana first and wrapped it in plastic wrap, then moulded Fimo on top of it and baked the whole thing. The details on the katana are painted on, I tried to make the decorations look 3D. 
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Thanks for looking, hope you like them! ^^

[Tiella]

Amazing job, ponies look great and so do the extras!

[jupiternwndrlnd]

they both look awesome! OMG I love the little sword amazing work!

[LeighAnnApanites]

That's just amazing. You did a great job! and that katana is unbelievable!

[kaoskat]

Never seen the show/read the manga either, but they look pretty awesome anyway!

[nuttertasha]

they look brillant the little extras are amazing

[Izrabeth]

They are wonderful!

[Vampasaurus]

awesome! that sword is amazing!!

[enchantress41580]

awesome show! and awesome interpretation of the characters!

[Colorscapesart]

Those are awesome!! I adore the katana and scabbard, all of the detailing is spot on!

[WaePonies]

omg sooo cute xD <3 bleach
xoxo

[Morosan]

they are SO cool! love how they turned out and Renji's sword looks great! Loooove how the blade came out so.... perfectly shaped!

I have a majority of the BLEACH cast in the works atm for the Dream Challenge and I'm terrified of doing their clothes! How on earth am I gonna pull that off!?

[lilacamy931]

great recognisable awesome ponies!!

[puuush]

RENJIIII (insert fangirl-squee).
Great work. I could never do clothing for ponies and I'd never be able to do a hakama. Incredible customs. Yay...

I guess I have some more bleach-episodes to watch.