WIP Crew of Firefly class ship Serenity :)

Just looked it up and it *does* look very nice. I’d be too tempted by that jumpsuit though — it seems perfect for Kaylee!

But then I’ve cut up vintage dolls in my quest to find the right clothing for my 1/6 figures, so...

LOL, I'm going to have to work on myself here!  What else am I going to do if I don't use it, right?

LOL, Rogerbee! Funds are running out!

BTW, ideas for uses of the helmet or other parts are welcome??!!

I’d need to look at it again, but perhaps some of it could be used for River when she’s in the spacesuit ?

Even if things aren’t the right colour to start, certain items can be painted , whether plastic, faux leather , or even fabric ...

As for the jumpsuit, might I offer a suggestion: instead of cutting the seam to remove the sleeves entirely — cut the sleeves just below the seam, about a quarter inch, and fold the fabric inside the jumper — you can sew those in if so inclined, but doing it that way would make it look like it being sleeveless was intentional.

And I understand where you’re coming from with not wanting to “damage” things that come in a set, but trust me — once you start down the path of modifying things, it gets a lot easier, and you’ll start to look more at the possibilities of what could be, as opposed to what it is.

Peaches wrote:LOL, I'm going to have to work on myself here!  What else am I going to do if I don't use it, right?

LOL, Rogerbee!  Funds are running out!

BTW, ideas for uses of the helmet or other parts are welcome??!!

I know the funds feeling well. I keep promising to save for necessities, but, things have a habit of turning up that I can't resist!

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Rogerbee wrote:I know the funds feeling well. I keep promising to save for necessities, but, things have a habit of turning up that I can't resist!

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Like Gremlins and Popeye!!!

Indeed! I wasn't intending to get the TOTS pair till after I moved. Then I saw the Gremlin on my birthday and then Stripe had to follow.

There are some smaller figures out of Jayne and Kaylee, I think Funko make them.

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Love those Gremlins! And Popeye looks somehow perfect with the phicen mini girl!

And @Stryker2011, OMGosh, one of the things I was hating to do was to take the lovely top stitch off the arm holes, and your solution is a perfect solution! Thank you so much for leading me outside the box!

@skywalkersaga, same thing, thank you for the view outside the box as well! The gun holster can be painted and given to Zoe with a few mods maybe, or as a better prop instead of being in black! So cool, thank you all again!

@Rogerbee, do you mean the 1:12 Firefly crew? Yes, they are really nicely done!

Yes, if they are 1/12. If they do River I'll be a happy bunny!

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I just looked them up and was surprised they only did 5 of the crew

Peaches wrote:I just looked them up and was surprised they only did 5 of the crew

That’s pretty much the problem with any franchise. Aside from Star Wars — how many ever get all of the main characters.

Even SW doesn’t always necessarily do everyone in every scale or collection ‘line’ — there are quite often (for me, anyway) frustrating omissions. It’s how I ended up here in the first place...

But yeah, I just looked up those Firefly figures and got excited , only to then be once again saddened when I saw there was no Inara or River. :’( My main Firefly ‘ships’ are Mal x Inara and River x Jayne (yes it’s a crackship but I love it), so there’s no point getting those if I can’t at very least have my OTP’s together!

ETA: there is also that ‘Little Damn Heroes’ line which is super cute, but frustratingly they are just figurines. For the price, i’d rather have action figures, mainly because I love to make my figures interact with each other.

skywalkersaga wrote:Even SW doesn’t always necessarily do everyone in every scale or collection ‘line’ — there are quite often (for me, anyway) frustrating omissions. It’s how I ended up here in the first place...

But yeah,  I just looked up those Firefly figures and got excited , only to then be once again saddened when I saw there was no Inara or River. :’( My main Firefly ‘ships’ are Mal x Inara and River x Jayne (yes it’s a crackship but I love it), so there’s no point getting those if I can’t at very least have my OTP’s together!

Really? I’m curious who’s been shorted on the Star Wars front.

I was super excited when QMX announced the Firefly license with Mal, their first attempt at a 1/6 figure — but they handled it incorrectly at the outset, and lost money — so they took the position that the license wasn’t viable, and it died. Pissed me off to say the least. I was saving space, and money, for every character. I would have passed on half the Star Wars characters I’ve gotten recently had they finished that line.

With the SW stuff, it all depends on what eras one focuses on , what scales one collects, and which characters one considers ‘main characters’, etc. As someone who currently collects mostly Clone Wars-era characters (and very specific ones at that) in a wide range of scales, it gets a bit less straightforward. And not just with the high-end side of things, but in general. One of the main characters from the Clone Wars still has not been released in the 6” Black Series line, for instance. And the only depiction of her in 1/6 form was a recent Hasbro doll, but that line ended up being cancelled before any other figures from the same era as her could be released. Hence why I started on a quest to create an Anakin ‘doll’ for her to hang out with (a project which swiftly got out of control , lol).

And yes, I realize my current focus is still a rather niche area when it comes to SW in general, but I have my reasons for needing to ‘live’ that era and finding solace in it, which i won’t get into here as this is a Firefly thread. : )

But yes, if there’d been 1/6 versions of the Serenity crew , I’d have collected them all too! One of the many reasons I’m so excited to see Peaches’ project here. Firefly is second only to SW as my favourite thing set in space. <3

Well, today I decided that River's  head is finished until the day I strip her clean and start over again.  That won't happen any time soon, I'd rather live with imperfection

River Tam needs hair by ingiebee, on Flickr

And I'm still working up the courage to take out the arms of Kaylee's iconic jumper... and layed out the patches... a bit big, but I don't think I can do better

Kaylee's Jumpsuit by ingiebee, on Flickr

The flash makes her red heart look yellow!  

Anyway, I have a little problem in that her head connector is ... different.  It is a full socket, and well glued in. It fits the phicen 25b ball but is slippery causing River's head to slump around.  I'm thinking a lining of... I don't know? rubbery stuff would help it make traction on the stainless steel ball, but I have no idea what to coat the socket with?  The thing is super glued in and I don't see an easy way to take it out

Strange connector by ingiebee, on Flickr

Ugh, that nose is driving me crazy, It's not so noticeable in person, but the paint shows up so strongly in photos

Have you tried blu-tac on the ball joint?

Blu-Tac eh? Wow, OK, can't hurt, Can always dig out again, LOL. I like that, thanks

Peaches wrote:Anyway, I have a little problem in that her head connector is ... different.  It is a full socket, and well glued in. It fits the phicen 25b ball but is slippery causing River's head to slump around.  I'm thinking a lining of... I don't know? rubbery stuff would help it make traction on the stainless steel ball, but I have no idea what to coat the socket with?

Wow. Very nice WIP on the Firefly cast.

Regarding the head, do you mean it's wobbly loose like a bobble head? I use a thin foam sheet (ones used to delicately pack plates, fragile itmes) and cut a long strip. Then wrap it several times around the ball joint until it's roughly the same size as a regular ball joint. Then put the head on. If done correctly, it functions like a regular head on a ball joint. Only issue is that the moment you pop the head off it unravels and you need to do it again. I'm looking into a more permanent solution but won't know until my part comes in to test.

Omg! River is looking amazing !!! As is Kaylee’s jumpsuit!

I second the foam insert thing with the head . If the foam keeps popping out, try a tiny bit of double sided tape to both hold it together and hold it inside the head, if that makes sense. I am currently using this method, and it’s not perfect , but it works — you just need to fiddle with it a bit to make sure the head sits right ( prior to taping the foam in ). You could also tape it onto the tbleague ball joint itself instead of trying to tape it inside the head cavity, as doodlehobby suggested (probably easier than my overly fiddly method ).

So far looking incredible !

Peaches wrote:Well, today I decided that River's  head is finished until the day I strip her clean and start over again.  That won't happen any time soon, I'd rather live with imperfection

And I'm still working up the courage to take out the arms of Kaylee's iconic jumper... and layed out the patches... a bit big, but I don't think I can do better

The flash makes her red heart look yellow!  

Anyway, I have a little problem in that her head connector is ... different.  It is a full socket, and well glued in. It fits the phicen 25b ball but is slippery causing River's head to slump around.  I'm thinking a lining of... I don't know? rubbery stuff would help it make traction on the stainless steel ball, but I have no idea what to coat the socket with?  The thing is super glued in and I don't see an easy way to take it out

Ugh, that nose is driving me crazy, It's not so noticeable in person, but the  paint shows up so strongly in photos

She does look really good, you got her eyes spot on. This is as close as I ever got digitally:



The face was a custom texture and really helped the likeness. I tried and tried with existing textures, but, could never find one that looked right. I did the underlying face in Poser years ago and it took me months and months and over 9 attempts before I got to something I liked. I studied every pic of Summer I could ever find and noted every detail. She has so many imperfect features, if just one is off it stands out a mile.

You've done really well!

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Thanks for the wrapping stuff suggestion, unfortunately I can't get that thing out of her head so I can do that. However, I think Stryker's idea will work

@Rogerbee, Thank you for the complement. Hope I don't ruin the look finishing her up:D. Can you get your model printed in 3d?

Oh, and eyes are still dulled out...

I was talking about the general shape of the eyes. Summer has one of those faces that completely changes in appearance according to the angle of the photo and the lighting. This is the main pic I used for reference:



Her facial structure is so unique and really hard to capture. I'm not sure if I still have all the files. It's possible maybe that it could be printed.

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Roger, if you’re interested in seeing the subtle differences in Summer’s face. Print that photo that you usd out and do that technique I mentioned in that discussion about the Luke Skywalker likeness (be sure to do it for both sides of her face, as it will really help show the difference from one side to the other) — it’ll help your eye to see where adjustments need to be made. I’m sure it’s something that can be done right on your computer, also, as opposed to using tracing paper. Cut the picture in half, mirror the image, and merge the original image to the mirror image. Summer does indeed have a subtle difference from one side to the other — unlike someone like Shannon Doherty, who is practically a Picasso painting.

Oooh, probably not, I nearly drove myself bat crazy trying to perfect Summer. I don't think I could go through all that again!

I did discover that she's in Season 2 of Arrow though. Paramount Network have only recently wrapped up the first one, so it's an exciting prospect that I've got some kickass Summer action to look forward to that I haven't seen before.

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Cool, love Summer Glau as well

My comment on the eyes was meant for my figure. The store still doesn't have gloss

Saw earlier that QMX are making Firefly mini statues. There's only Simon Tam so far, but he does look pretty good.

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Do you mean the little damn heros?

Yes, that's the one. Mmmm, I didn't look as closely at it as I should have. It's not quite as good as I thought.

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Oh, I think they're cute