Creating Kamiko, Part 1

She looks great already. Should be outstanding when she’s finished.

Looking really good so far -- and the bow will certainly add a special touch. : )  I like your solution for it, and I have likewise found that wire is helpful for creating certain hairstyles and/or hairpieces in this scale.

Stryker2011 wrote:She looks great already. Should be outstanding when she’s finished.

Thanks. I'm also debating with myself if i should attempt to paint the fingernails as my 3D depictions of Kamiko usually have her wearing red nail polish...a homage to Alberto Vargas, the primus inter pares of pin-up artists. The problem I think will be that as the plastic for the hands is a soft and flexible one, no kind of paint will long survive on those hands.

skywalkersaga wrote:Looking really good so far -- and the bow will certainly add a special touch. : )  I like your solution for it, and I have likewise found that wire is helpful for creating certain hairstyles and/or hairpieces in this scale.

Thanks. I'm liking the way she's coming together myself. She is intended to be the most bad-ass female character in the post apocalyptic collection. A real ball-buster...

Looking good!

CHEERS!

FullSizeRender 3 by Gary Menten, on Flickr

And here she is finally, with the red bow in her hair. Just a crappy iPhone pic for now, but I will do some proper photos with a DSLR later in the week.

The bow really does help 'tie' it all together ...

But seriously, she's looking great, and now more strongly resembles your DAZ creation.

skywalkersaga wrote:The bow really does help 'tie' it all together ...

But seriously, she's looking great, and now more strongly resembles your DAZ creation.

Thanks. As I've previously stated, she'll never be a perfect match for the face, but that's life. I think I've done a pretty good job in creating a 1/6th version of her especially since when i get around to shooting photo essays, she'll be just one member of several of the Pin-Up Patrol--all of whom will have a similar form of dress, but maintain a certain individuality in appearance. Kamiko's main identifier is her hair style and red bow.

A happy thing to note is that Dragon will be re-releasing their WWII jeep with .30 Browning machine gun. I am going to put in a pre order for one as machine gun armed WWII vintage jeeps are precisely the vehicles I envisioned my heroes and heroines riding in as they tie in neatly with the old Rat Patrol TV series and also the Congo mercenaries of the 1960's which both provided stylistic influences on how I'm dressing and equipping my figures. Despite being set in a not-too far-away SHTF setting, I want them to have a certain retro feel to them.

She turned out great. It’s amazing how the littlest things (like the hair bow) can bring a specific character to life.

Stryker2011 wrote:She turned out great. It’s amazing how the littlest things (like the hair bow) can bring a specific character to life.

In Kamiko's case, the bow is not only a trademark, but a special connection to her mother who told her that it would be her lucky charm, when she gave ti to Kamiko as a child. Kamiko actually believes that wearing it heightens her danger awareness beyond human norms, not to mention that it serves as a vehicle for her conscience about things.

Congratulations on making your vision come alive, so to speak. She certainly matches very closely what you showcased before.

GubernatorFan wrote:Congratulations on making your vision come alive, so to speak. She certainly matches very closely what you showcased before.

Thanks. It was a work of love, (for the character) so to speak. I' not sure I like the muscular body so much; my DAZ 3D versions are far less muscular and I may change it out down the line, but it's possible also that at this point in her life, about which I've done almost nothing in DAZ, Kamiko had a more muscular physique. I'm enjoying working on this concept a lot and wish I had more liquid income to spend as I've a lot of figures I want to create for this range.

Definitely great work bringing the character to 'life'. As for the body, I guess it might stand to reason that they would be a little thinner if they were a little malnourished due to the environment. But also you can't expect them lugging around heavy equipment without tiring out rather quickly?

doodlehobby wrote:Definitely great work bringing the character to 'life'. As for the body, I guess it might stand to reason that they would be a little thinner if they were a little malnourished due to the environment. But also you can't expect them lugging around heavy equipment without tiring out rather quickly?

In my backstory, the girls of the Pin Up Patrol are not particularly malnourished, having ridden out the worst of things in Alex's well-stocked survival bunker. They also have a couple of WWII surplus jeeps they patrol around, at least when they have fuel for them. They do get out of their vehicles and patrol around on foot in the foothills though, which is why they like tall leather boots: rattlesnakes.

Oh my gosh, congratulations, she's perfect!

Peaches wrote:Oh my gosh, congratulations, she's perfect!

Thank-you.

So, this is where Kamiko started? Excellent stuff! It's really interesting to see her progress from her beginnings as a DAZ 3D creation into the bad ass soldier she has become! Maybe one day, I can get you to recreate one of my agents in DAZ 3D?

BAMComix wrote:So, this is where Kamiko started? Excellent stuff! It's really interesting to see her progress from her beginnings as a DAZ 3D creation into the bad ass soldier she has become! Maybe one day, I can get you to recreate one of my agents in DAZ 3D?

Yeah. There was an evolution