Making Chasitity

As I look through the various bodies and heads I'm trying to create a Chaos Comics character I bought a figure of years ago.

Here's what I'm basing a look on.



This the action figure I have of the character I was originally going to base the figure on, but she does wear different clothing so I can go with a leather set I bought before.



I can go with this clothing.



I bought this head because I originally thought the hair would be close enough, but after some confusion from Acec Union, an ebay company I've bought clothes from.

I'm trying to find the right skin tone to match the head and it the body needs to light enough build that the leather clothing isn't a struggle to pull on. I've considered JIAOU style bodies.

Any help would be appreciated and listened to.

I like that you created a separate thread for this project and I'm looking forward to seeing it progress.

Anything with a silicone build like jiaou or tbleague will catch on the clothes as you pull the outfit on. A simple trick though is to wrap the legs or arms that you are putting the clothing on with cling wrap first. The smoother surface will allow the clothes to go on easily. If you like, you can just leave the cling wrap, or you can leave enough excess that when you're done putting on the clothes you can pull the wrap out afterwards. Alternative bodies you can use are the poptoys xing, they are not as posable as the above, but are plastic (unless you get the seamless arms and legs which are rubber) but you will not struggle as much putting clothes on those.

As for color matching, I think that head you have with the bob cut is closer to a suntan for tbleague. I think I've seen it before. I dont have any jiaou, so not sure which one matches. They have a wider range of tones.

Hope that helps!

If it is articulation and/or a specific body size you are after, you might find more options among TBLeague bodies (check out the catalog thread).
Jiaou does offer more skin tone options, or at least has done so in the past -- I haven't kept up with their new products very well (here is a thread, mostly about their male bodies, but also with a group shot of the early female ones).

Thanks for the input. I'll take in consideration about which bodies to chose from. But so far I'm considering one with detachable feet. I'll provide an example why.

I have a few 1/12 figures for TBLeague, but only one out.

I've seen the ones with detachable feet are easier to stand on their own.




The second picture is a figure with attached feet.

Sidenote: How do you go about naming your figures?

Willmatron wrote:Thanks for the input. I'll take in consideration about which bodies to chose from. But so far I'm considering one with detachable feet. I'll provide an example why.

I have a few 1/12 figures for TBLeague, but only one out.

I've seen the ones with detachable feet are easier to stand on their own.

The second picture is a figure with attached feet.

Sidenote: How do you go about naming your figures?

The TBLeague and Jiaou Doll lines have plenty of detachable feet female figures -- in fact, most of them are.

I don't set out to name my figures for the most part, unless they are a particular character I'm recreating (based on screen, literature, history). They sometimes do get a name if I end up doing a story with them. But often enough the name of the actor/actress the head was meant to represent tends to be used for the purposes of easy identification/disambiguation.

I mostly get the ones with detatchable feet and they stand and pose very well. The seamless ankles ones usually need sturdy footwear (boots) to reinforce the ankle area to stand properly.

Looking great so far!

Thanks for your input. I've decided to go ahead with buying the body for Chasitity. I'll have the body I want to figure out what the body I want is.

One thing I realized is that I don't have to worry about overly sexualizing Chasitity.



Based on what I've seen online and with the comic I bought I can make a basic version of the character that'll look good.

As long as you remember this is not an exclusively Adult forum.

I don't intend on doing more than getting some clothes on Chasitity and having a few pictures.

Willmatron wrote:I don't intend on doing more than getting some clothes on Chasitity and having a few pictures.

It's cool and I look forward to it. Just that some people have been pushing the envelope on what is appropriate. We don't mean to limit people's creativity or make imposition on their taste or priorities, it was just a friendly reminder to anyone who happens to see it that this is an inclusive forum, so we can't post things that are exceedingly explicit. Hopefully people check out the forum policy.

I got the body in for Chasitity, but the head I found for it won't snap onto it. The head is a YM model. I figure I would have find a head with a better fit.

Here's the body I bought and put on some of the clothes I have:



The body is S29B

The head I tried to fit on was a YM suntan short haired head.

So what exactly is wrong with the head? Did you try to heat the inside neck connector with a hair dryer? Or remove it if even that doesn't help?

If you have a Dremel, or something similar, you can widen the hole inside the head a bit, and it should connect better, as well as Ian’s suggestions.

I don't have a hair dryer, but the ball joint to the neck was just too small for me to squeeze. I don't have much experience with these figures yet, so I don't know whether I had the wrong head size or I simply wasn't squeezing it just right.

Are there official heads for Phicen or TBLeague I can buy instead from other companies.

You could get heads for TBL specifically (these are usually broken down from boxed figures); they can be found on eBay, but they’re not cheap. You could also try a store like Monkey Depot:

https://www.monkeydepot.com/SearchResults.asp?searching=Y&sort=7&brand=TBLeague&show=360&page=1

Willmatron wrote:I don't have a hair dryer, but the ball joint to the neck was just too small for me to squeeze. I don't have much experience with these figures yet, so I don't know whether I had the wrong head size or I simply wasn't squeezing it just right.

Are there official heads for Phicen or TBLeague I can buy instead from other companies.

If the ball joint is too small, it should have no trouble fitting in (just not securely). It may be that the plastic inside neck connector is too stiff or has too small an opening. If it is simply too stiff, heating it would help. Hot water can do it, but you might damage the head. If you plan on doing much with different heads and bodies in this hobby, invest in a hair dryer. It doesn't need to be anything fancy. Alternatively, you can try to remove the inside neck connector with nose-tipped pliers (looking at my recent YM head purchase, there is a little hole where you can stick the nose). It depends on how tight the fit and how well it is glued (if at all), whether you would be able to remove it this way. If everything else fails, use a Dremel like Stryker suggested. Some of these things are covered in this tutorial:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t310-head-conversion-tutorial-updated-with-part-iii-june-2019

Thanks for the advice. I'll see what I can do during the next few days.

Willmatron wrote:I don't have a hair dryer, but the ball joint to the neck was just too small for me to squeeze. I don't have much experience with these figures yet, so I don't know whether I had the wrong head size or I simply wasn't squeezing it just right.

Are there official heads for Phicen or TBLeague I can buy instead from other companies.

You could try dropping the neck connector in a mug of boiling water, leave for about 30 sections, fish out with a spoon, then push it on the ball connector. I've had this problem a few times.
The other problem I often get is when the inner connector is fitted and the head pushed on, The head still sits to high. For this, I cut a few mm off the top of the inner plastic cap to seat the head better.
Being new to the hobby, it's a lot of trial and error, but thankfully, there is usually someone who has the answer! Let's us know how you get on .

I was assuming the inside neck connector was stuck inside the head.

GubernatorFan wrote:I was assuming the inside neck connector was stuck inside the head.

You could well be right Ian, I never thought of that?

The only time I've encountered a head that wouldn't fit, and it didn't have a removable inner connector was Zona. One of my Gemini twins. To combat this, I drilled into the head to the size of the phicen neck connector. It is a slow process, as you don't want to go to deep, but it can be done.

I'm planning on an update on this soon. My main issue is to still find the right head.

Here's a comic I actually bought:



She didn't have that costume in the comic, but wore a leather bikini and a trenchcoat. I have a trenchcoat, but will use the clothing I found.