ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Great work on your figure. I am impressed. I like "Zrakos" which admittedly, sounds better than "Sea Shell Che Guevara."
Hah, thanks! Yes, Zrakos it is.
Stryker2011 wrote:So much cool work on all of these characters. It seems the more layers and different materials, the cooler the characters look.
Thanks a lot! That's why it it's so much fun working after the apocalypse, you can finish figures fast, but adding stuff later is always an option.
skywalkersaga wrote:Ooh, I like this a lot — my fave version is the one with the beads on the band around his head ( both with and without the mask).
‘Zrakos’ sounds perfect!
Yeah you are right. The Urchin is fancy, but I think it's nothing one wears all the time, more suited for rituals or festivities. And combat - Zrakos actually crashed his face after the last photo. The Crab mask was broken into 7 pieces. I glued it back together. Both Urchin and Crabskull are very thin, I wonder how the mask could be supported. Maybe layers of superglue or resin on the inside?
And thanks for the name opinion, it was my favourite too. His name is supposed to sound like something from Greece and Albania, or other countries of the eastern Adriatic sea. But hundreds of years in the future with a lot of language evolution in-between.
Some bead upgrades on the shields of the bearded silent sad guy. He could need more stuff, but the look works already. I don't know if he needs any shoulder plates with those giant shields.
He needs a name too. Something Catalanian and/or Spanish, maybe a little Portuguese, as his ancestors are from those areas. First ideas:
Benevaro
Bernatono
Jordiquim
Quimvaro
Jordivaro
....
Hello ladies.
So, now the mask. You might need a big hammer if you wand to break it. Had to file off a big chunk so he could wear it. It looked like a face before I changed anything. Finally found the courage to drill holes into this beautiful shell. You can see his eyes when using a flash, but the black holes are much cooler I think.
A little creepy, a little funny, just like the real mask wearing people.
And a little update for 'her'. While experimenting with sun protection, her sculpted hair fell off (there are two versions) and I put it on wrong. Looks like an 'after the dive' hairstyle. But only from the front. But it works with the headscarf.
And she needs a name too. The Adriatic Sea is her place of origin too. Croatia, maybe some Italy.
Not sure about the Val- , still.
Valbona
Valjiena
Valzenka
Valcija
Valsminka
Valija
-gira
-onza
-enzia
-sencia
The slinger character is being reworked. I am annoyed a bit by that hot toys Alice body now that I know the metal skeleton seamless ones. But I want to keep it as there are non that look like that. It came with boots, shell people don't wear boots. None of the bare feet that came with the other bodies do fit, the holes are too small. Any suggestions? I don't know a lot about that.
And now a group shot of the three seamless ones. Cut short by an accident Zrakos had.
Finally, a little bonus. I received that nice friendly but a little boring head. I plan to transform her into a savage forest dweller one day. First I had to get rid of the puffy hair...
The body is for the 'Mirror' Project. Clothes are placeholder, except the hands.