Hey all -- it's been ages since I subjected you to posted any of my figures, and I thought I'd better remedy that. So for some winter holiday fun, I decided to finally do something with the Sideshow 'llum Mission' aka 'Snowbunny' Padme...
No doubt most here are familiar with the original (and infamously bad) figure, but just in case, here's the one I'm referring to:
For well over a decade this has been the ONLY official 'high-end' 1/6 Padme figure. The gawd-awfulness of the sculpt and paintjob on this one, not to mention the baffling choice of obscure outfit they went with, has, oddly enough, made it a huge motivator for me to make my own 1/6 Padme's for a while now. So I can't totally hate on it, lol. Many have attempted to do something with it over the years, but usually just use the off-white suit to make a Geonosis Padme. I already utilized the suit for a very early 'doll' kitbash of mine [ETA: see below comment], plus Hot Toys are of course going to be putting out a Geonosis Padme any minute, so I decided to do a lil festive Snowbunny 'bash.
Took some pics this afternoon alongside my Hot Toys Anakin (because of course ):
Parts: Headsculpt repainted by me; DamToys Natalia body (yes, I know many would have preferred a seamless one in this context, but I had my reasons for using this body instead); Sideshow cloak; heavily modified Sideshow accessories, repainted and reassembled; VeryCool gloves, repainted; custom white outfit; custom painted stand.
The headsculpt on this is still a WIP -- it's one of the heads I was in the middle of repainting for a different planned custom when I realized belatedly I needed to re-hair it, but in the meantime I wanted to use it for a photoshoot with this outfit.
Anakin is wearing the custom OSK Jedi robes, which really are miles better than the HT ones he came with, and I am forever kicking myself for not buying more than one of those upgrade cloaks while they were still in stock. Ani prefers the more voluminous robes cause there's more room for Padme in there, lol, and he needs multiple because he always ends up leaving his in her shuttle after theirnot-so secret rendezvous...
No doubt most here are familiar with the original (and infamously bad) figure, but just in case, here's the one I'm referring to:
For well over a decade this has been the ONLY official 'high-end' 1/6 Padme figure. The gawd-awfulness of the sculpt and paintjob on this one, not to mention the baffling choice of obscure outfit they went with, has, oddly enough, made it a huge motivator for me to make my own 1/6 Padme's for a while now. So I can't totally hate on it, lol. Many have attempted to do something with it over the years, but usually just use the off-white suit to make a Geonosis Padme. I already utilized the suit for a very early 'doll' kitbash of mine [ETA: see below comment], plus Hot Toys are of course going to be putting out a Geonosis Padme any minute, so I decided to do a lil festive Snowbunny 'bash.
Took some pics this afternoon alongside my Hot Toys Anakin (because of course ):
Parts: Headsculpt repainted by me; DamToys Natalia body (yes, I know many would have preferred a seamless one in this context, but I had my reasons for using this body instead); Sideshow cloak; heavily modified Sideshow accessories, repainted and reassembled; VeryCool gloves, repainted; custom white outfit; custom painted stand.
The headsculpt on this is still a WIP -- it's one of the heads I was in the middle of repainting for a different planned custom when I realized belatedly I needed to re-hair it, but in the meantime I wanted to use it for a photoshoot with this outfit.
Anakin is wearing the custom OSK Jedi robes, which really are miles better than the HT ones he came with, and I am forever kicking myself for not buying more than one of those upgrade cloaks while they were still in stock. Ani prefers the more voluminous robes cause there's more room for Padme in there, lol, and he needs multiple because he always ends up leaving his in her shuttle after their