Project - Asami Yamazaki (from Audition)

And it is a particular pleasure of mine to use the 'd' word as often as possible, and to transcend the false boundaries imposed between the two hobbies.

Stryker2011 wrote:But.. but... they ARE Dolls. Or, Over-Priced Barbies (according to my wife).

What does she know?

skywalkersaga wrote:And it is a particular pleasure of mine to use the 'd' word as often as possible, and to transcend the false boundaries imposed between the two hobbies.

I use the two interchangeably. I probably say "dolls" more often than "action figure" because the latter is a mouthful and was probably devised in the early 60s by Hasbro as a more masculine marketing term for their GI Joe dolls which were intended for little boys. A rose by any other name.....

I on the other hand, have no insecurities about my masculinity and manliness, so the term "dolls" is perfectly acceptable to me.

I recently received some random heads and bodies as payment for a comission. One had hair similar to the character you are making. 

It was totally puffed, just wet the hair and added random styling gel and brushed with a totally clean toothbrush. That's the result, didn't have to heat it up or anything.

I used that head for my bashed Cleopatra.

Ovy wrote:I recently received some random heads and bodies as payment for a comission. One had hair similar to the character you are making. 

It was totally puffed, just wet the hair and added random styling gel and brushed with a totally clean toothbrush. That's the result, didn't have to heat it up or anything.

'styling gel' i'll give that ago, when the time comes. It's the last thing to do.

I picked up a mini comb, which really helped when cutting the hair.


I am currently waiting on the hands and black arm sleeves to arrive, which could take anywhere between 1 week and 6 weeks

Black Arm Sleeves were posted on the 1st June 2020
Current status: Regional distribution center departed HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA

Black Gloved Hands were pre_ordered on 9th April 2020 and shipped on 25th May 2020
Current status: Estimated delivery Tue, 9 Jun 2020 - Mon, 3 Aug 2020

Thanks for saving the day, Ovy!

Clear hair gel works well on the lamb hair, and it’s good to know it can hold the synthetic too.

Silver Buckle Thingy

I needed a small silver strap joiner for the black rubber apron. It will not be fully on show.
Since i had some larger one's hanging around, i ended up butchering them to make a smaller one.

The join looks obvious in the photo. In real life, it is not so visible. Besides, once the strap is in place, i doubt it will be visible. I hope it has the strength to do the job. Ideally i wanted the buckle to be made from metal.

Looks good — and I completely understand the concern about how it will hold up.

Stryker2011 wrote:Looks good — and I completely understand the concern about how it will hold up.

It is funny plastic that super-glue did not like when attempting to stick edge to edge.
I made two and stuck one on top of the other. It appeared to stick. Then i painted over the top.

Black Arm Sleeves

The black arm sleeves arrived. They are quite a tight fit. They possibly offer the best solution.
They are on the long side. I might have to cut them down.

I am waiting on the black hands to arrive. The could show up this week (i wish) or in 4 weeks time?
Once the hands are on, i can get on and attach the door handles with wire.
Then all that remains is attaching the black rubber apron and doing something with the hair.

I have started to think the portrait is on the small side. While it is 1/6 scale, it is smaller than a standard Hot Toys head sculpt.

In an ideal world, the upper arms would be slightly longer, thinner.

Looks like a good option.

Stryker2011 wrote:Looks like a good option.

It does.
If ever i find long black balloons that are wider than the ones i found, then i can always swap the fabric ones out.
For now, the current solution keeps the Project Asami on track

Kitchbash (top)
Movie (bottom)

Fitted the body strap device. It sit's higher up the body compared to the movie original.
This was unavoidable, because of the Phicen body butt-size/shape. This has the knock on affect of making the lenght of the white shirt look longer. Nothing i can do about that.

The black arm sleeves make the arms look fatter than they should. One bonus is they hide the Phicen elbow design. I'll take the positive over the negative.

Still waiting for the hands to arrive.

Update: I managed to lower the body strap device by about 10mm so that the top is inline with the elbow, which looks better.

If you are struggling with the tbleague body shape/design, you could try the female PopToys body — it has a longer torso and thinner arms/wrists, for one.

Not that there is anything wrong with the one you are using -- it looks ok to me. But just putting that out there in case you ever wanted to try it out.

skywalkersaga wrote:If you are struggling with the tbleague body shape/design, you could try the female PopToys body — it has a longer torso and thinner arms/wrists, for one.

Not that there is anything wrong with the one you are using -- it looks ok to me. But just putting that out there in case you ever wanted to try it out.

I looked at 'female PopToys body' and they look very similar sizewise to the Phicen body. I'll stick with what i have

Cool looking strap system. Looking good.

Stryker2011 wrote:Cool looking strap system. Looking good.

Thanks. I can't wait for the hands to arrive.
Maybe next week, maybe the week after that, or that week after that?

Damn!
Got in touch with the Chinese seller of the hands, as i was curious as to why there was no tracking number?
Seller got in touch. There is no tracking number as the hands have not been posted, as the seller is still waiting to receive them from the supplier. The wait goes on.


1/6th Scale Black Gloved Hands

Yeah, I’m in the same boat for hands (for my Zatanna figure) — been waiting since March (Thanks, Kung Flu!)

Stryker2011 wrote:Yeah, I’m in the same boat for hands (for my Zatanna figure) — been waiting since March (Thanks, Kung Flu!)

It's not good. Atleast your Jessica portrait should have arrived or be close to arriving.

Audition - Asami Yamazaki - Fan Art

Found some more fan art.

The wait continues.. for the black hands to arrive.







The wire weapon (piano wire attached to two door handles) is almost complete. I decided to use dark grey cotton and add thinned black paint to it.

I have been pondering the idea of blood splatter on Asami's face. I could mask everything thing off and do a blood splatter, which would mean adding blood to the piano wire (cotton thread). Some red (blood) will add the characters story

Audition - Gif Animation

Creepy as..

Interesting. How will you add the blood to the garrote?

Stryker2011 wrote:Interesting. How will you add the blood to the garrote?

Possibly paint it onto the middle section.

I’ve seen some people use a mix of watered down super glue with red paint to creat a dripping effect; that might be cool.

Stryker2011 wrote:I’ve seen some people use a mix of watered down super glue with red paint to creat a dripping effect; that might be cool.

I might have to experiment with that idea.
Or i might simply have dark red to given the impression of blood from a previous older kill

LOADING: Image

Small update. I figured it wouldn't be right not to add underwear. Problem was, 99% of the time,
the 1/6th scale underwear available appears to focus on pin-up babe super sexy.
All i wanted was plain white. These showed up. They do the job.

Other news just in. The black hands, which i have been waiting for forever, might ship in 3 weeks
time. Once they arrive, the end of this kitbash will be in sight.

Provided it doesn't impede articulation or cause inaccurate bulging, I'm all for this. Once again, your attention to detail is commendable. Of course, do you know what kind she was wearing during the filming of this scene? Just kidding. But it's an impressively detailed bash anyway.