The following post was made in the long past 2010s, but a complete reboot of the figure starts on page two.
Greetings.
As mentioned in the Introduction thread, I'm new to the hobby, my first 1/6 Scale Figure is a customized "Triad Toys Riza Miyamoto", which I customized into my character Jaroyesh from Guild Wars 2, a fantasy/part steampunk MMO. Jaroyesh, or 'Roy', was a Crusader, a soldier of the Vigil Order, fighting against the undead in the invasion of Orr. She is equipped with heavy armor, sword, long axe and a shotgun. I also made a mace and a roundshield, but I didn't like them, I'll have to make them again.
The shotgun is the newest weapon, there are older pictures where she is wielding the sword and the axe, but the painting on the armor isn't finished there. I will make new pictures of the other weapons soon.
Magnetic break action shotgun.
The background is a print of a screenshot of Orr. Orr was once a human kingdom, until a powerful mage used an ancient spell to protect it against an invasion. The Spell sank the entire island an turned every living creature into an undead servant of the mage, who became a powerful Lich. (The landscape and some themes/stories/items are quite inspired by Lovecraft) After the Lich was killed, a powerful undead Dragon took over Orr and raised it from the ocean. Jaroyesh is there to clean up this mess.
I also made three Risen Humans from Orr (Zombies...) to fight Jaroyesh. They were made from the skeletons from 'The Bones Book'. The joints were reinforced with wire and magnets, I am still trying, it's a bit messy. I will post more zombie footage in the future.
The original figure, Riza Miyamoto. I mainly chose it for the hairstyle of the headsculpt an because it was cheap on ebay. Now I have 2 Katanas to open letters. The trenchcoat is wired for posing, I cut off the upper part, painted it black and reused it.
Progress pictures:
For the armor I used "Worbla', a thermoplastic used by cosplayers. It was recommendend to me by a friend.
It is very light an robust.
I started with the boots, added some greenstuff pyramids to fit the armor design of the original.
I used more greenstuff on some cheap biker hands from China to make the gauntlets:
My first use of neodym magnets on the chest.
The pauldrons are supposed to look more 'fantasy', also equipped with magnets. I added a gorget because I can. And rivets, I like rivets.
The 'Vigil' helmet is inspired by Greek helmets. I still have to add the hair for the crest. Brush bristles maybe? Or just make a static sculpt? I am open for suggestions.
The clothing under the armor is very basic, just spare leather and some glue.
All parts were primed with black spray and then painted with vallejo metallic color. The texture of the material fits the brute style of the armor, I think. I increased the 'hammered' effect on the upper chestpiece, the elbows and the plates on the boots, using putty from the bottle.
I scaled a screenshot of the axe in the desired size, printed it on adhesive paper an put it on a thermoplastic sheet, then cut it out. The blades were then added to a wooden rod, some greenstuff rivets were added.
For the sword I also used a screenshot. It took some time to find a scale that is not too fantasy/oversized and no too tiny/realistic. The sword is designed in the style of the Norn - the Norn are giant Viking/Native Americans hybrids living in the cold Shiverpeaks.
For the Shotgun I used a lot of tiny magnets for future interchanging of parts.
I will post some more Undead when I put their progress pics together like those above.
Greetings.
As mentioned in the Introduction thread, I'm new to the hobby, my first 1/6 Scale Figure is a customized "Triad Toys Riza Miyamoto", which I customized into my character Jaroyesh from Guild Wars 2, a fantasy/part steampunk MMO. Jaroyesh, or 'Roy', was a Crusader, a soldier of the Vigil Order, fighting against the undead in the invasion of Orr. She is equipped with heavy armor, sword, long axe and a shotgun. I also made a mace and a roundshield, but I didn't like them, I'll have to make them again.
The shotgun is the newest weapon, there are older pictures where she is wielding the sword and the axe, but the painting on the armor isn't finished there. I will make new pictures of the other weapons soon.
Magnetic break action shotgun.
The background is a print of a screenshot of Orr. Orr was once a human kingdom, until a powerful mage used an ancient spell to protect it against an invasion. The Spell sank the entire island an turned every living creature into an undead servant of the mage, who became a powerful Lich. (The landscape and some themes/stories/items are quite inspired by Lovecraft) After the Lich was killed, a powerful undead Dragon took over Orr and raised it from the ocean. Jaroyesh is there to clean up this mess.
I also made three Risen Humans from Orr (Zombies...) to fight Jaroyesh. They were made from the skeletons from 'The Bones Book'. The joints were reinforced with wire and magnets, I am still trying, it's a bit messy. I will post more zombie footage in the future.
The original figure, Riza Miyamoto. I mainly chose it for the hairstyle of the headsculpt an because it was cheap on ebay. Now I have 2 Katanas to open letters. The trenchcoat is wired for posing, I cut off the upper part, painted it black and reused it.
Progress pictures:
For the armor I used "Worbla', a thermoplastic used by cosplayers. It was recommendend to me by a friend.
It is very light an robust.
I started with the boots, added some greenstuff pyramids to fit the armor design of the original.
I used more greenstuff on some cheap biker hands from China to make the gauntlets:
My first use of neodym magnets on the chest.
The pauldrons are supposed to look more 'fantasy', also equipped with magnets. I added a gorget because I can. And rivets, I like rivets.
The 'Vigil' helmet is inspired by Greek helmets. I still have to add the hair for the crest. Brush bristles maybe? Or just make a static sculpt? I am open for suggestions.
The clothing under the armor is very basic, just spare leather and some glue.
All parts were primed with black spray and then painted with vallejo metallic color. The texture of the material fits the brute style of the armor, I think. I increased the 'hammered' effect on the upper chestpiece, the elbows and the plates on the boots, using putty from the bottle.
I scaled a screenshot of the axe in the desired size, printed it on adhesive paper an put it on a thermoplastic sheet, then cut it out. The blades were then added to a wooden rod, some greenstuff rivets were added.
For the sword I also used a screenshot. It took some time to find a scale that is not too fantasy/oversized and no too tiny/realistic. The sword is designed in the style of the Norn - the Norn are giant Viking/Native Americans hybrids living in the cold Shiverpeaks.
For the Shotgun I used a lot of tiny magnets for future interchanging of parts.
I will post some more Undead when I put their progress pics together like those above.
