My 1st post here + custom figma miku

Fri 2010/03/12 08:43 JST

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Hello everyone, I'm Sovereign (that's my actual middle name). I've been around for more than a year now, but haven't yet posted until today out of a mix of shyness, business, laziness, etc. Anyways, about me; I'm an avid figure collector (mostly figma) and have built up quite a collection along the way. I'm also a budding customizer and am currently juggling a few projects. Here's one of them, a custom Miku figma with her long hair untied and left to sway in the breeze.

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Here she is with a custom wink face to recreate "RankaWink." Next to her is another custom I'm working on, Yowane Haku.

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I've decided to add some more pictures of Haku, now that I'm getting accustomed to the edit system. Here she is by herself (the guitar is from Witch Yuki). Her ponytail is made out of Superflex Sculpey with an armature wire inside. This makes it possible to bend it into any number of poses or even wrap it around her body.

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Here's another pic of Haku, getting drunk with a bottle of sake. BTW, the tie she has on in the previous pic with Miku is removable.

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figma, custom, vocaloid, miku

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Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.

College student working part time. Hoping to become a great artist and teacher someday. I collect figma and busou shinki mostly, but I also have a few revoltechs, a transformer, and some die-cast models.

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Fact (Registered on 2009/04/09)
http://www.harlaown.com

What kind of putty and paint you use?

Fri 2010/03/12 09:31:16 JST (ID #95453)

- Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
  Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.
  
  I use Tamiya Epoxy Putty, but for larger things regular old sculpey works fine too. As for paint, I use Citadel paints for small stuff and Montana spray paints for larger items.
  
  Fri 2010/03/12 10:37:40 JST (ID #95481)
  
i-pup (Jun) in Singapore (Registered on 2010/03/09)

Woooo7 its nice...
Another exclusive figma ^^

Fri 2010/03/12 09:36:08 JST (ID #95454)

Atoli in ♥ ♥ ♥ (Registered on 2010/01/13)
Candy Collector
https://twitter.com/NyaHoshi

Welcome! I hope you like it here! ^_^

And

Amazing custom! ^__^

Fri 2010/03/12 09:39:46 JST (ID #95455)

子猫 in the Middle of Nowhere, North Dakota (Registered on 2009/10/04)
Student, unfortunately

Wow, those look amazing ^^ And is that a Teto figma you happen to be using as your display picture?

Fri 2010/03/12 09:41:43 JST (ID #95456)

- Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
  Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.
  
  No, it's not Teto. That's just an orange repaint with curly hair. I call her "Mikan" which means tangerine/orange.
  
  Fri 2010/03/12 10:41:03 JST (ID #95482)
  
  - 子猫 in the Middle of Nowhere, North Dakota (Registered on 2009/10/04)
    Student, unfortunately
    
    Ah, still looks epic ^_^ Though my dreams of owning/finding a Teto figma are slowly dying away....
    
    Fri 2010/03/12 12:46:48 JST (ID #95513)
    
    - Kodama in Ottawa, Canada (Registered on 2009/03/28)
      Laptop Tech
      
      You too?.... I just have to pose her in MikuMikuDance. Got two versions of her, regular, and short Chinese dress ver.
      
      Fri 2010/03/12 13:28:51 JST (ID #95524)
      
Camo Max (Registered on 2009/11/07)

Nicely done. Haku rules. ^^

Fri 2010/03/12 09:41:51 JST (ID #95457)

Lightning Sabre in Vancouver (Registered on 2007/08/30)
Prepress Operator, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/

Oooh great job on hair-down-Miku and Haku!

Fri 2010/03/12 10:02:06 JST (ID #95463)

shiromomo in Toronto (Registered on 2009/03/19)
Student
http://leafdust.wordpress.com/

Image #63897:
Awesome custom hair and face! <3 Haku looks good too. ^^

Fri 2010/03/12 10:07:20 JST (ID #95467)

- Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
  Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.
  
  Thanks! Haku is still a work in progress, I'll post pics when I'm finished.
  
  Fri 2010/03/12 10:45:10 JST (ID #95485)
  
digitalnexus in Another World (Registered on 2010/03/12)
Programmer
http://twitter.com/digitalnexus

Wonderful work! What materials did you use? I love that color!

Fri 2010/03/12 10:17:39 JST (ID #95468)

- Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
  Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.
  
  The materials I use are: Miku figma as a base, superflex sculpey + armature wire for hair, Tamiya Epoxy putty for detail work, and Citadel paint and Montana spray paint for coloring.
  
  Fri 2010/03/12 10:44:11 JST (ID #95484)
  
yunamon in a comfy chair above you influencing the FigNendo Wars... (Registered on 2009/03/31)
Otaku Graphic Designer
http://neoprolacus.spaces.live.com

Tako Miku! XD

Fri 2010/03/12 10:32:52 JST (ID #95475)

LoganRunn in Miami (Registered on 2008/11/30)
Boukenger

Haku looks amazing!

Fri 2010/03/12 10:36:21 JST (ID #95479)

- Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
  Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.
  
  Thank you! As soon as I finish painting her accent colors and DTM mark, I'll make a new thread about building her.
  
  Fri 2010/03/12 11:10:02 JST (ID #95492)
  
Pawpee (Registered on 2009/08/27)

You might want to build up on Haku's hair some more to make it look not so flat. Otherwise, I can't wait to see her finished! you should put up some pictures of the orange swirl in your icon too. I really like the Halloween colors.

(Also, mind me asking what you used to remove Miku's left eye so that you could make her wink?)

Fri 2010/03/12 11:42:53 JST (ID #95495)

- Sovereign in San Diego, California (Registered on 2009/02/23)
  Student, Sculptor, Painter, Tinkerer, and Putterer.
  
  About Haku's hair, I agree that it does look flat. I've been trying to sculpt another ponytail for her with more volume, but that's been interfering with its flexibility. At any rate, the finished product will have a better ponytail, and probably a bigger ribbon.
  
  About the wink face, I didn't remove the left eye. I just painted over it with fleshtone paint and painted a wink over that.
  
  Fri 2010/03/12 12:09:17 JST (ID #95498)
  
  - Pawpee (Registered on 2009/08/27)
    
    You could try to model it after the ponytail on the petit nendoroid. It curves inwards on the inside, leaving enough space so that it doesn't touch her rump/back and then it's slightly layered on the outside. Slight curls on the ends like what you did with Miku would probably help even if you don't add much to the rest.
    
    That makes sense, don't know why I didn't think of that. Thanks.
    
    Fri 2010/03/12 13:11:21 JST (ID #95519)
    
Shadowind in Choking Heron Chase (Registered on 2009/09/06)
poor college student

This is really good! If you were just skimming over the pictures you'd think that they were official figma's.

Fri 2010/03/12 11:43:03 JST (ID #95496)

rodimus1138 in Florida (Registered on 2009/05/16)
Brave Fanatic
http://www.youtube.com/user/rodimus1138

Miku looks amazing ^^

Fri 2010/03/12 12:53:03 JST (ID #95516)

Okazaki-san in Singapore (Registered on 2009/12/20)
Student

Nice work,maybe you could do luka with a ponytail?Just a suggestion,but it might be cool.

Sat 2010/03/13 03:32:59 JST (ID #95636)

hikari_luv_shirayuki in Malaysia a.k.a BolehLand (Registered on 2009/10/24)
teacher-to-be :D

i salute you, comrade!

Sat 2010/03/13 14:24:48 JST (ID #95757)