1/6th scale Damaged Synth custom WIP

As with so many of my projects, I started this one without a plan.

I've always loved cyborgs/androids and the concept of artificial intelligence and sapient robots is one of my absolute favourite sci-fi concepts. I've got a host of characters I'm intending on making dolls of, one of which has a cybernetic arm, so I've been meaning to practice making one before committing to the final design. I knew I wanted to preserve as much articulation as possible, so moving joints was super important, and if I could surpass the original figure's range of movement, all the better.

The Drifter and the Droid (plus bonus stopmotion)

I’ve been in a real sci-fi mood recently after playing Detroit: Become Human (which I would 100% recommend if you love everything related to androids gaining self awareness and the resulting fight for acceptance and civil rights combined with a noir style detective game and branching storylines with many many endings - I could gush about this game all year, it's fantastic) and this proved fortuitous as I’ve had plans to make a robot arm for a future cybernetically enhanced character for a long time, so I decided to grab something from one of my many body boxes and give it a go just to see how it turned out and well, things progressed slightly…😅 (This post will have the whole start to finish guide of how I put everything together)

I couldn't resist doing a photoshoot inspired by one of my favourite sequences in the game, although just to clarify, this figure isn't intended to be from the D:BH universe, just vaguely inspired by it.

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Experiments in skintone alteration!

 

When the strikingly beautiful #90 Barbie Fashionista 'Rainbow Bright' came out a couple of years ago I just knew I had to have her. The only problem was the body; I can’t stand the lack of articulation on the current range of fashionistas, and there wasn’t a match for her very dark skin tone in the MTM range or easily available in older bodies. 

 

1/6th scale Kitchen Tutorial

A kitchen for Max and Juno has been top of my list for years, but making such a diorama was going to be tricky thanks to all the appliances and accessories. Luckily you know how much I love a challenge, so I took it on with gusto...

This is going to be a loooooong post with lots of photos so consider yourself warned!

Max and Juno's new kitchen!

I've been wanting to make Max and Juno a kitchen diorama for years, and finally got started on it last year, then had a total breakdown of motivation and gave up on it until a few weeks ago when the inspiration hit once again and I was able to finish it. 

A post listing how I made the majority of it will be going up immediately after this one, so check that out if you want to know how I put the main parts together. :)

Anyway, without further ado, I'll let the girls show off their latest room...

Long time no blog!

Even by my own procrastinating standard, this is pretty bad! 😅

In my defence, this last year has been a bit of a nightmare; I ended up suffering with absolutely horrendous sciatica for the best part of a year (chiropractors are miracle workers, that's all I can say!) which really put a dampener on my motivation to do very much of anything really. My PC was also on its way out, so I was doing absolutely everything via my phone, which isn't really ideal for blogging the way I'd like.

On the plus side, my sciatica is now almost completely gone, with just the occasional twinge every now and then, and as of yesterday I am now the proud owner of a shiny new gaming laptop, after years of only ever having a PC, so this is going to really open up a lot of opportunities I think.

Of course, that all said, we're all now trapped in the grip of a worldwide pandemic, which I'm sure isn't how anyone thought the first few months of 2020 were going to go! 😂

Hopefully I'll be able to get back into the swing of things on here now, and I've certainly got a lot to post about - I finished Max and Juno's kitchen diorama, did lots of customising and took lots of shiny photos so fingers crossed I'll be posting more regularly again!

DIY Miniature Salad Tutorial

I've been in the mood for making food recently, and after posting photos of these on Instagram and Facebook, got lots of requests for a tutorial, so here it is!