This is what I normally do. *^^* I wanted to show you guys my latest finished custom doll. The reason this one applies, I think, is that once upon a time, someone told me that the only difference between a doll and an action figure is that an action figure comes with guns. Well, this guy has guns, 4 of them in fact. For those not familiar with doll types, this is a ball-joint doll, meaning that he is highly articulated and able to be posed, with hollow pieces through which runs an elastic string that holds the whole thing together. I wire most of mine, also, which allows for over-extending the joints because the wiring can force it. They are anatomically complete and can be displayed nude, but are also designed to wear clothing.

I call him “The Hunter”. I really wanted to create something massive, and something really eye-grabbing, to serve as my showpiece, using as many different types of crafting possible. He is an Iplehouse EID Luo in light brown skintone, standing at 72cm(for the cm-impaired, he’s about 2.5 feet tall). His hands were modified to hold the guns. The only part of his outfit that I did not make were the boots. His pants have tactical patches, and he has a leather belt with holsters for 2 sidearms, and super tiny little jumpsuit buckles. His shirt is made from two different fabrics, though its hard to tell in the photographs. He has quilted shoulder-armor, also secured by tiny jumpsuit buckles, and custom made D-rings. His torso armor is multi-layered custom-designed leather all with a bird theme, and his forearm armor continues that same theme, breaking the solid black for dashes of grey. The guns are 2-of-a-kind custom resin casts that I sculpted just for this guy, in scale with a larger doll, though the barrels are made from straws so that they are hollow. Their grips are covered in clear, plastic tubing to give the doll a really secure grip on them without risking scratching either the hand or the guns. His necklace is a repurposed bracelet about 20 years old, with a nice patina on the metal. His wings are made from individual craft foam pieces afixed to a wire armature that is fully covered and coated and attaches to a harness that slips behind the doll’s neck and over his shoulders and down his back. They are extremely stable and can be easily re-positioned and bent into many flight and resting shapes. I painted his face and the eyes are silicone.

The last picture shows a comparison for height, since even with the inches, its hard to visualize, at least for me. He is shown with a 43cm doll, a 12" Hot Toys type figure, and a 6" Joker figure.