Custom 6 inch/Black Series Female Mandalorian
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Custom 6 inch/Black Series Female Mandalorian

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Hey guys im new to this site!
I wanted to showcase some of my work and also get some helpful advice.
I posted a link to a work in progress i did on a 6 inch female mandalorian.
This figure was made from an Evolve Val figure, and epoxy putty, some figure bashing, good painting and alot of hard work went into this.
Let me know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHkaD-aoeNM

Posted by ZeonRemnants
on Friday, July 29, 2016
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ZeonRemnants -
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
I have uploaded the review of the finished figure on my channel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UAK8fXAxLE
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ZeonRemnants -
Monday, August 1, 2016
***UPDATE***
Will also be posting a final video review on my channel!



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Henchmen4Hire -
Friday, July 29, 2016
FFFFFFF I knew there was going to be breakage even before I saw the video lol. I hope Funko has had a change of management by now.

Looks like you're doing fine

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When sculpting, try and get like 95% of the final shape in the first session, then touch up and sand away any imperfections. For example, you could easily finish the helmet in one session, let that cure, sand it to shape if needed, then sculpt the antenna bits and bulges. I know car modellers do that thing where they roughly putty an area then come back later and sand it to shape, and it works well when you have large sweeping areas like a car hood or door, but it just makes your job tougher when you have small intricate areas.

It might seem tough to get the final shape in one go if you just started sculpting, but you'll get to that level faster the more you practice (I'm still mediocre lol).

For making panel lines, I usually use a thin tool (not a razor, razors are too thin) to make them when the clay is about to harden. If you make them when the clay is still soft, you get a "pudding effect" where the surrounding area will want to sink as you make the panel line, making the part look like pudding instead of solid armor or whatever. If you make the panel lines when the clay is firmer, you get clean lines with very little deformation.

I saw Gundams pop up in the intro, you could also just wait for the clay to harden and use a scribing tool to make panels like you would on a Gundam too.
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ZeonRemnants -
Friday, July 29, 2016
Yea I have never messed with Funko action figures lol
Well at least the repairs weren't too bad.
Now I know for the future.

Yea the reason I went back and redid the helmet was because the visor was way off center, also I had limited tools for shaping such small details. I plan I getting some tools for shaping clay.
I was basically using different exacto blades for the shaping and then sanding. BUt basically what you suggested is what I did, I got the helmet sanded and then did the extra parts after, I wasn't sure exactly what extra bits I was going to add.

For the panels lines I wait till the clay/epoxy has dried and use a panel line scriber to make the lines.

and yea on my channel in do have some gundam videos, I recently did a conversion project that went well and because of that decided to try my hand at this also!

I def learned a lot from this , and I def need to get some better shaping tools for the smaller details, as that was the biggest pain on the helmet with what I had to work with.
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