Topic: YakFace: Cast 1:18th melted Vader Helmet 4/14/16 page24

[Darth Optimus]

I like your squad!  Very interesting to have one of the members be an animal!

[Mando Assasin]

I second what DD said! I really like this team!

[Luke Sprywalker]

This is a very creative squad design! Excellent work my friend.

[Art deWhill]

excellent crew!!

[DarthDrew]

Wow, I love the team and the story that goes with them! I really like the warrior with the spear, but they all have very fine details and look awesome!

[YakFace]

Thank you guys for all the comments and anyone who voted on my squad! I have a little update today that invovles a metal bikini, I present slave Leia. So this was a figure I started some time ago and had some troubles with. But to cut to the point I used the VC slave Leia as my base and built a nude figure out of it using green stuff to sculpt. The head is a mix of the VC Leia head and the VC Hoth Leia head with some sculpted elements to bind them together. After I managed to do this I also raised her leg height and a few other little details to improve on the original release of the figure like the addition of metal earings and a hand sculpted slave collar. The whole metal bikini is scratch built using wire and green stuff and is also removable.   Enjoy!

PM me if you really want this.

[YakFace]

And the removable bikini.

[BlackThorne]

Best slave Leia custom in the 1:18 I ever seen. Amazing paint work in her face.

[YakFace]

@BlackThorne : Thank you! Thats a big compliment.

[Mando Assasin]

This is great! I want one! LOL!

[ghostskull18]

Wow! Amazing work! How did you make the bikini removable?

[YakFace]

@ghostskull18: Ahh yes that is the tricky part. I actually wrap the figure in plastic wrap and get it nice and tight over the figures form and simply sculpt over it. After that just let the green stuff set up over night and carefully remove it from the plastic wrap. And bingo you have a perfectly molded piece that fits the figure.

[ghostskull18]

@ghostskull18: Ahh yes that is the tricky part. I actually wrap the figure in plastic wrap and get it nice and tight over the figures form and simply sculpt over it. After that just let the green stuff set up over night and carefully remove it from the plastic wrap. And bingo you have a perfectly molded piece that fits the figure.

cool!

[Luke Sprywalker]

Oh my Brent, excluding sithfire30's work, this is one of the most beautiful female action figures I have ever seen. That head mash up/resculpt/repaint is amazing! You have done some brilliant work here. Her body looks great too, I like the stock figure but man is it a funky body for a female. You have made it what it should have been. Then the removable bikini just blows me away! You can really tell you have put your heart and sole into this work of art!

[YakFace]

@Luke Sprywalker: Mmmmmhmmm thank you. Being among the ranks of Dayton is no small task so I appreciate that you think my work is close to that level. I poured alot of love into this figure and mr Sithfire30 was my bench mark of quality. Im really intersted in making unique features like the removable bikini as I have never seen it done before. I also did a similar technique with my contest figures, I didn't show that aspect due to the nudity but their "tops" also come off. I'm working on creating more of my own custom parts and would like to start moving away from using stock pieces. And yes totally the original slave Leia is a big "NO" in my book. She looks more like a short Italian woman rather than smoking hot Carrie Fisher. Thank you again for the high praise.