I just finished a commission from a friend to whom I owed a favor. He asked for a super-articulated Season 5 TCW Barriss Offee.
Just like with Scuba Ahsoka, I started with the lower body from Space Ahsoka There almost the same size as Barriss', but Ahsoka is a little more spritely, so I widened her hips with Aves Sculpt. I flattened out the shape of Ahsoka's boots and carved in Barriss' boots.
The elbows were a challenge. I found a couple of 2 inch human figures from the MechTech Transformer line which had really 6 small ball joints. I popped off the knees and inserted them in Barriss' elbows. As small as they wee, I still had to sand them down a lot.
I knew there was no way I could reproduce those facial tattoos, so I ordered an extra figure from Asia, while the prices were still < $10. I took TCW Barriss' head and carved off her hood. The hood is still intact BTW. I took Green Stuff and sculpted on four layers of hair, letting each layer cure before starting the next. When the shape was about right, I carved out the individual locks. Then I sculpted on the head cover with Aves.
I've always considered the faces of TCW figures too bland, so I wanted Barriss to have some attitude. I carved a small frown in the corners of her mouth and filled it in with a fine point brown Sharpie. I consider Barriss' eyes perfect, so I just sculpted on thickened lower eye lids. I got lucky and found Vallejo Game Color, desert yellow. It's a perfect match for Barriss' skin color. I sanded down the original eyebrows and re-drew them as angry as I could. Finally, I just covered over any mistakes with green paint.
WIPs
Final
Thanks ISY
