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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 11, 2006 14:59:25 GMT -5
  Here's a quick shot (yes, I need to find my tripod so the camera doesn't move) I took of the Kim Possible figure I'm putting together.
First off - This is not a doll. It's an action figure. Yes, it's roughly the same scale as a Barbie - but the base body is a BBi Perfect Body - a much more articulated and robust figure body meant for more realistic posing (as in SciFi or Military figures.) I'm researching ways to make the hair look more like Kim's style, but the color is just right (you can't see it in the picture, but she has green eyes)
I'm still waiting for a better looking belt (with small pouches and a flapped holster for her grappler) I'm going to paint the pistol grip red to simulate the grappler, and I'll likely carve a Kimmunicator out of stock plastic. I was going to use hiking boots, but decided the black western boots looked more like her slightly pointy shoes. More to come as I find new stuff to use/do with her.
Yes, I'm hunting for parts to create a Ron. Unfortunatly, most male figures of this type are a bit too strapping for him. |
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Post by wallaceb on Aug 11, 2006 15:03:41 GMT -5
 you are making that  that is awsome! very nice work, that is what a kim action figure should look like! |
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Post by Mr. Dubois a.k.a IvyMae on Aug 11, 2006 15:06:10 GMT -5
OMG! Have I told you lately how much you Rock!
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 11, 2006 15:11:26 GMT -5
I need to take some shots of her in super-tight leather pants too!
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Post by mattb3671 on Aug 11, 2006 15:11:50 GMT -5
COOLIO! I must have one!  |
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Post by wallaceb on Aug 11, 2006 15:18:14 GMT -5
dude, make them for all of us ;D
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 11, 2006 15:26:20 GMT -5
The big problem: Perfect Bodies are out of production and cost a mint on Ebay now. Plus some of those parts came from VERY expensive figures that are only supposed to be available in Japan.
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Post by wallaceb on Aug 11, 2006 15:34:30 GMT -5
darn
well anyways, very sweet job!
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Post by trollis on Aug 11, 2006 16:13:30 GMT -5
Wow that is awesome work . I didn't know that you did scalemodeling  . MvH Anders "Trollis" Bernhardsson |
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Post by Lord FunkyHoof on Aug 11, 2006 16:20:04 GMT -5
Wow, that's coming along nicely!
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Post by liokaiser on Aug 11, 2006 16:39:08 GMT -5
Okay, I saw the post about this in one of Ivy's journals and now seeing.
DUDE THAT TOTALLY ROCKS!
Yeah, I'd buy something like that in a second. Hmm only in Japan, the Cy-girls?
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 11, 2006 17:12:17 GMT -5
Some of her parts are Cy-Girls, but for the most part she's BBi (taller before I modified the legs and somewhat skinnier than Cys). BBi imported the Japanese "Cool Girls" and changed the name to Cy-Girls - the their bodies are a little too hippy and buxom for KP. I even went so far as to replace the huge boobs that come with "Perfect bodies" with a custom made "A cup" chest piece.
I have a Japan-exclusive Cool Girl named Midori - she's a "Panzercop" from the Jin Roh movies. That's where the gloves came from.
Parts list:
° OJI "Lia" head with light skin, red hair and green eyes
° BBi Perfect Body fair caucasian w/ shortened legs
° Black T-shirt combined with crop halter top and pleather sleeves to simulate 3/4 sleeve crop top turtleneck
° 21st Century SWAT Sheriff olive cargo pants
° Dragon Models modern web belt (temporary)
° Misc. holster and pistol (representing grappler)
° Glove hands from Takara Cool-Girls "Midori"
° OJI western boots (black)
° Cy-girls cuffs (simulating turned down gloves)
I've got a nylon web belt and pouches ordered, as well as an olive holster with a flap.
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Post by teztor123 on Aug 11, 2006 17:21:03 GMT -5
Yeah. Pretty cool.
I think the problem with her hair is that it's either going to be really stiff or fairly straight. But it doesn't look to bad as is. Getting Kim's poofy look is gonna be hard.
One thing you might look into would be casting parts if you wanted to make more Kim's.
I've got some buddies that used to do a lot of scratch building and that's one of the things they would do. Essentially, you get some casting putty, make a mold then use the mold to cast duplicates. A lot of what they did was with lead. I don't know if there's any plastic material that can be poured. But it's something you might check into.
Might be cheaper than buying all those originals for parts. That's one of the reasons my buddies did it. They mostly did things like road wheels for tanks and stuff, except for miniatures.
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 11, 2006 17:28:21 GMT -5
The guys who do custom casting in this scale tend to use resin. That's what her chest part is made of.
There are lots of female bodies out there. OJI is making one right now, but since I had the older, more appropriate one (big boobs sell, what can I say) I went with that. I already had everything except for the head and boots, so it wasn't like I laid out all that cash at once.
I think I'm going to live with the hair as is. I've tried re-rooting before, with 'eh' results. IMHO, she looks better than the "Bratz" like toy dolls of Kim that were out a while back.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Aug 11, 2006 18:08:11 GMT -5
Love that doll so much.
I want one! ;d
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Post by Commander Argus on Aug 11, 2006 18:18:04 GMT -5
IT'S...NOT...A...DOLL!!!
...it's an action figure ;D
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Post by Sarah on Aug 11, 2006 18:43:08 GMT -5
I want it!! Darn that looks awesome!!! *bows* You are truly master, Argus-Chan
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Post by Pim Peccable on Aug 11, 2006 20:42:31 GMT -5
Looking great! Argus!!
I can relate to your body matching difficulties.
It's hard enough finding 'non-perfect' people in commercial stories.
That's what makes KP so special!!
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Post by wallaceb on Aug 11, 2006 21:06:03 GMT -5
man, that is awsome!!!!!!
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Post by Panther on Aug 11, 2006 21:22:01 GMT -5
I'm telling some magazzine of some kind about this and telling them to publish it. I do'nt know what magazine, but this is THE BEST FAN PROJECT I HAVE EVER SEEN ANYONE DO. Or second to the Futurama pinball machine.
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you are making that 
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