Making an Action Figure
So I was browsing DeviantART as I’m prone to doing, and I noticed this awesome custom action figure of Metroid’s Samus Aran. Instantly I was reminded of the days when my goal in life was to design toys. Inspired, I decided I would make an action figure. I started the most obvious way; asking the guy on DeviantART how he starts. Luckily, he responded really quickly telling me about a product called Chavant NSP-Hard, which is an oil based clay that must be heated to work with, and pointed me to the place I could buy the stuff. (People on DA are nice!)
So I’m going for an action figure here, not a lame, stuff model. To see how the parts go together, I looked to my own toy box from back in the day and found 2 great, basic figures of the blue Power Ranger and Spiderman:
I think Spiderman will come in handy later when I’m actually modeling the figure (I still haven’t decided what it will be yet…). The Power Ranger is useful because it is held together with screws so I can take it apart. Which I did:
Now I know how to make the actual joints, even if that doesn’t actually happen until you’re done with the basic model.
More on this endeavor later.