Butchering my PF Indy.. to make him POSABLE !

[mfisher]

OK.. I have officially lost my mind... I kept tinkering with the idea of how cool it would be if I could pose the PF Indy's arms at least.. finally today.. I said heck with it and just snapped of his left arm... figured there is no turning back.. but it looks as though it should be a VERY easy project... I realized that the legs of a 1/6 Sideshow body ( old Buck body) are pretty much spot on in length for the 1/4 arm... after fitting them into position and setting them with gorilla glue I will be good to go.... one issue is that the hands keep you from taking the jacket on and off because of how wide they are.. so the hands will attach to the forearm about mid way between the wrist and elbow with strong rare earth magnets.. that will also allow me to reposition the rotation of the hand as well... ( now if I could only get an assortment of 1/4 hands sculpts !!) anyhoo... will post more progress as i go along... meanwhile.. enjoy the pics of my decent into madness !!!!

SNAPPED OFF !!!

length comparison.. especially elbow/knee relativity..

positioning prior to attachment

guide marks done with chalk onto pants to show where hand should fall when new arm attached..

 

[galactiboy]

Ambitious, and pretty cool idea! Top marks for creativity

 

[Darth Waller]

I've always wondered if it was possible to do something like this. I'm glad to see someone is brave enough to try it. Keep us posted. Good luck!

 

[Indiana Fett]

WOW Mike! Good luck, I bet it'll be AWESOME!!! Can't wait to follow this thread through...

 

[mfisher]

photo of magnet attached to hand for ease of putting clothing on without the hands attached and ability to rotate the wrist freely..

 

[Natrix]

OK.. I have officially lost my mind... I kept tinkering with the idea of how cool it would be if I could pose the PF Indy's arms at least.. finally today.. I said heck with it and just snapped of his left arm... figured there is no turning back.. but it looks as though it should be a VERY easy project... I realized that the legs of a 1/6 Sideshow body ( old Buck body) are pretty much spot on in length for the 1/4 arm... after fitting them into position and setting them with gorilla glue I will be good to go.... one issue is that the hands keep you from taking the jacket on and off because of how wide they are.. so the hands will attach to the forearm about mid way between the wrist and elbow with strong rare earth magnets.. that will also allow me to reposition the rotation of the hand as well... ( now if I could only get an assortment of 1/4 hands sculpts !!) anyhoo... will post more progress as i go along... meanwhile.. enjoy the pics of my decent into madness !!!!

SNAPPED OFF !!!

length comparison.. especially elbow/knee relativity..

positioning prior to attachment

guide marks done with chalk onto pants to show where hand should fall when new arm attached..

Someone did the same thing to their Boba PF awhile back, using the 12" legs for the arms as well.

 

[Something Sexy]

Very adventurous I can't wait to see how it turns out. I don't think I would ever be brave enough.

 

[Wanderer]

Damn, you're crazy! Seriously dude, well done for having the balls to tackle something like this with something so expensive...
QUESTION: How tight are the joints on that buck? The reason i ask is coz that jacket is quite restrictive so the joints would battle against an arm pose possibly???

 

[Darren Carnall]

oohhh I do love me a good 'proper' project like this. Can't wait to follow it through!

 

[Havok]

I've always preferred statues, so I don't really see the need for articulation, but it can still be cool, and there's alot of figures out there that I like. Only thing is the legs look too thin compared to his arms, but it'll be interesting to see how it all turns out. Keep us posted man, and good luck!

 

[Agent0028]

Pallie, you're all kinds a crazy, but I'm excited to see the outcome. Good luck with it.

 

[BadMoon]

WOW you must have to wear special pants to keep you huge balls covered up!

Pretty cool idea. Can't wait to see the end result!

 

[Darth Waller]

Only thing is the legs look too thin compared to his arms, but it'll be interesting to see how it all turns out.

They'll be covered with a jacket, so they probably won't show at all.

 

[bzie]

That looks plasticky inside.

 

[bumblebee]

Was this a Reg or Ex version?

 

[Fozzy]

Looking forward to the end result

 

[Havok]

They'll be covered with a jacket, so they probably won't show at all.

True enough, but I think it would still bother me anyway. I'm not the one doing it though, so I guess that doesn't even matter.

 

[GondorGirl]

Seriously, I applaud your dedication to posability

 

[JustinLuck]

Awesome idea! Have you thought about using Truetype legs? The knee joints have a more natural looking knee cap compared to the Buck and they also could look more natural as the point of an elbow at this scale.

 

[Ultramanimator]

Can't wait to see how this turns out. Mindbook is actually working on a posable 18" Indy, but I think he just used the body of the 1/4 Diamond Select Indy. Might be a possibility for those with smaller [ahem] courage

https://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc282/mindbook/?action=view&current=indi.jpg