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Can someone please help me. Im putting together a custom Ellie. Im using the CCToys headsculpt and shirt. (I'll be putting her in some generic jeans and I have her shoes for only 16EUR). I just need her backpack, but it's sold out for now.
Does anyone know a cheaper alternative body for her? Im on a tight budget, trying to put the figure together for 100EUR. I have 25EUR left to spend on the body. I was looking at the Poptoys 93004A body, since its the correct height. However I found out I'm using that body for a Lara Croft figure, the one I used for that has very broad hips and I have the medium chest but its pretty damn big so Im thinking the small chest will still be too big for my liking. Anyone has experience with this body?
If anyone knows a body thats about the same proportions as the S27B you'd be my hero, I buy most stuff on aliexpress. Saves quite some money.
I don't think there's anything that matches the S27B because it's so petite.
Bodies that are that petite, such as Redman's or Asmus' child bodies, are far too short.
The only option I found, to use up the spare heads and parts to make my third and fourth Ellies, was to Frankenstein bodies to make them short enough and slim enough.
For Ellie #3 I used an SW Ourworld Lara Croft body, which is similar to (and maybe identical to) Pop Toys'. I cut the rubber upper torso down so only the neck and a little either side remained; filed down the shoulders; glued the plastic breast implants back on; swapped the lower legs with a Very Cool black Shooter body, with the ankle extensions removed and the ankles drilled out for PopToys Xing pegs.
I did all that because I couldn't use another S27B, since I wasn't sure I'd ever get an extra pair of CC Toys' jeans - which would be the only jeans small enough for the S27B. Regular jeans are huge around the waist of an S27B.
The Frankensteined body is the one in the middle here, flanked by two S27Bs:
She's still slightly taller, and slightly fuller in the body than the S27Bs.
For Ellie #4 I went a different route.
I used a Dragon (DML) Winona body, which is pretty vintage, yet well jointed. By today's standards these are very skinny female bodies so I thought it would be a good starting point.
Still required a bit of work: I shortened the forearms by 1cm and drilled them out to fit VeryCool Shooter Girl wrist pegs. Shortened the ankles by 1.5cm and drilled holes in the legs for PopToys ankle pegs. Cut the breasts cut off; padded the abdomen and butt with cotton wool bandage; cut the neck down and filed it a little thinner so the head sat lower, and scraped the neck with a blade to remove the glossy finish.