Customized 1/6 Slave Leia Figure

[MaulFan]

First off, I apologize if I seem like I'm trying to put a spotlight on myself, that's not my intention, I just wanted to share this with people and since I'm doing shots that don't involve Jabba, figured I would start a fresh thread about it, and I welcome others who have done the same to share their works.

Secondly, I want to give a very big thanks to CustomMikey for giving me a great deal of advice and tips about customizing a Slave Leia, I had no idea where to begin and he gave me some direction and without that, I wouldn't have even attempted to make one. That said, here are the first batch of photos I've done, with plenty more to come.

 

[JGouse0498]

First, don't ever worry that you're putting a "spotlight" on yourself. A lot of us really enjoy seeing the artistic work of fellow members...whether it's in Photoshop or customizing.

Second, Leia looks great. In the absence of an official high-end 1/6 representation, it's great.

Third, that last pic gives definition to Luke's facial expression.

"I'm feelin' kinda funny around my sister...umm...."

Seriously, the whole "tension" between Luke and Leia in the earlier part of the OT is proof that either Lucas made things up as he went along or he's just disturbed.

 

[MaulFan]

What's great is, you know if the story continued, Han being the smart ass that he was, at some point would have been having sex with Leia and just said something like, "just think, you macked with your brother once." LOL

 

[Darklord Dave]

Anyone try recasting or just chopping off the head of the GG slave Leia bust? Looks like that may be what AH! did for his custom.

 

[The ill Jedi]

Nice Maulfan, with this and AH!'s custom Leia pics it's nice to know that Leia will indeed fit in front of Jabba on the throne.

 

[metaphorge]

Second (individually packaged) Action Collection Leia as Jabba's Prisoner on a BBI Perfect Body? Looks like it, and is exactly what I'm going to be doing once all the parts get here (until I can get an inexpensive Hot Toys female body). Good choice.

Edit: After checking the other thread I see that you used the Soldier's Story body that Triad is currently selling. I dithered on it or the BBI... oh well, if the BBI's breasts are too big I'm sure I can find SOMETHING I can do with the BBI....

 

[MaulFan]

For those that missed it in the Jabba thread, here are my construction notes, and again, big props to CustomMikey, he was a pioneer and without his work before me, I wouldn't have even been inspired to take this on, nor would I have had direction in making it happen, thanks again man.

I used the Triad S1 Female body, only costs $13, and the Leia pieces I took from the first Slave Leia Hasbro made, and it makes a difference, the paint colors and the cloth material are different on the R2-Leia 2pack version and the skirt looks of a lesser material to me. The A-Cup chest for the Triad body fits perfectly into the bikini. I just took the bikini off and put it on the body, popped the head of then it got into a little customizing. There's articulation to the Triad neck, and I liked that, so when it came time to put Leia's head on I had two options, cut some of the head away around the neck socket to fit it on because the whole is exactly the same size as the Triad neck and wouldn't go on, or fatten the connecting part of the triad neck, so I fattened with a soft rubber eraser, forgive me I don't remember the technical name for it but I had a good ammount of it left over from college art class, it's almost like clay and playdoh material, but it's an eraser, it doesn't loose it's soft properties and it's semi-adhesive, so I padded the triad connecteor with it, popped Leia's head on it stays on with articulation so that's nice. The feet of the Hasbro boots are exactly the same size outside as the triad foot, but the Triad feet come off so I popped them off and just stuck the legs inside the boot, a snug fit but works good. The hardest part of it all was the skirt portion. Hasbro glued the cloth to the rubber metal front and back and glued that to the body, they came apart fine, then I had to pull of the side joints and cut away the excess rubber used to connect all of the ""metal"" pieces into the body so they would lay against the Triad body. The rubber is very soft, so I just took a small sewing needle and thread and tied all of the metal pieces together and used a small stitchs to attach the cloth back to the metal parts, then put the whole thing around the waist and tied off the last section, but being that it was all loose and might shift, I used some threads under the skirt to tie the front plate to the back plate to keep it down in place and that's how I got my Leia.

Triad Body

 

[DarthNeil]

Great idea for a thread. Let me start by saying that I have a very old and pathetic digital camera--- that being said here are some images of the slave Leia I made with a Dragon body (the gumby kind)--- I just like that the joints are not exposed as that can be somewhat distracting.

 

[DarthNeil]

And another.



This one is closer-- I still have to add some colour to the Hasbro Leia face so that it is not quite so pale in comparison to the body.

 

[DarthNeil]

Here you can see the absence of the joints really don't distract. I like what you did with the pillow MaulFan with Leia's hand resting on it so I borrowed that little gem.

 

[DarthNeil]

From Luke's perspective... The next things I'll be adding are the stairs on both sides (thanks Metaphorge) and then a workable backdrop---with spit? One can only hope.

 

[DarthNeil]

High and blurry---- but then that's the camera I have to work with at the moment.

 

[MaulFan]

My inspiration for pose:

 

[DarthNeil]

A more inclusive shot... Once the stairs are built on either side I'll put a light above the entire scene and a grate under Luke's feet---- If I didn't have the tv directly below the scene that'd be the place for a GG Rancor.

 

[jason2885]

Where do you get the dragon body and which version of Leia did you get for this. I wish the face looked more like Leia.

 

[DarthNeil]

Where do you get the dragon body and which version of Leia did you get for this. I wish the face looked more like Leia.

The Dragon body was an Onimusha Warrior one that I picked up on E-bay... The head is from the Hasbro Leia... wish I could get a better looking face sculpt but it'll have to do for now.

 

[jason2885]

The Dragon body was an Onimusha Warrior one that I picked up on E-bay... The head is from the Hasbro Leia... wish I could get a better looking face sculpt but it'll have to do for now.

have you got a link.


What all did you have to do to the body.

 

[DarthNeil]

have you got a link.


What all did you have to do to the body.

Here's a picture of the body I used. I found it on E-bay (Dragon Onimusha Female Warrior). All I did was remove the head and replace it with the Hasbro Leia--- there's also a tattoo on her left upper leg that needs to be painted over.

 

[jason2885]

Ok cool so how would you suggest getting rid of the tattoo.

 

[DarthNeil]

Ok cool so how would you suggest getting rid of the tattoo.

I haven't yet----- but the same paint that I'll eventually use on the tattoo I'll also have to use on the Hasbro Leia face as she's noticeably more pale than the body. Also be careful when you attach the head--- I'm sure there are some expert customizers who can suggest something better, for now I filled the empty inside of the Hasbro with the blue putty used to connect posters to walls---- the body has a spike piece that I jammed into the putty filled hole (sounds dirty doesn't it? ). For the moment I've found that it holds it in place fine and I can still repose the head in all necessary ways--- I'll eventually fix the head with a more permanent solution but for now I'm happy with it. The nice thing about the Dragon Onimusha is that it also has a pair of undergarments (again the dirty talk ) perfect for attaching the Hasbro slave costume so that you don't have to glue it directly on---- that allows me to remove it (wait for it cheeky monkeys ) if I ever find a better body----- which I'm constantly looking for. I like MaulFan's Leia--- I just don't want the joints to be visible (my preference--- I feel it distracts and points out that it's a doll).