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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 17, 2008 21:59:01 GMT -5
- Taken from e2046 Forum -forum.e2046.com/viewtopic.php?t=30880(If you guys want to read all the comments and the such, you'll have to register on their forum to use it..kinda silly, I'm sorry. Otherwise, you only get the generic updates.) Related Product: www.e2046.com/product_info.php?products_id=1821I bought this off of a now non-existant website for about $8. When I got her, I looked in the box, laughed and put her away. That was about a year ago. Today I got the gall up to finally drag her out and start the horrendous project that is her build. I also just now noticed that she does not have her two long, slender ribbons for the back of her skirt... Just to let you see exactly HOW horrid she is, take a look at these... As you can see, I've got some serious work cut out for me. She's rittled with pinholes, oversanding, has mis-shapen odangos, seamlines and all-around terrible casting. If you notice the head, it's off-center; the back and front don't meet the way they should. I'll have to see what I can do with it when I reach that bridge. I have several kits...so it's kind of strange that I'd start with such a disaster. I really like a challenge ^_^ This will only be my second kit built, being my first time really "working" on a kit in such a thorough manner. I want to show what I can do. Not to mention, this is my only kit in this kind of condition, all the others are gorgeous. So here begins my WIP thread ^__^
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 17, 2008 22:01:43 GMT -5
I worked on the skirt for about an hour with a dremel, but I had to quit because it hit midnight and I don't want my neighbor upstairs to throw a fit >_>;; My dremel is pretty loud. I basically used one of those gritty coated needle-like bits and got rid of a lot of the flash from the skirt. I also drilled out the "thickness" from the end of the skirt. It's pretty rough right now, and I only need to touch up two spots with the dremel tomorrow during normal hours...and I'm working on sanding it right now. It's just a pain because it's soooooo tiny and it has lots of tiny nooks. So, to not tire myself out on the skirt, I started cleanup on the other parts. I skipped bathing her, since she'll require so much prep work and sanding, that I'd rather get all her prep work done, and bathe her before puttying holes and pinning. The skirt looks a lot better now, I'll post some pictures once I get it tweaked a bit more after I can use my drill again. ^_^ And come on, be a little optimistic guys. If I wasn't serious about working her til the end, I wouldn't have made the thread. ...nor my new lightbox so I could take decent pictures of the mess that is this kit ^_^ EDIT: Ahh, I decided to go ahead and post some pictures of the skirt thus far. The skirt is still no where near complete, as I'm just getting the basic rough sanding done right now. The resin in the back of the skirt was really thinly cast, and when I was removing some up the gunked up chunks of resin from the edges, it drilled through, but that's no big deal. They will be nice and crisp later ^__^ I will be puttying this later to fix the holes and the missing skirt edges. The underside and bottom layers still look pretty rough because I haven't used any sandpaper on them yet, that's still fresh from the dremel. I also haven't worked on the "joint" part of the waist yet, short of removing a little flash. I'll update again later once I make some more progress.
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Post by Dragin "Hiku" Hikari on Dec 18, 2008 4:09:47 GMT -5
Seems like it's in a bit of rough effort.
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 18, 2008 16:07:29 GMT -5
It's not too big of a deal. I'm armed with a dremel, bondo and a lot of free time.
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Post by tehzophar on Dec 19, 2008 4:51:22 GMT -5
looks like cookie dough ran through a play-doh mold.
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 19, 2008 18:57:38 GMT -5
lol, yeah she's cast really bad. I've got quite a few other kits but they're beautiful compared to this one. Everyone is saying I'm crazy or something >_> I was going to convert her to Sailor Cosmos...but e2046 just opted to make a kit of her. It'll be a while before its done, but idk if I wanna do that now or not. Here are some images of her. Although this is fanart, you can compare the two. Eternal Sailor Moon is on the left, which is who the kit is, and Sailor Cosmos is on the right. Basically, I'd have to dremel the skirt down to lay flat like Cosmos' does, hack up her wand to match Cosmos' while also getting some clear gems from a hobby store to replace the clear orbs on the staff. I would have to make the new hair pins, as hers are longer wings than Sailor Moon's, I'd also have to make an edge for the high heels, as Sailor Moon doesn't have that since she's wearing boots. I'd have to remove the orbs from the tops of Sailor Moons arms and make the fabric rolls like Cosmos, I would also have to reshape her odangos to be hearts. I'd also have to hack up the bent arm and straighten it so she's holding the staff like Cosmos does in the first image I posted. I havent quite decided yet, but I'm thinking about it.
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Post by shadowhexblade on Dec 20, 2008 7:52:03 GMT -5
mmm, legs *cues ZZ Top's "Legs"*
...what?
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 20, 2008 16:05:40 GMT -5
Poll posted ^_^
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 22, 2008 16:34:37 GMT -5
The polls thus far are... Buniokuns 2 for ESM
GKJapan 4 Cosmos, 1 ESM
e2046 12 Cosmos, 3 ESM
GK Corner ----
So total, we have...
Cosmos 16 Eternal 6
POLLS WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE TOMORROW, 12-23-08...whenever I wake up >_>; Thanks for all your help guys ^___^
- Yes I realize here and gkjapan have a vote each for cosmos, but thats just mine. I only counted mine once ^_^
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Post by shadowhexblade on Dec 23, 2008 9:30:19 GMT -5
I'd vote for sailor jupiter, but that's just my inner fanboy talking... sorta...
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Post by Dragin "Hiku" Hikari on Dec 23, 2008 13:05:32 GMT -5
I'd vote for sailor jupiter, but that's just my inner fanboy talking... sorta... lol I've always been a bit more of a fan of Mercary personally XD
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 23, 2008 23:59:11 GMT -5
I've actually got this Sailor Mercury on preorder... www.e2046.com/product_info.php?products_id=123And it's a conversion of a very similar character, not a total different one like Jupiter POLLS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED. THE FINAL RESULTS ARE...Buniokuns0 Cosmos - 2 ESM GKJapan4 Cosmos - 1 ESM e204613 Cosmos - 3 ESM GK Corner2 Cosmos - 0 ESM Cosmos 19 Eternal 6Thanks for all your help guys ^___^ Cosmos won by a landslide and I will begin her conversion as soon as I am able, being that it's Christmas time. Stay tuned ^__^
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Post by Dragin "Hiku" Hikari on Dec 25, 2008 3:04:02 GMT -5
I actually had to turn to Wikipedia to even figure out who Cosmos even was.
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 26, 2008 16:40:02 GMT -5
Well, she's only in the manga. I only knew about her because I was obsessed with Sailor Moon like 10 years ago, so I saw her on a bunch of fansites.
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Post by seraph_phoenix on Dec 26, 2008 23:29:56 GMT -5
Got a little work done on her feet today. Leveled out the sole of the shoe and evened up the heels' sizes. I also made more of a curve on the sloped underside of the shoe, makes it look less "stiff". A problem I had with this was that the feet were way too long. I took a metal file and shortened her feet to a more correctly proportionate level, then rounded them up a little only leaving a small upturn to the nose of her shoe so it has some shape. Since I'm converting her to the first Cosmos picture posted (sans the cape), I will have to take a notch out of her knee section, where her legs are suppose to meet to give her the "crossed feet" pose. I'll also need to fill in the original notch in the thighs, the etched rim of her boots and make an edge for her high heels. By changing her footing positions, this will change the angle of her hips too, so I get to widen them a tiny bit like I wanted, I'll also thicken the top of her thighs a little more, as they look very pencil thin up there. I'm waiting for my epoxy putty that I ordered before X-Mas so I can make her skirt and fill in the large gaps on her fitting. I also have to get some of the saw attachments for my exacto knife, I don't want to take the dremel's cutting wheel to her since I can't adjust it's speed. So, I really can't get a whole lot of work done until I can at least get the saws. Here are some before and afters so you can see what I did. BeforeAfterMore soon ^__^
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