After I made a “tsun tsun” Taiga Aisaka version II I loved her but I felt like I needed a happier version of her. Today inspired by the sudden break of sunny weather, I worked on the last blank head I got ^^;
Due to my impatience, the work is rather rough :P Not sure if it was due to that, I still feel that I like tsun tsun version II the most out of the three?
This time, I used a sharp tool (that blade is very sharp ^^;) to slowly slice around the eye hole.
Some sanding is needed to smooth out the eye hole.
Partially carved the mouth and nose area to make sanding down a bit faster.
Have a damp cloth under to catch the sanding dust (Wearing a mask is recommended to prevent inhaling too much dust from sanding), different grade sandpaper is used — from coarse to finer.
Check from time to time
Temporarily insert the “blank” wooden beads partly painted with white acrylics, use pencil to mark the shape etc.
Decided to try to make custom eyes with wooden beads so I prepped the beads a while back… below is painting of the eyes in progress — hence the very rough edges.
Found out about silicone earplugs being a good alternative to eye putty? So decided to give that a try ^^
Eye is marked for left and right eye in pencil at a part where it does not show.
The silicone earplugs is rolled and shaped around the eye and carefully attached to inside the head with fingers.
A little crazed looking? ^^;
ETA: Removed the lower eye liner, think she looks a little better now ^^/
Which do you like better? lol
Looking Great (^^)b lots of hard work from Chun-Chan XD
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chun Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Thank you :3 you know what drives me crazy is after I’m “done” I find stuff I should have fixed or am unhappy with ^^;;;;
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Otakusan Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
that’s why you’re at mk-3 now 6(^^)
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Smithy Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Guess that’s normal for artistic activities but you don’t want to George Lucas it. XD
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
LOL *darth vader voice* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol
V3 certainly got the tezuri tora right on target! XDc
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chun Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
thanks! I felt her face is kinda squished ^^; wonder if I can fix that hmmm
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Wow Very cute~
I Love them all the same ^___^
But, I think I like this new MK III the best!!! (just by a bit :0)
Good Job!!!
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chun Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Thank you~! :D Earplugs are okay so far? Need to test for a longer period before final verdict XD I used white UHU tac before and they soften during warm days lol!
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Great work ^o^
Still prefer Tsuntsun Taiga tho =P
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chun Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Thanks~ I prefer Tsun taiga too, as mentioned thru the whole post :P
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i worship you and ofcozz chibi taiga…. *bow down*
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chun Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
^^;;;
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Ver. III is adorable! I still like Ver. I the best, though, such mischief she’ll get into.. ( V. III looks quite satisfied for the mischief she just caused!!)
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chun Reply:
October 7th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Thank you~ Maybe I need to get used to her LOL
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great customization.
I have one question, It wouldnt be easier with a open eyes head instead of a closed eyes?
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Thanks and open eyes head is a bit more pricy…. LOL
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Really nice!… Adventures of Taiga begins~
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Thankq :D:D
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Looking good!
I still like grumpy Taiga the best ^__^”
I like your idea of the wooden beads as painted eyes. It gives more dimension that just painted onto the vinyl. Glad you finally got a chance to try out the silicone ear plugs too! They are awesome stuff!
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Thank you :D me too! I wonder if I will try to make a pair of eyes for grumpy Taiga just to see how it is, I like the very white eyewhites with the wood bead eyes ^^
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She looks quite pleasant this time, though I didn’t see her being that way for much of the series XD Do you plan on making any more characters?
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
lol I actually did a search for Taiga and find some really sweet pix of Taiga despite her smiling etc being quite rare in the anime :P And hmmm not anytime soon– out of blank heads, and the work is rather rough — doesn’t show on pix tho.
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hrmm i can’t decide ley, I love all versions of Taiga XD really nice work ley Chun :D
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Thank you XD
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Taiga MkIII hasshin suru! XD
Very nice new Taiga custom head. While I’m not fond of pouting expressions overall, indeed the MkII version does feel the most like Taiga and looks like she just jumped out of the anime into DD form.
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
lol! Thank you :) I think in Mk II her face feels more balance too :3
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*Drool waterfall* I need to see her in person! naaaaooooo!
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
maybe later :P LOL
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Great WiP, Chun. And nice work in her eyes. Though the somewhat uneven bursh marks kinda miffs me. Considered using Semi-gloss clear lacquer?
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chun Reply:
October 8th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Maybe later, I don’t like to spray stuff >_< in pix not as obvious tho!
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Very nice work Chun!! Now you got one character and 3 faces, like a nendoroid xD, That was really a good idea^^I think you got very well all 3 expressions, I can’t say which one I like better :)
Thumbs Up!!!! ^^
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chun Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Thank you! :3 Actually I had been thinking what should I do with my first Taiga head ^^; I don’t think I will use it as much anymore, at first I was going to edit it to become smiling head, but I ended up using my last blank head to do that ^^;
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Silly me that I didn’t check this post first before asking about the latest post XD I thought she looks different, lol. When did you get this new head?
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chun Reply:
October 17th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
heh, I got 2 blank heads with Nicole’s help? If I didn’t remember wrong XD
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hi! sorry that this is silly question, but where can i buy doll like that? or where can i buy a face like that so i can customize it? and where can i buy the body? and hair? thank you! >.<
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chun Reply:
October 22nd, 2011 at 9:19 pm
You can get a blank head/body from http://www.volks.co.jp/en/ or volksusa.com
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okay thank you! i need to save up my money haha ^^;
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