Taiga Aisaka custom version III
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
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?
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.
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!
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 ^^
Really nice!… Adventures of Taiga begins~
Thankq :D:D
great customization.
I have one question, It wouldnt be easier with a open eyes head instead of a closed eyes?
Thanks and open eyes head is a bit more pricy…. LOL
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!!)
Thank you~ Maybe I need to get used to her LOL