This is my summer project! Because I love tinkering with stuff like this :)
Basically I'm taking Barbies and Kens (or the cheap imitation when I find it) and make it into an awesome character whose action figures either do not exist or are prohibitively expensive.
Here's a sample of my finished work:
V-V for Vendetta
(source/inspiration below)
(with my respects to Alan Moore and David Lloyd)
Nana Osaki-NANA
(with my respects to Ai Yazawa)
Lady Gaga-(Bad Romance)
Nurse-(Silent Hill)
Michonne-Walking Dead
Here's the inspiration. I'm not sure if I'm going to go with that 80's purple/pink skirt, doesn't seem to fit her style...maybe the orange prison jumpsuit is more appropriate? I like her in pants. Of course I'm going to cut off those awful blonde curls :p
Delirium-The Sandman
And apparently a full-body shot of him from the comic is impossible to find in the correct colours @_@
Ophelia-Claymore
I can't think of anything to fix the ears :(
I'll work around Barbie's sweet smile by making Ophelia be in mid-transphormation. I'll make her look more like a standard Yoma than her true Awakened form (because it looks something like this and that's beyond my abilities)
The Joker-Batman
This guy will be a combination of the Jack Nicholson and the Heath Ledger version. Partly because I love both but mostly because I need to give this guy a Glasgow smile AND a hat (to cover up that plastic hair)
Pyramid Head-(Silent Hill)
Lady Gaga-(Bad Romance)
Nurse-(Silent Hill)
This last guy I bought JUST BECAUSE of his smile. Seriously, does he NOT look like a serial killer to you? I was thinking of making him an Alex deLarge, but lately I think his smile is too happy and not cynical enough.
What do you think?
