Been customising for many years now, sculpted heads, reworked. repiants, made clothes from scratch, patterns and all. In fact most of the things i've made i've had a fair amount of success with and been quite happy withe result. Theres not a lot I've started that has fallen by the wayside.
But one thing lately has me beaten, completetly, frustrated as hell.......
When I saw the Mattel Zod figure, I placed an order and am currently reworking the figure, that projest is going great. But then I thought it would be a good idea to have a Chris Reeve Superman to accompany it. (I didn't like the look of Mattel's prototype)
It started great I'm working with Sunhoc's reeve sculpts which I love. It'll be going on a truetype. I've finished the boots as accurately as I can. I've managed to produce a scale fabric chest insignia & one for the cape too. The yellow belt is done and ready to fit. Everything was coming together nicely....then I started work on the bodysuit. And that's where it all went wrong.
I was using a Triad blue bodysuit, but I had to correct the neckline, I was careful, used tiny stitching but it started to fray and run. I was trying to make the shorts but after 4 attempts they still look awful. The cape, despite days of research and drawing patterns will just not come out right.
I've seen some amazing customs around and they all looked as if they were something I could get close to, how wrong I was. I've never, so far had a project get out of hand so much, infact I'm thinking of binning what I've done and selling the complted parts off, I feel that bad about it.
SO- now comes the plea for help, does anyone know of anyone who could make the suit for me or where I could get one thats good enough ?
I'll be so grateful for any help I can get. Don't let this on beat me guys!
Many thanks guys for just reading this, I just had to get it off my chest.
P.S. I now know if I'd been a little less hasty in starting this I'd now just be waiting for the Hot Toys Reeve. But how many times have we started projects just to find out that a companies gonna make one soon. I have been wanting/waiting to get my hands on a Reeve Superman of a great quality, probrably since I saw Supes at the Odeon Leicester Square with my Dad when I was 10yrs old. The year it came out.
But one thing lately has me beaten, completetly, frustrated as hell.......
When I saw the Mattel Zod figure, I placed an order and am currently reworking the figure, that projest is going great. But then I thought it would be a good idea to have a Chris Reeve Superman to accompany it. (I didn't like the look of Mattel's prototype)
It started great I'm working with Sunhoc's reeve sculpts which I love. It'll be going on a truetype. I've finished the boots as accurately as I can. I've managed to produce a scale fabric chest insignia & one for the cape too. The yellow belt is done and ready to fit. Everything was coming together nicely....then I started work on the bodysuit. And that's where it all went wrong.
I was using a Triad blue bodysuit, but I had to correct the neckline, I was careful, used tiny stitching but it started to fray and run. I was trying to make the shorts but after 4 attempts they still look awful. The cape, despite days of research and drawing patterns will just not come out right.
I've seen some amazing customs around and they all looked as if they were something I could get close to, how wrong I was. I've never, so far had a project get out of hand so much, infact I'm thinking of binning what I've done and selling the complted parts off, I feel that bad about it.
SO- now comes the plea for help, does anyone know of anyone who could make the suit for me or where I could get one thats good enough ?
I'll be so grateful for any help I can get. Don't let this on beat me guys!
Many thanks guys for just reading this, I just had to get it off my chest.
P.S. I now know if I'd been a little less hasty in starting this I'd now just be waiting for the Hot Toys Reeve. But how many times have we started projects just to find out that a companies gonna make one soon. I have been wanting/waiting to get my hands on a Reeve Superman of a great quality, probrably since I saw Supes at the Odeon Leicester Square with my Dad when I was 10yrs old. The year it came out.