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I recently completed (I think) the base for the Pirates figures. I may add a few more things to this in the future, but for now, Im sick of looking at it! lol so I have to put it to rest for now, so I can start working on a base for something else. Have to keep it fresh! I hope you like these bases I am making, and if you have any comments on them, please feel free to post them, I enjoy hearing the feedback. Thanks and happy holidays! This image is the center of the base. Just starting the building process. I was going to do it a solid chunk of wood, but I had a bunch of scrap wood laying around, so I figured I would just use it, since it would be covered with the boat siding anyway.
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This image is of the building process. The sculpting of the mermaid and anchor for the ship, the rails for the boat, the assembly, and the finished product.
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This image is 2 different views of the boat with the figures on, and one image with them removed. I was going for the look of just the front of a ship, and I am not sure if I got that across, or if it just looks like a small tugboat! lol.
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and the final image is just a few different views, and then one of me holding it, for scale purposes. I hope you all enjoy this, and I will update this post when I finish up the next base I am working on.
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Update: 12-29-13 Completed my newest base…….. Wreck it Ralph. Obviously I had to go with a classic 8 bit style for this base. But I couldn't leave poor Vanellope out, so I built her a candy stripe tree. The base is mostly made out of pearler beads, and sculpey clay. The pictures I will post show a pretty good walkthrough of how I made this base. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask. If I was ever going to duplicate a base I made so far if people were interested in buying, this one would be the one I would prefer to do, because it would be fairly easy to ship unassembled, and have the end user put it together like a model. anyway, on with the pictures.
Photo 1: the completed base with Ralph and Vanellope in their slots.
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Photo 2: The completed base, with figures removed to show the slot I made for them.
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photo 3: the 3 side views of the base….Didnt bother taking a photo of the back, because it looks just like the front of the building.
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Photo 4: Just a view from a bit underneath the competed base.
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Photo 5: creation and assembly photos: I started to design the building on my graph board, with my beads…this took a while because I wanted to make sure all the things were placed correctly.
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Photo 6: I needed a tree for Ralph, and some potted shrubs for in front of the building
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Photo 7: after I finished the beads, I melted them, so I could remove them from the peg board, and start assembling the pieces together.
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Photo 8: The candy tree. This was a bit tough, but I got my sculpey clay, and made all my branches and ran a wire in each one, so I could then glue them to the trunk I made.
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Photo 9: i designed a random pattern ground for them to stand on, and got all my pieces together, and ready to assemble.
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Photo 10: some assemble photos, and final base
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Photo 11: Me holding the base, for scale…The final product, and all 3 bases I designed and built so far.
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I hope you all enjoy these, and if you have any questions, or comments, please feel free to hit me up! p.s. sorry for all the photos including the @pumpkinking27 on them, but I use the photos for my instagram, so I put that on there. Thanks again….and now, Onto the next base!!
Update: 1-7-14 I started and finished this base over the weekend, but didn't get a chance to take photos and upload them, so I will just toss up a couple of the finished piece right now, and when I get some more time, I will post some of the creation photos. So I decided I wanted to work on a base for Frozen. My original design was going to be some sort of ice sculpture castle, but realized that will be a little more difficult to pull off, and to look clean, and quite frankly, I didn't have the time to come up with something that would have to be so elaborate. Then I decided to take it a different route. You will have to have seen the movie to maybe understand what I was going for with this base. You may not know the character I decided to make the base out of. But if you have seen the film, then you should know this guy. I know I will probably not get as much praise for this piece as some of my other ones, because of the obscurity of the character I chose, but it is just the way I wanted to go with this base. Also, I want to add, I made the Olaf figure you see in the photos, but I didn't make him permanent, because I don't think I like the way he turned out. If I do decide to keep him, I will fix him somewhere running away from the base. well, that is all I have for now. I hope you enjoy, and as always, feel free to comment or ask any questions you have.
Photo 1: The complete base, with figures in their slots.
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Photo 2: complete base, with figures removed from their slots.
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Next few photos, just different angle shots of the completed piece.
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I will update and post photos of the build process for those interested at a later time.
Update 1-11-14 I completed my next base today. This one was a 1 day start to finish build, and I am fairly happy with the way it turned out. Toy Story is one of my favorite movies of all time, so I wanted to make this with a classic feel. Trust me, in my original plan, I had so many characters in the toy box, but when it came down to the end, there just was not enough space for ALL the people I wanted to include, so I had to settle for decals on the back…..because hey, I had to at least represent all the classics. so, with that, I give you, my Toy Story custom base.
Photo 1: completed base with figures in slots.
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Photo 2: completed base with figures removed.
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Photo set 3: Left side, right side, and front, with lid closed almost all the way
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Photo set 4: Birds eye view, and all sides view.
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Photo set 5: Some of the building process photos. assembly, paint, and final piece.
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Photo set 6: collage of the completed piece
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as usual, any comments are welcome, and any questions you may have are more than welcome also. Hope you enjoy. I think I will be taking a little break from making bases for a little bit, UNLESS I get hit by some major inspiration. lol.