"I'll keep everybody safe! Okay?" - Aliasse puppet finished!

Yaay!, She's finaly done after alot of work and time, but i was away a few days though and that slowed the process a bit, but she did still take most time to make out of those current three.

There was alot of complex bits on this outfit, and many seperate pieces that had to be made, but it does feel great to finaly have her done!. She is fully poseable just as the other two, hair can be animated and the dress straps aswell.

Here is a comparison of all three, all of them have about the same hieght difference, Riela is 163cm tall in reality, and Alicia is 159cm while Aliasse is only 150cm, but she does have high heels so that made her a bit taller so i think the scaling on those are about right.

Finaly, i end with a cosplay shot!. Aliasse got to try the uniforms and the other two got to try the valkyrian dress, Riela does look good in it!

That's all for now, i'll be back with the annauncement of the next character soon!

Aliasse - Decorations

Yo, the final pieces are done, now i just need to attach them!

To make those i used plasticard, or plastic sheet as its also known as. to make the horns i used a double layer glued togheter, this works with plastic model glue, i then sanded it until it was smooth and in desired shape. I did the same to the bit that will be added to the back of her dress, and i used a top of a empty paint bottle to make the round bit. And the bit that will be added to her chest was also made in plasticard, and filled with epoxy to make it sturdy, lines where filled with epoxy aswell, and then sanded to become smooth. The lines in it was carved out with a knife.

Aliasse - Valkyrian dress part 4

Yo!, the dress is about done, what's left is the golden bit on the front of her top, so i'm thinking of ways to create it as accuratly as possible. There is also the "horns" on her head aswell as a golden bit on her backside of the dress.

The dress straps took me several hours because they where done seperatly and needed wire inside, so it's done with the same method as the smaller bits, but in a bigger scale. Knee pads where done in cardboard and covered in fabric to have the same look as the rest of the outfit, but still be stiff.

Aliasse - Valkyrian dress part 3

Right folks, progress is back on track and i've done a bit today!, it might not look that it's too much done but because her dress is pretty complex, it's also very time consuming.

I started by sanding the green putty sculpt on her feet in order to make it smooth, i then painted it black and after that i simply added the black fabric on her legs. Just as all other parts, those had to be carefully painted with gold paint to create the golden trim and textures. each small strap that is on the top of her dress had to be carefully folded and glued, and a thin wire inserted to shape them properly, each got to be made individually so it's rather time consuming, but worth it. I also now glued on her belt-skirt but i didnt glue the belt ends fully as i need to get the front dress straps underneath first.

Aliasse - Valkyrian dress part 2

So, here is the last update for a few days. I'll be away from tomorrow (wednesday) and four days forth so i'll be back on sunday, so let's say that progress are back on monday most likely!.

I finished the clothing on her arms, and made her skirt that consists of two belts. i made the belt ends using thin cardboard cut out in the proper shape. I can't attach these yet though as i got to make the long straps that forms her dress first and i must connect these the same time because they overlap eachother at some points.

Aliasse - Valkyrian dress part 1

Yaay! i'm back with some more!

So, i finished her top and this was time consuming and needed alot of fine work on each of these bits sticking out. I had to create each of them individually, and make a red underside on the bottom since its going to point out. If that wasn't enough, i also had to include thin wire between the red and black bits in order to shape them to stick out, luckily this was the part of her dress that have most of these. I also had to paint on all the golden trim, i first tried using golden thread but it was a pain and ended up blotching glue all over the black (and didn't even stick too well!) so i reconsidered painting it, after the success of painting on the number 13 on Riela, it's confirmed to work. I also added a transparent blue pearl to work as her blue gem. So far i'm pretty pleased with the result!.

Yo everyone!, i havn't posted for a few days but i have been away, and i also had to redo a few flaws on her skin because i wasn't pleased with the result, i also stripped her hands from fabric and are going to redo it. But as a person who hates re-doing things as it slows me down and are un-motivating, i made her head and hair in between re-doing the hands.

Just like with Riela, i also did wire as a basic structure for the hair so it can be animated. I also did this to the hair hanging down in front of her ears because this was longer than Riela's. Aliasse is indeed the Valkyria with the longest hair yet. I also made a wire structure on where to add her "horns" (head decoration) later.

I might also let you all know that i'm going away for four days from wednesday to sunday, but i think i will be posting tomorrow's and tuesdays progress before i go.

Aliasse - drawing, Armature and Body

Here i gooo! with some new progress on Aliasse

As always i started of by doing a drawing of the character in the right scale to my other drawings of Alicia and Riela, in order to build the armature in-scale and with the right dimensions.

The feet of the armature was made slightly differently as she have high heels. Insteed of the usual double jointed feet o made one bolt attached to the front of the foot, and insted of the other one i wired up a high heel and sealed it by sculpting epoxy around it, i also made a epoxy sculpt on the front of the feet to shape up her unique boot shape. There still is a joint in the middle of the foot though, so shes no more limited than the others. Next up i made my usual foam body but i was a little bit more carefull this time as there is alot of bare skin on her, same applies to where to put the seams when making the skin and she still needs a few more coats of latex on it.

"All right, guys! Here we gooo!" - Aliasse joins the squad!

The young valkyria of lanseal joins the squad!

Had since awhile ago decided that Aliasse is the next puppet i will make, so it's now confirmed!. So now there will be three valkyrur in a row, and with my friend Mario doing Selvaria Bles, we will have all four!.

Number 13 is ready for battle! - Riela Marcellis puppet finished!

Right folks, she's done!, except for weapons just as with Alicia. Compared to Alicia the chellange to create Riela was in par, if not a bit easier as she does indeed have less armour.  So well, here we go, yet another valkyria joins my squad!

I made the knife holster, but i will create the knife itself later. The Nameless squad 422 badge are actually a print done on white fabric, and the number is painted on with golden paint and a fine brush!.

This is Riela's size standing with Alicia, Riela is indeed a slight bit taller as Alicia is 159cm tall while Riela is 162cm tall. Just like in the game and OVA, the nameless outfit is original and different, yet it matches the regular uniforms in a nice still contrasting way.

As a bonus i also took these cosplay thotos showing of that the exchangeable heads works nicely. Alicia looks cute in the nameless uniform!.

Riela Marcellis - Body and Uniform

Yo everybody. I havn't posted anything for a few days because i had Mario come over here and build his Kurt Irving puppet with me as i built Riela, but in turn i got alot done!

The pic is a compilation of the process. She is most basicly built up the same way as Alicia but with different colours and different uniform style.

Riela Marcellis - Head and Armature

Here is some progress on Riela Marcellis, the second valkyrur in this project!. The armature is done, and just like the pre-made armour i showed in the prievous post, i did also do her head already which i found as a good choice because attaching the head during progress of her body will give the full picture, it was some unsureness when i made Alicia because i had to imagine the head on the body.

The Armature is done exactly as Alicia's except that the green putty sculpt are slightly different (because Riela's boots are different). i also made armature for her hair, just like with Alicia

Riela goes Alicia cosplay!, well, it's fun with exchangeable heads but that's not their main reason. having heads removeable opens the choice to change into valkyria hair (fully white), aswell as removing heads if the body (or head) needs a repair during animation. Her hair was something even the most bold hair-stylist should fear. It was a true chellange but i think she ended up pretty good, and she's very kawaii too!. i had to first do the white bits and then layer the red over it, this hair was also a slight bit harder to work with than Alicia's.

"I believe in you, Kurt" - Riela Marcellis joins the squad!

Right folks!, the next character chosen for this project is Riela Marcellis, number 13 of the nameless!. i chosed her because il ike her colours and design.

First of here is the scetch, it's done in-scale with alicia and so are a slight bit taller. alicia is 158cm tall in real life, while riela is 162cm.

I have also pre-made her armour which is only upper leg and knee pads, both being the same as militia scouts but with the black colour, so the moulds once again come handy!.

"I'm a weapon... No! A shield!" - Alicia Melchiott puppet finished!

There was alot of work, and some chellanging bits to overcome, but she's finaly done. She do still need a rifle and some gear though, but i have decided that i'll do a few characters first before o focus on the weaponry. I might still do weapons as a side-project while making the other characters.

Alicia stands about 15" tall and that is roughly 1/4 scale, so i'll go with that. She is fully poseable including toe-joint and exchangeable head, in order to change her into a valkyria once i do her alternate head.

So this currently closes the Alicia arc of this blog, until i start on her gear. And i will annaunce the next character shortly!.

Alicia Melchiott - Hair

Finally added the hair, it was much more of a chellange than i first expected.

At first i was to have wire inside much more parts of the hair but i had to change plans a bit because it was a pain to glue it on. insteed i had to use sections of the wig i chosed, where the hair is fixed so it will stay on better. i added in sections above eachother to create the twintails by rolling bits of the sections i cut out around the wire twintails, so they can be animated.

Alicia Melchiott - Armour finished!

Armour is now all painted up and attached!, you can see how i did it bellow!

The armour was base coated with black spray primer. I then painted the first colour in blueish grey ("shadow grey" citadel paint). Next up i mixed the shadow grey with a bit of brighter grey and painted on the bright camo patterns, i then did the same on the darker ones but i used black with shadow grey insteed. Finally i added the red stripes using citadel "red gore" and finished of by adding the thin white stripes using a fine brush.

I attached the big plates on a strap made of black fabric, and connected it to the smaller plate above, once i glue on the small plate the big one will hang properly and be flexible for leg movement.

                                                      

I made the cross-belts using the same leathery fabric i used on her boots, but a darker brown.

I then glued on all plates using hot glue gun and it sticks exelent!

Alicia Melchiott - Eyes and Armour cast Finished!

Right, so i have finaly cast all the Scout armour pieces for Alicia, aswell as printed a pair of neutral eyes. The best part with this armour is that the worst is over, i can now freely cast this pieces for any other character who needs it!.

I printed out a test sheet with various eyes on it, there are the game-design of alicia's eyes aswell as the anime, also there is Edy and Riela's eyes which i havn't edited up in photoshop yet, this was just a test to get alicias eyes. After printing i attached them to the magnet tape which is perfect for this, once attached i used scissors to cut em out, then it's just to attach them to the eye magnets on the head!.

All Armour pieces are cast and i also loosely attached them to see how it looked!. Now it's just a paintjob and then i'll attach them for real!

Alicia Melchiott - Head part 1

Yo everybody, i'm back with some more progress after two successfull days with Mario who runs the Imperial Front blog, which have some updates on his Kurt Irving puppet!.

After successfully casting the head, it's time to add magnets. I started of by temporarily attach the magnets with stickytac to see if it works as planned, and it did. Then i attached them using modelling putty from games workshop (green stuff), it sticks most things in without a problem. I also smoothed it out around the eye magnets. Eyes are to be printed and attached using "magnet tape", the eye on this pic is just a experimental eye, and it sticks on!. On my earlier puppets i used stickytac to keep eyes on the puppet, but magnets are much les problematic and it works without any moments when you feel like trashing something!.

To fix the head to the neck i made a lump of epoxy around the neck wire that was sticking up above the latex neck. I made sure it did fit into the hole under the head. i then sculpted putty around it and pressed it into the hole so that i have a tight fit, but i removed it and pressed it in again so that the head sits tight but will be detachable for valkyria-mode headswap. Finaly i painted the bit in skin colour. A little tip for pressing the putty into the hole, coat it with water using a brush or your finger, it will stick less to the walls of the hole.

I started of by using white spray primer on the head for a smooth cover. Next step was to paint the skin in a neutral skin tone, no shading as that will be problematic when changing faces for animated expression. i did however use a brown shading wash in the mouth, since the mouth is what's to be animated so it works, i also washed shading on the ears. Lastly i did successfully attach the head, and it can be removed  without any problem, but sticks on nicely!.

Alicia Melchiott - Casting part 1

Done the first successfull casting!, the face and some plates.

The resin hardens in 30 mins and gets too thick to pour very quickly and thats what im using for the plates, , i move the mould so that the resin floats around equally all over and once it hardens i wil have a hollow piece of armour. the face i had to pour it into the mould through the pipe i carved out that leads down to the face-shape itself. i had to do it slow and carefully to avoid bubbles, the first cast was horrible, it wasn't even a face!.

Alicia Melchiott - Moulding

All pieces have to be fixed to a wodden plate or any other flat bit that isnt cardboard or anything that soaks up fluid stuff. Pieces such as the face that need a cpomplete mould around it have to be fixed to a rod or wire.

With the bits fixed to the wood, first coat them with brushed on silicone to make sure they are covered in every detail with no bubbles. once thats done, build up walls in some none cardboard material and seal them shut with glue gun so that no silicone will slip out. then carefully pour the silicone into this pool.

Once hardened you can remove the mould and cut out the piece inside carefully (applies to face etc, not armour)

Alicia Melchiott - Head Sculpt

All sculpting are done!

The head was a tricky one, but i'm glad it went as i wanted. i had to first sculpt the head as good as possible, including using two temporary eyes that i placed in the right place and pressed in to leave a mark. i then baked the clay in the oven, but not fully!, leaving it softer but, hard enough to keep its shape even when i hold it. This helped me cut out the face piece. i also carved out holes for where to place magnets, Yes, the eyes too as i print these and put "magnet tape" on them, it works nice!. there is also a hole under the head for the neck. since Alicia will have replaceable head for Valkyria mode, a square hole was required because i'll fix Epoxy around the wire above the neck, and it hardens to fit this square hole. being a square it cant turn, and the neck will bend properly!. the face is done so that the eyes are not moved once i replace face for expressions, and the lines seperating the parts will be hidden under her fringe. also the head itself are not too smooth but she'll have hair covering that up, i wont do any bald females!.

All pieces ready for moulding!

Alicia Melchiott - Scout Armour Sculpt

Done the basic sculpt of the armour!

This is yet not finished though. it will be worked over once more with a more fine sandpaper, and ther eare some small bolts on the big plate i will sulpt on after sanding is finished (i would otherwise sand them down by accident).