Anisette Nelson joins the squad!

Just as promised, the next character is Anisette Nelson, Edy's sister from Valkyria chronicles 2. The reason for doing her now before Edy is fully done is as you all know due to my lack of Grey hair at the moment, i'm sure to order it as soon as i can, and finish both their heads.

 The design chosen is that of the Veteran shocktrooper look, it's basicly the same as the Gunner look (above) but minus the big bags, and plus big plates. and the shoulder guards are the vc1 scout design.

 As usual, here is a in-scale scetch of Anisette.

 While i was casting Edy's pieces, i also cast Anisette's pieces. the big plates are the same as Edy's but the lower part cut of, and the shoulder plates are the scout ones but with the top plate cut of. The lower arm guards are same as Edy too, but the two plates that goes on the hand is cut away. So basicly it was easy to use the regular moulds and simply mod them into lanseal style armour.

Edy Nelson - Armour finished!

Alright, Edy's armour is all done. and her head is also as done as it can be at the moment. As soon as i get Grey hair for her i will finish her, but until then i will actually leave her for a moment and start on the next character which we all know is her sister, Anisette. As both sisters have the same haircolour it's even so a good idea to do both their heads once i get the hair!.

 The armour wsa done pretty much the same way as Alicia. But the bright camo patterns turned out a slight bit darker than Alicia, but to be honest i think it's more true to the game. Nonetheless its a minor difference that just sets them apart slightly, being different class and all.

And some cosplay fun just to show the body with finished heads on. More cosplay will be done when Edy's head are finished!.

Edy Nelson - Armour sculpt

Yo, i'm done with the sculpts and as you can see they are already mounted on wooden bits to get moulded!

  

 

The new bits needed for the shocktrooper armour set are the big leg plates (top left), breast plates (top right), lower arm guards (bottom left) and shoulder plates (bottom right). so these are already in silicone right now and should be ready for casting tomorrow. remaining pieces for the shocktroopers are the generic knee pads and elbow guards.

 

 This is something else i did in order to mould it together with the armour while i'm at it. This is a male face in order to make male characters, it will first be used on my friend's puppet of Kurt Irving over at the Imperial front. And most likely i will use it myself once i finish Edy, Anisette and the 3rd yet secret girl. which male i will make is yet unknown, even for me.

Edy Nelson - Uniform finished!

 Alright, Edy's uniform is done!. This means that the next step is to sculpt the new armour pieces which are new shoulder pads, lower arm pads, breast plates and new big leg plates.

 All those bags, took me almost all day because they are a piece of work each, but it feels good to have it done and it looks nice. The squad 7 badge was printed on a piece of white fabric i taped to a paper and put in my printer, an easy but nice trick. Boots are made in the same type of leather fabric as Alicia's boots, but darker. Edy had darker in the game but not this dark, but its all i have and it still suits her, the fabric quality in itself was the main point, to make both look equal. The shocktrooper insignia was painted on by hand using a fine brush and white paint, just as i did with Riela's number 13 and all of Aliasse's gold trim.

Edy Nelson - Body part 1

Yo everybody. First of i'm sorry that i havnt posted anything in awhile, i was at first thinking of posting the fully finished body once it's finished but, i had some distractions over the days so it have taken longer than expected, so i decided to post what i got today. Also there is good news, i have new silicone on the way now, so there will be no delay in the new armour and i should have the sculpts done and posted here over weekend if plans go right.

 

This is a in-scale scetch i used for the puppets size, just as i have done with the other three.

  

This is as far as i got until today. Her uniform is pretty much done, i just need to print out the squad 7 badge on a piece of fabric and cut it out, fold the edges, and glue it on. I also need to create her load of bags, theres plenty!, and they have details each!. There is a big one on her back, a row of smaller ones, and on her front there is rows of small ones too!, oh well, it must be done. She is also my first fully "latex-free" puppet as she have no exposed skin except for the face, i based her neck after the game model and the black collar was all the way up. The uniform was pretty much the same to do as Alicia, but the new chellange was in her shorts. the shoulder bits was done similar to Riela's uniform. I also need to paint on her shocktrooper marking on her back.

One part responsible for the delay with edy is that i made three identical armatures, this because Edy, and two other characters i'm doing now are the exact same hieght. So basicly doing them the same time is the best way to make them as close as possible. One of those other two is pretty obviously Anisette, as i have mentioned her before. the 3rd one is a secret until later though, i'll annaunce her (yes i say that much, its a she) once Anisette are done. Until next update, enjoy and take care!

"Taking the stage!" - Edy Nelson joins the squad

As planned, i am to do Edy, so she's up next, followed by her sister if things goes as planned!. So this is my first normal human to make, as the other three where all valkyrur!.

I will just as with the other three, stay true to the game designs and not the Anime (applies to VC1 and 3 characters). Basicly Edy is similar to Alicia, but the uniform differs slightly and she have different armour pieces. I'm running low on silicone though so the armour casts might take awhile, aswell as getting grey hair, all because i'm rather broke so i cant affort it this month. Normally i don't start anything i can't finish in one row, but i can't miss the oportunity of motivation to do her or i'll risk not doing her at all. What i can do is the body (all of it), i can still cast her head, print eyes, and cast knee pads aswell as elbow pads as these are identical to the scout ones (generic pieces). so maybe i'll end up doing both Edy and Anisette in almost-finished state until i get silicone. What i can do though, is to sculpt the new armour and have it ready for once i get new silicone and a grey wig to take hair from. I'm also feeling it might soon be time to give them all some weaponry, so spare time might go to crafting some rifles and machine guns!.