Bushcraft Betty as a 3D figurine
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Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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Saw the models at the moot with John and yourself. I must say they were really, really good. Have my own photos to drool over now. 
I finally got round to work on "my Betty".
I received my figure about the same time this thread was actual, but did not work on it. I did gather material over time and now I am working on it, I thought I might as well show the progress in the appropriate place.
Again thanks for the figure, Aaron!
So far Betty has received;
a t-shirt,
a boobjob,
a pair of hikingboots,
a pair of pants, which will be a swedish m59 pair of pants,
a belt with buckle,
a backpack, and you might recognise the type
a pair of binoculairs,
a compass
a knife and sheath
The build
Betty; based on my idea she needed to get dressed, meaning a pair of pants and a t-shirt at least. So I started with giving her a decent pair of hikingboots. For the t-shirt I filled up and leveled the tanktopedges. Judging by the drawings she needed to have an increased...... personal appearance too. Which I gave here...
After the boots had hardened I made the pants, based on the m59 armypants, complete with anklestraps. I made a belt with buckle and made some pockets, which I ended up glueing in the wrong place! I guess my preferences showed themselves a little...
Equipment; I wanted her to have a backpack, knife and other outdoorthings, but wanted to add a swedish feel to it all. So I went for a backpack that resembles my old Haglöfs, a sort-of-Silva compass and the knife is a Mora lookalike. Which I carved from a toothpick and it can be taken out of the sheath. Is that bad??
The backpack is based upon a woodblock, carved to shape, covered in putty. I made a frame of telephonewire, straps and belts from foil. Same goes for the flaps. I added front- and sidepockets from epoxyputty.
The binoculairs are made from 2 pieces of lollypopsticks with toothpick eye- and centrepieces. The compass is made out of a rectangular and a circular piece of transparent plastic, glued together with lines scribbed into them. I also added a dark yellow rope, since one sees those quite regularly here too.
I received my figure about the same time this thread was actual, but did not work on it. I did gather material over time and now I am working on it, I thought I might as well show the progress in the appropriate place.
Again thanks for the figure, Aaron!
So far Betty has received;
a t-shirt,
a boobjob,
a pair of hikingboots,
a pair of pants, which will be a swedish m59 pair of pants,
a belt with buckle,
a backpack, and you might recognise the type
a pair of binoculairs,
a compass
a knife and sheath
The build
Betty; based on my idea she needed to get dressed, meaning a pair of pants and a t-shirt at least. So I started with giving her a decent pair of hikingboots. For the t-shirt I filled up and leveled the tanktopedges. Judging by the drawings she needed to have an increased...... personal appearance too. Which I gave here...
After the boots had hardened I made the pants, based on the m59 armypants, complete with anklestraps. I made a belt with buckle and made some pockets, which I ended up glueing in the wrong place! I guess my preferences showed themselves a little...
Equipment; I wanted her to have a backpack, knife and other outdoorthings, but wanted to add a swedish feel to it all. So I went for a backpack that resembles my old Haglöfs, a sort-of-Silva compass and the knife is a Mora lookalike. Which I carved from a toothpick and it can be taken out of the sheath. Is that bad??
The backpack is based upon a woodblock, carved to shape, covered in putty. I made a frame of telephonewire, straps and belts from foil. Same goes for the flaps. I added front- and sidepockets from epoxyputty.
The binoculairs are made from 2 pieces of lollypopsticks with toothpick eye- and centrepieces. The compass is made out of a rectangular and a circular piece of transparent plastic, glued together with lines scribbed into them. I also added a dark yellow rope, since one sees those quite regularly here too.
As you wish, John....
My version of Bushcraft Betty is done. As a final modification I did part of her hair. The original Ms.B. does not have curly hair and a little wild looking fringe. So I cut off the model's curls and made a fringe with thin copperwire. I also added some makeup to the face, but the eyeshadow turned out a bit on the heavy side.
Other than that it was a pretty straightforward paintingexercise... Well, not really straight forward. Painting cartoony figures turned out to be more dificult than I had imagined!
So now it is time to turn my attention to the surrounding scenery and the animals!
The drawing I used as a guideline;
Before....
and after...
and her "purse"...
My version of Bushcraft Betty is done. As a final modification I did part of her hair. The original Ms.B. does not have curly hair and a little wild looking fringe. So I cut off the model's curls and made a fringe with thin copperwire. I also added some makeup to the face, but the eyeshadow turned out a bit on the heavy side.
Other than that it was a pretty straightforward paintingexercise... Well, not really straight forward. Painting cartoony figures turned out to be more dificult than I had imagined!
So now it is time to turn my attention to the surrounding scenery and the animals!
The drawing I used as a guideline;
Before....
and after...
and her "purse"...
