Mad Bodgin’ Mage (Amiibo SMASH) Log: Samus

I got myself a new 3DS recently, in anticipation of the new Bravely Default and Fire Emblem games (to name a few). This had the unintended side-effect of being able to justify the purchase of Amiibos to myself, since I already had a copy of Smash Bros.

These things look awesome, and make great collectors’ items.



Then again, plastic is much easier to chop up and manipulate than the metal I usually work with, so they are also great for customization.

So we went and lopped off Samus’ head (and arm).



Plan A was to follow this up with the decapitation of the Zero Suit Samus Amiibo.



Since I didn’t feel like waiting for it’s release, we needed a Plan B for a head to put on this one’s shoulders. While I pondered that, I put what I could back together, but in a new configuration:



Afterward I tried making a face on my own with graystuff… but it didn’t work out. I DID have a Zelda Amiibo though,



….so I gave her a rather severe haircut:

With that I had the means to cast a mold for Samus’ new head.



Once the mold was made, the biggest challenge was avoiding getting air holes in the bloody thing. It took three failed attempts before I got a result I was satisfied with.

I stuck the new face on a stir stick, and painted it up…

…then put her head on to see how it looked:



I made some minor changes, then started sculpting the hair.



Then t’was time to paint the hair. Her ponytail is actually a horse’s tail from a Warmachine model, plus some greenstuff.

Lots of Photos:





Logged in:



And that’s one Amiibo down 😀



t’was a bodgin’