{"id":9730,"date":"2017-09-08T20:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T00:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2018-12-25T19:51:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T00:51:07","slug":"the-master-remastered-or-modifying-the-scowl-off-a-custom-16-scale-resin-action-figure-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2017\/09\/08\/the-master-remastered-or-modifying-the-scowl-off-a-custom-16-scale-resin-action-figure-head\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master remastered — or, Modifying the scowl off a custom 1:6 scale resin action figure head"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love my doll of the Master, mostly because I love Roger Delgado. The likeness, however, came with a built-in scowl. I wanted a more neutral expression so I could suggest a wider variety of moods. It was time for a change! <\/p>\n

To alter the Master’s expression, I sanded down the SQUINCH between his eyebrows… I carved out the tops of his eye sockets a bit more to compensate for the fact that his brows were lowered by the originally sculpted scowl. I smoothed down the original brows as well. After that I added new brows with acrylic modeling paste. At some intermediate stages, I painted my mods to match, just so I could get a sense of what more I might need to do. Finally I painted and sealed everything to match. At the same time, I also got rid of a lot of my weathering lines in an attempt to make his expression look less severe.<\/p>\n

Here he is as originally sculpted and as I painted him the first time.<\/p>\n

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And here he is now. His expression has changed from constipated to 85% more neutral, with a tinge of wistful abstracted melancholy. Ideally I’d have a sculpt with a diabolical smirk, but, since I don’t think I can get such a face out of this sculpt, I will content myself with the improved neutrality of expression.<\/p>\n

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I love my doll of the Master, mostly because I love Roger Delgado. The likeness, however, came with a built-in scowl. I wanted a more neutral expression so I could suggest a wider variety of moods. It was time for a change!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[784,777,796],"class_list":["post-9730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-16-scale-plastic-head-mods","tag-doctor-who-dolls","tag-the-master"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9735,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9730\/revisions\/9735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}