A while ago I got a CG v1 body with only half an arm and without lower legs, however the remaining joints were like new so I did not want to drop this body in
my spares box.
I made her a new left arm, fitted her with a cute FemBasix head and named her Claudia.
Back then I posted this pic of her:
In the meantime I wet-sanded her body with grade 2000 polishing paper, giving her skin a lovely silky texture, and I also fitted her with a complete right arm.
I did a lot of measuring and test-fitting whilst making her arms and some more to work out what legs to fit her and so I grew ever more attached to this little cutie.
Sofar I still have to find her some lower legs that I can fit without having to perform major surgery on her upper legs.
Since she could not stand, I kept her propped upright in an open box with some other CG project stuff, with her head peeking over the edge of the box, looking out over my workbench.
Then I got this idea to make her some custom boots that would allow her to stand unsupported.
I had not done any sewing in a long time, so this was a nice simple first project.
I made the base of the boots out of a cork from a wine bottle, sliced in two halves.
I carved the top of each base to match the exact shape of her broken knees.
These bases already provided enough support to let her stand even before I added the boot sleeves.
The boot sleeves were made out of mock leather and were glued around the cork base with a tiny nail added to each corner to keep the edges from working loose.
The boot sleeves wrap around her legs and close with velcro for a good snug fit.
As you can see in the pic she can actually stand upright without support (no tricks here
) , mission accomplished !
I also need to find her a proper right hand, all I have left at the moment are fists, flat karate hands and odd stuff like that, so I made her a split metal hook for now.
The hook is functional, so she can actually hold (pinch) objects with it. As usual with things I make: looks come second to functionality .
It is quite cool to see how well she stands once she is in balance, it worked out even better than I expected.
Cheers,
-- Eric.
Edit: added another picture.
I made her a new left arm, fitted her with a cute FemBasix head and named her Claudia.
Back then I posted this pic of her:
In the meantime I wet-sanded her body with grade 2000 polishing paper, giving her skin a lovely silky texture, and I also fitted her with a complete right arm.
I did a lot of measuring and test-fitting whilst making her arms and some more to work out what legs to fit her and so I grew ever more attached to this little cutie.
Sofar I still have to find her some lower legs that I can fit without having to perform major surgery on her upper legs.
Since she could not stand, I kept her propped upright in an open box with some other CG project stuff, with her head peeking over the edge of the box, looking out over my workbench.
Then I got this idea to make her some custom boots that would allow her to stand unsupported.
I had not done any sewing in a long time, so this was a nice simple first project.
I made the base of the boots out of a cork from a wine bottle, sliced in two halves.
I carved the top of each base to match the exact shape of her broken knees.
These bases already provided enough support to let her stand even before I added the boot sleeves.
The boot sleeves were made out of mock leather and were glued around the cork base with a tiny nail added to each corner to keep the edges from working loose.
The boot sleeves wrap around her legs and close with velcro for a good snug fit.
As you can see in the pic she can actually stand upright without support (no tricks here
) , mission accomplished !
I also need to find her a proper right hand, all I have left at the moment are fists, flat karate hands and odd stuff like that, so I made her a split metal hook for now.
The hook is functional, so she can actually hold (pinch) objects with it. As usual with things I make: looks come second to functionality
.
It is quite cool to see how well she stands once she is in balance, it worked out even better than I expected.
Cheers,
-- Eric.
Edit: added another picture.
. . . *choke *) down !! All she needs now is either a wheel chair or a motorized dolly .
That is
amazing Eric! I wish I had done that to my Kat (who's knees broke off at the joint as well). I'd love to see the new arm you gave her. Love that hook!
