Customizing: changing The Doctor into David Tennant as Hamlet

[dieastra]

My weekend was busy, and I want to show why! (also why I have this deep cut in my thumb ;) )

The fabulous jbsnow has changed Captain Jack Harkness figures into John Barrowman in kilt or Robin Hood costume and so I got the idea to try my hands on a David Tennant in Hamlet T-shirt. Can't be so difficult, right? Here is what I did so far:



I started with this (the other guy will become Hamlet in the black suit)



First I took off the jacket





Then I cut off the shirt collar. I needed a saw for that. Was careful not to saw right through the neck! I also cut off the tie and the bits on his shoulders, where the jacket sleeve stood over.



Since the figure had long sleeves before but I want to make a T-shirt, I also needed to cut the cuffs of the long sleeves, to make them as small as the wrist. To get that right, I used a little help fromy friend - Jack O'Neill:



But soon I realized that David's arms are not as muscular, and I went with my own imagination. At one time the knife slipped and I cut off almost his whole thumb, and managed to slice my own thumb as well in the process.



Ah well, nothing a bit of Milliput can't fix!
One sleeve done, one yet to go:



Both sleeves finally done - David is doing a split because he is so happy.



Then I tried out Milliput for the first time in my life. That is an Epoxy putty which you can knead and form and stick on figures and it will harden after an hour or so. I used it to add T-shirt sleeves, and a new thumb.



Now I only need to find out how to make barefeet feet out of the shoes... Work for another time.

I also already collected a few pieces which we will use (when I saw the crown I got the idea in the first place):



And for those that don't know David Tennant as Hamlet (I only can recommend watching the DVD, it's awesome!) - this is what I want to achieve:




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On to the next part - Feet for my Hamlet
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Comments

[thebuttonontop.livejournal.com]

oh now that is some kind of amazing! how long did all that take you? i cant WAIT to see the finished product...

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Oh, didn't take that long, actually. A few hours on Saturday afternoon - started after lunch and stopped when it became too dark to see - between 13.00 and 17.00 hours? That's for the sawing/cutting, and another hour on Sunday for the Milliput sleeves. I did them twice, the first time I had added too much stuff and he looked like a footballer ;)

But of course I am not finished yet. But I have a goal, in March my friend will visit me and we will set up the Hamlet scenes - I already bought puppet chairs which will be the throne...

And sorry, fixed the friends cut. Totally forgot about that one.

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

You are fearless! I'm still afraid to take my figures out of their boxes!

However, remember that you can't use Milliput on YOUR thumb so please take care!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

But it's okay, I have a spare thumb ;)

And you really should let your figures out. Poor people are not getting any air in there, and what's the fun in having them when you can't play? You really won't break them don't worry.

The original green Daniel had his glasses in his hand, attached with a rubber band, THAT was difficult get get off without breaking the tiny glasses!

But yeah, you definitely should have a box for all the little pieces, to not lose them. If you wonder about that rectangle thingy Sam has - it is supposed to be a Naquada reactor/generator. Apparently the one Merrin had looked like that, but ours looked much different. Would rather have one of those.

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! I wondered what that box was! I'm also wondering what that piece is that kinda looks like a hookah? I keep thinking of the Sentinel device but it's been so long since I watched that episode I really have no clue.

I decided to let them out last night. And while I didn't break them I did manage to break the pole part of the MALP just getting it out of the plastic case. Sigh. It's a clean break so I can just glue it together but it made me very nervous.

I seem to have two stargates now but no glyphs.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

LOL those are not Stargates, those are two rings for the ring transporter ;) There should be also some clear plastic thingies, which you need to put into the 4 holes, to staple the rings. I bought an extra Sam and Jonas to get more rings, since a ring transporter with only two is a bit short.

No idea what you mean with the hookah, though. With which figure did it come? Do you have a picture?

And you always could try to cut the plastic case, since we don't need it anymore anyway.

[sharp2799.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!! Now I understand what those plastic things are for! LOL

I don't remember which figure that other piece came with but I will try and take a picture soon because it's driving me nuts. It's not the sentinel, I found a photo of that online.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Look into your mailbox ;)

[beefie251.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Now with Login !

OMG - hahaha ... - OMG
Cool report. What a hugh transporming than.

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Ah, it's you - you had me worried there for a moment, as recently I get quite often anonymous spam comments here in LJ.

[aker-ldh.livejournal.com]

No wonder the Doctor's so happy - you make fast progress :D. Looks as if Milliput works really well, doesn't it? I mean attaching something as small as that thumb (luckily it was his that got cut off and not yours!), and those sleeves look, well, as if they belong there. I'm looking forward to see it in all its painted glory :).
Are you going to add some folds to the T-Shirt?