Ok, I've literally been working on a decent LJ head for years now -- which is odd because I never really liked the character - she was a little too [LASER BLAST] in the comics and irritated the "LASER BLAST" out of me in the cartoons. Nonetheless, I've been trying forever to get a decent head for her. I modded a Bespin Leia a couple of years ago and it sucked. I used a Bombstrike head for a while, which never looked right, then I used the Comic Pack LJ, but I never liked that either. Then I got the 25A Jaye and figured I have to get rid of that damn hat! Well, today I managed to ruin a SW Dark Woman head and a Mara Jade head trying to get them to look right - no luck. Then, in a flash of well, let's just say brilliance , I noticed that the Elizabeth Swan face would look good for Jaye. Of course, I didn't want to sculpt any hair, so I tried to transplant the Swan face onto the Dark Woman head -- no luck, since the DW hair was too big for Liz. Then I rummaged thru my fodder drawer and found a long-lost Bombstrike hairpiece! I went to work immediately trying to piece together the Liz head with the BS hair and this is what I came up with:



I think she looks rather [LASER BLAST], which really suits me fine The hair does look a tad crooked - but that was a result of trying to get Liz's ear to line up right, and I think it has that tousled look of LJ anyway. And of course, since I already went against my better judgement by making an LJ in the first place (I was pretty happy when DDP killed her off), I went ahead and painted her to sorta match the cartoon version (and I hate the cartoon.) So a whole evening of compromising my principles to get this friggin' custom straight. Whew!

Oh, and here she is with Flint right before Flint gives her the boot for being a pain in the ass



Cheers!

EDIT: Ok, the Scarlett head is lookin' too Anime for me. What do you think about Natalie Portman as Scarlett? (seems fitting since Keira Knightley is Lady Jaye )




EDIT again --

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Looks good. Very Lady Jaye. I bet a dremeled Gung Ho hat would look good on that noggin'!

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Wow Dan, first you work the hell out of the SnakeEyes mold, and now the Liz Swan heads. Makes a very convincing LadyJaye.

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Great job man if your gonna sell out, this was a good reason !

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Thanks guys!

And Stan, the purpose of this custom was NO HATS

Here's a sneak peak at my latest:



I think the longer neck makes her chin look less manly. The sucky thing is that now Scarlett's head is looking too cartoony next to the other chicks - I'll probably have to swap that one out as well.

Now I just gotta find a decent Jinx head that I don't have to paint.....

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Ok, I got tired of Scarlett looking like a 'toon. Updated in the first post.

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Chief, nice job on all. I was pondering the hatless question as well, and you hit it on the money. You seriously need to cast the LJ head.

T

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WOW! The realistic heads really work here.

This is exactly what I imagine the movie line to look like

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lady j and covergirl both look really cool. I would buy both of them if they were in the store.
Do you have any extra lady J's to sell?
Tim

Thanks guys!

Tim - I used my last LJ (I only had 2) for my cover girl custom - sorry.

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well if you find any more Lady j or beach head I could use 2...

Tim

I am sooo stealing those head ideas. I've got a loose Bombstrike hair and Liz Swan heads both handy...and the other two, as well. Yes, the head of Lady Jaye shall be mine. I might even--gasp!--entertain the idea of buying a 25A Lady Jaye just to do this, it's that cool.

Very nice work there, Chief. I'd say you took ugly plastic and made them damned sexy plastic.

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love the LJ head. Absolutely perfect.

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Dan,

Have you thought of the 'pea head' that came on the SHS DD? I removed the hair from Scarlett and am trying to work it on that head to give her a mask and long hair. Just an idea for you. Also if you use the Scarlett body, the Jinx skirt works with just a little work.

Thanks fellas!

Lance - I'm looking to make an unmasked Jinx head (I hate Joes in masks) -- I'd love to use the JFAK head that Cap used for his Ada Wong, but I don't want to paint any eyes (the reason I ruined so many heads for LJ.) I used a comic-pack Scarlett head for my VvV Jinx, so I might try modding that onto a 25A body. But I love the idea of a DD head/Scarlett ponytail for a Cobra custom!

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