At the beginning of this year, I was asked to make a 3.75" Captain Bombardier for a client. This particular client wasn't interested in purchasing the Duchess to go along with him, but a new client, having seen what I did with that project wrote me asking to make this character a reality.
The Duchess' costume is quite dramatic and opulent which posed several challenges throughout the process of creating this character in action figure form. The base of this figure was a Yarna D'al Gargan. The original plastic sculpt was radically dremeled away before I started sculpting. To reshape the torso, I sculpted with Green Stuff.
Creating her head in Zbrush was an educational experience. The Duchess' braids required that I make a custom brush to produce her head sculpt. I also had to create another custom sculpting brush with bevels to create the metallic components of her crown.
The soft goods were quite challenging to get right. I turned to an old friend, Fern from @plant_cryptid_creates on Instagram for counsel on how to get the dress pattern just right, and their insight and advice truly made this piece successful. To create the strings of jewels hanging from her sleeves, I cut a shiny silver thread to desired lengths, drilled small shallow holes into the arms, and then set each thread into the surface.
We hope you enjoy the final product as much as we do! Keep an eye out for a new version of Captain Bombardier as well. He was just commissioned alongside this Duchess and will be coming soon. We hope Lizzo and Jack Black like the way they look.
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