So I kinda think these attempts should be documented.
By rights there should be photographic evidence. I will, perhaps, borrow someone's camera and add pictures, because wow I am kind of dreading what Rarity (poor, poor Rarity) is going to look like in an hour, and you all need to be sharing my pain.
So My Little Pony is made of Win and Heart, but the toys are actually kind of crap. WTF, they were awesome back when I was a kid, and this is not even my nostalgia filter talking: the old school ponies were actually really quality toys. And the ones they are selling for MLP:FiM are crap.
"Aha," said I, "I am a resourceful fellow: I shall make my own!!!"
And lo: I bought several colours of Sculpey, and gave my sister Tamar a severe attack of nostalgic hilarity during which she tried- tried really really hard, you guys- not to laugh at me.
And I made a Rarity!
...sort of.
I was smart, in that I told myself from the beginning, even as I was buying the clay, that this one would be an experiment. This one would be the First Waffle. This one would just be purely a test run, to see how the clay would behave, since I have pretty much forgotten how to work with Sculpey, and I was never the one who did the actual baking, and also, mine were severely uncomplicated figures. Penguins eluded me, you guys. Penguins.
So: Sculpey is actually really difficult to work with at first, and I am impressed with My Younger Self for sticking with it, and also, dude, either my motor skills have not gotten all that much better, or I was pretty good at it for a kid, or else This Is Just Actualfax Hard, Okay, and I'm pretty sure it's not that second one.
Whatever else Poor Rarity is going through, I'm a little proud of my detail work on her eyes- there are individual eyelashes, you guys- and her horn, which is pretty cool-looking even if that was the simplest part of the entire thing.
Otherwise...
...
...yeah.
I feel kind of really bad for picking Rarity, the pony who cares the most about her appearance, for my first go. I should have picked Applejack, or even Pinkie, who would at least find the humor in the situation. Rarity would just consider this torture.
I'M SORRY, RARITY. I SWEAR I'LL DO BETTER NEXT TIME.
Next time I am scaling everything down. Maybe that'll keep her from being so top-heavy. There may be toothpicks incorporated as well.
It's gonna be awesome. Eventually. Just wait.
Goodbye.
So My Little Pony is made of Win and Heart, but the toys are actually kind of crap. WTF, they were awesome back when I was a kid, and this is not even my nostalgia filter talking: the old school ponies were actually really quality toys. And the ones they are selling for MLP:FiM are crap.
"Aha," said I, "I am a resourceful fellow: I shall make my own!!!"
And lo: I bought several colours of Sculpey, and gave my sister Tamar a severe attack of nostalgic hilarity during which she tried- tried really really hard, you guys- not to laugh at me.
And I made a Rarity!
...sort of.
I was smart, in that I told myself from the beginning, even as I was buying the clay, that this one would be an experiment. This one would be the First Waffle. This one would just be purely a test run, to see how the clay would behave, since I have pretty much forgotten how to work with Sculpey, and I was never the one who did the actual baking, and also, mine were severely uncomplicated figures. Penguins eluded me, you guys. Penguins.
So: Sculpey is actually really difficult to work with at first, and I am impressed with My Younger Self for sticking with it, and also, dude, either my motor skills have not gotten all that much better, or I was pretty good at it for a kid, or else This Is Just Actualfax Hard, Okay, and I'm pretty sure it's not that second one.
Whatever else Poor Rarity is going through, I'm a little proud of my detail work on her eyes- there are individual eyelashes, you guys- and her horn, which is pretty cool-looking even if that was the simplest part of the entire thing.
Otherwise...
...
...yeah.
I feel kind of really bad for picking Rarity, the pony who cares the most about her appearance, for my first go. I should have picked Applejack, or even Pinkie, who would at least find the humor in the situation. Rarity would just consider this torture.
I'M SORRY, RARITY. I SWEAR I'LL DO BETTER NEXT TIME.
Next time I am scaling everything down. Maybe that'll keep her from being so top-heavy. There may be toothpicks incorporated as well.
It's gonna be awesome. Eventually. Just wait.
Goodbye.