Hey gang, had to update this topic. I had to tinker with this figure once more and now she's finally done. I thought I was done before with it, but..... the tight outfit bugged me. But there wasn't an alternative to that white jumpsuit, until now.
So I was shown this great 1/6 part/accessory/costume site, called
www.toysity.com where I found that they sold a very nice, and more appropriately sized
C185 White Jumpsuit. So I ordered one, since it was a great price too, and three weeks later, it arrived:
What a great replacement Padme Jumpsuit!
So now I had my excuse to tweak the figure once more, while I waited for other projects that I have on hold. Once I got her apart, another thing that bugged me; her right hand didn't hold her blaster very well, so I had to do SOMETHING before I re-attached it.
My solution? Add a pin into the thumb so I could pose it when needed so it could actually grip the blaster. So I grab my trusty pliers and push a pin into the vinyl thumb:
Here you'll see how far I got the pin pushed in before I couldn't any more:
And here it is done:
I added a dab of white paint to the thumb tip since taking the above pic and you can't even notice its there!
Here is her finished right hand, next to the BEFORE, more opened hand:
Maybe the hand was posed like that so she could hold her binoculars? Whatever the case, she can hold the binocs with her left hand, and now the right hand can hold the blaster very nicely, whereas before, if you breathed on it, it would fall out of her hand:
I can post more pics tomorrow if you want. I think her new body suit fits nicely now. You know. No more... camel... AHEM! I'm happy. She's D-U-N, DONE! Thanks for looking.
for the Padmes!
