8 Bit Megaman Custom Vinyl Figure
Happy New Year! I’ve wanted to post this Megaman vinyl figure for a while now. Megaman was one of my quickest custom figures but also a definite favorite! I love megaman. I still breakout those 8 bit classic video games and play them with my daughters. They are Megaman fans too! We even have some Megaman/Rockman cartoons and comic books we watch and read together. Fun stuff!
This Megaman custom vinyl figure started as a penguin Creatology figure that I got from a Michaels craft store. They have a neat penguin figure that works as a great base and I have used before. See my Breath of Fire Ryu 4 vinyl figure; it uses the same Creatology figure.
Megaman and met custom vinyl figure
For this custom Megaman vinyl I started by modifying the head and removing the beak of the penguin. I then added some clay and smoothed it out. Next I gave the head a quick bake in the oven and then sanded the face to be smooth. Viola! No more penguin beak.
The rest of the process was sculpting basic shapes and painting basic colors to reflect the Megaman seen in the original 8 bit Nintendo games. I finished my Megaman vinyl figure off with some wiggly eyes.
I found your site after searching for ideas for designing a color blank
giving to me by a friend; your stuff is awesome by the way. I see that
you use polymer clay with a lot of designs and I was wondering if you
could give me some advice on using the clay to modify my color blank.
Is it safe to bake the clay on the Blank in the oven or do I need to mold
the clay then bake it separately and try to reattach it to the Blank?
Thank you for your time.
~Joshua
Hey Joshua,
Thank you for stopping by. I sculpt my clay directly onto my figure pieces and bake. I recommend taking a look at this post:
https://halegrafx.com/figures/a-color-blanks-ladybug-out-for-a-summer-drive/
The above is a fairly detailed tutorial/step-by-step on my process including baking temperatures to prevent too much warping.
A couple tips to note is that I bought a used Nuwave oven (small portable infrared oven). This is perfect for baking figures and no harmful fumes escape into the oven where I bake food or into my house. Also let the pieces cool & harden because they will be fragile and very rubbery when warm.
If you post your figures somewhere, let me know.