Since Takara and HT announced the release of Deunan, I have been planning on doing one. However, the one I have in mind is not the one as in Ex Machina, but the version in Appleseed 1 while she was still fighting in the Global War.
Details of Appleseed the movie and Deunan can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_(film)
Photoshoped CG’s
Concepts of these CG are mainly based on the opening scenes of Appleseed 1 movie. Deunan and her team are in urban street fight with some unknown army.
The idea of this CG is based on those high mobility tanks in the opening. They are equipped with gatling guns of enormous power.
On request of Phantom11 (Roy) I did this CG based on one of the acrobatic moves of Deunan doing a back flip and fire her shot gun at one of the enemies.
Well, how can I not do a CG of Deunan and Briareos. Here is one based on the movie poster.
One of the challenge of this project was to collect all the matching parts. I would say the result is 70% alike. The major gap is probably the hair style of the Takara head is not really faithful to Deunan, and I did not attempt to fix it. Below is capturing the progress over the course of a month how the figure has evolved from the beginning to the end result.
Parts Breakdown:
Head – Takara Deunan repainted (see below)
Body – CoolGirl 2.0, applied matt paint and pastel chalk
Hands – CoolGirl hands modified (see below)
Tank Top – Azone, collar cut
Pants – unknown parts bought online, modified to fit female body
Boots – unknown parts bought in Tokyo
Night Vision Goggles – custom made (see below)
Assault SMG – custom made (see below)
Gong Shot Gun – from a Motoko figure, repainted
Shot Gun Holster – from CoolGirl12, modified
Hand Gun – from Takara Deunan
Hand Gun Holster – unknown parts bought online
Head Repaint
As Deunan is an anime character, I tried to paint her eyes bigger and with stronger colors. Hair has slightly trimmed. I also applied some pastel chalk to make face shape stand out more.
Hand Gloves Modification
Some cosmetic modification using AB Epoxy Putty to make the gloves look closer with those in movie. First make thin sheet of the putty. Then cut in small pieces. Put on hands and use sculpting tool to blend the material. After the putty is becoming hard, use grinder to refine.
Night Vision Goggles
This is made of unused parts I found. To make it look a bit closer with the movie version, I added some custom parts. The green lens are Gundam accessories. I painted the back with silver so they grow with the right lighting.
Assault SMG
This has already been posted. For details pls visit:
http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80987
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