This video is for people who are actually interested in making a custom figure. If you don't want to cut the figure apart that is perfectly fine and you don't have to like this video.
They need to make more godzilla figures that are articulated and dont cost a arm and a leg, this is the exact reason i switched fandoms, however i do still have a soft spot
Honestly, I think ruining a figure like that is silly, but looking at it from the other side, it's a good way to make an articulated figure if you don't have enough money for a Sh Monsterarts. Good tutorial dude.
Tip: also have some white clay in the middle where the ball joint is to cover up it and get some paint and paint it over the clay with the cover of the skin of the figure cut a tiny little line like a circle over the painted clay like s h monster arts figures repeate it for all body limbs so it doesn't look like every part that the ball joint is look like it's just stretched limbs this is for the people that want it to more look like a hiya toys or sh monsterarts or neca figure
To make the ball joints less obvious, would it be better to cover them up with thin clay and making them deeper? While yes this would limit the ball joints articulation a bit, this would all around benefit the look of the figure, right?
Finally found a helpful video!! I’ve been searching for hours cause I really want to articulate my Bandai Anguirus but having trouble what parts to cut and stuff
extremely useful vid! i was looking on RU-vid seeing anyone had a tutorial to make kaiju figures have more articulation because i was customize a Godzilla minus one figure. I don't care if how many likes this video has make it viral!!
I reccomend you to use epoxy clay it will work better and it doesn't require any glue but it may be heavy when it dries so i reccomend to use just enough for the joint to stick on the clay!
the problem is that the joints are pretty far out, so when you connect them there are these awkward gaps in between the joints, this can be easily fixed be putting some kind of cloth to cover it up though.
lol I bought those same joints for a different project. Didn't work out. Might have to try this. Last year I was planning on adding articulation to mine, and giving him actual spinning blades. Heh.. Dunno If I'll still do that, probably not. If I do this I'm definitely gonna try filling the gaps.
I did this with a shin godzilla Bandai figure i had and didn’t have the clay but it came out good I used hot glue but I like it thanks for sharing on how to do this very helpful!
I think ima try doing this to a small kiryu vinyl i have Its soft and already has decent articulation,however i feel i could add to it It only has: swivel at head,swivel at both arms,waste swivel.and tail swivel No legs Ima try giving it elbow,knee,top of leg,and maybe a ball joint at the middle of the tail Perhaps a hinge at the jaw via chopping it off,adding a bit of clay inside,then feeding a wire through to mimic a hinge Thanks for the tutorial dude :D
Now i could make cheap action figure without buy it for a overprice :> TY FOR THE TOTURIAL, I WILL MAKE ULTIMA, DESTOROYAH, SKULL CRAWLER, and maybe minus one? To be this cool cheap budget!
Okay, solid idea but it needs some work. The putty needs sanding and painting, the joints also need insetting more cus at the moment our cyborg chicken looks a bit like a giraffe. It's not idea but sometimes when making customs, you do have to sacrifice some articulation for aesthetics. Unless you really want to get in deep with the customizations.
This is great because I want to make a custom Bandai movie monster series custom anguirus, but what would you use to cut of the parts that you would put joints in???
Be very persice with the glue. You don't want it going on your fingers. And also don't spend to much money on this type of stuff. I've spent over 3000 dollars probably on just godzilla stuff😭
I actually have a way,I did this with my kiryu If the figures mouth is tiny,just carefully chop the lower jaw off and stick it back on with blue tack to allow movement If the figures mouth is large,chop the lower jaw off however this time,stick some clay to the roof of the mouth,poke a hole on each side 9f the jaw and stick a thin stick of something through like a wire or plastic rod,then wrap the clay around the rod and your done.
The end result isn't that nice looking and using Gigan who already has a lovely looking SHMA figure was a bad move imo, using someone who lacks a SHMA like Orga would help justify the concept a bit more.
Is there a way to make the joints not too exposed? I see your gigan’s neck is exposed and I don’t want it to happen to my figure (your figure is not bad i like it)
I really like the idea, it’s just… to get all the stuff and pay for all of it is pretty expensive. Not to be mean to your creation, but I found that making it out of some clay and wire didn’t cost as much. A good starting point for people who want these fast though
