This is a figure I’ve wanted to make for a long time now, and since today is the character’s 17th anniversary, I figured it was the perfect time to show him off now that he’s done.
The recipe is based off the figure posted by u/deedsdonedeathly, who used a Skibidi Toilet Camera Head figure. I deviated from their version by using wire and Apoxie sculpt rather than cardboard tubes and tape.
The head was made using a skull model from Thingiverse. I modified it in SculptGL and printed it using my resin printer. I turned the original figure’s neck joint upside down and added LEGO Mixels joints to the head and neck. This means he now has a double jointed neck.
Over all, I’m really proud of how he turned out, considering this was my first time doing something like this.
I started by dyeing the figure black, since the figure I used ended up having a brown suit instead of black.
After that, I cut each limb in half and drilled holes into the ends of both arms and legs. I then cut wire down to size and glued them into each hole.
If you plan on doing this, be careful about this so you don’t mess up any joints. After that, I covered them in Apoxie Sculpt and sanded that smooth after it cured.
Because I wasn’t able to match the seam for where the Apoxie Sculpt ends and the original figure begins, I tried to cover it up by dripping super glue onto the figure and smearing it around with a paper towel. That helped mask the cuts, and it gives the suit a nice texture. I then painted over it all with black.
(I probably should’ve taken a picture to better explain this next part.)
The original figure only has one point of articulation in the head, so what I did was I cracked the torso open and removed the neck piece. Using some Gundam cutters, I managed to remove the ball joint attached to the original head, and I managed to stick some wire into it by melting a hole through it with a heated up paperclip.
I put some Apoxie Sculpt into the torso so that the ball joint would have a hole for the wire to connect to, and I also carved down the neck piece to make it fit a little better. So the joint that was originally used in the figure’s head is now in the base of the neck, with joints sourced from LEGO for the new head articulation.
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u/RetroMutant Jun 10 '26
Very nice.