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[Hammers]

Its true that the theme is vegetation, you need a substantial amount of it covering her.

[von Lucky]

Ah, but I'm using the other definition of vegetation/vegetate:

vegetation
noun

1. plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat.
"the chalk cliffs are mainly sheer with little vegetation"
   
2. the action or process of vegetating.

vegetate
verb
gerund or present participle: vegetating

1. live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way.
"if she left him alone, he'd sit in front of the television and vegetate"
synonyms:   do nothing, idle, be inactive, languish, laze (around/about), lounge (around/about), loll (around/about), loaf (around/about), slouch (around/about)

[von Lucky]

(Hence why she's "sleeping".)

[Hammers]

I better quote the theme rules to you then, which in my eyes are quite clear:

Vegetation should be interpreted as including all sorts of organic plant growth, be it trees, hedges, grass and flowers. Different sorts of fungi and corrals will be accepted as wel

I imagined you would reinterpret the original picture to be a robot in sleep stat as overgrown with weeds.

[beefcake]

Yes, chopping at the torso is a good idea I think.

[von Lucky]

Hammers - yes, there will be greenery! (As someone who deals with legislation I read "should" and "must" as two different things ).

beefcake - I have glued it together, as chopping up will require a fair bit of work and I was able to angle it forward by repositioning the left leg. The next one maybe.

[FreakyFenton]

Looks interesting! Keeping my eyes on it! 

[von Lucky]

Thanks.

Last week I also repositioned her so the pose is way less sexual and look a lot more relaxed/sleeping. I then covered parts in Milliput to bulk out the shape and give it a more of an android form:




Looks wise I still want the peeling of "skin", as in the original artwork that inspired the build and this piece that is haunting:



To achieve this look I started covering parts in small (1-2cm²) pieces in toilet paper, and then squeezing supaglue over it. I've only done the head, but it has done wonders in giving a whole lot of rigidity to the soft plastic of the head (the rest of a Barbie is made of a lot harder plastic). I'll post pictures of this step in the next few days once I've done a little more (including the jaw/mouth).

[Suber]

This project is amazing. I love the whole concept and the way you are moving forward. Wow.

[Dr Mathias]

The chance of me stealing this idea for a future project is around 95%

Most excellent!

[von Lucky]

Thanks guys - but I've hardly done anything compared to others already (and what the two of you regularly create...). But here's a small update.

As stated, I've glued toilet tissue paper to the head (and tested it on a leg). Here's what it looks like.




I like the look it achieves, but I'll need to start gluing from the bottom body part and then move to the top to achieve the right look with the overlapping. I think (hoping?) it's going to paint up really well. The current plan is dark greys for the body, with the face and/or head like the cat mascot I posted previously. I still don't know if I should paint over the eyes or leave them (with a black Blade Runner style eyeliner).

I have also made the knee joints - they will be the only "internal" parts showing, as one leg has been ripped off and will also have the guitar string wires in a mess spilling out from both parts.




They were made by cutting up the tube you get with a roll of dog toilet bags, adding a circular cap to each end by gluing a larger rectangular plastic sheet and then trimming it to size. The final step was to use a simple hole punch to create the joint cap. This will be easier to see when painted (as the plastic is semi-clear).

Finally I'm needing help with the back outlet ports. They're just the lids from soy sauce fish shaped bottles you get with sushi takeaway (https://www.techly.com.au/2016/08/12/techly-explains-whats-deal-little-soy-sauce-fish-comes-takeaway-sushi/) that may or may not be available in your part of the world. I've never used them before, but while having some sushi the other day I realised the lids would be useful for this build. They will have guitar string wires attached to the end and I don't know if they should be lined up horizontally or vertically.




Which do you prefer?

[LordOdo]

I think I'd prefer vertically

[Elk101]

I think I prefer the top photo arrangement, it looks more practical.

[beefcake]

I think I prefer the horizontal too. It makes me think you could use jump starter cables on her. Just don't put them on the front.

[Dr Mathias]

The toilet paper method usually produces a great texture.

I think I prefer the horizontal too. It makes me think you could use jump starter cables on her. Just don't put them on the front.

Good call