WIP: Emma Frost

X-Men Month continues with a pretty-much finalized WIP of Astonishing X-Men Emma Frost, with a new head.

I really like the Hasbro Emma Frost figure; I think the leg and torso posability is wonderful, on par with Psylocke. But the head is tiny, and might fit on a Star Wars figure. The new head comes from a MAC Fathom. Good for me for finding a use for this thing, as I’m pretty sure I bought it in the past two years for $2 from some Web site’s clearance section. The recipe is directly stolen from Norm, although there are quite a few Emma head-swaps out there.

There are two difficult points to this swap. First, the hair is meant to frame the narrow original face. I sawed of both faces (not the heads) and fit the original hair over the resulting shape. It wasn’t a great fit, but I extended the forehead with milliput to make it work. Next there was a problem with skin tone: Fathom has a deep tan, and Emma is computer programmer pale. I covered all the skin with Games Workshop Elf Flesh, which is normally way too pale for a figure, but was a shade darker than the original body. I repainted the eyes and lips because I was a bit sloppy with my Elf Flesh, which has a joke in it somewhere. Something something D&D something… I did the lipstick in electric blue, with an overcoat of pearl to soften it.