Taki, from Soul Calibur 2.
About this creation
Taki comes from the game series known as Soul Calibur. The outfit is most like the one seen in Soul Calibur 2, athough I could show her face in the correct color until a recent part acquisition. Taki stands at about 13.5 inches tall, and has 28 points of articulation. 30, if you count the ...
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Finally got the pieces I needed for the face from this Lion, but I had to build him first. After that, I couldn't resist this. :)
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Taki is very posable, but balance is hard to achieve when not standing on two feet. This is one of the easier poses, although she did fall down a bit.
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Right side.
And yes, she's probably one of the most popular characters in the game.
:)
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Front close-up. You can see that I had to do turn the torso 180 degrees in the middle so that I could get all the features right.
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In order for her torso to be able to twist and turn in somwhat normal directions, some .. parts .. had to be a bit more mobile. More on that later.
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When the arms are down, the shoulders don't look like much - but the shoulder pad arrangement fits right in allowing her arms to go quite high without twisting - almost as much as a real human.
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These swords are perhaps a bit too big for the character, but it's just about all I could find that would fit well enough.
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Ok, so Taki is really posable. But I want to point out that she is really posable - when both feet are on the ground. THIS shot... was hell. I'm not kidding when I say it took about 15-20 minutes to get her balanced for this shot. Fortunately, once I got it right she did not fall down at all.
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And now, "How'd they do that?!"
The trick is in two parts.
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First, attached to the body is a magnet. Note also that there is actually ample space beneath the top half of the body and the bottom, allowing the torso to tilt right and left.
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Inside each breast is another magnet, reversed to oppose the one on the body. Spring minifig legs (basketball) allow for the fluidity.
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Decided to have a little fun before I took apart DV. See the full series on Brickshelf. :)
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March 28, 2011 |
What an impressive MOC! |
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I like it |
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August 15, 2008 |
Pretty nice man! Very umm.. accurate hehe.. |
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I like it |
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September 21, 2007 |
Oh no! her boob fell off! you have made HUGE(lol) advances in the area of lego boobs. five smileys for that alone. |
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I like it |
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August 8, 2007 |
I'm not familiar with the Soul Caliber series even though a Game Cube memory card I bought already had some memory of it. She looks extremely articulate. I think she has a couple grenades in her shirt. Most people would keep them on a belt or bandoleer. I guess that wasn't as funny as I thought. Yeah. Umm, de dum de dum. Hum. |
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March 17, 2007 |
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh......................... |
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I like it |
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December 22, 2006 |
the boobs look alittle square |
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May 29, 2006 |
Wow, this looks really nice. I love the Soul Caliber series, and I think you should try doing Voldo! |
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I like it |
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February 11, 2006 |
Omfg! Original and certainly COOL! |
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I like it |
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October 13, 2005 |
Holy.... A Soul Calibur action figure made out of LEGO, complete with game-accurate spring-loaded... uh, bounce factor?! What won't they think of next? Not my favorite character, but good job anyways. |
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