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I finished her up Monday night.
For comparison purposes, below are four images of Katt from the Super Entertainment System video game 'Breath of Fire II'. The first is a facial shot of Katt taken from the status menu, the second depicts her overworld sprite, preparing to whack someone (which the short-tempered catwoman does often in the game), the third is one of her battle graphics, showing Katt spinning her staff, and the last is Katt's enemy battle sprite, taunting the hero, when you fight her as a boss character early in the game.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/kramwartap/BF2_kattREF.gif
Completed figure:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/kramwartap/BF2_katt1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/kramwartap/BF2_katt2.jpg
Materials:
(Katt) Cardboard from a cereal box, newsprint, colored paper, a plastic broom bristle, Kleenex, wire twist ties, white/hot glue, and acrylic paint.
(Tigress Paw Staff) Newsprint, a wire twist tie, toothpicks, white/hot glue, and acrylic paint.
Dimensions*:
(*The numbers given are for the figure posed standing as straight as possible, hands at its' sides, tail hanging straight down, and without the staff accessory.)
22.8 cm/9.0 in. x 7.0 cm/2.8 in. (highest point x widest point)
Articulation:
Fifty-four points total. The neck has two joints; one at the base of the skull and another where it connects to the body. The waist rotates. The tail has fifteen jointed sections. The arms have fifteen joints each for a total of thirty; they move at the shoulders, at the elbows, at the wrists, and each finger is individually jointed at every knuckle. The legs have three joints each for a total of six; they move at the hips, knees, and ankles.
Time:
Approximately five days; construction ran from 6/5/07-6/11/07. I began this figure in the afternoon on the 5th; the first things I made were the head and hair. The next day, the 6th, I constructed the neck, upper body, lower body, and tail. On the 7th, I made the arms and hands, finished up the paint on the body and neck (mostly black stripes), and connected the head to the neck and the neck to the body via wire joints. I took a break and didn't do any work on this figure the 8th or 9th. On the 10th I created the legs and attached the hands to the arms, and the arms to the body, via wire joints. The last day, the 11th, resulted in the construction of the feet and Tigress Paw Staff accessory, as well as the connection of the feet to the legs, the legs to the waist, and the waist to the body, completing the figure.
Webpage with more information:
http://kramwartap.fortunecity.com/katt.html
As a brief aside, here's a photo of some leg bones from a Golden Axe 3 undead skeleton lizard warrior that I started prior to the Super Mario Land Batadon figure I made earlier this month. The skeletal figure wasn't developing the way I wanted it to, so I ditched the project and made the Mario flying Moai instead. The bones are a little worse for wear after suffering some abuse (having a cup full of nasty, at-least-a-month-old paintbrush rinse water accidentally dumped on them and being bounced around in my toolbox amongst other things).
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/kramwartap/GA3_bonesFAB.jpg
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