How To Make A Season 5 Version Of Barriss Offee!
Date: April 10, 2014 at 09:11 PM ET
Topic: Customs Corner


JTA moderator Sjefke was commissioned by longtime JTA reader Scott to make a Season 5 version of "evil" Barriss Offee. Click through to lean how he did it! Is it just me, or are you immediately reminded of a blooper from Toy Story when Mrs. Potato Head advised Mr. Potato Head to pack his "angry eyes" when you read Sjefke's tutorial?



Our own Luminar obsessed Scott asked me to make him a season 5 Barriss with more articulation. I owed him a favor and I love a challenge.

Just like with Scuba Ahsoka, I started with the lower body from Space Ahsoka There almost the same size as Barriss', but Ahsoka is a little more spritely, so I widened her hips with Aves Sculpt. I flattened out the shape of Ahsoka's boots and carved in Barriss' boots.

The elbows were a challenge. I found a couple of 2 inch human figures from the MechTech Transformer line which had really 6 small ball joints. I popped off the knees and inserted them in Barriss' elbows. As small as they wee, I still had to sand them down a lot.

I knew there was no way I could reproduce those facial tattoos, so I took TCW Barriss' head and started by carving off her hood. The hood is still intact BTW. I took Green Stuff and sculpted on four layers of hair, letting each layer cure before starting the next. When the shape was about right, I carved out the individual locks. Then I sculpted on the head cover.

I've always considered the faces of TCW figures too bland, so I wanted Barriss to have some attitude. I carved a small frown in the corners of her mouth and filled it in with a fine point brown Sharpie. Barriss' eyes I consider perfect and I didn't want to redo those, so I just sculpted on thickened lower eye lids. I redrew on angry eyebrows and painted over the excessively thick lines. I found a Vallejo paint that is a perfect match for Barriss' skin color that covered up my mistakes.

Enjoy Scott
Ventress sabers not included. ;-)







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