1:8 Neon Genesis Evangelion - Reiko Sugiyama in plugsuit (kit conversion)

[Dizzyfugu]

Something odd...  And since it's a real whif, I thought I might post some recent pics form this figure.

It's a - in a double sense - fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion universe: enter Reiko Sugiyama, a young N.E.R.V. test pilot.


1:8 Neon Genesis Evangelion - Reiko Sugiyama in plugsuit (kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Actually, this figure is a minor conversion of an 1:8 Asuka-in-Plugsuit recast kit I came across a couple of years ago with a small price tag. Anime affcicionados will easily recognise the Asuka plugsuit details, which I did not change. Since I already had the large 1:5 Asuka model, and the recast kit itself was not of so good quality, I decided to do some training and work out a color variant, still in line with the Evangelion theme and spirit.

After considering light blue as a basic color, the result became a bright orange plugsuit variant (to be honest, it was insipred by Star Wars' X-Wing Fighter outfits...) and a radical hairdo - the latter worked wonders!
As a contrast to the colorful suit and to inspre a timid character, I decided to go with some natural dark brown hair and give that character cold, bluish-grey eyes.

I am quite satisfied with the result, but the painting suffered from an unextepcted chemical reaction between the enamel colors and the final semi-matte varnish coat - lesson learned, next time I'll just use acryllic varnish on the enamels, what prevents any hazard of this kind.

So, the figure is far from being perfect - or as good as I wanted it to be. Additionally, torso and legs did not match well, and lots of extra work went into this problem. But it's a nice, colorful eye-catcher next to the well- known plugsuit characters from NGE.


1:8 Neon Genesis Evangelion - Reiko Sugiyama in plugsuit (kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:8 Neon Genesis Evangelion - Reiko Sugiyama in plugsuit (kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:8 Neon Genesis Evangelion - Reiko Sugiyama in plugsuit (kit conversion) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

I might actually build another 'Reiko Sugiyama', standing pose this time, since I got hands on prototype figures from an early design stage - used and in pieces, but a perfect starting point for another conversion. 

[pyro-manic]

Nicely done!

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you.