Recently I’ve acquired my 9th Nendoroid, Miyafuji from pantsu witches. She comes with a remarkably awesome stand which is very different from the Nendoroid stands provided by GSC. It has very good “catch” zones for Yoshika to fit snugly into any of the 3 stand which enable her to do 3 different poses.
She can only fly on her belly
However I felt that the provided stand was a little too restrictive on her flying pose as it only enabled her to only “fly” on her belly and she couldn’t lean back and do a “backstroke” flight mode. Frustrated with the limitations, I decided to put some DIY skills into use.
A couple of you would have known that I sawed off Drossel’s figma stand connector a couple of days back to make her mobile battery pack. Not wanting to waste the rest of the stand, I decided that it would be the perfect stand with is movable joints and such.
The connecting joint was long gone after being sawed away. Had to file it smooth and flat since we will be connecting a new joint into it.
Yoshika inspecting the filing results.
After filing, I took the joint from Rin’s stand. I’ve never used Rin’s stand since I never saw the need too do so. Guess it pays to have spare parts lying around the place for DIY upgrading projects such as this! The connecting part had to be filed too since it was a little curved.
As mentioned before, I possess this remarkably super superglue. Gluing the 2 parts together, we have a new joint system!
Yoshika is definitely loving her new stand and Rin’s probably pretty pleased with her helping efforts since half the time she gets someone injured usually.
As you can see, the newly upgraded stand is pretty strong and flexible too! 2 flying kitties is just awesome!
Of course this wasn’t the end of my upgrading process. I really felt that the figma stand base with the huge figma words looked pretty weird with Yoshika who was a pretty little adorable nendoroid that I figured that I should use the movable joints with the original base.
The original base had a larger connecting hole than the figma base so I had to saw it off and attach the standard nendoroid connector to it.
Puchi Kyouka helping me make some measurements.
After some sawing and filing process, we have a new base connector that fits nicely! Now the stand looks decent!
And Yoshika manages to do a “backstroke” at the end of the day!
Now that her stand is completed, I’ll probably do a photoshoot for her sometime later in the upcoming week. She’s such a pretty little pantsu flyer! (^ω^)
< ![CDATA[Woah..]]>
< ![CDATA[that was a lot of effort involved ^^"]]>
< ![CDATA[Cool upgrade!]]>
< ![CDATA[nice DIY ^^ creative lol]]>
< ![CDATA[Looks good! Makes me want to try something similar with my Yoshika, I don't have any figma stands though.]]>
< ![CDATA[Another awesome mod! I don't have Yoshika, but might be interesting to try this with my Miku figma stand, the peg to put it into Miku's back broke off.]]>
< ![CDATA[Great idea. I only use my spare figma stand for her.
I really don't mind how the stand looks so it doesn't seem awkward for me. xD I like it flat & unnoticeable.[:]]>
< ![CDATA[This is cool.
I wish GSC's nendoroid stands were actually good at catching the figures, and allowing you maneuverability, and again, catching the figure, to ease replicating the official shots, for one, without pinning the bloody figures.]]>
< ![CDATA[That´s really cool. I´m going to do that with mine. How is the cat (kyouka)dealing with the new dog (yoshika), isn´t she mad?'¿]]>
< ![CDATA[Goddamn, your DIY skills are massive!]]>
< ![CDATA[Yoshika should have been released with a stand like this! Hopefully no Strike Witches Nendoroids in the near future, I've no more spare figma stands since Reika needs hers ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[Very cute, great job with it!
I'd be far too afraid to do anything like that with my figures or their bases. I was scared enough to have to glue Drossel's earpiece back together... I'd probably have a heart attack if I'd attempt anything like you've done. xD]]>
< ![CDATA[Nice ^^ creative man ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[haha, This way Yoshika can fly higher!! Lol.]]>
< ![CDATA[nice idea :D got to buy more figma stand for gunpla and nendro lol
and i'm added you to my blogroll >_< always forget to do that]]>
I don’t know If I said it already but …Hey good stuff…keep up the good work!
I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,)
A definite great read..Jim Bean
< ![CDATA[That's what she said.
I mean, that's what I'm saying right now.
You're really handy with all the mods, Kodomut! That's a really good idea!]]>
< ![CDATA[I'm very sure superglue will solve your problem!]]>
< ![CDATA[How about making your own stands using acrylic material?]]>
< ![CDATA[I'll probably not saw my figures too, but bases are entirely different! ^^ I don't use the stands for well balance figure anyway ^^]]>
< ![CDATA[Doubt they will be lean and strong!]]>
< ![CDATA[and can see ze pantsu!]]>