Looking for TINY customizable action figures

[Wardah]

Not all Micromen look like characters. There are some plain ones that can be painted and clothed to look less plastic-y.

http://www.requiemart.com/pullip/mini.html

[JanetT]

I couldn't find any place online that was actually selling the plain microman figures -- preferably in 'natural' colors (white or something like fleshtone -- not primary colors.)

I do remember some discussion on them when they came out a couple of years ago, but are they still available?

[kittyasauras]

I know something you could do~ You could sculpt your doll or beads in sculpy or similar. After it's done baking or drying, make a push mold of it (maybe plaster?) and then use cold porcelain in the push mold! Cold porcelain has about a 20% shrinkage depending on how you make it.

[maywong]

I know something you could do~ You could sculpt your doll or beads in sculpy or similar. After it's done baking or drying, make a push mold of it (maybe plaster?) and then use cold porcelain in the push mold! Cold porcelain has about a 20% shrinkage depending on how you make it.

I know they make doll molds for sculpey/fimo
http://cgi.ebay.com/Push-Molds-Clay-Scu ... _595wt_933
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Inch-Fairy-Urchin ... 269wt_1167
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-5-In-Fairy-Sprite ... 0537434107%2
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tiny-2-Inch-Baby-Pu ... 561wt_1167
http://cgi.ebay.com/Face-Push-Molds-Cla ... _500wt_948

[maywong]

Here is another idea is doll house dolls. For example.
http://cgi.ebay.com/7-DOLLS-FAMILY-CAUC ... 1690wt_933

[DollyKim]

I couldn't find any place online that was actually selling the plain microman figures -- preferably in 'natural' colors (white or something like fleshtone -- not primary colors.)

I do remember some discussion on them when they came out a couple of years ago, but are they still available?

I haven't seen plain Micromen in years, I feel lucky to have got the pair I got. There's Figma figures to play with. You could always get knock-off GI Joe sized guys and work on them. I almost made myself a set of Doctors that way until the big set came out.

If they're wearing clothes then you can look in to porcelain heads, hands, and feel to put on soft bodies, like old fashioned dollhouse dolls. Or sculpt those parts. Make stop motion puppet style armatures and add parts and clothes to those.

[JanetT]

maywong -- thanks for the mold links! I saw one set at JoAnn's but they didn't look quite right, I may have to look at these. Even if all I use is the head, it would help make them look a bit better. It's HARD to sculpt a doll head the size of my fingernail...

The dollhouse dolls are a bit too big -- Dollhouse dolls are 1/12 scale, and my cast of "real" people is 1/6, so they'd be a bit too large for what they need to do. (if I was doing this story with SDs or MSDs, they'd work perfectly -- but then I'd need my head examined....!)

The figures as they're coming out right now are about 3 to 3 1/4 inches tall, with Sculpey heads and probably feet, and bodies built on pipe-cleaner armatures, with fabric (light-weight spandex knit and felt) padding out the body, and clothes sewn on top pf that. Soon as I have a completed one, I shall post photos!

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, folks!