How to fix the ballet dancer poses

By Cy-baer, in Dust Tactics

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Isn't he cute? Looks like Natalie Portman in Black Swan...

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...that's all we need to fix it...

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...use the knife to loose the right foot of the base and cut out a piece of the paper clip...

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...drill a hole in the left foot and glue the pin in...

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...glue the right foot at the base and wait a while so that it really stick together...

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...drill a second hole in the base...

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...now apply a drop of glue at the pin and push down the left foot.

The weak point is the right knuckle, maybe you will see a white mark there but it won't break.

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Tadaaaa!!! gui%C3%B1o.gif

That's a neat trick. But wouldn't it be better to cut off the right leg and glue it again in a straighter pose?

It works best if you cut off some of the plastic behind the straight knee then use the pinning method. This takes stress off the pin and lets the leg bend a little easier.

Nice one, if i disliked the running pose more i would surely use it. On the other hand a ow to lower pointing arm in each squad would be usefull:P

If I might suggest a simpler fix. This was before SANY00153.jpg SANY00153.jpg

Then I just heated the ankle with a hair dryer for 10-20 sec. and held him in the new pose until he cooled (1-2 min.) No drilling pinning or gluing needed SANY00029.jpg