SamiWCP
08-31-2010, 10:22 AM
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So, after a few years of putting down the paint and glues, my friend Amy asked me to help them with their wedding. Her bf Adam is a big TF fan, and she's a toy fan in general. So, she wanted to surprise him with a wedding cake topper that was TF themed. Their wedding colors are even decepticon purple ( even mine wasn't that bad..I left the toys at home..) but hey, you help friends out..you wear gawdy dresses and you apparently make TF wedding cake custom toppers..
She didn't have any say or input as to what she wanted..Originally she just said Prime and Arcee..Adam is a Megatron guy, so, I decided that would be a better route. I originally was thinking of using Robot Heros or Myclones, but, I had no luck in finding an Arcee in time at the Tfcon up in Toronto. So I went with Hero's of Cybertron..Which was dumb as they're so damned small. But oh well. I have small fingers. Next, originally I was thinking of just painting them..But, I knew that soft plastic wouldn't take too well to paints. So, a trip to Jo-Ann Fabrics and a few other places, I started to build the tux and gown for them.
For Megs, I took him apart, and painted him a glossy black. And then took this metallic sheen black fabric and cut out little strips that would wrap around him and hold because of said tackiness of the paint I used. I used purple ribbon to do his vest/cumberbun, and bow tie. He has a white undershirt with silver buttons. He has purple ribbon pin stripes going down his legs, and a matching corsage to her flowers. In his hand he holds 2 gold rings.
For Acree, I designed a layered dress for her, with a net veil and train. I added little plastic jewels to it all both on the dress, and train. I removed her back shoulder bits and gave her two straps for the dress glued down, but enough to show off some Autobot symbol. Her gun was removed and she now holds her bouquet of flowers. wrapped with more purple ribbon. She has a gown with more jewels on it and then more mesh fabric over it. It doesn't lay down as well as I'd hoped, but oh well.
The base is a wedding cake topper plate, with Reprolabel Autobot and Decepticon stickers on it, and the center sticker is one I designed of the 2 factions coming together. I then took left over bead jewels and placed them around with more various purple and white flowers along the rim. I decided they needed some sort of backing, so, glued a piece of styrofoam on, painted it in silver glitter paint, and then stuck various purple orchid and violet flowers to it to create a floral background for them. And there you go.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=27181431&stc=1&d=1283262753
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=27181435&stc=1&d=1283262901
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachment.php?attachmentid=27181433&stc=1&d=1283262901
So, after a few years of putting down the paint and glues, my friend Amy asked me to help them with their wedding. Her bf Adam is a big TF fan, and she's a toy fan in general. So, she wanted to surprise him with a wedding cake topper that was TF themed. Their wedding colors are even decepticon purple ( even mine wasn't that bad..I left the toys at home..) but hey, you help friends out..you wear gawdy dresses and you apparently make TF wedding cake custom toppers..
She didn't have any say or input as to what she wanted..Originally she just said Prime and Arcee..Adam is a Megatron guy, so, I decided that would be a better route. I originally was thinking of using Robot Heros or Myclones, but, I had no luck in finding an Arcee in time at the Tfcon up in Toronto. So I went with Hero's of Cybertron..Which was dumb as they're so damned small. But oh well. I have small fingers. Next, originally I was thinking of just painting them..But, I knew that soft plastic wouldn't take too well to paints. So, a trip to Jo-Ann Fabrics and a few other places, I started to build the tux and gown for them.
For Megs, I took him apart, and painted him a glossy black. And then took this metallic sheen black fabric and cut out little strips that would wrap around him and hold because of said tackiness of the paint I used. I used purple ribbon to do his vest/cumberbun, and bow tie. He has a white undershirt with silver buttons. He has purple ribbon pin stripes going down his legs, and a matching corsage to her flowers. In his hand he holds 2 gold rings.
For Acree, I designed a layered dress for her, with a net veil and train. I added little plastic jewels to it all both on the dress, and train. I removed her back shoulder bits and gave her two straps for the dress glued down, but enough to show off some Autobot symbol. Her gun was removed and she now holds her bouquet of flowers. wrapped with more purple ribbon. She has a gown with more jewels on it and then more mesh fabric over it. It doesn't lay down as well as I'd hoped, but oh well.
The base is a wedding cake topper plate, with Reprolabel Autobot and Decepticon stickers on it, and the center sticker is one I designed of the 2 factions coming together. I then took left over bead jewels and placed them around with more various purple and white flowers along the rim. I decided they needed some sort of backing, so, glued a piece of styrofoam on, painted it in silver glitter paint, and then stuck various purple orchid and violet flowers to it to create a floral background for them. And there you go.