Mini Josh!!
For anyone wondering how I made my Mini Josh (who's face lit up when he saw him recently), here's a post with some pictures and info while I was making him.
I don't think it's that big of a secret that I'm obsessed with those Pop Vinyl figures. Sherlock, Orphan Black, Borderlands, Arrested Development, MCR... Funko have made just about everyone!
If you don't know who Josh Widdicombe is, he's my favourite comedian and one of the loveliest people ever. I highly recommend watching The Last Leg, his sitcom Josh and various British comedy panel shows - he's been on them all!
So, I had an idea one day that I wanted a mini Josh to keep Sherlock and co company. I looked on Amazon and saw they did blank figures. I'd drawn up a few ideas of what I wanted him to look like. I was originally going to make him look like a scene from the series two finale of his sitcom, but it was a nightmare getting the claws on his feet (dinosaur slippers) to stay on. Once I'd sorted paints and clays out, Mini Josh took me about a month to make.
Now bear in mind that this was my first time doing anything like this, I don't think he turned out that bad! I did struggle with his hair a bit. I thought I should've based his hair off Sherlock at first, but I found one of my Will Graham's and his hair was the closest to Josh's (it would've killed me to ruin a Sherlock!). I used Will's hair as a reference for Josh, by moulding/shaping the clay on his head, but not letting it dry, then removing the pieces and placing them on what would eventually become Josh's head. Mini Josh was starting to look okay! He spent a lot of his creation time on a saucer on our kitchen windowsill (see above pictures).
After his hair was sorted, painting was a bit harder and I had to finally decide how I wanted his outfit/body to look like. I went with a blue jumper he wears a lot, his dark blue/grey jeans and his white Converse. He was starting to look a lot like Josh once his golden curls were painted! I did screw up painting his left eye a little bit, but you can't really notice.
Once he was completed (November 21st), it was only two days before I was seeing the legend himself again and I thought it would've been lovely to at least show him the finished result! Josh's face lit up when he saw him and said he was "amazing." He happily approved when I asked if it was okay that he lives with my ever-growing army of Sherlock's! (Josh is a Sherlock fan too!) Before I said goodbye to Josh once again *sobs*, I asked him if I could take a picture of him with his mini self. I tweeted him the picture and tagged his Instagram too. I'm sure he'll have seen it and smiled about it.
I'm pleased with his final result and he doesn't look so bad for a first attempt. He's currently living next to Sherlock and John, while they guard my Xbox. Mini Josh also has a BFF in mini Kermit (who represents Adam.. any ideas for something Alex related?) too!
I have been asked if I'll do Adam and Alex to keep him company. I'm tempted to now! Who knows... Maybe I'll take Mini Josh with me to Pret or anywhere Josh related in the future!