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N°8 : My Customizations for Lara Croft Tonner doll – by Laragwen
See other parts :
I- Lara Croft Legend doll
II- Lara Croft Full Throttle doll
III- Lara Croft, Classic Beauty doll
IV- Lara Croft, Forging Excalibur doll
V- Accessories for Lara Croft doll
VI- Lara Croft, Quest to Avalon doll
VII- Amanda Evert, world of Lara Croft doll
Being passionate about the Tomb Raider games and their heroine Lara Croft, I’ve not been able to resist at beautiful dolls created by Tonner.
Wanting to go further in the collection, I have create by myself my own outfits and accessories to customize the Lara Croft Tonner’s doll and make it as faithful as possible like in video games.
So, to complete each outfit, I do photo shoots in similar situations to Tomb Raider games!
In this last part is my passion for Lara Croft Tonner dolls :
I’ve never taken a sewing class, at the very beginning I did everything by hand. Since then I invested in a sewing machine that gives me results that are much cleaner and stronger. I do not work as well as Tonner, but I’m getting better!
The first outfit I wanted in my collection was the black slit dress of Tomb Raider Legend. A beautiful evening dress worn by Lara in the game where she is forced to tear the sides to be more comfortable in the fighting.
Second, I made the most famous outfit of Lara Croft! The green body and brown shorts. Certainly, Tonner gave us the privilege of having in our collection the wonderful doll “Classic Beauty” Tomb Raider Anniversary, but the outfit of the first classic games is slightly different.
I really enjoyed designing aid kits to include any small objects (in case your Lara was hurt lol!). A small series of photos in the snow to recall the very first scene of Tomb Raider (1996) with the wolves gave me cold fingers! The hardest thing to do for me are the boots and other footwear. I usually buy them from other artists and I customize them slightly. But sometimes I do boots myself but I’m not entirely satisfied !
Frustrated by the end of the Tonner collection and having always dreamed of having a Doppelganger, I made a call to an artist who repaints dolls (OOAK) to perfection: Donna (DBD).
I crafted entirely the outfit, made holsters, customized a pair of boots I bought, and use the guns of Tonner. Donna repainted the doll and styled her hair entirely! A real work of a Titan with an exceptional results!
My last customization was the outfit of the new Tomb Raider (2013) game ! This was the most difficult one that I have made because there are so many details and she is so realistic ! I tried to repainted her but I’m far from the level of famous artists OOAK lol!
To summarize, here a selection of my customizations:
You can find more photos on my web site : http://custom-tonner-laragwen.weebly.com/gallery.html
As you noticed, Lara follows me everywhere! From my bathroom to the Tuileries gardens in Paris through the Rambouillet forest and through the beautiful beaches of Etretat, she travels as much as me to do for the best shots! We can say that I do not spare her, the poor girl! On the occasion of an outing organized by CosplayLaraCroft between fans, Lara met my friends who have greatly appreciated this Lara Croft Tonner doll and who was impressed by her size ! All the girls wanted her:
To concluded :
Thank you Robert Tonner for having created Lara Croft dolls for fans! I hope you will make new models for Tomb Raider (2013)!
Laragwen
http://custom-tonner-laragwen.weebly.com
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Translated in french / Traduction en français.
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N°8 : Mes Customs pour Lara Croft Tonner doll – by Laragwen
Voir les autres articles :
I- Lara Croft Legend doll
II- Lara Croft Full Throttle doll
III- Lara Croft, Classic Beauty doll
IV- Lara Croft, Forging Excalibur doll
V- Accessories for Lara Croft doll
VI- Lara Croft, Quest to Avalon doll
VII- Amanda Evert, world of Lara Croft doll
Donc, pour compléter chaque tenues, je fais des séances photos dans des situations similaires aux jeux vidéos Tomb Raider !
Voyons dans cette dernière partie, ma passion pour les poupées Lara Croft de Tonner :
Je n’ai jamais pris de cours de couture, au tout début je faisait tout à la main. Depuis j’ai investi dans une machine à coudre qui me donne des résultats beaucoup plus propre et plus solide. Je ne travaille pas aussi bien que Tonner, mais je m’améliore !
La première tenue que je voulais à tout prix dans ma collection, fût la robe noire fendue de Tomb Raider Legend. Une belle robe de soirée portée par Lara dans ce jeu qu’elle est contrainte de déchirer sur les côtés pour être plus à l’aise dans les combats.
Mon dernier custom est la tenue du nouveau jeu Tomb Raider (2013) ! La plus difficile que j’ai faite car il y a tellement de détails et elle est tellement réaliste ! Je me suis essayé à la repeinte mais je suis loin d’avoir le niveau des célèbres artistes OOAK lol !
Pour conclure:
Merci Robert Tonner d’avoir créé la poupée Lara Croft pour les fans ! J’espère que vous ferez de nouveaux modèles pour Tomb Raider (2013) !
September 27, 2012 at 11:00 am
I love the very first Lara Croft (Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider II, III, IV, V et VI).
You did a great job with her.
J’aime la première Lara Croft, la vraie je dirais – et non la Lara amaigrie – (Tomb Raider I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
Vous l’avez très bien faite =) Bravo !