In Progress » PG Evangelion Unit 01 » Internals

Let’s file this project under “back from the dead”. It’s been a little over 2 years since I’ve last touched this project due to a lack of braided black tubing I wanted to use to cover the internal body instead of the rubber. This fall a friend of mine’s kid was playing with something that seemed like the answer to my problem and rekindled my interest in this project. More on that discovery later…

First though I was not too happy with the internal make-up of the PG Eva and figured I could just sculpt a naked Eva and cover it with heavily modified PG armor as well as my secret solution. It’s turned out to be quite an interesting endeavor. I have a couple illustrations I found on 4chan of what the Evas look like under their armor. The drawings look great, but unfortunately are too “human” in their proportions as I’ve come to learn. I also learned thanks to /m/ that Eva’s have no sex organs as they are genetically engineered creatures. Although reports of this are conflicting. I think it’s interesting as the Evas have HUGE crotch armor, but nothing to protect. LOL!

I started out with a wire armature which was made using my standing PG as size and pose reference. Immediately you notice that the Eva’s shoulders are VERY wide-set and the chest is very wide as well.  While doing the initial muscle placement I also was surprised at just how skinny and lanky these things are. The result so far is a very skinny, but muscular humanoid. With the lack of reproductive parts it reminds me of an alien Ken doll. At least my little girls aren’t asking difficult questions when looking at my sculpture. Whew!

Anyway, it’s progressing nicely. I think the armor is going to fit with just a few modifications to it. It’s definitely a balance though between adding the armor and making the creature look “natural” muscle-wise. If it turns out well enough I may have some resin copies cast of this so I can make the armored and unarmored versions. who knows though… it might turn out to be best covered by layers of black and purple and never seen again.

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