Ludwig Von Koopa Amiibo

When the koopalings were first introduced in smash bros, I am not ashamed to admit I squealed like a moron. Why? Because it meant I could play as Ludwig Von Koopa, who’s ALWAYS been my favourite. When the Bowser jr amiibo was announced, my original plan was to grab enough of them to be able to make the koopalings along with Bowser jr, buttttt… cost wise meant I had to be sensible and only custom one. So of course I picked Ludwig

From the original model I cut off the hair, horns, eyebrows and eyes, carved off his bandana and trimmed down his nose, along with cutting into it for Ludwig’s “cat smile”. I then slowly started to rebuild his face with green stuff / epoxy, starting with the muzzle to resmooth it, as well as adding in his tooth.

I built up his face, adding in his eyebrows and making a little indent for his eyes, which I let all dry before I did the most complicated part of him. His hair.

That hair was my second attempt at it (the first time he ended up looking like he was in a wind tunnel xD) and I’m glad I decided to redo it.

When he was fully dried, I used a mix of rough and extremely fine sandpaper to file down the areas that weren’t 100% smooth, so the paint wouldn’t pick up as many faults. the clown car had the paint around it’s eyes sanded off, but otherwise the white parts on it is untouched.

Paints wise I used my brother’s warhammer paints, to ensure there’d be no paint brush markings left behind, and slowly painted him - the hardest parts to paint on him was surprisingly his yellow skin. His skin is different to bowser jr because I went off of a ref sheet of him with a more skin-toned muzzle.

Overall, for my second custom amiibo, but my first HEAVILY modified one, I am very, very happy with his outcome.