Joya (the Bubble Maiden) (She-Ra) Custom Action Figure
Custom #:89537
Name:Joya (the Bubble Maiden)
Custom Type:Action Figure
Toy Series:She-Ra
Creator:nightwing1975  
Date Added:April 20, 2017
Base Figure:Peekablue
Height:5.00 inches
Critiques:Requested!
To make this vintage style Bubble Maiden figure (or as we now know her as Joya) I started off with a vintage Peekablue figure for her base.

I removed Peekablue’s head & cut off all her hair & rerooted it using a combination of 2 colours which were ‘snowflake’ which is a shade of white & ‘fairy’s breath’ which is a pale pink. By blending these 2 colours together I got a really pale white hair colour with just a hint of pink.

Once I had rerooted all her hair I then styled it by using the boiling water method.

I painted Peekablue’s eyes pale blue & added a shimmering violet acrylic medium on top of her existing eyeshadow which gave a really nice iridescent effect.

Next I started work on her body. I sanded down Peekablue’s Peacock pattern on her stomach so as it was smooth. I also did the same to the pattern on her arm bands & boots.
I then painted her costume 2 shades of blue using Humbrol enamel paints.

Once the paint had dried I then super glued small iridescent (pearl) jewels onto her body arms & legs.

After I had finished work on her body it was time to make her skirt.
I found an old dress online which belonged to a Crystal Barbie doll. I thought the fabric this dress was made from would be perfect to make her belt because it had a really nice iridescent look to it which reminded me of the colours you see in bubbles plus The vintage She-Ra figures were made by Mattel & so was Barbie so it is a fabric that could have been used if the figure had been officially made back in the 80’s.
To make the belt I used Peekablue’s original belt as a template to make a pattern & then cut out the shape in the Barbie fabric. I then stuck strong silver duct tape to the back of the belt to strengthen the favbic & give it support.

For the skirt part I pleated 5 layers of organza ribbon in 3 different colours which were white, pale blue & violet. I individually pleated each strand of ribbon then hand stitched the 5 layers together. So the top layer was blue, the second was white, the third was violet, the fourth was white & the bottom was blue.

I then hand stitched the skirt to the bottom of the belt. Once that was done I attached 2 popper buttons to the back of the belt. I got the buttons from Peekablue’s original skirt.

To finish the skirt off I superglued 4 of the small iridescent jewels to the belt section.

To complete the figure I wanted to give her an accessory so I decided it should be a bubble wand. The one I used was originally a wedding favor.
It was originally white but I just painted some of the shimmering violet medium on it which gave it a really nice iridescent finish.

Pictures
Joya (the Bubble Maiden
Vintage Princess of Power style
User Comments
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Shepard N7 -
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Wow !! Looks Awesome !!
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nightwing1975 -
Monday, April 24, 2017
Thank you, that means a lot
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Super Collector -
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Very nice !!!
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nightwing1975 -
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Thank you
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MaxxieJamesCreates -
Saturday, April 22, 2017
so pretty!! love the colour combo
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nightwing1975 -
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Thank you, I'm so pleased you like them
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Master Chief 117 -
Friday, April 21, 2017
Beautiful !!!
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nightwing1975 -
Friday, April 21, 2017
Thank you so much, I'm glad you like her
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