Devout Exposed :: Standing Tall Print
Written by Todd "Dead Dogg" Arrington   

Got a kink in my leg

Well, were always trying to get a more dynamic pose out of static Jacks, so why not try to get a more static pose out of a dynamic Jack? The only real thing that is needed for this conversion is to find a straight right leg. The rest of the Devout, because of its joints can easily be posed into all sorts of configurations. After a quick glance at the Devout, I quickly noticed that the legs are totally symmetrical and carry no distinguishing marks to give away which side it has come from. So because of this, I went with the dual left leg approach. Using the top socket of the right leg, and the knee and down from another Devout's left leg, I began constructing a totally new leg.

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There are essentially three lengths of rod that connect the upper socket and knee on the Devout. So I took 3 pieces of piano wire of appropriate lengths and began reworking my parts. The upper joint was easy as a clean jewelers cut is all I needed. Now the lower leg took just a bit more finesse. Taking a grinding ball bit in my Dremel I milled out the upper leg down to the knee armor, making sure to leave the outer sleeve of the hydraulic pistons. Then taking a pin vise, I drilled into the upper socket and into the knee joint for the 3 lengths of piano wire. After a good dry fit, I glued the top parts, then bottom. The nice thing about redoing the 3 pistons is that it allowed me to tweak the leg outwards a little, for a slightly more non parallel foot position so we weren't totally static in our looks. The upper arms were stock, but positioned in a more guarded look to fall in line with the Devout's rules and fluff.

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