I am back after long break with new finished project. Meet Ellie from Disney Pixar movie “Up”, one of my favorite and most inspiring animations of all time. You are already familiar with my earlier projects featuring UP house and custom mini Munny Carl, my first vinyl handmade toy. I decided to make his companion, Ellie. I like her character the best even if she was there only for short time at the beginning of the movie. I doubt if any toy company will produce her, so I had to do it myself 🙂
I started this project few months ago with head sculpted on kidrobot’s DIY toy called Trikky
and she was a cat :). Her head and body looked perfect for this project. I did some work and quickly realized that to get what I want, I would have to totally reshape the entire toy. It looked like completely new doll and not custom Trikky. The worst of all, she would be way too big for Carl. My Ellie figure is 210mm tall (8 inchs) so I would need to make another Carl on 7 inch munny to get them match. I didn’t want to repeat the same character twice so I abandoned the project and let her wait at the bottom of my drawer. I am at the stage of finishing all the projects from this drawer along with new stuff so I revisited her first thing this year.
What comes from original Trikky is head, top part of the trousers and hands. The rest is made of more than 10 packs of Sculpey III, Milliput Epoxy Putty
and wires from my old umbrella as armature. The feet are entirely sculpted with Milliput for extra strength, Sculpey would probably crack at toes area. At the beginning I was afraid that head will be too heavy and the whole toy will need to be screwed to a base, but she is well balanced and stands on her own.
She is painted with spray paints as a base coat and later with acrylics and brushes. I will cover her with satin varnish, I didn’t do it before taking photos to avoid reflections.
Funko Pop! Disney Up Carl & Ellie (2019 Summer Convention Exclusive)
There is this beautiful Young Ellie and Carl set of vinyl figurines released by Funko. It is rather expensive but it is exclusive set so probably will be valuable collectible when all sets are sold out.
Funko POP! Disney: up – 2 Pack Wedding Carl & Ellie – Amazon Exclusive
Or you can get young couple during the wedding ceremony. I was asked many times to recreate this scene as wedding toppers.
Funko POP! Movie Moments Disney Pixar’s UP Carl and Ellie 979 NYCC 2020 Shared Exclusive
There is this cute little diorama recreating scene when Carl and Ellie are painting the mailbox. It was beautiful moment in the movie.
Here is awesome Lego Up house created by the fan and released as official Lego Ideas set. It features house with balloons and new set of Carl Fredricksen, Russell and Dug minifigs.
Here is awesome set of figures with most of characters from Up movie. You will find there young Ellie too. It is available on Amazon. Here is my affiliate link.
