I started working on this figure a couple months back after seeing a 3D file for a Chris Hadfield bust and thinking his head would make for a nice update to Payload, while also being an homage to the real astronaut, much like Hasbro used to do back in the day. I modified the bust to be just the head, along with a socket for a Joe neck, then printed on a resin printer (so the results are a bit better than what would come from a filament printer). I went with yellow and black for the snoopy cap because I liked the coloring of V2 Payload better than V1.
I also wanted Payload to be able to walk around in jumpsuit/flight suit mode without all the 'space' stuff on him, so he'd be at home in a terrestrial diorama, aboard-craft diorama, or in space with the gear on. So I incorporated the chest stuff onto the helmet and made the helmet a swappable head instead of something that fits over his normal head. Because of this, and because I liked the color combo, I went with an opaque visor on the helmet. I printed in an orange resin, so I left the visor orange while painting the helmet yellow and black. This is also a good blending of V1 and V2, I think. I used a Matt Trakker body for the figure, with the printed Hadfield head.
The EVA I built myself going off pics of the original EVA. It still needs some tweaks, but it will work for dio use for now. I made the control arms adjustable length but they messed up a bit in printing, so I need to redesign them for strength and reprint. I placed the back peg based on the dimensions of the original EVA, but the body I used for Payload has the hole set higher than on some figures. Because of this, there are two spots for the peg -- the one that would be more like the original EVA or one right above it that is used for this figure. I didn't want the peg breaking off in the figure, so instead of designing the peg on the EVA, I made it a 3mm hole on the EVA, then used a piece of 3mm rod to make the peg. This also allows for using different lengths of peg, depending on need.
After I had made this figure, I saw the club's announcement they were doing Payload for the final FSS. Then I saw the color scheme they went with and it was enough like what I had done that I was afraid people would think I had copied. Because of this, I wasn't going to post this. Eventually, I decided I wanted to share it anyway, so here it is:
Ready for space walk:
From the back:
Inside/terrestrial mode (the head looks like it sits a bit high, but that's more the camera angle than actuality. In person, it sits about right):
Another view:
Back view:
Thanks for looking!
