MLP SGA: City-Ship of Atlantis

Done in prep for my panel at Dragon*Con 2008 [link]

This was originally a baby sea pony -- the turtle-shaped ring you see was her floatation device, so you could make her float in the water. It struck me one day that the piers of Atlantis kind of formed their own "flotation device for the city, and that planted this crazy idea in my head. I'm rather pleased with it, really! (Although, even sealed like the ring is, she can't float in water. alas -- too heavy and apparently not sealed well enough.)

You can't tell so well in the photo, but the paint is silver. I emphasised the lines of the fins to go with the "stain-glassed windows" I put on her belly, which I consider to be a key decorative element in the city on the show (Stargate Atlantis). Her eyes and the insides of her ears are meant to mimmic the stain-glass as well. She has a blow-hole, so I stuck an antennae in it, like the main tower of the city has. The piers are made of a cardboard/very, very thick cardstock. I found a wallpaper that had an overhead silhouette and used it as a template (I'd link you, but I can't find it now . The "buildings" are made of Crayola's Model Magic Fusion (hence them not being shaped al that wall. *Cough* But it's light and air-dries ...) I couldn't make the buildings in the back very tall either, or else I wouldn't have been able to put the pony in! XD

That's the Earth symbol and my signature mark on the bottom (all of the ponies in this series of mine have them). Sealed with Mod Podge.

For more of my custom ponies, see my gallery: [link]