Bioshock 2 Big Daddy Doll

This Instructable will guide you through the process of making an original Big Daddy doll from Bioshock 2.

I have surfed the net before beginning my work, and I noticed that there is basically a wrong concept between a lot of people: the doll is made from found objects and spare parts, so, it haven't to be identical to the one of the game, to reverse, the more arranged it will look, the better it will be.

Starting from this concept, feel free to use all you will find, and take this Instructable only as a guideline for your own original project.

Step 1: Gathering the materials

First of all, you need to gather the materials:

1-A baseball ball (head);
2-Three different fabrics (body, legs and feet);
3-A part from a door handle, that resembles a porthole, and his nails (head);
4-Three round headed screws (head);
5-Wire (head);
6-Electric wire (head);
7-Hemp rope (arms);
8-Little ceramic things, that, honestly, I don't know what are supposed to be (hands);
9-Thinner rope (hands);
10-Large screw (right hand);
11-A tubular plastic thing, it is some sort of case I think (tank);
12-A crown cap (tank);
13-A large nail (tank);
14-Some rubber bands (tank);
15-A big paper clip (tank);
16-Random nails.

I found nearly all this material in my attic, so, I don't know what are the strangest pieces, because it has being filled in many years with spare parts and strange things.

Comments

[sbarker2]

Aging the baseballs really makes the dolls :) grab some sand paper and go to town, couple of gouges either by bashing on a sharp rock or carving it with a Stanly knife and plain tea works to soak, if not brown leather shoe polish diluted and soaked in :D

Awesome design :D

[sbarker2]

keen to try to make a big sister like the daddies >:3

[tinker234]

here it is

[sbarker2]

Did some looking around i think 1 is a plastic film canister or something similar looking like the basket on their backs and 2 looks to be some random wire either around the face like a mask or something around the neck like ribbon (the little sisters would adorn the big daddies with ribbons/streamers and crayon drawings seen in the game and on the wiki :D). Making a couple of these myself :)

[tinker234]

hey could i make it look like this

[gavout]

this looks cool but i think i will make a bouncer ,
and i played both games i recomend them

[lemonie]

As a soft-doll, that's got a good look to it - artistic license well used. Any thoughts on Little Sister to go with it?

L

[paperclip32]

For the sister to be the correct scale as this Big Daddy,it would have to be tiny. If you do try it,remember the big red needle that they carry.

[lemonie]

tiny things can be made...

L

[paperclip32]

Nothing is imposible.

[Numisi]

Mmmm... It's a good idea :)

[kappaema]

I made one.I used a clock 4 the head.A sprinkler 4 the tank andpure awesomeness.

[insomniaSAH]

just a note, might have been good to post a ref. picture for people unfamiliar with the doll somewhere towards the beginning so they know what they're looking at :p

[Numisi]

I thought that too, but I was afraid of breaking some copyrights by using an original image...
If someone wants, there you can see one -->http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/big_daddy_doll.jpg