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GB-MLPs: Ed+Ky+Slimer by witchcraftywolfen (Circa 2009)

Eduardo (originally Bright Night, a pinkish-purplish SHS), Kylie (originally Strawberry Swirl, a G3), and Slimer (originally Cheerilee, a Ponyville happy meal toy, second series), of Extreme Ghostbusters fame. I do wish that the SHS and G3s were more proportionate to each other, so Ky's head didn't seem like 5 times bigger, LOL! I suppose I could have used a G3 for Ed, or even a G1, but the tallness / slenderness of the SHSs suits him, I felt -- and wouldn't have suited Ky .... Anyway, I got the idea to do them last October (2009) -- bought the ponies off eBay & everything -- but it took seeing someone else doing a GB pony ( [link] ) to get me to finally do it! XD For those who missed this 1997-98 season animated series, it was a sequel to The Real Ghostbusters, which in turn was a ... well, alternate reality to theGhostbusters movies. The premise of Extreme Ghostbusters was that it took place about a decade after the original animated series ended: the 'busters had disbanded long ago, and Egon had been teaching a class on paranormal studies at a local university. The semester at the start of the series found him with four students: Kylie, the goth paranormal expert; Eduardo the slacker; Garrett the extreme sports fanatic (despite the fact that he's also wheel-chair bound) & a big OGB (Original Ghostbusters) fan, and Roland, the mechanic/engineer. When the city is over-run by a plague-carrying demigod, Egon's students take up the ghostbusting mantle, becoming the next generation. This is one of my fave TV series ever, and I think it's a damn shame that it was cancelled after only one season (but at least it had around 40 episodes!). I am a die-hard Eduardo/Kylie shipper, hence ... well, this. Slimer was painted green & then covered in hotglue to make him look slimy. Granted, he's not slimy-looking in the series, but ... well, I had to do something to make him more visually interesting! XD He was also painted in glow-in-the-dark paint. I wish my camera could show it how it looks in real life. Eduardo's shirt and Kylie's "armour" are made of Crayola Model Magic clay. I probably should have just painted Eduardo's shirt on, but I wanted more dimensional shirtsleeves & collar. Due to anatomy, Eddie's vest had to be improvised (if I had sewn one together, it wouldn't have gone on around the forelegs, and there's not enough space between the forelegs for a "chest" anyway). Kylie's armour, too, had to be adjusted for a pony's differing proportions from human ones. The way it ended up, I didn't bother with the straps she's supposed to have on the sides, connecting front & back -- I think it would have been too awkward, both to make & to look at, and I think painting them on would have been even worse. The elbow & knee pads are placed according to the pony's joints rather than human anatomy. What we think of as the knee on the front legs of a horse are actually the equivalent of a *wrist* -- they have reaaaly long hands, and their elbows are up by their ribs. What is often referred to as a "reverse knee" on the hind legs is actually an ankle -- there is a knee, higher up. But I thought it would look really weird to put the pad on the ponys' actual elbows and knees, so I put them on the wrists and ankles, and in the direction where they would actually protect the joint. XD

Eduardo's jeans are made from a jean belt that was double-layered, so they made great pant legs for ol' Eddie. I suppose I could have cut off the stitching towards the top ... ah well, hindsight, yadda yadda. The brown suede on their forehooves are "workgloves". The yellowish pack on Ky's back is the "girls'" version of the proton pack. (It should be yelllower. Ah well.) The pack is pinned into place, as the hot glue kept ripping the paint off. XD Please note, I DID **NOT** make her proton gun or its cord, or the ghost-trap -- I filched them from one of my Kylie action figures. Kylie's hair is black yarn rooted to a mod-podge-soaked bit of felt, which was then hot-glued on (pretty much everything was). Eduardo's mane is the original mane, cut & then coloured with a marker (note: if you use this method, the marker never seems to *fully* set, so don't touch it or let it touch the pony's skin after). Ed's goatee is white yarn coloured with the marker & hotglued in place. Ky's eyeshadow was done with black coloured pencil, to give it that smokey look. I faintly shadowed Ed's cheeks, as he has really prominent cheekbones in the series.

Eduardo's earrings are supposed to be gold, but none of the gold chain links I had were big enough or round enough, so I used jump rings (I *think* they're stainless steel). Getting them in his ears & closed again was the hardest part of the whole project! Especially his right ear, as that one wasn't pre-pierced like his left .... Instead of using the real No-Ghost logo, I used the variant I made for a contest: [link]

Note: Kylie doesn't actually wear a No-Ghost logo, but as MLPs typically have an emblem (”cutie-mark”) on their hindquarters, I gave her one there. On both of them, I printed out the logo, mod-podged it, and glued it on. I didn't do one for Slimer because I just didn't think it would look right. I couldn't put my signature mark on his hooves either, but Ky & Ed each have it (the red spiderish thing -- it's both a "W" over an "M", and also an alchemical symbol for prosperity).