Cody from Super Street Fighter IV

Mr. Buff Man

I didn’t think much of him at first but as I progress with my work and continuously Google him for 4 consecutive days to get the details right, I realised that he’s actually really good looking. He looks pretty sexy to me.

Cody Travers.

4 days of hard work. I didn’t even take that long with Ryu.

The pattern for Cody was heavily modified based on Ryu’s pattern. So basically, except his head, the rest are all newly written.

A sketch of Cody in doll form before I start work. The numbers at the bottom are part of the stitches I was planning for Cody’s pattern.

I wanted to follow Ryu’s pattern but realised I need to rewrite the stitches and add in hands and feet parts separately to accommodate for the extra details.

Headless Horseman Cody.

Now, the part I’ve been waiting to complain about.

God. His hair itself took me more than 4 freaking hours.

The hair for amigurumi dolls are the most troublesome and scariest part to make.

First of all, you have to line the yarn on a piece of freaking cardboard then stich them together strand by strand. Then you transfer the whole entire fragile patch of hair onto the head and position it in place before stitching it down.

And after all these trouble, your doll actually looks like a lion.

‘Rawr. I is lion.’

Or a weird flower, or octopus, or something.. I don’t know.

Why do I say the hair is the scariest part? Because you have to style it. And if you make a wrong snip, you can get ready to remake your entire head if it’s severe. If it’s not, repeat hair-making process above(nightmare!).

Cutting a doll’s hair can be pressurising too!

I snipped off the unruly ends and reduced the length of some strands to shape the hair so that it will look like Cody, and not some homeless beggar who could not afford a proper haircut.

So anyway, to mimic his actual hairstyle which isn’t spiked up, I had to sprinkle water onto his hair and wet it slightly before blowing it dry and styling it with a hairdryer.

Yes, I’m not joking.

Look at that handsome little head.

And after all that, finally I can stitch his head onto his body.

Add the final details: white yarn as bandage on arm, 2 metal rings and a chain to make handcuffs, and done!

I don't need a reason, I just like to fight. - Cody, SFFIV