Here is how I spent part of my day off work.

As seen in the Bioshock 2 Sea of Dreams trailer,

and the concept art,

Ever since I first saw the trailer, I thought it would be really cool to have my very own Big Daddy rag doll. Problem with mine is that it looks too new. Believe it or not, I couldn't find a dirty old baseball to save my life. In fact, I had a pretty rough time finding a baseball period. Wal-Mart was sold out of them, and said that since Summer was over (uuuh, it is only July!) that they wouldn't be getting anymore in until after Christmas. Finally found a brand new ball and sandpapered off all the markings. Need to figure out a way to make it look old and rugged. Thought about soaking it in a bucket of mud. If anyone has any better suggestions, let me know.

The other thing I need to fix on mine are the push pins. In the trailer and concept art they are actually metalic silver, with red paint on the tips. Since I can't find any metalic silver push pins, I need to find some metalic silver paint, then put a dap of red paint on the tip of each. I think this will definitely give it more of a rugged improvised look.

The other issue is the weight. The baseball is very heavy compared to the hand made rag doll body (stuffed with dried corn and cotton), so it is extremely top heavy and wont hand from the neck like in the concept art, or from the arm like in the trailer. I'll probably end up filling his film canister backpack thing with lead weigths to see if I can get him to sit/hang better.