figures

Conan the Barbarian

Cold-cast porcelain kit by Needful Things, 1/5 scale
December, 2002
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A wonderful sculpt, but cold cast porcelain is too heavy and too fragile for my taste! Each of this guy's fingers was broken and glued back on at some point during building. I decided against the black/white pit fighter paint job, since I need practice doing flesh tones. Many of the blood splatters hide paint accidents!

Batgirl Undressing

A resin garage kit by Jimmy Flintstone, 1/6 scale
May, 2002
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I used Boyd Purple Pearl for the costume, a good match for Yvonne Craig's shiney vinyl original. Her cowl and gloves were a purple satin so I used magenta over black to simulate that. The final plan is to make a little bathroom diorama with Barbara draping her cape over a nice feminine chair. I'm still looking for the chair. Modeling with me is often "gradual."

The SLAYER

by Alternative Images, Pressure-cast resin, 1/6 scale
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One incredible sculpture! Except for the sword blade, which I replaced with my own design.

Frankenstein's Monster

by Horizon, Vinyl, 1/6 scale
Franky reads Scarlet Street, the Magazine of Mystery and Horror.
I built this to honor(?) my fellow Scarlet Street staffers. It went over well at the annual party.

The CROW

by Swede Designs, Resin, 1/6 scale
The whiteface doesn't photograph well, but trust me, I did a fabulous job of subtle shading!

Bunny-Wan and Duck Maul

by Fatman Productions
This was just too funny to pass up! I replaced the rabbit's lightsabre blade with clear acrylic rod, and built the duck a whole new one around a single length of rod using sleeves of plastic tube.

RODAN!

by Polar Lights
November, 2000
Built straight out of the box while ignoring the painting instructions. Rodan is brown, not green.

NEVER A MINUTE'S PEACE!

"Nude Raider" Lara Croft resin garage kit, 1/8 scale
Warning: full Frontal Nudity
February 2000
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The model was molded with ripped shirt, which is de rigeur for female figure kits, and pants open, which I thought a little gratuitous. So I came up with an excuse: Lara was taking a break to whizz when she was interrupted by angry natives. She didn't have time to zip her shorts as a spear zipped by, shredding her tank top.
I carved the Ankgor Wat head and base out of two pieces of blasa foam. The vines are decorative twigs I found at a craft store, where I also got the cloth ferns. The dead log is a branch from the back yard. I created a puddle with a product called E-Z WATER, which is acrylic beads you melt and pour. Then I dressed the ground with railroad lichen to cover up all the mistakes I made! Lara's backpack and the roll of toilet paper were made from facial tissue soaked in Future Floor Polish, which makes a scale canvas-like material. The spear has a plastic head I carved to look like knapped flint tied to a wooden dowel with cord in a manner similar to the way real stoneage spears were made. The arrow is a plastic rod with paper fletches glued on.