Re: Figures
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:29 pm
Hi all,
Here are the latest recruits at the (WH)WHR:
The chap on the left (Captain Black from Captain Scarlet, maybe?) I picked up in a charity shop this morning for 10 pence. He's definitely in the "third tier" of my figure collection - even with extensive surgery he'll never look great, but possibly good enough to sit in a compartment carriage with small windows, or he might donate his head to another figure!
In the middle, Anekin Skywalker represents the "second tier" - he'll turn out OK with a little work. It won't take too much effort to turn that smock he's wearing into a tweed jacket, for example, and a little Miliput to extend his trousers over his boots will leave nice shiny shoes at the bottom... My kids picked this one up for free for me - round here folk leave things they don't want on their front garden wall for others to take away.
On the right is a soldier from an Indiana Jones film, "first tier" because he won't need much work at all and will then be good enough to sit in an open carriage where he'll be very visible. He won't need much more work than reshaping the hat into a flat cap and carving off the various bits of equipment - the Harrison Ford figure from the same range is better still, he's pretty much ready to go and comes with a great hat... I picked this one up for 50 pence at a garage sale recently, think I got a couple of Harrison Fords at the same time but can't find those at the mo'.
I've been gradually collecting figures since I began garden railway-ing thirty years ago. I've got loads and rather enjoy choosing which ones will go in a new carriage or whatever. Modifying and painting them does sometimes feel like a bit of a chore, but they turn out OK I reckon - there are a couple in my avatar, my versions of a young Tom Rolt and the "plump affable Welsh woman" who features in his account of riding in the WHR Buffet Car back in 1927...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Here are the latest recruits at the (WH)WHR:
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The chap on the left (Captain Black from Captain Scarlet, maybe?) I picked up in a charity shop this morning for 10 pence. He's definitely in the "third tier" of my figure collection - even with extensive surgery he'll never look great, but possibly good enough to sit in a compartment carriage with small windows, or he might donate his head to another figure!
In the middle, Anekin Skywalker represents the "second tier" - he'll turn out OK with a little work. It won't take too much effort to turn that smock he's wearing into a tweed jacket, for example, and a little Miliput to extend his trousers over his boots will leave nice shiny shoes at the bottom... My kids picked this one up for free for me - round here folk leave things they don't want on their front garden wall for others to take away.
On the right is a soldier from an Indiana Jones film, "first tier" because he won't need much work at all and will then be good enough to sit in an open carriage where he'll be very visible. He won't need much more work than reshaping the hat into a flat cap and carving off the various bits of equipment - the Harrison Ford figure from the same range is better still, he's pretty much ready to go and comes with a great hat... I picked this one up for 50 pence at a garage sale recently, think I got a couple of Harrison Fords at the same time but can't find those at the mo'.
I've been gradually collecting figures since I began garden railway-ing thirty years ago. I've got loads and rather enjoy choosing which ones will go in a new carriage or whatever. Modifying and painting them does sometimes feel like a bit of a chore, but they turn out OK I reckon - there are a couple in my avatar, my versions of a young Tom Rolt and the "plump affable Welsh woman" who features in his account of riding in the WHR Buffet Car back in 1927...
Cheers,
Andrew.
