PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit **FINISHED**
- Purplethistle
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
Cheers chaps. Sometimes during a conversion, once the major parts have been sourced and bodged together, there is a moment when you look closely at the details that fell into the 'Cross that bridge when I come to it' category and think, "Aaargh! what have I got myself into here?!". Usually this is with ones based on book and comic illustrations where 3 dimensional equipment or planes just will not match up to the 2D image (deflection angles and distances with the Black Zero one recently and with the horse furniture in this one).
Were it not for the belief and encouragement of you guys with your kind comments I would probably be thinking, "I'll come back to that one later."
Converting clothed figures is pretty easy as it most often involves bending an arm or leg, and moulding that actually looks better when the putty is wrinkled. Changing a figure from a semi clad male to a fully nude female in this scale has been.......challenging! Now I come to the tricky bit of putting all the main components together and it becomes apparent that Valentina is not going to fit onto 3D horse with saddle and kit the same way as she does in the painting. The front of the saddle needs lopped off and the rolled blanket left out. In addition to this, it would not be possible to control the horse as pictured as Valentina is lying on top of the reins!
To quote the Bomb in Dark Star, ...."I must think on this"
Were it not for the belief and encouragement of you guys with your kind comments I would probably be thinking, "I'll come back to that one later."
Converting clothed figures is pretty easy as it most often involves bending an arm or leg, and moulding that actually looks better when the putty is wrinkled. Changing a figure from a semi clad male to a fully nude female in this scale has been.......challenging! Now I come to the tricky bit of putting all the main components together and it becomes apparent that Valentina is not going to fit onto 3D horse with saddle and kit the same way as she does in the painting. The front of the saddle needs lopped off and the rolled blanket left out. In addition to this, it would not be possible to control the horse as pictured as Valentina is lying on top of the reins!
To quote the Bomb in Dark Star, ...."I must think on this"
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
Was that the bomb in Dark Star that also said let there be light?
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
Or was it, "Oh my god! What have I done?".
- Purplethistle
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
Flashy gets mounted on the adjusted saddle. There's a lot of handling involved so any rubbed off paint will be touched up at the end.
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
So good!
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
I agree, and so animated!
Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
I am so out of my depth here at the moment .... I just haven't got a clue what it is you are upto with this one"
I know some of your projects for previous builds, have been inspired by books and/or comic magazines but I honestly have not picked up any clues this time
I know some of your projects for previous builds, have been inspired by books and/or comic magazines but I honestly have not picked up any clues this time
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
That's beautiful. Superb
All the best.
Greg
All the best.
Greg
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
By George, it's the Flash Cove! Well done, sir!
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
A stunner mate. Really well conceived and executed.
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- Purplethistle
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"Spits, SLUFS and Rock 'n' Roll"
Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
A beauty.
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
- The Great Auk
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
This has got to be one of your best yet!
Outstanding in every way and most impressive how you were able to convert that pose on the cover into 3D!
The Great Auk
Outstanding in every way and most impressive how you were able to convert that pose on the cover into 3D!
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Re: PurpleThistle ADDS Flash to an old kit
My gosh man, That is splendid!