Duly updated upon the 08/12/2025 by Paul Howes,
who is better known on the internet as Beano Boy or just plain old BB
Fantasy Figures
i call them Bones,and about 30 of these off the peg things came in a job lot i had bought on
E Bay a year or so ago. Well it was the other rare toy figures that i was interested in. However i hate waste even though having no real interest in them,but as things turned out i converted them by cutting and burning the arms into other flaming positions.
The Archers interested me the most because i saw many a converted pose possible and so i set to stringing the wire through the base. Of course the wire went through the base next to the foot and was wound around a small stone that was finally fixed into place with strong Super Glue.
The ancient bleached bones seem quite white,but...
... As they now rattle upon the wind ,colour wise that is,hopefully they look better in this final scene. I moved arms,and made helmets with Green Stuff,and added P V A Glue onto them.As for the shields and swords they were coated with same type of glue and kiln dried sand which was heaped onto them too. i wanted to create corrosion caused by two or more metals reacting with one another over a long period. i guess it is the Engineer still deeply inbedded within me Noggin that has to dream up such things.
At the time of painting these old bones i was modeling other stuff so being a tiny little bit tidy,i stood them on my little stone filled plastic cases just in order to give them something stony old to protect.
Well that`s it guys the end of a rattling good adventure with an old pile of Bones.
Stay safe,stay well and help others if you can. BB
Just checking the old P C is working. BB
ReplyDeleteIt works Paul! It sure does! And the bones look wonderfull! You made them look like rusty old bones! :-D
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Peter
Nice of you to say so Peter.i ended up giving these away ,but found these pictures on one of my oldest computer, mine having gone Kaput yesterday.
Deletei should be up and hopefully writing again by Monday when my new PC arrives.BB
You never fail to impress BB! The idea for stringing the bows is excellent
ReplyDeleteThanks Russ,these figures were rather large and so the wire used for stringing these bows came from stripping down plastic bag ties which come in free really, because the freezer bags are bought for picking up what the dogs leave behind on their walks. BB
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