Golddiger

 

Like every year I try to do a duel in december.

And like every year I loose this duel, hahaha.

I got 5 out of 21 votes, but hey it's better than 0

and it's for fun, so I don't mind at all.

The figure is from an old Atlantic set, a gift from my good friend Peter.

For me it's always a must to find a non violent figure, and so he did sent me this one.

I tried to put some mud on the shovel,

and turned his jack into Santa's coat...

Because it's December, and my way to say:

Merry Christmas and a better 2021 all!

You can find the duel here

And the PSR link of the Atlantic Gold Rush set here

Undertaker

This month another figure from Bones Miniatures:

Yes a undertaker, with his shovel and lantern,

bought last year at Crisis convention in Antwerp

With colors I tried to make him a bit more colorful,

on the base I added some grass

It was sure fun to paint him

with silver drybrush I tried to make the lantern look real, 

unfortunately you don't see this in the photos

There are some nice details on this figure,

like the skulls on the lantern and on his coat

I have applied traces of use on the shovel

Hopefully you like him.

 

We met the Gauls...

This month again a part of my Asterix project.

For those who know me, I try to buy the old chewing gum figures from the 70ths.

And sometime they are broken, by post or just by age...

And because these guys are so hard to get, 

I tough to make special figures from them.

When you know the Asterix comics, these guys can fly...

And because they never die, the only thing is there spears are broken...

So I made some broken spears from paperclip and Milliput.

and in a simple way I made the figures usable again:

First cut the broken part above the hand

and dril a hole in the hand because this part is thicker 

Then see how long the spear should be...

And simply cut it to the right size

The last part is to add some white glue

so it will bet thicker, stronger and better to paint.

and some new special "broken" figures are ready..

First a coat of primer before the painting can begin..

And what fun to paint these guys, they look fantastic.

All solders having a blue eye of course

and one had a piece of plastic hanging on his mouth

that looked like a tongue ...

So you see, even from broken figures you can make something out of it.

I hope you like them, I do my self for sure.

Now I have to find more figures on the internet, even the broken ones.

 

Mother with kids

And again a figure from Dark Heaven Bones Miniatures:

the figure 77097 "Townfolk - Mom & kids" 

These reaper sets are cheap, and because I like non violent figures

I couln't resist this one as well on the event 'Crisis" in Antwerp last year.

When I was painting I saw that the faces didn't look pretty to me.

And I started to like her less and less, unfortunately

And then when I added some effects with wash, it went completely wrong.

Now she looks like a filthy woman with children, 

and some details I painted disappeared

So this month a figure that I am not happy with!

 Luckily I have a few Romans which suits me more.

So I will continue with those, hahaha

 

Blacksmith

This month no Asterix blacksmith, 

but nice resin figure bought on Crisis show in Antwerpen last year.

For those who know me, always looking for non-violent figures to paint.

  

I found this set from Reaper, Dark Heaven Bones Miniatures,

set 77142 sculped by B. Jackson.

It was fun painting this hard working man.

I did try some painting techniques, for example black with silver on the anvil.

I also made his apron with brown and a dark color somewhat defendant. 

Even a few growth rings on the stump.

I hope you like this other painting style also...

Superman

This month another conversion: Superman

Also made of this cool Asterix figure!

First remove his skirt and shoes

 And then make a pair of pants from a paper handkerchief

Layer by layer with some white wood glue resulted in a diaper, 

you could say Superman was born hahaha

I made his cape in the same way like his pants.

While supporting to get the correct shape, there was some damage.

But since you paste layer by layer, that is no problem at all!

Finally I had to make his curl in his hair ...

I made this from a piece of copper electrical wire

 carefully drilled a hole in his head, then glued the curl into it.

 Finally in the primer, so he can get his famous colors ....

I think he looks like the real Superman ...

He is ready to join the other superheroes:

So you see what you can do with 1 Asterix figure, 

I hope you like this one too!