I want to break free

Yeah another conversion, meet Fredix Mercurix!

The idea came after I did visit the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody.

On my hunt to Romain solders I had to buy figures I didn't need like this slave.

So like the title says, this slave wants to break free.

With this fun idea, I went to make a conversion...

I will show the steps of making him:

This figure was standing on my workbench some time,

waiting for a funny conversion.

Giving him a dumbell would be a simple solution, 

and I wanted to make something else out of this paperclip..

Well let's start, since the holes in his hand where already drilled,

and a paper clip fit well, it was time to start with the slave...

First of all I did cut the two sides of a dowel...

to make a few tits on this cool tough guy....

I covered his tits with some tissue and wood glue

In his head I drilled two holes to put the paperclip in.

Then mold the hair with milliput,

getting more fun every step...

primer on it, ready to paint!

what a handsome happy guy it is, hahaha

In the meantime I bent the paper clip, and filled it up with wood glue.

After drying, I sprayed this black,

then made the tube with pieces Scobido string.

And that's how he got his vacuum cleaner rod.

However, a different type than was used in the video clip...

Because of the pose of this figure I had to make another type of vacuum cleaner ...

First I wanted to make an ordinary type of vacuum cleaner, until I got the following idea ...

With foam I started to work, this model is going to make it extra funny!

A paper edge made, after which everything is smeared with wood glue.

The wheels are made with also an extra layer of wood glue

And then painting the vacuum cleaner ...

Until there is the famous "Henry"

Together it has become a nice version of Freddy Mercury.

Although I still have to make a pedestal to show him permanently, 

I could not wait to show him this month:

   

Hopefully you will find him as much fun as myself. Until next month.

In the meantime you can perhaps watch a video clip:

Elvis

And again a year went by, so for my last post of 2018

I show you Elvis Presley in 20 mm

I did use the figure for a duel on bennosfiguresforum

and like always I did loose again...

Mine was called "The King rocks!"

but hé, painting is for fun, and I had fun painting it.

On his coat I added some golden lines,

and on his trousers silver stripes.

On the pictures you can't see good.

The figure is from Hagen Miniatures

who where on FIGZ.

Always fun to find a non violent figure.

Only 20mm is a bit small for my eyes...

Now back to my Asterix figures, also for FIGZ

I wish everybody a great 2019

See you next year!

Sinterix

It's november again, that's good news for the Dutch children.

Because Sinterklaas is in the Netherlands until the 5th December.

But also in the Gaul village they seems to know this character.

So the Druïde is wearing his Sinterix cloths as well.

I used this figure, who has normally a spoon in his hand.

Cut away his knife and long coat.

From a paperclip I made his "staf" and from carton his "mitter"

And from a Tissue paper a new long coat.

With some white glue I added layor on layor 

so it gets strong enough to paint it.

My wife had some handy carton attribute for

making her cards, where I cut the 2 crosses from.

And the scrap work was ready!

So I sprayed the ground layer before painting,

And with colors it really became our famous friend.

And while I am posting this blogpost the real Sinterklaas

is on television, so the children can see the boat from Spain.

In a special news item they have contact with the boat the last weeks.

And today on 17th November he is more then welcome.

Children are waiting, and singing songs, 

and hoping he can find our small country...

They almost went to England, because of the low water.

And as you can see, the boat found his way...

And soon the major could shake his hand, pffff.

  And while there is a big party going on,

I end this blogpost about my scrap figure of Sinterklaas

And some picture of my television screen.

A nice Dutch tradition I also wanted to share.

Hope you liked it!

Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper

This month another comic figure..

Lucky Luke with his horse Jolly Jumper.

Also a plastic series, but much larger then the Asterix figures.

Lucky Luke has his famous O legs

what makes this figure uniek.

He can stand on his feet, or sit on the back

of his loyal horse Jolly Jumper.

When I saw them I directly wanted this series, and I got them all!

So here are the first 2 painted like in the comic book...

First I painted the famous main character Lucky Luke

 The man who shoots faster then his shadow!

Then I painted Jolly Jumper

Yeah I did a extra figure this month...

So they can be shown as a real team to you.

Painting this bigger figures was more difficult,

and the Vallejo White needed a lot of layers...

Funny small detail is he has a sigaret in his mouth,

something a new figure these days would never get.

I don't know much about the figures.

I guess they are also from the seventies.

Never seen them before, but a great range!

Hope you like them as much as I do.

Thanks for watching this post.