Anticlimax

This month a small English figure

from the album Asterix in Britain

Because of the hot weather, there wasn't much to paint,

so I kept it extra simple this month

This is one of the figurines that needed painting, 

but since they don't really fit into the village, I had saved it for a later time.

Not much special to say about it, just an Asterix figure from the famous series. 

And don't worry in the meantime I'm still trying to expand the Roman army....

Electrocutix

Let's talk about electricity this month...

I started to strip this electrical wire...

Then this trainee electrician got to work with it

Yes you see correctly, 

I drilled some holes and then filled 

them thread by thread with some glue

Then it was time for the hairdresser, 

so the scissors went in to make the hair a bit more realistic

From a flattened paperclip I made a screwdriver,

the handle from several layers of PVA glue

Then a coat of primer over it

And with some paint it soon became a clumsy electrician, \

with his hair standing straight up....

I am totally happy with how this figure turned out

But the conversion continues, starting with a bouncy ball, 

which when you throw it on the ground starts flashing...

Wondering what's inside, this one carefully cut open...

It was a very small mechanism with a red and blue flashing light

Just used the soldering iron to replace the switch mechanism for a wire, 

and made a push button on it right away.

In a jar lid I drilled a hole for the push button, 

and made a plate out of foam to cover it

Just testing, yes this is going to be totally fun!

From old plastic material I made a switch box

Just priming this one too, and printed out 

a picture of a burning switchbox to stick inside

That already looks perfect...

Using filler (from crochet), I made a plume of smoke 

that I reinforced with clear varnish.

I also printed out some more signs to stick on the outside.

Then just drawing a tile path in the foam, 

and painting it grey, next to it the sand also coloured.

Then glue the two together, 

the flashing lights are behind the closed door....

Then going with my grass applicayor for the first time,

it soon turned green...

Be careful, of course, 

because we do work under high voltage on this project!

and then this is the final result!

Extra attention to danger of high voltage

To emphasise why his hair stands up hahaha

In this video, you can see how the effect adds some extra in the end!

This was a giant fun conversion project, hopefully you enjoy it as much as I did.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

 

Uberix

This month another conversion to make a special figure out of it..

my friend Hans did sent me this small comic about Obelix starting Uberix

So I choose these two figures for it

 

From wooden sticks I made a small chair, first I placed them on a piece of adhesive tape so they stayed on the right spot. 

Using some woodglue to get all nicely curved parts together 

Then it was time to start the conversion, because the Druïde must be sitting.. 

I cut away his robe and legs, and also his arm 

I drilled 2 holes in both sides, and bended some paperclips for the new sitting position, 

filded it wit PVA glue, repeat that and using paper napkins to make his robe right again. 

In his arm I also drilled a hole, and used another part of the paperclip to bend it into the right position. Some drups of pva gleu on it, and his arm is ready. 

Then sprayed the primer on, and the last part was coloring these famous characters... 

When the paint job was done, I had just 3 parts who had to be glued together 

The Druïde was tired, and sat down 

Ahhh that feels good 

Obelix couldn't wait and held his hands up.. 

And so they went away

With Obelix his new company Uberix

A well way of traveling cheap

And it's also good for the environment, 

with those polluting ox wagons from that time!

And so Uberix brings us to the end of this blog post

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did making it

Thank you for visiting,

and next time just take a Uberix to come here again!