Time for books and coff ieeeee

This month I show you another fantastic figure.

Found him as a free STL file on the internet HERE

If you know me a little bit,

you know that I am always looking for non violent figures. 

And this one is so funny, I had to have it.

Just sent the link to my bonus son: The Frost City

Fortunately, my bonus son has a 3D printer,

and I ordered 2

so I could duel with these on Bennosfiguresforum.

I chose a somewhat colorful outfit, 

and decided to give him socks with a stripe pattern.

But that was not the intended result,

so it ended up being a diamond pattern.

In the end everything was in a color combo I liked,

and even though the coffee broke down 2x during the painting process,

I was happy with the final result,

just need to take some pictures for the duel....

And yes, I want to take it off the painter's helper,

and crack.... ohhh no....

So off to work with the superglue again,

first his leg and later for the third time the coffee,

and then touch everything up again with paint.

Eventually this also gave me the obligation 

to give the bottom of his stockings

a slightly different motif through the glue layer.

This result too was satisfactory.

And even though my opponent also made a great entry,

I got to declare myself the winner for once. 

A nice little figure, though difficult to paint with the books,

but highly recommended as far as I'm concerned.

Check out the duel on Benno's Figures Forum HERE

Breton

This month I didn't have much time to spare, 

so just picked a figure from the Asterix range

It is a figure from the Album "Asterix and the Britons"

The colours will not be correct as I had no example at the time,

so a colour combination I came up with myself.

Although it was a rush job, I am quite happy with the end result

In particular, the pattern on his trousers was a small challenge

Painted, these figures look much nicer anyway...

That's it for this month again, thanks for visiting! 

I'm off to paint another Roman soldier!

Dancing girl

And another figure from Reeper Bones

this month, a dancing girl.

A nice figure it is, and I did try to give her a eastern look.

But the pictures arn't so good to see what I did try

with a gold drybrush I made the dress and shawl

looking a bit more glossy.

As you know I am not a master painter

but hope you still like her!

Dwarf Thief

This month another figure

from the Reaper Bones Dark Heaven range

I always look for a non violent figure,

this one had more guns than I thought.

Just for fun, I've planned to use only the colors

of the Asterix Roman soldiers

Not really a super figure, but another 1 ready this month...

Now back to my Romans

X-mas girl

Like every year in december

this is my december duel entry in X-mas style

And like most of the times I lost

My opponent had painted her as a Bavarian beer lady, 

really a great job like she walked out of the Ocktoberfest!

But for me it was another Christmas entry

and also my december post on my blog as well

This figure is from Reaper Miniatures

but I missed some details what could have made her better

She is made from metal, the arm with cup had to be glued

The cup was decorates with a dear (Rudolph)

And I must say some parts where extra fun to paint

but for me it was also hard to do it right

Since X-mas is over, and we are getting into 2023

Let's end with the best wishes!

Butlerix

This month another scratch figure

starring a shield bearer from the Asterix range

as Butlerix....

I will show first step by step how I made him:

 

first I cut away his helmet and sword

and then I started on the accessories

From a transparent hard plastic material

I made a tray and a bow tie

This immediately made it clear what the butler would look like

with some PVA glue I made a few buttons on his shirt.

I made his jacket out of paper

Then make a bottle out of a piece of plastic spruel

But I also carefully cut a small cup

 

Then make the cup hollow with a small drill

 

Then glue it to the tray, 

and a napkin over his arm from a simple piece of paper

Finally I painted a few colors on him

He didn't become very colorful,

but he did become a real butler in the end

 

A black jacket, white shirt, and gray striped pants

 

Luckily I was able to add something of color with a silver tray 

on it a green wine bottle and a gold cup

Yes I am happy with the end result.

It was so much fun to make him.

I hope you liked my scratch,

thanks for your visit