Monday 5 August 2013

Harpy - The Pledge for August

My Pledge for August begins. I am starting with the 'alternative Harpy' miniature (on the right) as the basis of my conversion. The miniature was bought from a Bring-and -Buy earlier this year. This will be my final figure for my Fighting Forty-Firsts, see this link and previous posts for more details.


With the main troops finished, I now needed to start work on Luke Benson's cousin, a civilian character from Amorica armed with a six barrel boarding musket.

Photo Two - I have removed the sergeant stripes and cleaned up some of the mould lines, most of the conversion work has been carried out to the back of the figure.


Photo Three - In this case, I think a picture is worth a thousand words! Some quite dramatic lead surgery removing a good portion of the miniatures back. I used a modellers or jewellers saw to cut off a large chunk of lead.


Photo Four - Some 'Green Stuff' filling and remodelling. To the front some coat cuffs and a shoulder bag strap.


Photo Five - To the rear, building out the shoulders and adding bulk to the figure. I decided to build up the collar before adding any hair - a little wrong, but it worked.


Photo Six - Now added to a 2p coin base with the groundwork built up with Milliput.


Photo Seven - Hair added.


It is obvious from the photos that I have not tried to strip the figure prior to the conversion. With 'Green Stuff' modifications this dramatic, I was not too worried. The biggest challenge is yet to come, the 'pork-pie' civilian headgear!

Tony

3 comments:

Sean said...

Wow. Quite a transformation.

Rob Alderman said...

Looking forward to this one!
It's always worrying when you first hack up a miniature, but the results and the challenge of fixing it often pay off. :)
I got your book the day before yesterday and it is fantastic! Very nice and simple to digest, with a friendly approach to explaining the techniques without teaching one to suck eggs!
I'm hoping to do a Youtube review of the book at some point, but it has been some time since I have made a video what with my new job and all!
Anywho, good luck and as I said, this is one for me to look forward to!
Rob

Tony said...

Hi Rob,

Glad you like both the book and the figure. I look forward to seeing your review.

I've visited both Worcs. and Glos. stores in the last week and on both occasions the store was shut. Where are you working now.

Tony