thoog
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Post by thoog on Oct 28, 2010 12:59:10 GMT -5
Here's a teaser for my annual (well, it's supposed to be annual) Halloween Project. This year, it will be [glow=red,2,300]The Tale of Sir George in the Lair of the Double Dragon[/glow]The body armour is custom-made, cast from epoxy (reinforced with fiber glass cloth). Because of time constraints, the arm pieces are painted Marx-vintage. The body is a vintage gold knight with General Custer head. His missing arms were replaced with homemade copies (more epoxy/fiberglass), and his toes were badly melted, so I trimmed them off, and shoved on some cavalier boots from eBay.    Sure, Ole' Goldilocks looks good, but is he ready to face the Double Dragon?  -Todd PS: The last picture is tinted by putting my thumb over the flash. That's real [glow=red,2,300]blood red[/glow] lighting, people! |
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Post by Blindpig on Oct 28, 2010 13:24:31 GMT -5
Nice Piece! It's disgusting how much artitistic talent some people have  and poor slobs like me have none!  |
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Post by caniswalensis on Oct 28, 2010 13:35:36 GMT -5
That is a very well done set of armor!
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Post by stewartsattic on Oct 28, 2010 13:56:11 GMT -5
Oh Man! I love it! Great job.
Scott
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Post by thoog on Oct 28, 2010 14:09:30 GMT -5
Thanks! As my sister puts it, I have some skill, but not much talent. As an artist, I'm a pretty good computer engineer. The good news is that with a little skill (which comes from practice), you can sometimes fake having talent. The talented guy was the unknown (probably Chinese) sculptor that designed the cheapie plaque that I based the breastplate on (and the decoration for the shield, backplate, etc.). If I had to sculpt it myself, I'd still be stuck at "lump of clay". I am pleased with the color scheme - my projects don't usually come out this close to what I had in mind. -Todd |
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Post by savewithdave on Oct 28, 2010 22:24:06 GMT -5
SWEET!
Thanx for sharing Dave & Donna
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Post by fortapache on Oct 28, 2010 23:24:58 GMT -5
Custer makes a pretty good knight. Wil have to check my body parts. Well Done.
Brian W
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Post by otterpar1 on Oct 29, 2010 11:04:22 GMT -5
Outstanding, Todd... just plain outstanding!
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thoog
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Post by thoog on Oct 29, 2010 11:35:22 GMT -5
Sir George enters the Lair of the Double Dragon! Well, this looks like the place...  Yep, this is definitely the place!  To be continued... |
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Post by otterpar1 on Oct 29, 2010 13:05:57 GMT -5
Sir George is looking pretty calm in that last picture but I guess if you'd been through as much as Gen. Custer has been through, the two-headed dragon isn't much...
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Post by thoog on Oct 30, 2010 21:03:05 GMT -5
The battle begins!  The opponents dual!  (and the photographer gets artsy!)Sir George is down!  The dragon pounces!  to be continued... |
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Post by caniswalensis on Oct 31, 2010 2:22:38 GMT -5
GREAT PICS!
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Post by thoog on Oct 31, 2010 12:52:32 GMT -5
Sir George scrambles back to his feet in the nick of time!  Sir George gets the upper hand!  "This guy's not so tough..."  "I mean, he's got two heads and can breath fire and stuff..."  |
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Post by thoog on Oct 31, 2010 13:10:08 GMT -5
"But seriously, what's the big deal about the 'Double Dragon'?"  "Waaaaaaaaaait..."  "Aw, crap..."  ( That's why they call it 'the Lair of the Double Dragon'. ) And so ends the Tale of Sir George in the Lair of the Double Dragon.  [glow=red,2,300]Happy Halloween![/glow]-Todd |
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Post by otterpar1 on Nov 1, 2010 9:11:58 GMT -5
"Aw, crap." That literally made me laugh out loud! Exactly what I said on my hog hunt when he had broken off 2 arrows and the third arrow was sticking out of his left side. "Don't fall on your left side... don't fall on your left side... doooooonnnnnn't..... aw crap."
Nice work with the fire, too!
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and poor slobs like me have none! 
