|
|
Custom Conversion
Feature of the Month
January 2009
Feature of the Month
January 2009
Click here to visit my
eBay auctions:
You can request a free CD of all the
pictures past and present - click
here to go to the order form, fill out
your name and address, etc., and
click on 'Yes' you'd like a free CD:
MOUNTED ARABS ARE BACK!
After working on TSSD Civil War cavalry conversions for almost a year I have decided to go back to the older Conte figures which were made with what I call the "Canadian soft plastic". This type of soft plastic is the ONLY PLASTIC that gives me perfect results with my conversion figures (I should know since I tried just about every plastic on the market). The ability to melt and fuse this plastic together gives me a seamless figure every time. But in addition to that it allows me to easily fill holes and gaps with the same color and is absolutely the best soft plastic when using my hot soldering iron technique. I truly can do wonders on the old "Canadian soft plastic figures" and this is the main reason why I like to work on the older Conte figures. I have had many requests to make conversion figures with Marx, Accurate and Imex plastics as well as the Conte PVC but the results are not up to my high standards. I have been able to work with the TSSD PVC figures although I must admit they are not quite as good as the "Canadian plastic" conversions.
So here are some of my new mounted Arabs made from the older Conte Beau Geste Arab figures. I used Imex cavalry horses since I had an abundance of them and they work well although not really accurate to that era. Italeri makes a very nice Arabic horse which would go well with these figures but the cost per horse is rather expensive, about $4-5 per horse.
I have made about a dozen new mounted Arab poses as well as a number of Arabs on foot including the one shown below. I recently watched the movie "The Wind and the Lion" with Sean Connery which gave me a lot of ideas for new Arab poses, both mounted and foot. Sometimes I end up with stock poses that offer very little in conversion possibilities. The standard Conte "prone Arab firing his rifle" figure was one of them however I was able to come up with this idea of making him into an Arab scout. Remember, conversion figures add so much to a diorama. There is nothing more rewarding than making your own. ENJOY!!!
After working on TSSD Civil War cavalry conversions for almost a year I have decided to go back to the older Conte figures which were made with what I call the "Canadian soft plastic". This type of soft plastic is the ONLY PLASTIC that gives me perfect results with my conversion figures (I should know since I tried just about every plastic on the market). The ability to melt and fuse this plastic together gives me a seamless figure every time. But in addition to that it allows me to easily fill holes and gaps with the same color and is absolutely the best soft plastic when using my hot soldering iron technique. I truly can do wonders on the old "Canadian soft plastic figures" and this is the main reason why I like to work on the older Conte figures. I have had many requests to make conversion figures with Marx, Accurate and Imex plastics as well as the Conte PVC but the results are not up to my high standards. I have been able to work with the TSSD PVC figures although I must admit they are not quite as good as the "Canadian plastic" conversions.
So here are some of my new mounted Arabs made from the older Conte Beau Geste Arab figures. I used Imex cavalry horses since I had an abundance of them and they work well although not really accurate to that era. Italeri makes a very nice Arabic horse which would go well with these figures but the cost per horse is rather expensive, about $4-5 per horse.
I have made about a dozen new mounted Arab poses as well as a number of Arabs on foot including the one shown below. I recently watched the movie "The Wind and the Lion" with Sean Connery which gave me a lot of ideas for new Arab poses, both mounted and foot. Sometimes I end up with stock poses that offer very little in conversion possibilities. The standard Conte "prone Arab firing his rifle" figure was one of them however I was able to come up with this idea of making him into an Arab scout. Remember, conversion figures add so much to a diorama. There is nothing more rewarding than making your own. ENJOY!!!
Click on the picture for a larger view (use your browser's 'back' button to get back to this page)
Click here to see previous
'Features of the Month:
Copyright 2006 - 2012
Web Design by Stacy Johnson - SassyDesigns
Web Design by Stacy Johnson - SassyDesigns