IRON MAN - "SCALE ARMOUR!!" (MARK ONE PROTOTYPE MOVIE ARMOUR, 50 MM FIGURINE, FRONT VIEW)
(BEST VIEWED SMALL!)
With the long awaited 2008 Iron Man live action movie powering up in 2008 at the cinema I thought I'd make a small study model to help me sort out the bits and pieces of the Mark One armour featured in the film.
Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark cobbles this clumsy but invincible suit together as part of a cunning plan to escape after Taliban fighters capture him in Afghanistan and force him to work on repairing a missile.. ...
The joke's on them, this ain't no missile!
The figurine stands 50mm tall, which is almost precisely twice the size of the picture on your computer screen at the medium size. If you want to see it at the actual size just go to 'ALL SIZES' and select "SMALL". Yes, that's a wine cork he's stuck on, which is ironic, given Tony's addiction to alcohol. Anyway, corks make good temporary work stands for these miniatures as they're large enough to grip and the armatures can easily be set into them and removed.
The figurine is sculpted from ProCreate, a two part epoxy modelling compound, and built up around a wire armature that just happens to be left over from the Melbourne shoot of "Where The Wild Things Are". Thanks to Eddy for supplying the ProCreate and Callum for the armature wire.
I've never built anything quite this small and intricate before, so it seemed like the ideal choice for my first project in this new medium.
I have, however, painted many things smaller than this, so perhaps the painting won't be so much of a challenge, though looking at all the wee wires and cables I've tooled into it I reckon I'm probably in for another tussle there too!
I've photographed this on my workbench with one overhead light and some fill, against one of my spare anvil stakes.
IRON MAN - "SCALE ARMOUR!!" (MARK ONE PROTOTYPE MOVIE ARMOUR, 50 MM FIGURINE, FRONT VIEW)
(BEST VIEWED SMALL!)
With the long awaited 2008 Iron Man live action movie powering up in 2008 at the cinema I thought I'd make a small study model to help me sort out the bits and pieces of the Mark One armour featured in the film.
Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark cobbles this clumsy but invincible suit together as part of a cunning plan to escape after Taliban fighters capture him in Afghanistan and force him to work on repairing a missile.. ...
The joke's on them, this ain't no missile!
The figurine stands 50mm tall, which is almost precisely twice the size of the picture on your computer screen at the medium size. If you want to see it at the actual size just go to 'ALL SIZES' and select "SMALL". Yes, that's a wine cork he's stuck on, which is ironic, given Tony's addiction to alcohol. Anyway, corks make good temporary work stands for these miniatures as they're large enough to grip and the armatures can easily be set into them and removed.
The figurine is sculpted from ProCreate, a two part epoxy modelling compound, and built up around a wire armature that just happens to be left over from the Melbourne shoot of "Where The Wild Things Are". Thanks to Eddy for supplying the ProCreate and Callum for the armature wire.
I've never built anything quite this small and intricate before, so it seemed like the ideal choice for my first project in this new medium.
I have, however, painted many things smaller than this, so perhaps the painting won't be so much of a challenge, though looking at all the wee wires and cables I've tooled into it I reckon I'm probably in for another tussle there too!
I've photographed this on my workbench with one overhead light and some fill, against one of my spare anvil stakes.