Peter Day
PlanetFigure Supporter
Shenanigans time again!
I recently got hold of Young Miniatures' Zaprozhian Cossack bust, which is based on a character in a painting by Ilya Repin of the said Cossacks sending a none too polite reply to a request to surrender by the Ottoman Sultan:
Unfortunately, the head had a lot of moulding debris in the right eye, and when I tried to clean it up, the whole lower lid disintegrated and ruined the face. I initially threw the whole thing away in disgust (at my clumsiness), but then decided to see if I could find an alternative.
Once again, Reedees came to the rescue, and after a bit of chopping I came up with the item above. The original neck was very thick and occupied a lot of space, so I resorted to giving him a scarf as a secure base for the new head. That was made from Milliput, which also provided the hair and whiskers, and I gave him an earing made from wire.
He's no longer the figure in the painting (though he could, I suppose, be a younger version of the same man), but I think it will still have some character, especially as he'll be smoking a pipe.
These are the rest of the parts; belt, pistol, pipe and knife;
Hey ho.......
