Herge's Adventures of Tintin

[valiant]

Hi guys,

Hope no one minds me posting this, as it's a bit of a diversion for me, although It's intended to showcase the figures.

The figures were purchased by my son for my birthday, last year and are pre painted vinyl type figures, approx 1/24 scale. I had an idea to use them in a small diorama and this is what I came up with. The Renault van is a kit by Ebro, painted to echo the graphic style in the books, the pavement is laser engraved acrylic, as is the pave road and the boxes came with the kit. The figures had moulding seams removed, Tintin's arms were blended in at the shoulders with milliput and all the modifications were painted and blended in with the factory paintwork. I added a black ink wash to emulate the drawn outline of the original characters.

In all, an enjoyable project, as I am a huge Tintin fan!

Thanks for looking,

Steve

 

[billyturnip]

Fantastic!

 

[valiant]

Thanks, Roger! Just a fun diversion!!

 

[Graham]

Love it, very nicely done just shows that figures can be light hearted and fun yet still showcase skill

 

[valiant]

Thanks, Graham - glad you like it!

 

[1969]

Great idea mate and works really nicely, nice change from the normal stuff

Steve

 

[valiant]

Cheers, Steve

 

[swralph]

Nice one Steve.

 

[valiant]

Thanks Ralph!

 

[arj]

Very nicely done Steve.
It certainly brought a smile to my face.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[valiant]

Thanks Andrew - it will be at Avon show in the summer

 

[Tom W.]

Remember Andrea Miniatures "The crown jewels".It´s out of "The cigars of the Pharao",I think.Glad to have it in my GA.

 

[valiant]

Not come across that one, Tom - I would like to see that

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Very excellent .nice one

Mobo

 

[valiant]

Thanks Mobo

 

[balder]

Very nice work.
Gerald

 

[gazer]

Loved it very much!

 

[valiant]

Thanks Gerald and gazer

 

[bagelman1952]

I hope your son enjoyed what you did with your birthday gift from him.

 

[valiant]

Cheers Ken - yes, he does like it. He did some modelling himself when he was at school, had a lay off, then has tentatively picked up his brushes again!