KenBoyle
PlanetFigure Supporter
Well, after the last few 28mm vignettes, etc., I decided for a temporary change of pace. After rummaging through my gray army, I came across a bunch of Valiant (and other manufacture's) figures from the distant past. While many, if not most, are not up to today's standards, they are fun and quick figures to paint and allow me to reminisce and just enjoy myself.
Interesting enough, Valiant is still in business and has a web site and ebay store. They also bought up the old Squadron Rubin line and others. I painted many of the squadron Rubin figures on commission and for display in the local Squadron Shop in the 70's-80's. Good times.
The Royalist Officer below was released in the late 70's and is special to me because it was a commercial sculpt I did for Valiant under the watchful eyes of Shep Paine, the creative half of Valiant Enterprises at the time and a good friend.
Anyway, the figure was not modified except for removal of the cast on base. He was always meant to have an arrogant, aristocratic appearance and I tried to paint him as such. He is also in town and not in the field, hence pretty clean.
The base is made from Magic Sculpt meant to look like a cobblestone street. I added an iron fence from an old Photo etched kit by VLS to reinforce the "in town" feel.
That's it!
Thanks for looking,
Ken
Interesting enough, Valiant is still in business and has a web site and ebay store. They also bought up the old Squadron Rubin line and others. I painted many of the squadron Rubin figures on commission and for display in the local Squadron Shop in the 70's-80's. Good times.
The Royalist Officer below was released in the late 70's and is special to me because it was a commercial sculpt I did for Valiant under the watchful eyes of Shep Paine, the creative half of Valiant Enterprises at the time and a good friend.
Anyway, the figure was not modified except for removal of the cast on base. He was always meant to have an arrogant, aristocratic appearance and I tried to paint him as such. He is also in town and not in the field, hence pretty clean.
The base is made from Magic Sculpt meant to look like a cobblestone street. I added an iron fence from an old Photo etched kit by VLS to reinforce the "in town" feel.
That's it!
Thanks for looking,
Ken
