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Figures Bearing Similarities

Started by Old Wombat, March 06, 2016, 06:03:11 PM

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zenrat

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

scooter

Quote from: zenrat on March 09, 2016, 04:00:30 PM
Quote from: Weaver on March 09, 2016, 02:07:57 PM
......

Is that Hagar?

And Snoopy and Vercingetorix, along with the crew of the Heart of Gold and a Bond Henchman.  P9 has me at a miss, though
The F-106- 26 December 1956 to 8 August 1988
Gone But Not Forgotten

QuoteOh are you from Wales ?? Do you know a fella named Jonah ?? He used to live in whales for a while.
— Groucho Marx

My dA page: Scooternjng

Weaver

These are the catalogue descriptions:

HITCH-HIKERS:
P1   Hiker in Dressing Gown   £1.45
P2   Hiker carrying Bag   £1.45
P3   Hiker with Two Heads   £1.45
P4   Hiker Robot   £1.45
P5   Hiker Girl   £1.45

PERSONALITIES:
P6   Beagle Adventurer   £1.45
P7   Comic Barbarian   £1.45
P8   Comic Dwarf   £1.45
P9   Secret Agent   £1.45
P10   Oriental Thug   £1.45

P10 is obviously Oddjob from the James Bond film and I agree with Zenrat that P7 looks like Hagar The Horrible (UK newspaper cartoon character).
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Gondor

Quote from: Weaver on March 09, 2016, 09:16:37 PM
These are the catalogue descriptions:

HITCH-HIKERS:
P1   Hiker in Dressing Gown   £1.45
P2   Hiker carrying Bag   £1.45
P3   Hiker with Two Heads   £1.45
P4   Hiker Robot   £1.45
P5   Hiker Girl   £1.45


P1  Arthur Dent
P2  Ford Prefect
P3  Zaphod Beeblebrox
P4  Marvin (The Paranoid Android)
P5  Trillian

And all looking remarkable like the characters from the 1981 BBC tv series

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

zenrat

Hagar was the only thing worth reading in the Snu.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

scooter

James Bond, then.  Makes sense if they have Odd Job
The F-106- 26 December 1956 to 8 August 1988
Gone But Not Forgotten

QuoteOh are you from Wales ?? Do you know a fella named Jonah ?? He used to live in whales for a while.
— Groucho Marx

My dA page: Scooternjng

PR19_Kit

Quote from: Weaver on March 09, 2016, 02:07:57 PM

BTW, off-topic, but Denizen also do gorgeous 1/43rd scale racing drivers and pit crew from a range of eras: http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/rd_new/drivers.htm


You're not kidding, I have some of their drivers in my slot cars.  :thumbsup:

Their Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart are brilliant!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

buzzbomb

#22
Another old gold topic, but currently topical for me

When I saw this figure by Nocturna.

I immediately thought of this


so a bit of apoxysculpt around the beard area gave me this

zenrat

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

Steel Penguin

buzzbomb, nice to see im not the only one " living in the past" ( im certain I could leaver a few more in but  :banghead:)    any chance of a linky to a sales page or a size indicator please
the things you learn, give your mind the wings to fly, and the chains to hold yourself steady
take off and nuke the site form orbit, nope, time for the real thing, CAM and gridfire, call special circumstances. 
wow, its like freefalling into the Geofront
Not a member of the Hufflepuff conspiracy!

buzzbomb

Quote from: Steel Penguin on July 09, 2016, 01:46:17 AM
buzzbomb, nice to see im not the only one " living in the past" ( im certain I could leaver a few more in but  :banghead:)    any chance of a linky to a sales page or a size indicator please

Sure, anytime for another Tull fan

The figure is 54mm
This is the manufacturer page, some really nice stuff here. I have found that these figures are quite widely available
http://nocturnamodels.com/category.php?id_category=2

Steel Penguin

thank you,  hhhmmm now im in trouble, as I normally go for 28mm, but that's almost too good to miss..
the things you learn, give your mind the wings to fly, and the chains to hold yourself steady
take off and nuke the site form orbit, nope, time for the real thing, CAM and gridfire, call special circumstances. 
wow, its like freefalling into the Geofront
Not a member of the Hufflepuff conspiracy!

NARSES2

Jethro Tull and their ilk never did anything for me. I was a Motown/Soul/Ska/Reggae "Suede Head"  ;D Although I can now appreciate all kinds of music Tull still doesn't do anything for me for some reason ? Having said that I can appreciate some superb work on the figures  :thumbsup:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Old Wombat

(Never) Too old to Rock & Roll! (Always) Too young to die! :thumbsup:
Has a life outside of What-If & wishes it would stop interfering!

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veritas ad mortus veritas est