Astra's action figures in action

These are cute thanks for posting them .Freaky Friday and Archer and Porthos enjoying some down time.

 

I am quite melting with that one myself! I had not planned it, but when I saw the sofa I thought, wouldn't it be nice if Jon laid down on it... Those are the best.

I agree! Every captain should have a dog.

Thank you!

Archer is back in his box for now, but here is one last adventure.

In my "Doctor Who" rewatch I reached "The impossible planet / The Satan Pit" and so I got out my space suit Ten for a crossover with "Star Trek Enterprise".

I hope we will get Jon in his EV suit in this size! That would be amazing.

 

A new guy has arrived and there is havoc...

 

I am glad the cat sandwich was revoked (poor kitty!) but I love the Alf encounter!

 

That's clever with Alf and the Swedish chef .But Alf doesn't need a Cat sandwich or a Prthos one either.

 

Thanks guys! Sorry I was absent but I was busy during the past three days. I am currently enjoying watching Scott Bakula in "NCIS New Orleans" and I wanted a little Dwayne Pride figure. Well, what you can't buy you have to make yourself!

I started with a figure from the Ninja Turtles fandom. He had an open shirt collar and naked arms, that was important!



After cutting away the vest, his shirt looked like this. But in this picture I already have added some piece of shirt on the front, to make it rounder (if you compare with the original)



I added the real shirt collar, button front, chest pocket and rolled up sleeves:



The original backside of the figure:



The shirt under the vest looked plain. It also was longer, I cut it above the belt area to show the bum



I added all the creases and even bum pockets:



I wanted to achieve this:



Sadly the holster is a bit too large and covers the bum too much. Not sure yet whether I will re-do it or keep it as it is:



Many years ago I was given this belt by a friend. It always was too small to fit any figure. Now I cut off the handcuffs and holster. I am glad I did not have to make those from scratch!



I also resculpted the hair, as Jon parts his hair on the other side. And I painted the eyebrows grey and added some wrinkles to make him look older:



To get the exact green color of the pants I had to mix two greens and add a little black as well. The brown at the bottom is for the shoes:



It had been a nightmare to get the head on. Usually you can switch heads easily but Jon's had the neck attached while all other figures have a hole in the head and fit on the plug. I ended up cutting Jon's neck and part of the other neck and then simply glued it.



Since I was not going to repaint his face I needed to mix two colors to match this and paint the neck and also arms and hands.



I "Frankensteined" the hands as well. The original hands had black gloves. I have lots of extra hands from TOS figures but their plug is too thick. At first I wanted to file it off but then I glued them to the original plugs so now they also have a joint for movement:



Not sure why the green paint came out glossy, so I finally had to add an anti-gloss varnish.



As you can see, lots of hard work but the result is very rewarding and if you don't mind, I would love to take pictures with little Pride as well. Perhaps cooking or on the piano.

 

Whoa! That’s some serious dedication! He looks great though!