The Lads - Blondeactionman

Blondeactionman wrote:

The leather jackets came from different sets Dave, Pepe, is wearing a hasbro Indiana Jones jacket, SJ is wearing a wolverine hot toys jacket and jakes came from an adventuring 1/6 explorer set, hope it helps

A collection spanning years, then! Very nice!

Great photos there Dal. Nice posing, lots of imagination.

A huge thanks to GIBri for sending me this amazing outfit. I knew the moment it arrived it was destined for Lord Conan! It really does give him a big game hunter look!

Lord Conan J. Roxton. by Dal Lee, on Flickr

Your completely right their Dal on that Lord Conan new outfit really does give him a big game hunter look about him. He looks very dapper in his new outfit.

Yes will say again , excellent character .

Outstanding outfit! I would not have thought it possible to improve upon Lord Conan Roxton, but improve upon him you have!
Excellent new hunting outfit, but the same Lord Conan style and attitude!
Must be the pipe!

I've gotta say, I like the look also.

Prof Gangrene Fan wrote:

Your completely right their Dal on that Lord Conan new outfit really does give him a big game hunter look about him. He looks very dapper in his new outfit.

Thanks alex

Chip wrote:

Yes will say again , excellent character .

many thanks Chip

SCU_HQ wrote:

Outstanding outfit! I would not have thought it possible to improve upon Lord Conan Roxton, but improve upon him you have!
Excellent new hunting outfit, but the same Lord Conan style and attitude!
Must be the pipe!

Yeah, I am really pleased with how he turned out! all ready for adventure

Kimono Troop Command wrote:

I've gotta say, I like the look also.

Thanks Gary

Wow fantastic, Dal!!!

I hoped you would be able to use this set, but Lord Conan, now that is an honour!

I think he looks great and really like what you've done with the hat.

gibri wrote:

Wow fantastic, Dal!!!

I hoped you would be able to use this set, but Lord Conan, now that is an honour!

I think he looks great and really like what you've done with the hat.

Many thanks Bri! Yeah, he was the natural choice, it really suits him

Who said you can't upgrade a vintage action man (or Joe)? Jake now has a TBL M31 body, I might upgrade him to an M33 or 32, as Jake originally had a custom body with wider shoulders before. All it took to do was two 1/2" rubber washers pushed over the tbl neck post.
Okay, so the skin colour doesn't match but not noticeable in his roll neck jumper. I also used Gangsters kingdom hands as they are closer in colour to his original body.

Jake Relaxing. by Dal Lee, on Flickr

Jake. by Dal Lee, on Flickr

From now on. I’m going to nickname Jake as Mr Upgradeable. I’m totally loving the first picture so much. The way you pose Mr Upgradeable is like he’s a cloths model.

Prof Gangrene Fan wrote:

From now on. I’m going to nickname Jake as Mr Upgradeable. I’m totally loving the first picture so much. The way you pose Mr Upgradeable is like he’s a cloths model.

many thanks Alex!

Jake Mk. 2. Great conversion Dal! He needed a change of wardrobe anyway.

Kimono Troop Command wrote:

Jake Mk. 2.  Great conversion Dal! He needed a change of wardrobe anyway.

  Thanks Gary! I am really pleased with how he turned out. , Jake used to wear that roll neck jumper a while back .

Just look at that cool character! The ultimate Action Man, ready for adventure... or for a brandy and a quiet night in front of the cozy fire! Jake is equally comfortable and at home anywhere! What a cool character and figure!

Let the decades come and go, he just keeps getting better!

SCU_HQ wrote:

Just look at that cool character! The ultimate Action Man, ready for adventure... or for a brandy and a quiet night in front of the cozy fire! Jake is equally comfortable and at home anywhere! What a cool character and figure!

Let the decades come and go, he just keeps getting better!

  Indeed! at home anywhere! always ready for action when needed! As the years roll, he just keeps getting better!

Blondeactionman wrote:

A huge thanks to GIBri for sending me this amazing outfit. I knew the moment it arrived it was destined for Lord Conan! It really does give him a big game hunter look!

Lord Conan J. Roxton. by Dal Lee, on Flickr

Is that a Mark Cole creation? He does amazing work. And it's all hand sewn.

Daryl

TNshooter wrote:

Blondeactionman wrote:

A huge thanks to GIBri for sending me this amazing outfit. I knew the moment it arrived it was destined for Lord Conan! It really does give him a big game hunter look!

Lord Conan J. Roxton. by Dal Lee, on Flickr

Is that a Mark Cole creation? He does amazing work. And it's all hand sewn.

Daryl

It is indeed, GIBri sent the outfit over when he hosted Willie, the traveling action Man, last year . I have to agree, the level of work is amazing!

I think that's the one outfit I got from Mark. And as I recall he charged $30-40 for it. Due to being hand sewn,
He didn't make many of a particular outfit. I'm thinking maybe 12 of each one. That makes that outfit rare!

I have yet to find a figure I want to put it on.

Mark once sent me a resin head he molded, based on a Joe head only with a beard. I have yet to use acrylic
paints, and my hands are not as steady as they used to be. I had planned on painting it with white hair, and
adding this outfit to him.

I really like what you did with the hat! That looks great!

I'm hoping to do some painting not too far into the future. I have a vintage Joe that has no hair paint, which
I plan to paint. My biggest concern of painting a blank head is the eyes. I get the feeling that no matter how
many attempts, I won't get them the way I want.

I'm also unsure on how to do flesh colored paint. Gibri once sent me a PM at FHQ on how to do it, but when
the board changed hands, my PM's were lost.

TNshooter wrote:

I think that's the one outfit I got from Mark. And as I recall he charged $30-40 for it. Due to being hand sewn,
He didn't make many of a particular outfit. I'm thinking maybe 12 of each one. That makes that outfit rare!

I have yet to find a figure I want to put it on.

Mark once sent me a resin head he molded, based on a Joe head only with a beard. I have yet to use acrylic
paints, and my hands are not as steady as they used to be. I had planned on painting it with white hair, and
adding this outfit to him.

I really like what you did with the hat! That looks great!

I'm hoping to do some painting not too far into the future. I have a vintage Joe that has no hair paint, which
I plan to paint. My biggest concern of painting a blank head is the eyes. I get the feeling that no matter how
many attempts, I won't get them the way I want.

I'm also unsure on how to do flesh colored paint. Gibri once sent me a PM at FHQ on how to do it, but when
the board changed hands, my PM's were lost.

I use citadel paints from Games workshop, they do a great flesh colour, maybe that would help? you could always lighten it white some white? A friend of mine suggested once to use bone white for the eyes so they are not so striking. I must admit, I never tried that technique, so I cannot say whether it worked? One tip he did give me was to paint the head upside down and I know that works a treat! Another good painting tip is while holding the brush, extend your small finger to touch your third finger you are holding the head in. This will and does make your hand much steadier . I used a small amount of glue to hold the sides of the hat in place. Hope it helps

Jake looks very relaxed in his new bod , and seems to of slimmed him down some .