Peter Cushing

The MPC Barnabas Collins model kit converted into Peter Cushing as Van Helsing figure is complete! I realize I didn't dot the eyes with a pupil...I eventually will as my confidence grows. It's tough for me to get the pupils right on figures of this size (BTW-they can advertise this kit as 1:8 scale until they are blue in the face...I own a RULER and I KNOW better...lol...it's actually somewhere between 1:9 scale and 1:10 scale). Also, the missing pupils are barely perceptible while viewing the kit in person, as the eyes are a much darker blue under normal lighting instead of the flash...the base is just a simple nothing I blobbed out of Sculpey and quickly stained so he would have somewhere to stand until he can take his rightful place on the base of my completed vampire diorama...and in his favorite situation, too...surrounded by vampires! Thanks to COPP for making the conversion parts readily available!

Bench Update 08/23/16

I've really been neglecting this blog for months...but I've been working pretty hard on some kits and scratch builds....first up...I've been working on a base extension for the Moebius Frankenstein kit...sort of a hallway that the monster is walking out of as he comes through the door...basically I made it from styrofoam....here's a few shots...

 

 

and here are a few painted shots and a few pics showing how it looks with the original base...well, partly the original base combined with another aftermarket base...

 

 Also on the bench is an Aurora-style Hunchback Of Notre Dame with a replacement Lon Chaney head from COPP

I'm scratch building a custom pillory and base for him...I've also added body hair to better suggest the character as Lon Chaney played him...

 More updates coming soon!

Vampire Base

These are some progressive shots of the stairs I'm scratch-building for my vampire diorama

Stay tuned....more to come!

Well, the Monarch Nosferatu figure is done (I think)...now to get on with the scratch-built base...have a few ideas in my head...but nothing solid yet...stay tuned.....

Welcome to my first day here!

Hello! This is my first blog on this site. I will be posting my monster, sci-fi, and fantasy models and other works on this blog. There will be lots of works in progress photos, too. I'll try to have something up this weekend. Currently, I have many projects on the bench...a very large 1/6 scale diorama entitled "Dracula's Dungeon"-featuring a Lugosi Dracula model and a Dwight Frye Renfield model, plus I also have two Star Trek dioramas in the works, and a 1/8 scale Nosferatu model and diorama. I hope this blog eventually gets enough stuff on it to be of interest...and I'll also be sharing hobby related tips and tricks to hopefully enlighten as well as entertain...Thanks for stopping by!