For anyone who may recall I mentioned wanting to do Old West themed characters and storylines, and that I always thought I should have been born in that time period; I haven't made my minime yet for this series, as I'm still gathering all the stuff. It's taking a VERY LONG TIME to gather the characters I want, and the items I need to flesh them out. I don't have the room for environments, and I don't live anywhere that would suitably work to shoot outside for an Old West them, so I have to come up with a way to make "breakdown environments" and backdrops big enough to shoot street scenes, saloons, houses, landscapes, etc.
Anyway, I started gathering the figures I needed and some of their clothing, so I thought I'd start a thread to show off the characters (as I could end up being unable to finish all my ideas before my time runs out). So here's the start:
Logan Pollard
Not much for me to do here as this is the Thunder Toys Hell Ranger (without all the Hellish accoutrement). His character becomes a surrogate "father" to a 9 year old boy (minime) who's father was killed by Apaches during a wagon train raid, and as the boy grows up, he teaches him everything he needs to know to survive and to handle a gun, etc.
Maudie "Mama" Malone
Owner/operator of the town saloon, that has a barkeep/handyman and saloon girls (probably only able to make one of those). (Made from Star Ace Minerva McGonagall; the entire outfit is from AJ Clothiers; not happy with the "fat suit" that the doll came with, as it peaks out at the neck line -- not sure I even want to keep it, but I was hoping to -- maybe I'll just trim the underlying suit at the neck to hide it better. She has her standard cornflower dress, and her work apron; she also has a bonnet for outdoor scenarios; if anyone knows how to tie those damn ribbons to make a bow where the tie ends lay flat, please let me know).
Hannah Maragon/ Hannah Stryker
Wife of US Marshall Mark Stryker. (Haven't decided what her "job" is going to be, since we all know opportunities weren't that variable: seamstress, school teacher, baker, homemaker, mercantile...) Here she is in the Wolford Dress -- 1st of 2 -- based on Dolores Abernathy from the HBO series Westworld. Might replace the waist belt since it has the blood stain, but then it sort of goes with the tattered and worn dress -- so that could just be a storyline to work on. (Damn those ribbon ties!!! If anyone knows how to tie a bow and have the ends lie flat I would greatly appreciate any tips.)
I have 3 other characters mostly finished, but I'm waiting on shoes/boots to fill those boys out. (Not to mention the VTS & Lim Toys cowboys, and some of the previous Redman/custom cowboys (still need to put together my Wild Wild West James West & Artemis Gordon).
Anyway, I started gathering the figures I needed and some of their clothing, so I thought I'd start a thread to show off the characters (as I could end up being unable to finish all my ideas before my time runs out). So here's the start:
Logan Pollard
Not much for me to do here as this is the Thunder Toys Hell Ranger (without all the Hellish accoutrement). His character becomes a surrogate "father" to a 9 year old boy (minime) who's father was killed by Apaches during a wagon train raid, and as the boy grows up, he teaches him everything he needs to know to survive and to handle a gun, etc.
Maudie "Mama" Malone
Owner/operator of the town saloon, that has a barkeep/handyman and saloon girls (probably only able to make one of those). (Made from Star Ace Minerva McGonagall; the entire outfit is from AJ Clothiers; not happy with the "fat suit" that the doll came with, as it peaks out at the neck line -- not sure I even want to keep it, but I was hoping to -- maybe I'll just trim the underlying suit at the neck to hide it better. She has her standard cornflower dress, and her work apron; she also has a bonnet for outdoor scenarios; if anyone knows how to tie those damn ribbons to make a bow where the tie ends lay flat, please let me know).
Hannah Maragon/ Hannah Stryker
Wife of US Marshall Mark Stryker. (Haven't decided what her "job" is going to be, since we all know opportunities weren't that variable: seamstress, school teacher, baker, homemaker, mercantile...) Here she is in the Wolford Dress -- 1st of 2 -- based on Dolores Abernathy from the HBO series Westworld. Might replace the waist belt since it has the blood stain, but then it sort of goes with the tattered and worn dress -- so that could just be a storyline to work on. (Damn those ribbon ties!!! If anyone knows how to tie a bow and have the ends lie flat I would greatly appreciate any tips.)
I have 3 other characters mostly finished, but I'm waiting on shoes/boots to fill those boys out. (Not to mention the VTS & Lim Toys cowboys, and some of the previous Redman/custom cowboys (still need to put together my Wild Wild West James West & Artemis Gordon).