I'm a collector of old plastic figures and I was happy I could find this two figures from the Italian brand Dulcop between some other figures I bought on the second hand market. They were partly painted but as you can guess not as I wanted. So I cleaned them and gave them a good brushwork. I hope you like them.
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| Odd pose, not? |
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| How they looked before cleaning and painting again. |
Thanks for watching!
PS: the green base is because of nostalgic reasons. A lot of these old figures had a green base and best example is the brand Britains. That is why I paint the bases of my 54 mm figures in this color.
Points: 2 x 54 mm foot figure = 20 Points
TeemuL: Excellent work, Pete! I have never painted 54mm minis, but it seems that it is possible to give them a very lifelike appearance, even when they are rather old. The poses might be a bit interesting, but they clearly have lots of details to pick up. The shadows on the light grey pants is especially great.
Really nice to see this larger scale get some love and attention, great work!
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DeleteVery nice, I fondly remember those britains figures you mention and their bright green bases!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jamie!
DeleteGreat stuff - reminded me of the old Airfix plastic large figures (were they 54mm?). Sure I had the French Guard figures.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jez! Yes the Airfix figure are 54 mm. I've got some of those to.
DeleteNeat, they do look like old airfix figures
ReplyDeleteThanks Bluewillow!
DeleteGreat example of the cool stuff you see during the AHPC - I was not familiar with these figures, so it was really neat to check this out. That pose is a bit wild...but also seems very "plastic figure"...great brushwork and excellent result.
ReplyDeleteThank you Greg! Collecting and painting these figures is fun.
DeleteI had never seen these before. Your painted version is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tom!
DeleteYep, like Greg I love the Challenge as it allows me to see such interesting and amazing work by other hobbyists. You did a tremendous job on these venerable models Pete. I hope we can see more of these in the future.
ReplyDeleteThank you Curt! I will try to paint some others for challenge!
DeleteExcellent stuff. I love the old toy look
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave!
DeleteI like the “man-in- action” poses … very Toy Soldier and your paint job is aces 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you Lady Sarah! I think he is dancing on the music!
DeleteGreat, unusual, but great
ReplyDeleteThank you Martin!
DeleteLovely work on these old school figures. The green bases take me back
ReplyDeleteThank you Peter!
DeleteBeautiful toy soldiers!
ReplyDeleteThank you Barks!
DeleteWell done, excellent painting
ReplyDeleteThank you valleyboy!
DeleteAh, that brings up fond memories of the dozens of Airfix 1:32 figures from my youth I must still have lying around somewhere. Great painting, Pete!
ReplyDeleteThank you Emjenic! If you don't know what to do with those Airfix figures just let me know!
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