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Something off the beaten path
Posted by ajlafleche on Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:10 PM

Inspired by the comic books of my misspent youth, I present to you Turok, Son of Stone: Raptor Ambush.

 

In the scene we see Andar, in the right foreground has been trapped by a band of raptors, two females, one of whom has been seriously wounded by an arrow, and a red crested male. He has run out of arrows and is preparing to do battle with a rock and his knife which he is pulling from his scabbard. Turok rides in valiantly, prepareing to shoot the second female who is charging him. Will he get his shot off in time? Will he be able to defend from the crouching male about to pounce?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andar is a repositoned Der Bunte Rock figure, "Stones that Speak." The spear was cut from his right hand and the arm was moved back to a position where he looks like he is pulling his knife from the sheath. The quiver/bow case is from Andrea and his was relegated to the spares, since is was full. I redid his hair with magic sculpt, since the figure has two long, and IMHO awkward looking, braids hanging down his chest. Turok is an Andrea figure pretty much from the box. I srenghtened the arrow's shaft with a coat of Zap-A-Gap green since the metal was just too soft. The raptors are from Tamiya. I added some fly tying feathers to their arms and legs and to the female heads. The male's crest is Hair-Coat, an oop product painted red. The arrow in the wounded female was part of a photo etchedfeather in the Seil Woodland Indian figure. The boulders and tree are from Armand Bayardi. The dried out shrubs near the boulders are from Military Miniatures Warehouse. The small green shrubs are Woodland Scenics and the grasses are Silfor Buffalo Grass tufts. I found the name plate on-line and resized it to fit a space I left in the ground work, which is Celluclay, ballast, turf material, white glue, brown acrylic paint and just a bit of water.

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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    November 2006
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by jadgpanther302 on Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:30 PM
wow, this really is amazing. I really like dino's and the horse.
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    February 2007
  • From: Bournemouth UK
Posted by Luftwoller on Friday, February 22, 2008 6:13 PM

I agree. Really nice work. Love the face of the rider. Looks spot on. Perhaps gloss the blood a touch as it looks flat against the body of the raptor.

...Guy

..'Your an embarrassment to the human genus, makes me ashamed to call myself Homo'.
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Posted by the doog on Friday, February 22, 2008 8:05 PM
Very cool, afleche! I love horses, and I gotta say you did a nice job creating tension and energy in the whole scene!
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  • From: N.H.
Posted by panzerguy on Friday, February 22, 2008 9:53 PM

 Very nice Al, looking foward to seeing this at Valley con in March.

   My son's gonna love it he's a big turok fan,the video game of course.

"Happiness is a belt fed weapon"

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 22, 2008 10:16 PM
Nice dio with some good composition...a lot of action in a small space pulled off very nicely...
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Posted by DURR on Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:56 PM

real nice  

showed it to my wife , you know how much she loves your stuff

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Posted by detailfreak on Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:36 PM
i hope that turoks armor holds up from the constant chewingBoohoo [BH].wheres my stug.

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Posted by Boomerang on Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:44 PM

  Your finished work looks great Aj. I haven't been on here for a while (just made a really big move).  Last time i looked you were still in the early stages. Your dio turned out very well. The action is great and the story comes across easily. Adding the figure of Andar make4s the difference. Looks like Turok got there just in the nick of time to save Andar. Your dino's look good, i like the addition of the feathers.

  I hope no birds were harmed in the making of this dio....Laugh [(-D].

  Boomer...

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Friday, February 29, 2008 7:02 AM
Thanks, Boomer. I'm glad you suggested putting the second figure in. It really did make a difference and brought it closer to the spirit of the covers of the comic book.

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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    January 2008
  • From: Bournemouth UK
Posted by Bodge on Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:02 PM
Watch out for those seam lines ,down  rapters head . horses eye looks matt, does this criasizm sound famillier?
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Posted by aussiemuscle308 on Thursday, March 6, 2008 9:25 PM

wow, great dio. there's enough going on to keep the eye very busy.

the raptor with the arrow reminds me of the creature in starwars ep2, where it pulls the spear out of it's shoulder with it's mouth (and then breaks it!).

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