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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Mammoth miniatures on 19 June 2023, 04:59:06 PM

Title: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: Mammoth miniatures on 19 June 2023, 04:59:06 PM
My dad is a fan of dan dare, but getting ahold of old dan dare merchandise is rather difficult (read expensive!)

So this year for fathers day I decided to do the next best thing and bootleg some dan dare goodies.

I sculpted up a 54mm dan dare miniature in an oldschool style, then gave it a britains style gloss paintjob. Finally I knocked up some pretend packaging and a bit of blurb text and voila! fresh from the 60's, it's the pilot of the future!


Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: voltan on 19 June 2023, 05:34:53 PM
Awesome, that's a brilliant job, always enjoyed reading the Dan Dare stories in old Eagle annuals.
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: Vanvlak on 19 June 2023, 06:25:50 PM
That is one cool idea! The model is great; the packaging perfect  8) 8)
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: FramFramson on 19 June 2023, 07:08:16 PM
Oh that is just so, so cool.

Also the lead joke  lol
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: Oldgamer on 20 June 2023, 04:27:14 PM
Irregular Miniatures have a nice Dan Dare figure in their 42mm Retro Scifi range.

Yours looks very good.
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: Daeothar on 21 June 2023, 02:23:39 PM
That's just great!  :-*

Your sculpting is excellent and the photoshop work on the packaging is also ace. Everything really looks the part!

I've done some faux packaging for gifts in the past myself, and it's always great fun. Labour intensive, but great fun  8)

How was it received?
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: majorsmith on 23 June 2023, 08:23:43 PM
That’s excellent!
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: Mammoth miniatures on 24 June 2023, 11:10:43 PM
That's just great!  :-*

Your sculpting is excellent and the photoshop work on the packaging is also ace.


How was it received?

No photoshop involved, just a 10 minute mess around on Microsoft publisher.

It was well received - The pilot of the future now has price of place between pop eye and some 1960's britains soldiers.
Title: Re: Fathers day Dan Dare bootleg
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on 25 June 2023, 07:36:30 AM
That is cool.