The Nefarious Schemes of One Fram Framson (update 6/2 - Awooga)

[Wirelizard]

You actually hand-painted these onto paper then applied them? Much respect, I first read the word as "pre-printed", ie used a colour printer!

Those look great with luggage labels, I think I have to go back to my 6mmphil luggage and steal your idea wholesale for a few pieces.

[FramFramson]

I guess I could have had those labels I found done up as decal transfers, but this was easier and looks just about as good from a foot away. 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

The clue I'll give is it's from an old animated children's show, one Europeans might recognize.

The one that springs to mind is Paddington but the suitcase is not right. I'll keep thinking!

[FramFramson]

Well, you're not as far off as you might imagine - it does involve a bear as the main character!

[Andym]

Those look ace Fram!!

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff mate 

It's not Rupert the Bear is it?

cheers

James

[Prof.Witchheimer]

This thread is so entertaining. Fantastic conversions, lovely brushwork, what more can one ask for

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Great stuff mate 

It's not Rupert the Bear is it?

cheers

James

That was my next guess, but he had a backpack didn't he?

[rumacara]

Wow...

Lovin it.
Well done Fram.
Lovelly paint work.

Still no Santa? 

[Mason]

Brilliant cases, Fram!
Love the labels.
 

They put my own Slug cases to shame, although I do still have a few with which to redeem myself, so prepare to have those lovely ideas stolen!
 

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[DeafNala]

COOL STUFF! They are all BEAUTIFULLY painted.The sticks of dynamite with the timer is a favorite. VERY WELL DONE!
My little boys are grown men now SO I'm out of the loop on children's TV, but you should NEVER trust someone with a checkered valise.

[FramFramson]

Thanks all round folks.  

Still no Santa?  

He's somewhere in the queue, but there are a pretty good number of figures ahead of him. Pretty sure I'm going to paint him as a burly Indian or Pakistani  

As for the origin of the suitcase, well, in the 70's and very early 80's there was a show for wee ones produced as a Franco-Polish affair known as Colargol, but it was translated and broadcast around the world. I believe the Brits got a chopped up and atrociously translated version known as Barnaby the Bear, but in Canada for some reason we actual had a proper translation and it was known as A Bear Called Jeremy. My brother, my father, and I can all probably recite a great deal of that series from memory.



At one point, in what might be the series' most famous episode arc (the episodes were compiled and sold as the Colargol "movie" in some countries), Jeremy's friend Hector is kidnapped by a wolf and they chase him around the world, visiting many countries. The wolf keeps Hector in a suitcase that looks like that.

I think that since the fall of the iron curtain, there's been some sort of rights dispute between as many as six parties and nations that have kept it off air in every country - but Poland. I thought if nothing else, maybe one of our Polish members might recognize it.

[OSHIROmodels]

Well, you did say obscure 

cheers

James

[FramFramson]

That's actually sort of an interesting question... how obscure can something that was globally broadcast be?

He's certainly less well-known than all the other fictional bears people named!

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

Fine details on the bags