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Offline Pijlie

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Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« on: 18 June 2015, 10:21:49 AM »
When I acquired Warlord's free Count von Hosenschlange figure (it is a gift with the Devil's Playground book. Do NOT Google the meaning of the word!) I was immediately  reminded of a character in one of my favourite movies: Sean Connery as Juan Sanchez Ramirez de Villa Lobos.



The figure was close, but not perfect. The eyepatch was wrong and of course the iconic peacock feathered cape was lacking. But for the rest it was spot on as far as I was concerned.

See how it turned out here : http://pijlieblog.blogspot.nl/2015/06/turning-cheesy-german-into-sean-connery.html

I'd like to hear how you like it!
« Last Edit: 18 June 2015, 10:29:18 AM by Pijlie »
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Offline von Lucky

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #1 on: 18 June 2015, 11:17:08 AM »
Stunning conversion and painting there!
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Offline Youngster

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #2 on: 18 June 2015, 12:16:57 PM »
Fantastic job!

Cheers

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Offline manatic

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #3 on: 18 June 2015, 02:40:07 PM »
Great job!

Now you need to pick up these two from Rogue Miniatures:




Offline Pijlie

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #4 on: 18 June 2015, 02:50:04 PM »
Wow! Thanks for the praise AND the minis! I never knew those existed!  lol

Offline Elk101

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #5 on: 18 June 2015, 03:37:14 PM »
The peacock cape looks great, well done!

Offline Hu Rhu

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #6 on: 18 June 2015, 03:58:46 PM »
Fantastic conversion and great painting.

As an aside you might want to embed a picture directly in this thread to get maximum exposure of your work.

Offline Bugsda

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #7 on: 18 June 2015, 04:41:07 PM »
Ace conversion, cheesy German to effete snob  ;)
Excellent work.
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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #8 on: 18 June 2015, 04:52:27 PM »
 "There can be only one!" :D

Nicely done conversion. :)

 I am sure there was a thread floating around with various versions of Ramirez last year. Not sure which board it was on though. :?

Found it! :)

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=67076.0
« Last Edit: 18 June 2015, 05:14:58 PM by Malamute »
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Offline Matakakea

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #9 on: 18 June 2015, 05:27:47 PM »
Oh dear. More figures to add to the list  :(

Nice work on the feathers there Pijlie.
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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #10 on: 23 June 2015, 12:33:56 PM »
Excellent  8) 8) 8)
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Offline Modhail

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Re: Turning a cheesy German into Sean Connery!
« Reply #11 on: 23 June 2015, 01:14:59 PM »
Excellent conversion/sculpting! Brilliantly pompous, just as I remember Ramirez.  :-*

 

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