James' toys-into-fantasy-minis thread.

[James Holloway]

I got one of those cheapo LED photo backdrop things, so here are a few photos of older toy conversions:



Another pound store action figure, he proved to have OK detail under his dreadful paint job.



A 20p souvenir from a zoo gift shop got an added rider and some crude putty claws to become deadly cavalry.

[James Holloway]

And here's the completed skeletal giant unit:

[Jakar Nilson]

That horned monster looks cool. Do you remember what brand it was sold under?

[James Holloway]

Yeah, it's called something like "Journey to Creation," but I've also seen it marketed as something like "Legendary Creatures."

Here's the "before" pic:

[manic _miner]

 Poundland have some little skeleton dinosaurs in a pack of six i think it was.

[James Holloway]

Right, after a little period of silence, here's Fly Guy. Honestly, I think this would work better with a proper model -- there's a lot of hassle to not much reward working with the army man.

Before:


After:

[von Lucky]

he's still cute, and I'll admit I didn't think he'd turn out that good as I was scrolling down.

[Rych]

Ive used that Legendary Creatures toy as one of my models as well  Mine has become a Daemon Plague prince, or will when Ive painted it up

[PhilB]

Love this thread!

IMHO, the fly-man would look better if you just keep the fly's bulging eyes and head, and lose the wings and legs.

I still shudder from the first night I saw the original "The Fly" movie on the Acri Creature Feature...

[majorsmith]

That skeleton looks great!

[James Holloway]

Love this thread!

IMHO, the fly-man would look better if you just keep the fly's bulging eyes and head, and lose the wings and legs.

I will try that on a future one. I got a big package of plastic grubs, worms, ants and flies around Halloween, so I think there are still some around somewhere.

[The Dozing Dragon]

I bought some skeleton warrior plastic figures from Poundland. They're far too big to just be skeletons in 28mm, but I figured they'd make good statues or giants or whatever, and at a dozen or so for £1, what was the harm?

Or you could pay $12.95 for a set........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Giant-Skeleton-Army-D-D-Pathfinder-Miniature-Lot-of-10-Dungeons-and-Dragons-AD-D/382197144366