A
28mm figure of a Femme Fatale for my second balloon ride of the
Challenge, this one taking me to the summit of the Snowlord. Like many
challengers the ability to make use of the balloon had me scrambling
through the lead pile for suitable female figures. (I also hit the
e-commerce route for some figures that were ordered in 2019 but just
arrived this week.) This figure is a 28mm Reaper Bones figure bought on
spec for the Hero Theme Round a few Challenges back. The plan was to
have something mid cold war themed in front of the Berlin Wall and word
smithed to fit Bowie's Heroes. But that project got sidelined by a case
of the February's and she's sat in the lead pile ever since.
Anyway
for a Reaper Bones figure, quality was pretty good and she painted up
nicely. There was a small mold line that came off easily and those
slender legs don't give her much support and she bent over with too much
pressure on the brush but that was easily handled. I've painted her up
as a generic Femme Fatale for cold war pulp stories using as my
muse....
The young Deneuve in les Parapluies de Cherbourg (sigh) |
I've
never seen the film, it's supposed to be good, but I can fanboy over la
belle Deneuve all day long. I have been to Cherbourg twice on sailing
expeditions with my dad. It's a typical port city with not much to
offer it, but it's in France and there's some interesting harbour
fortifications on the breakwaters.
No
bonus points on this one, it's my second balloon ride and we've been
drinking Italian reds to go with some mighty fine stripling steaks
recently. But's she's my balloon ride ticket to the Summit and what
ever the Snowlord has in store for me.
What a lovely piece Peter, nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michael
DeleteGreat looking figure beautifully painted
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