I seriously love the new harlequin plastic models that GW have recently bought out, and knew I had to have them to paint and use as conversion bits for the rest of my carnival.
The solitaire immediately took my fancy, not only for the awesome fluff, but also the new model is incredible. The pose is just so dynamic and I love the base too. The only part I did not like was the face mask as I felt it looked a little silly. The glorious thing with plasic is that you can modify it as you wish, so thats what I did :)
As usual I could not resist the urge to do a little converting. I wanted the model to fit into the theme of my carnival, so I had a rummage through my bits box and came out with a talos arm and a finecast wrack hand. These replaced both the right arm and left flattened hand and electrical wire was added for tubing to the new claw and mask. The face was shaved off to make it look more of a flat faceplate. The result is suitable creepy I think.
I struggled at first to decide on a colour scheme for him. It is so easy to just add a load of colour and pattern and end up overcomplicating the mini, which I did not want to do. In the end I decided on two core colours of blue and orange, with the punk as a third. The others were there as more complimentary/contrasting colours for the whole scheme. I only added a couple of hearts onto the back of the cloak, as the space allowed a little freehand. The whole thing works well overall I think, I just wish I had taken better pictures, as it looks a little dark And the colours are alot more vibrant to the eye (I am trying something new for the next few photographs, so hopefully things will improve). I entered it into a competition over at the Dark City forum, and although it did not do well I am still pleased with him.
NafNaf out!
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