In terms of the Forgotten Heroes project this is a little bit of a cheat, since I actually started this figure back in February. But it had sat at a very early stage of progress for months, and I decided to finish it as my second figure for the challenge. I think I’m allowed, since I’ve already done one original figure this month.
Jessica Jones (played by Krysten Ritter) is a cynical, hard-bitten New York private investigator, who also happens to have super-strength. As the series progresses we learn that she has a traumatic past, linked to a particularly powerful, deadly and amoral superbeing, Kilgrave, played by David Tennant.
I’m only familiar with the Jessica Jones from the TV series; here appearance in comics was well after my time. So this is the look I was basing it on:
A pretty straightforward look, really.
As a base figure I used the 3D-printed Alexandra Pryce figure I used for Jenny Everywhere last year, although I used the 28mm version this time.
I didn’t get any pictures of the initial work I did on the figure, but it involved:
The painting was easy. I chose not to remove the figure from its original base, and mount it on clear perspex, because of the work I’d had to do on her boots. I also trimmed back her hair to giver her a higher forehead.
Here’s the finished Jessica.
I’m pretty happy with how she has turned out, although with hindsight I would have liked to have modelled her scarf as well, so the figure fitted my cosplay for Supanova. There’s still scope for giving her a camera as well.
But that’s me done with Forgotten Heroes for 2017. See you all next year.
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In the comics it’s unclear what colour hair he has. It looks black, but is sometimes coloured with a little bit of brown, which may just be artistic highlighting. I opted to paint it black and give it a token brown dry-brush.
It was no trouble at all to use a fresh, sharp and sturdy scalpel blade to remove the figure from its original Heroclix base. I then glued him to a clear Perspex base from Aetherworks.
Here he is in comparison to the original Daredevil figure. Yes; I had a duplicate; that’s why I used the figure for the conversion in the first place.
On the whole I’m very pleased with how Slaymaster has turned out, given that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to deal with one or two of the technical or modelling issues involved. Once again, making things up as I went along stood me in good stead.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed this project over the past week or so. I’m not sure I will start a new figure this month, but I do have one I started and half-completed earlier in the year, so I will probably finish that off just to stay in the game.
I painted the belts in a darker orange-brown, and did his face the same as a base for the flesh-tone.
In the next post – the finished figure!
Ah, you say, but foil is no more robust than card. Yes, that’s true. But it was easier to cut and shape and, once I’d fitted it, I hit on a cunning plan. I coated the claws with a couple of alternating layers of superglue, then white wood-glue using the end of a cocktail stick. Each layer was left to dry in between. When it was done I had something that was solid, but still maintained the thinness I was after.
Why is the inside of the device green? Because the foil it’s made form came from a tube of green paint, silly!
One it was all done I added the body of the device, and then what the Lego people call ‘greebling’ from more card and a piece of tube from a cotton-bud.
On his other wrist I added some spiky weapons, the nature of which I’ll leave to your imagination and mine. They’re just three pieces of wire, cut to length and carefully glued into position. They help balance the figure out.
So, unless I think of anything else, that’s the conversion work finished. The next stage will be a thin coat of PVA glue just to seal all of the joints and help everything hold together, and then I can undercoat and consider how I’m going to paint him.
The trickiest part was getting the look of Slaymaster’s widow’s peak. I’m not sure if I’ve really managed it, but I’ll get a better idea when the figure is undercoated, and can make minor adjustments then if need be. The beard worked out fine.
Something was missing. The moustache. I had planned to just paint it on, but decided that there was no harm in modelling one. Aside from the fact that it was very fiddly work indeed. Again, if it doesn’t work out I can correct it later.
The next stage is to add the claw weapon he used in the Denmark Street fight, and possibly add something to the other arm. And then the modelling stage will be complete/
And with pouches and holsters added.
The holsters should be higher up under the armpits, but the figure didn’t really allow for that possibility. As I said at the outset, the later incarnation of Slaymaster has no fixed costume, giving me a lot of leeway in how I choose to interpret him.
My next job will probably be the hair and beard.
… and then reattached it facing in a more usable way. I re-positioned it slightly after taking the photo; it looks better in reality than it does in the picture. The gaps in the neck can be filled in with milliput, but Slaymaster has long hair as well, so some of them will be covered up.
The next stage is to fit him with some additional belts for his weapons and equipment.