Monday, August 08, 2022

Even ugly people are useful

Look at these two. Pretty much everything that is wrong with 4mm scale whitemetal figures. The bloke especially has some "interesting" proportions - the photo actually makes him look better than he is!

Both were found at the bottom of my figure box when searching for seated people to populate a tramcar. For this role, they will do the job perfectly. You can't see them properly through the windows, but you will be able to see that there is a figure in there. Hence my perfunctory efforts at painting. No need to spend lots of time, or use highly detailed (read: expensive) miniature people. 

And it's better than throwing them away.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Langley Miniatures?!

Phil Parker said...

Don't think so, although some of their figures are "interesting". Suspect it's from some long-lost model supplier and I've acquired them in a box from under a table at a show.

Luke Stevens said...

A Neanderthal, perhaps?