My latest fixer-upper from Bill is a Century 21 Toys Topo Gigio Ice Cream van.
Before I attempt the van I've been down a rabbit hole, one marked 'creating a figure'.
The van needed a female Gigio sat in the back serving.
As luck would have it I had a spare rubber Topo kicking about.
Making it up as I went along, this was about half-way in the transformation. Topo's now got long Papier Mache hair and after going under the knife, bent knees! The Christmas clown looks pleased anyway!
and so, the final result.
I give you Mrs. Topo Gigio!
I've never doctored an existing figure to make a new one before so it was a steep learning curve and it took ages, It was also a lot of fun! Have you done anything like this readers?
Now to the Ice Cream Van!
Wow, a Trans Topo !
ReplyDeletePossibly your cleverest fix-up yet.
Well done.
Thanks a lot Mish!
Deletewhat are its pronouns ?
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DeleteHilarious! Topo Gigio was huge in my day. SFZ
ReplyDeleteDon't remember him at all SF!
DeleteNice work on the hair. It's difficult when you're finding your way to find suitable materials to achieve what you want. I was surprised my 40 year old Eco-Force Ark II used a lot of Das Pronto paper clay for the modelling tasks. It worked out fine, but these days I'd use Super Sculpey or epoxy putty to achieve the same effect (at considerably bigger expense!)
ReplyDeleteThanks Looey!
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