Woodsy,
Here is another blast from the past, the Pyro Plastics Indian Chief, a plastic model figure kit first issued in 1958, then again in the mid-1960s as a "Paint By Numbers" kit, and finally in 2024 reissued by Atlantis Models.
Pyro produced many fun figurative kits, including several "Cowboys & Indians," plus their legendary "Prehistoric Monsters" line.
Atlantis Model went the PC route and retitled this kit "Native American Big Chief," but he will always be Indian Chief to me!
Rob C
USA
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Hey Rob, is there a Ollie's Bargain Outlet near you? The one near Winsted was packed with these Atlantis reissues.
ReplyDeleteOllie's is exactly where I got this fella! SFZ
DeleteThats the same place where I bought a bunch of Pyro Dinosaur model kits,re- issued by Lindberg.Hoping to send pics of the finished models soon!
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DeleteAnother great re-issue from Atlantis. That is a beautiful paint job, just perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe ground work on the base is also a nice touch.
Thanks for noticing the ground work - that was a last-minute touch! SFZ
DeleteYeah, Ollie’s has had a huge stock of Atlantis model kits for the last year. All for like 12.99 each. The one close to me had a top shelf full of that big chief model kit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastically detailed paint job Rob. I love it. Those colours take me right back to the Sixties when paint was paint and kits were everywhere. Superb stuff!
ReplyDeleteYes this one was really fun. I shy away from most figure kits, as the trend now is to so all sorts of washes and glazes and make the figure look super realistic - not my thing. But Big Chief looks like he could be standing in front of a 1967 cigar store somewhere! SFZ
DeleteThats a cool model Rob, I love the kitchy representations of native american culture that appeared in the sixties, he certainly looks the part now! Bill
ReplyDeleteYep, I went with bright colors to really bring out that 60s vibe! SFZ
DeleteI recently saw built-ups of the Aurora King Kong and Prisoner of Castle Mare and thought of you SF. They needed your painting skills.
ReplyDeleteMost of the painted figure models I used to see on social media were way too "fussy" for me - it seems that at some point, a straight-up paint job became passe, and super-detailed paint schemes with all sorts of washes and glazes and layering became the norm - which is where I bowed out! Bright, solid colors, that's the correct style for these vintage figure kits, in my opinion. SFZ
DeleteHave you ever painted any Auroras?
DeleteWoodsy, I don't think I have made an Aurora figure kit since 1964, when I built (badly) their Frankenstein's Monster model. Could not get the jacket to fit properly. Oh, and I made a nice green Godzilla model too. Both long gone. SFZ
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