The Adventures of Tintin

iwbeta · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:31 pm

One of my all time favorite comics series since I discovered it in the back section of the Bel Air Library as a kid, I knew one day I'd get to these figures.

Tintin

Captain Archibald Haddock

Snowy

Recipes:

Tintin
Head: Airborne
Torso, arms: RoC General Hawk
Legs: RoC Flash
Lower Legs, Feet: WWE Roddy Piper

Captain Haddock
Head: Heavily resculpted RoC Shipwreck
Torso: Resculpted RoC Viper with modded Dr. Lewis coat
Upper arms: Duke
Lower arms: RoC Zartan
Legs: RoC Storm Shadow

Snowy
Original Sculpt

Plastic Yank · **Joined:** Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:13 am

BEST CUSTOMS EVAAAAR!!!

Seriously, these look so awesome, and bring back so many memories... Amazing work.

G.I.JAC · **Joined:** Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:52 am

Wow! Now you've got me wishing they sold these at retail. The sculpting on the figures is amazing and seamless, as is the paint application. As amazing as Tin-Tin and the Captain are. My favorite figure is Snowy!

bcost74 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:25 pm

That is the first fully articulated Joe scale dog...awesome work. I only know about these character a little bit, Disney is making a film about them, but they are still great looking customs. Outstanding work.

Redmao · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:20 pm

Beautiful.
Those customs are really cool.
Let's hope that if there's any figures from the upcoming movie, they'll as good as yours.

drbindy · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:03 pm

I've always heard the title, but never really knew what it was. Could never get past Rin Tin Tin in my mind, but knew it wasn't that, lol.

That said, the figures are both awesome. I have a remarkably similar WIP for a civilian seacraft captain, though without your extensive and excellent sculpting. The kid would make for a great old school Hardy Boy in addition to what you're doing here.

iwbeta · **Posted:** Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:41 pm

Check out the series, Bindy. I could see you using Tintin in your 'verse.

Plastic Yank · **Joined:** Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:13 am

iwbeta wrote:

Check out the series, Bindy.

Now available in convenient animated format:

Kambei · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:51 am

You would love the official Tintin shops in Belgium,

I grew up reading Tintin and Asterix (among others). I have all of the toons and some most of the books.

You completely nailed the look of these two. That really is incredible work. Are we going to see Professor Calculus, Thomson and Thompson, General Alcazar and Rastapopoulos?

pluv · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:13 am

I like the Captain a lot. The pipe wasn't necessary and yet it is. Adds a ton of charater.

Tintin, I thought you used Storm Shadow legs. Can't believe you sculpted on build and brawl legs.

Love the dog.

iwbeta · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:58 am

Calculus, yes.

Thomson and Thompson, probably. I do have a bowler sitting on my desk I did that I must get cast.

Maybe a few more.

I cut the boots off Flash and sanded all the detail off Piper's boot top tp make the socks, then glued them in place. They worked perfectly since BnB figures have such tiny legs.

AdrienVeidt · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Just awesome, IW. Now I wanna see some Asterix figs.

bcost74 wrote:

That is the first fully articulated Joe scale dog...awesome work.

As cool as Snowy is, this ain't true. The Fisher-Price Adventure People line had a collie with 6POA (altho the tail joint might not have been intended to move):

pluv · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:23 am

AdrienVeidt wrote:

Just awesome, IW. Now I wanna see some Asterix figs.

bcost74 wrote:

That is the first fully articulated Joe scale dog...awesome work.

As cool as Snowy is, this ain't true. The Fisher-Price Adventure People line had a collie with 6POA (altho the tail joint might not have been intended to move):

Disney's Haunted Mansion figure line based on the ride and not the movie had a Grave Digger figure with a dog with 8 PoA including ears and tail.

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Not to mention almost all four legged animals from Palymobil.

Oneforceleader · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Amazing that's got to be factory ........if there was factory......maybe you should sell it to Hasbro or somebody. All you have to do is make some card art and bubble it and you have got yourself an instant best seller.

Really outstanding work I grew up reading this comic in the Sunday paper one of my all time favorite.

AdrienVeidt · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Pluv, seriously; who wants a dog that's taking a dump all the time?

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