Mike Bunkermeister Creek
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Post by Mike Bunkermeister Creek on Nov 7, 2019 21:18:06 GMT
What 1/72nd scale plastic figures would work best to represent Nutcracker figures?
My thought is that some kind of Napoleonic figures would work, but what figures?
Those toy soldiers that appear at Christmas time based on the Nutcracker Ballet.
My hope is to be able to simply use paint conversion techniques rather than have to actually convert the plastic parts. Thanks. Mike Bunkermeister Creek Bunker Talk blog |
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Post by davidmac on Nov 8, 2019 4:16:23 GMT
I don't think that any soft plastic figures are rigid enough to serve as nutcrackers.
Possibly old tin-lead figures would be sturdy enough, but the incorporation of lead makes their use questionable.
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Post by bongman on Nov 8, 2019 7:29:02 GMT
If you just want a figure to represent a nutcracker then any standing at attention figure would do such as this standing at attention Prussian Musketeer (Hat 8083)
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Post by minuteman on Nov 8, 2019 8:29:49 GMT
It's a long shot but....The blacksmith with hammer in French Field Forge set 8107 might serve, if he were to be made much larger, made of (at least) cast iron, and have a heavily spring-loaded right arm! The nuts would then have little chance...
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Post by Brian on Nov 8, 2019 22:08:56 GMT
A slightly unusual request however I think I have found the perfect troops for the job, they make very poor troops for their intended theatre of war and have some very strange poses some stiff and wooden looking, some ballet like and theatrical, they are made of a bendy plastic which can change the pose all this makes them perfect as Nutcracker soldiers. Drum Roll
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Post by flashman on Jan 16, 2020 14:40:51 GMT
My cousin's children used to chew Airfix soldiers to strengthen their teeth. Presumably so that they could crack nuts in them...
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