Sunday, January 20, 2019

Nakatomi Plaza December 24th 1988


Life happens. And it really is a circle. We've all been there, or will be there at some point, so there isn't any need to go into great detail, but both my parents are pretty sick and we even had to have a three pound tumor removed from our dog over the holidays. Needless to say there has been zero motivation to get up to the studio and even less motivation to try to write about hobby stuff - and thus the reason for the lack of posts and even comments on the blogs I follow over the last few months. But I did have quite a few posts sitting in the queue in edit mode and desperately want to try to get those finished up and published. So here was what was supposed to be my Christmas post - a full month late 🙂

This is a meme I made several years ago that has made plenty of rounds on the Social Medias in December

There has been an ongoing joke at the Evans household for years now where I will always pull out Die Hard when my wife asks to put a Christmas movie on. For some context my wife is all about Christmas (she's like a walking talking Hallmark Channel movie lol!) and me, not so much - I think a lot of that has to do with me coming from a divorced family at an early age. Needless to say this annoys her a bit, but to her credit she doesn't push me on it too much.


I even found this amazing shirt this year that spoofs the whole Die Hard Christmas thing even further. Now I have a Christmas shirt, ho ho ho 🎅


So let's get on to the figure. This is "Walt" from Studio Miniatures, but clearly it's John McClane from the first Die Hard movie. Another fantastic figure from a manufacturer who is easily becoming one of my favorites, right up there with Crooked Dice. I will say the SM figures do scale a bit smaller when compared side by side to other 28mm figures though, like CD.


What's really great about the sculpt is the detail on the feet with the make shift bandages, great stuff! At first I almost felt the wash used was too dark, but with the bandages present that does mean he's already been through the air ducts and fell down the elevator shaft, thus getting much dirtier - that's my story anyway and I'm sticking with it lol!


Is there a game where I can use this figure in the future? Not that I can think of right now, but Die Hard is an absolute favorite movie of mine, so when I first saw this figure I had to buy it. So even if this figure just sits in the case I'm glad he's in the collection and that I finally have him on a base.

Until next time (which hopefully won't be two months later), thanks for looking!

Cheers!
Ivor

14 comments:

  1. Nice work. Its one of the many I keep meaning to get around to picking up.

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    1. Thanks Simon! As you well know they have quite a few really nice movie/TV show figures, I actually need to pick up several of the ones you've painted up 🙂

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  2. Sorry for your troubles Ivor & I know it can be hard to do but escapism by doing thinks that you really love helps get you through imho.

    Like yourself I'm also a big fan of Die Hard & I think the model is perfect as John & who knows maybe the next T-shirt you buy will read Liverpool Premier League Champions 2018-2019 :)

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    1. Much appreciated Frank! I'd love to see some other figures from the series make it into miniature form as well - Hans, Karl, Col. Stewart, and Zues just off the top of my head.

      Still early days, but it is exciting to think of that shirt being a possibility 😃

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  3. Yippee ky-yay mother....
    I know everyone is going to say that, but I’m a simpleton. Die Hard totally counts as a Christmas movie. 😀
    Sorry for your family troubles; it is a season that comes to us all sadly.

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    1. Ha! Yeah, I agree with you 110% Stew 🎅
      Appreciate it, I know that you are experiencing much the same.

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  4. brilliant Ivor! I love Studio minis, I have the A Team and loads of others, just so much character in each sculpt!

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    1. Cheers Andy! The A-Team is definitely on my want list :)

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  5. As you say many of us have been in your shoes, my best wishes. Here in the UK Christmas means either Zulu or The Great Escape followed by The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show 1970, 71, 73, 75, you get the picture.

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    1. Much appreciated George! I'd definitely take Zulu or The Great Escape for my Christmas movies lol

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  6. Figure looks great and I love the roof, so many details, well done!

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    1. Thanks a lot Doc! Model railroad kits are filled with all kinds of neat little details 🙂

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