Surd

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

Surd was a character in the 90's Jonny Quest cartoon and toy line. Here I'm going for something to reflect the "real-world" Surd. The "Quest World" Surd action figure made by Galoob was more of a Tron/Matrix version of the character.

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

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

This is great! Where's the wheelchair from?

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

very cool! that chair is awesome.

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

kowalski wrote:

This is great! Where's the wheelchair from?

Thanks!

It's a Playmobil wheelchair. It's not quite scaled for 1:18, so there are a few cheats. The legs are undersized (and a fodder box gift from 2DARK2C!) which helps. The headrest and push handles are kibbles from Star Wars items. A ROC MARS trooper backpack is added to the underside to look like a battery storage area. Finally, a pouch from a ROC Ice-Viper is added to the back (which I forgot to paint, btw).

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

2DARK2C wrote:

very cool! that chair is awesome.

Thanks!

If you didn't see it, the legs are ones you gave me in a fodder box. Another save by 2DARK2C...

2DARK2C · **Joined:** Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:59 pm **Location:** MS

i sure missed it! great use of those "hunter" legs! the chair mods are perfect, but now i'm struck most by the beard/hair sculpting!

DanOfTheDead · **Posted:** Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:08 pm

That paint job alone really glammed up that wheel chair, I'm familiar with the playmobile one but I totally didn't recognize it.

8bitboy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:17 pm

Here I was thinking the wheelchair was entirely custom! That is an insane chair! Love the design and sculpting as well.

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

2DARK2C wrote:

i sure missed it! great use of those "hunter" legs! the chair mods are perfect, but now i'm struck most by the beard/hair sculpting!

Thanks. It was necessary to hide the Big Brawler head as much as possible.

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

DanOfTheDead wrote:

That paint job alone really glammed up that wheel chair, I'm familiar with the playmobile one but I totally didn't recognize it.

Thanks.

Playmobil accessories: too big for MASK and too small for GI Joe. Adding the scale-adjusting stuff altered its appearance up just the right amount. Glad the paint job works. Wasn't sure if it would come off as lazy, which it totally was.

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

8bitboy wrote:

Here I was thinking the wheelchair was entirely custom! That is an insane chair! Love the design and sculpting as well.

Thanks.

There's more work I could have done, like adding "padding" to the chair to contour/fill the gap between the figure's back and the seat (which I made sure to photograph at an angle to hide, of course).

There's a not-quite 1:18 wheelchair in the Avatar line (the James Cameron one), but those figures are very small, so I went with the Playmobil one, which looked like an easier path to bulk up.

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