Miniature Sideshow Banner

Above is the miniature sideshow banner print (on 8.5 x 11 canvas paper) I'll be including as an extra for anyone who purchases a complete set of my carnival sideshow figures (shown below).  I'm getting closer to having everything set so I can offer these for sale.  I should have some with me at the Kitbuilders show in St. Louis.

Princess Aura

For quite some time I was very active in the segment of the model building hobby known as figure kits -- or sometimes resin kits -- or even "garage" kits -- as the models in question are often created by hand in someone's garage -- casting a small scale figural sculpt in resin using silicone rubber molds.  In recent years, my teaching and comic book schedule has mostly kept me away from the modeling table.  However, upon getting my hands on this amazing kit, I couldn't resist getting back in the swing and building and painting it right away.  This is Princess Aura as portrayed by Ornella Muti in the 1980 film version of  "Flash Gordon."  The kit was produced by Charlie "Mad Dog" Dunton and sculpted by Chuck "2 Bit" Needham.  For my money, there's no better sculpted kit ever produced in the hobby.  It features an amazing likeness and an eerily life-like like quality.  The pose and anatomy are spot on -- and the attention to detail is stunning.  It was a pleasure to assemble and paint, and I'm thrilled to finally have this one on my shelf.

Old pics rescued -- model kits

Ah -- just ran across a disc containing pics from some years ago (stuff I thought was lost forever in all my PC computer crashes ). Those of you who may have visited my old website will recall some of these -- but I thought they were worth posting again. This batch of pics is all from my long-lost model kit web page. I've long been involved in the figure kit hobby, and these are a few of my favorite build-up and paint jobs.