![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Fortunately, what I can continue to do is to design new projects, as well as convert and prepare figures for them.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
I'm working on two of these projects, both on the same subject. One I prefer to keep secret for now, but the other I can talk about.
Taking advantage of the re-released Airfix Guards sets already received and the idea suggested by Chris (C M Dodson), I'm starting to work on the representation of the current Spanish Royal Guard Music Unit.
http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=26789
As suggested by Owen (CliosPaintingBench) in the same thread, the main problem for the conversions would be the headgear, as with a good paintjob on the original figures you can get almost any uniform.
These would be the figures to be achieved:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/3wT9KYcL/Unidad-de-m-sica-1.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/0ymcRbcM/Unidad-de-m-sica-2.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/28g2K4FN/Unidad-de-m-sica-4.jpg)
And these are the original figures to get them:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/C5qc4Nr1/Airfix-Guards-Band-reducida.jpg)
As a test I started with a tuba player:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/ZnCxfRWq/Airfix-tuba.jpg)
My first intention was to replace the head of the figure with that of a German Afrika Korps soldier also from Airfix, as his headdress seemed easy to turn into a ros, the typical ‘shako’ of the Spanish uniform.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/P5wSZhFj/Airfix-01711-Afrika-Korps.jpg)
However, due to the great difference in size between the two figures, once the substitution was made, the result was a very large head:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/wvCX9sgR/Tuba-1-F-reducida.jpg)
So I removed the added head and on the initially amputated one I cut and modelled with white wood glue (my usual material for sculpting) the ros with its plume. This was the final result:
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/X70fhFsT/Tuba-1-A-reducida.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/1RF0JMrG/Tuba-1-B-reducida.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/yYXmzd5W/Tuba-1-C-reducida.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/7ZHgP489/Tuba-1-D-reducida.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/7hSghYZs/Tuba-1-E-reducida.jpg)
I'm quite satisfied with the look of the figure and the process to get it, which was not too difficult. Other figures will require more in-depth conversions. I'm already trying to decide which band member will follow this one.
![MrGreen :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Thank you for watching.
![Wink ;-)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Santi.