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Stanley in Africa

Posted by XbriX on 14 Jan 2024, 13:04

I'm back after some radio silence with more 1/72 scale plastics.
With this post I want to present to you a conversion based on an figure found in HaT 8268 Askari set, with some parts from Italeri 6050 Zulu Wars British Infantry set, depicting the legendary explorer Henry Morton Stanley. 

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Above was roughly inspired by below photograph:

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Stanley 1872, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Unfortunately, I could not find a suitable figure for Stanley's adopted son Kalulu, so I painted one of Hat 8269 Ruga-Ruga figures instead.

 It may also interest you that I created a new blog - https://xbrixsminiaturesreborn.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading!
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Posted by PhilC on 14 Jan 2024, 15:10

Excellent conversion, and very convincing! I take note of your new blog and will update mine with a new link.
Regarding Kalulu, you might consider using the young boy from Airfix's Tarzan set. Or maybe have a look at some 15mm figures, but I have no knowledge in this scale.
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Posted by Rich W on 17 Jan 2024, 23:51

Great job on these two chaps!
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Posted by Peter on 26 Jan 2024, 14:52

Excellent work on these figures! :thumbup:
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