Boris Leonidas

[cheddarmonger]

No time to sit and chat, so feel free to talk amongst yourselves...

[Rays Bat]

Mutts nuts.

As I said before I think the arrows are a little on the thick side. Mean's they'd hurt like hell, but probably not feasible to be shot by archers.
The cape and pose are tanfastic.

[Perv]

Oooooo I like this, a lot.  Superb fig to paint, where is he from and did you add the arrows yourself?

I think the face is outstanding and the colour scheme really works well.  The only thing I am not too keen on is the black lines around his "posing pouch".  They could do with being a bit more subtle but other than that I think its a superb job.  You deserve a large lump of cheese for that one mate  :icon_w00t:

[cheddarmonger]

He's an oldie, but a goodie!

That's Heresy Miniatures Super Dynamic Big Boris!  If you like this one, Boris is an awesome mini.  Andy sculpted several poses of him, including a few fantasy football variants.  Highly recommended!

As for conversions, I sculpted the cape and the shield, fabricated the spear and helmet and yes, I made all those pesky arrows.  They're brass rod with paper fletchings, each painstakingly hand-glued.  Or, my hand was glued several times, during which I got some of the fletchings on the rods!  Boris comes with an open hand, so it was pretty easy to place that spear into his hand.

Yep, I agree that those bolts are a bit too big and they really detract from the piece.  Its just I can't imagine gluing fletchings to a smaller guage wire, but perhaps I'll give it a try.

Thanks for the kind comments!

[Dr.Evil]

It's another converted Boris ( BERSERK BORIS #2 - SUPER DYNAMIC BORIS ) and he's that hard they had to use Batista's to slow him down.  :icon_cool:

[alrith72]

I like! Voted for this one over on the FOD challenge and it was the face that swung it for me as both entries were great.

[Fabian]

He has got a fantastic expression!

Re: the helmet - nice use of the grass there! I would never have known if you hadn't said.  ;D

[Agentmolar]

Great conversion. But he appears to have a tree trunk embedded in his leg.. was that deliberate?  :icon_razz:

[cheddarmonger]

Heh.  Mind you, I made the arrows right after watching 300, at the IMAX no less, so they had a huge impact on me.  Besides, I'm not sure if I'd be able to glue the fletching to thinner wire.  I'll try at some point, but I see the point that the arrows are a bit out of scale.  Anyway, they were much better than plastic GW gobbo or skelly sprue arrows.

[Agentmolar]

Hes also holding a Goauld staff weapon... very useful for sci fi games as well!  :icon_razz:

Heh,, just giving you crud* chedder.. jobs a good un.