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Ned Kelly was an Australian Bushranger (outlaw) in the late 1800s.
He and his gang made suits of metal armour to shield themselves against bullets from the law. Ned Kelly is by far our most famous bushranger and I wanted to have a go at recreating him in 1/6 scale. It's mostly finished bar a little extra weathering and paint and some leather accessories that I still need to make.
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I sculpted his armour using Aves Apoxie, moulded over a suitable base.
For his helmet, I found an old plastic vanilla extract bottle and it seemed about the right size.
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I trimmed off the neck and inserted a screw to give the bottle something to grip
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Then I trimmed down an old head to fit inside the bottle, and sculpted the apoxie over the bottle
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Here is an early progress pic of the torso armour.
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Then it was just a matter of finding some clothes and weathering with acrylic paints + pigments. This is all still in progress, the shoes haven't been touched yet and the hands + weapons need some weathering.
He and his gang made suits of metal armour to shield themselves against bullets from the law. Ned Kelly is by far our most famous bushranger and I wanted to have a go at recreating him in 1/6 scale. It's mostly finished bar a little extra weathering and paint and some leather accessories that I still need to make.
I sculpted his armour using Aves Apoxie, moulded over a suitable base.
For his helmet, I found an old plastic vanilla extract bottle and it seemed about the right size.
I trimmed off the neck and inserted a screw to give the bottle something to grip
Then I trimmed down an old head to fit inside the bottle, and sculpted the apoxie over the bottle
Here is an early progress pic of the torso armour.
Then it was just a matter of finding some clothes and weathering with acrylic paints + pigments. This is all still in progress, the shoes haven't been touched yet and the hands + weapons need some weathering.
