You probably know this Yarry miniature.
Its a very popular hobbit from Enigma miniatures that has seen many, many, many conversions, from Daredevil and Elektra to Napoleon. If you look on CMON you'll find a real bunch of them, but most of them can be seen in this site.
Looking to the pose, it reminded me a very famous statue of the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, that is placed just outside Guimarães castle. It didnt seem to be an impossible project so, of course, I had to do it!
First, I had to cut some 'extra' parts. I tried to save the most I could to use later or to save the bits. He'll be wearing a helmet and chainmail so, hair had to come out. Same with the arms, a pouch and some fancy details in the sword. Tough job...
The, even tougher, I had to sculpt all the parts that were not there. I've used a mix of GS with Milliput so that I could sand those parts. The sword is from a brave soldier of Minas Tirith, who is now known as Beren.
Then it was just a matter of painting him. I seem to have lost the wip pictures (I started this mini some months ago) so lets jump to the final stage. Still needs the Dullcoat, but other than that maybe just a couple of touches here and there. Hope you like it! I call it D. Afonso Yarriques!
I had a great fun doing this one, really. I recommend it to everyone who likes a nice conversion. I mean, there are so many Yarry out there already made that just show what can be done with a bit of imagination...
I already bought another one...
