Astra's actionfigures in Action

I customized Janeway and Chakotay in grey shirts. I hope I got the color right, it's difficult to mix, and also often looks different on screen. Sometimes more grey-blue, sometimes more lilac. I used a grey with a bit of red and white to make it lighter.

I also kept the original arms so I can switch out short or long sleeves look. Two birds with one stone!

Before:



Cutting off the turtle neck collar.



Cutting off extra jacket creases.



Filling the holes to make a smooth surface.






Hope I got the color right, it's not easy to mix. I used grey, a bit of red to make it lilac and a bit of white to make it lighter.









New possibilities! I could make the scene from "Night"...






... or they can just drink coffee in a relaxed atmosphere.



Originals



I don't remember who made this collage, sorry:

Since I became a Robert Beltran fan through watching Star Trek Voyager, I also have watched many other movies with him. "Lone Wolf McQuade" was my first Chuck Norris movie, I have no idea how I could have missed this so far. I absolutely loved it, and I loved Robert's character so much that I made this figure of Kayo. It was a lot of work but I am very proud of him!







I started with a Motion Picture Bones, as he already had the open collar that I needed.

I shortened his tunic and filled out spaces with Milliput, also forming the collar. I also switched out the arms to those from the Talosian Keeper.





I spent ages trying to mix the right skin color. The original Chakotay figure is too light, and I had to re-do it several times as he turned out too dark. Painting a face in that small scale is not easy. It is easy to screw up though. Not doing that any time soon again.








I made the shirt pockets not with Milliput but with several pieces of plastic added to each other. It gave a cleaner edge and shape.





Painting the stripes was another nightmare.





At first I had tried to use the Star Trek symbol to make into the Sheriff star but that looked too clumsy so I just printed it from a screenshot. Also the red patches on the sleeves.





The only hat I could find in my stash was this. I cut of the feather (shame! I loved it!) and painted it white. I also added the brown hat band.
See also Kayo trying on some more hats here











I made the weapon belt from scratch as well. The belt buckle is a chain link from a keyring. I even sewed the holster with the tiniest needle I could find. I already had the gun (borrowed from Jack Harkness) and the cuffs.








I put leather around some foam rubber and then added another stripe for the flap. At the back it became a loop. All the items can be moved around on the belt.











And then I got the highest approval you can imagine!

This is what I have been doing for the past two days.
I cut up the jumpsuit into pants and a jacket. Had to open the seams to remove the sewn-in grey turtleneck shirt, and resew black and red together. I opened the front of the jacket and closed the back (where there was a gap closed with velcro).






I had to do the stitches several times as it was not easy to get a straight line. You do it at the back and then turn it around.





I think Kathryn approves of the new look.

So here's what I have been up to. I wanted to make shiny coffee mugs but the first try with silver paint came out rather dull.




Then a friend suggested I use foil instead of paint. Thankfully I like to eat these wafers so had some at home.



Still it needed a handle. Originally I was going to make it with FIMO but another friend suggested using foam rubber instead. I looked through my stash and found this Christmas sign that I had gotten off a Christmas card. Perfect thickness!



The whole thing did not cost me a cent. I used the cylindric cover from a paintbrush, the foil and that plastic badge which looks like brushed silver (for the bottom of the mugs).



The original:

On the weekend I made a console for Tuvok!





I got the prints from the Voyager Illustrated Handbook:





My materials - just cardboard and a wooden stick from candied apples:





I split it in two halves, it is for the round edge at the front of the console:





To hide the ugly cardboard sides, I added tape:





Result of the first day:





But then I realized the console should be at an angle and also the top, so I added triangles in the corners to keep the shape:





And then I got ambitious and instead of just glueing the printed display to the top of the cardboard, I wanted it to be inserted. Which meant adding another layer and destroying my perfectly flush top to have it flush with the front:





See, all cardboards. The prints go behind to give an edge around:





Looks good but there is this ugly gap between the cardboard and the wooden stick:





So I created some kind of apron from paper and sprayed it with the same grey paint and wrapped it around to give a smooth surface.
Yesterday I did it with newspaper which was so thin it cracked when I glued it. And instead of trying again, I tried to spray over it and with that destroyed the whole printed display. So I had to wait till today for printing a new one:





I also added plastic foil to make the displays more shiny.





I'm very proud of it! He will also get his front console but since this was so much work I did not finish that yet.



Bridge by Jonathan Parks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/triplefictionproductions/permalink/890961745063912/

Today I finally finished the Kermit for Ed. I had started in March last year but then a pandemic hit... The limbs are made from Suralin from my East German childhood, which is like FIMO a clay that can be hardened in the oven. I mixed green and yellow to get the right color. Then I connected them with wire so it is poseable. The exact right color for the collar came from a flyer that advertised the cleaning of curtains. I think the arms are a bit too long so I may re-do them. But otherwise I love him!

I built this razor from scratch. The wood paper is from the DIY market, free samples.
The shiny metal plate is from my stash. The rest is cardboard and a little pin that is probably from an old watch I took apart. It fit perfectly.

And then I lost it in the wilderness when trying to take pictures with action figures. I thought I had to re-make the whole thing, went up and down the stairs three times, thinking I lost it somewhere else - and then found it sticking to my shoe. Phew!

The cardboard backs of old calendars make great spaceships! Or at least some windows.

I cut out the shape, I like using nail scissors for round forms. Then I added thicker cardboard to give it depth, and finally some thin cardboard stripes to form the sides of the windows. I think I'm going to spray paint it yet.














Whoops, I leaned the window into the wrong direction. This is what it's supposed to look like.

He's done! I feel very accomplished today. I think I have outdone myself, even if I say so myself. What do you think? Does that look like Chakotay or what? *beams*

I had quite a struggle trying to mix the right skin tone, it always came out too brown and dark. And don't ask me about the tattoo! The black pen I wanted to use for it had dried up but I did not fancy waiting another day and buy a new one... then I realized, the pens for labeling CDs are waterproof as well.

I learnt that the odd green thing Tuvok came with is called a SIMS beacon. I repainted it now, looks much better!
Chakotay and Janeway are still MIA. Wish I had ordered all three from this seller instead *sigh*