Miniature Figurines

  This figurine was a pleasure to assemble and paint and when completing the job I decided to give her a "wound"....she has scratched her shin, as can be seen in the photo above. Nothing serious and she'll get around to applying a band-aid from the first-aid kit strapped to her right leg. ra The detailing on Hayzel is very fine......I discovered that the first-aid pouches even include zippers! Another miniature has been ordered and this time it's another 1/12 scale item (same size as Felicia - featured in an earlier post) and is a representation of Eowyn, from Lord of the Rings . Her assembly and painting will be featured here.

The title of this post is taken from a pop song from the 1960s, but the spelling was "Hazel", not the Korean-English shown here. "Hayzel" is from the "Girls in Action" series, by ZKPLA (formerly Tori Factory) and is in 1/20th scale. The kit comes with an alternative head - the box-art above shows Hayzel wearing a helmet and visor closed. I chose to go with the full-face with hair version. In addition to the figure's components (torso, head+hair, arms and legs) there is also a rucksack, a fry-pan, a first-aid kit, a pair of sneaker-clad feet and a superb M4 automatic rifle. There were sprue joins to be removed and support pieces in the crook of the elbows and also behind the knees. The sneakers were beautifully moulded, with very high detail for the size. These little items of footwear are only 13mm in length yet have all the features of a pair of full-size sneakers! I used Gunze "Mr. Surfacer 500" to blend the joins where the legs attached to...