Conte G.I. conversions (2 Viewers)

I just did up another 17 conte G.I. conversions, Its getting late so I,ll post some pictures tommorow. I like the conte figures fo converting. They are very nice plastic figures with tons of conversion possiblities. I only had a limited amount of figures so I could only do so many conversions but I want to get a few more sets of these because I am missing a lot of the poses and I could have come up with a lot more ideas if I had more figures to choose from, and with 27 factory poses thats a lot to work with as far as conversions go!
I wish conte would come out with 27 napoleonic poses!!!:eek: :cool:
 
Nice Job as usual Tim and looking forward to more. Mike looking forward to seeing your figures having seen them I know they'll be a hit when posted and also waiting to see your Conte's 24th Ft conversion painted.......Joe
 
Here aresome more G.I. conversions. I still need to file off the extra 2 part putty and maybe do a little shapeing and filling in a few spots but you can get the idea of whats going on and be able to tell what I did with the extra putty sticking out.
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Your poses are very good. After being uninspired to cut up any figures for a while, you have reawakened the desire to take knife and filler to plastic again.

Gary
 
modwalls said:
Great job Tim. It will take me at least 1 month to paint the Conte GI conversions I did. Now that I've seen yours, dawg gonit I need to make a couple more. I will post my conversions soon. I hope to start posting pics this Thursday, I just got this camera and it takes good shots. I've got them in my folder, and hopefully I can join the pic attack. I will show my WWII Paras, Red Devils, and Germans. I will be blind by 50. paint on convert on Mike.
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Looking forward to seeing your conversions!
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!
Always lots of fun chopping up figures. Do you do a lot off converting? I tried to start a thread on converting figures hoping It would be like the bored tonight diorama thread and we could share ideas and photos but it ran out off gas and seamed to loose interest. You guys should all post some photos on here of your work and give a few tips. Come on guys I know I,m not the only plastic jack the riper on here. Fubar,Binder,Ledmen I know i,m forgetting a few of you guys but you know who you are, Lets get the blades out and................
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!:eek: :p
 
binder001 said:
Your poses are very good. After being uninspired to cut up any figures for a while, you have reawakened the desire to take knife and filler to plastic again.

Gary
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I know you do a lot of chopping and a real good job from what I hear, You should post some of your work.
 
Hey Tim, love your work. I'm a baby in the hobby, just since 1999. I seen some Conte British 24th, and had to have them. I have converted about 400 Contes since 99. I'm not great with computers and cameras. I will try to post my painted and the new GIs unpainted. I use pins quick grip or grab to bond my figures. With the older rubber type Conte, I use the solder iron after pinning. I also melt off all seams and try to cut out the fat around the arms. You will get a kick out of the trench coat wittle down to poncho and officer coat officers. I hope I said that right. I don't paint the eyes on, I like the black wash look. I like the way yours came out. When I tried to paint eyes on, they looked like the cross eyed gang that couldn't shoot straight. Looking at Gary Dutkos work gives me ideas, as does yours. Thats what great about posting pics. Keep up the great work I like wounded guy being help. Hobby On Mike.
 
modwalls said:
Hey Tim, love your work. I'm a baby in the hobby, just since 1999. I seen some Conte British 24th, and had to have them. I have converted about 400 Contes since 99. I'm not great with computers and cameras. I will try to post my painted and the new GIs unpainted. I use pins quick grip or grab to bond my figures. With the older rubber type Conte, I use the solder iron after pinning. I also melt off all seams and try to cut out the fat around the arms. You will get a kick out of the trench coat wittle down to poncho and officer coat officers. I hope I said that right. I don't paint the eyes on, I like the black wash look. I like the way yours came out. When I tried to paint eyes on, they looked like the cross eyed gang that couldn't shoot straight. Looking at Gary Dutkos work gives me ideas, as does yours. Thats what great about posting pics. Keep up the great work I like wounded guy being help. Hobby On Mike.
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I guess I,m also only a baby in the hobby. I started back into collecting around 2004 after not having been into it since I was a kid. I started back into the hobby after coming across what was left of my plastic collection at my moms and took them home and painted up a few and remembered how munch I liked them.
I came across some conversions in a toy soldier magazine and I got a kick out of them and tried a few myself and really enjoyed doing it. I had tried bending figure into different shapes and fixing broken figures with pins when I was a kid so I guess the seed was planted back then already but after seeing what could be done by a full scale hack job I was hooked!

I,ve never tried that soldering iron thing and I dont use the pins in my figures but instead I hollow out both sides of the pieces i,m going to join together(arms,legs,ect.) and use 2 part putty to join them together and it acts like a pin and also holds the 2 parts together also so you don,t need glue. I try and get the holes pretty deep with a pointed hobby knife and keep them kind of on the ruff side so it grips better and pack in the putty on both sides and join the 2 pieces tother and clean of the extra that comes out. You can scrape off any extra putty you missed and fill any gaps after the putty is dry. I usually do this the next day. You can also make parts from the putty also. I like millput and the tamyia for my 2 part putty. I also use zap a gap glue which I love and think is the greatest supper glue for plastics. I use razor blades and the testors fixed blade pointed hobby knifes. I don,t like any of those hobby knifes that you change the blades out, They always bend and or fall out when you put any pressure on them and when your cutting a figure at the waist section you need to put some presure on them and the razor blade is to big when tring make the cut and avoid taking gear off the figure or following the waist contuer when its not straight or has gear I want to avoid.
 
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fishead19690 said:
I,ve never tried that soldering iron thing and I dont use the pins in my figures but instead I hollow out both sides of the pieces i,m going to join together(arms,legs,ect.) and use 2 part putty to join them together and it acts like a pin and also holds the 2 parts together also so you don,t need glue. I try and get the holes pretty deep with a pointed hobby knife and keep them kind of on the ruff side so it grips better and pack in the putty on both sides and join the 2 pieces tother and clean of the extra that comes out. You can scrape off any extra putty you missed and fill any gaps after the putty is dry. I usually do this the next day. You can also make parts from the putty also. I like millput and the tamyia for my 2 part putty. I also use zap a gap glue which I love and think is the greatest supper glue for plastics. I use razor blades and the testors fixed blade pointed hobby knifes. I don,t like any of those hobby knifes that you change the blades out, They always bend and or fall out when you put any pressure on them and when your cutting a figure at the waist section you need to put some presure on them and the razor blade is to big when tring make the cut and avoid taking gear off the figure or following the waist contuer when its not straight or has gear I want to avoid.
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Tim,

Get some of the better knives - they are worth it IMHO. There are some real nice ones by OLFA out of Japan (I believe). They have a smaller craft knife, called an "art knife" that has a very sharp blade that has a steeper angle than the usual #11 blade. It is great for getting in and around equipment and such. Beware they are SHARP and will take a nick out of your finger quite easily. They are carried in the US by the Walthers model railroad company (www.walthers.com). By the way, Walthers is a great source for model tools, glues, plastic and all kinds of scenery stuff.

Gary
 
Tim

I hope you don't mind me asking, but the plastic looks to be shiny so are they made from hard or soft plastic?

Jeff
 
Tim, I'm glad to hear that you are a newbee. I remember reading on one of the fourms a guy wanting to start a conversion group. I am definitly in. To me converting the figures is the hobby. The painting is the royal pain in the butt. I can never enjoy looking at mt figures again since I painted my first Conte. I have multiple conversions started in Marx AWC, WWII TSSD. I would probaly have thousands more going, if I didn't spend so much time making bombed out buildings and walls. I hope my walls and buildings go over well with this fourm group. This is the best place to establish yourself to the true and serious collectors. I will try to down load these pics I took of my converts and buildings. Hobby On Mike.
 
aujj65 said:
Tim

I hope you don't mind me asking, but the plastic looks to be shiny so are they made from hard or soft plastic?

Jeff
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These are not the old conte rubbery canadain plastic if thats what you mean they are the new conte plasic like the cival war figures but the plastics not to hard and isn,t to bad to cut up, nothing like the bmc plastic which is very hard and is my reference for hard plastic. and on the other end of the scale would be the old conte plastic which is very soft and very easy to cut up and is what I would use as a reference to soft plastic, so these new figures fall somewhere between the two and they are pretty easy to cut when compared to a lot of the other plastics out there.
 
modwalls said:
Tim, I'm glad to hear that you are a newbee. I remember reading on one of the fourms a guy wanting to start a conversion group. I am definitly in. To me converting the figures is the hobby. The painting is the royal pain in the butt. I can never enjoy looking at mt figures again since I painted my first Conte. I have multiple conversions started in Marx AWC, WWII TSSD. I would probaly have thousands more going, if I didn't spend so much time making bombed out buildings and walls. I hope my walls and buildings go over well with this fourm group. This is the best place to establish yourself to the true and serious collectors. I will try to down load these pics I took of my converts and buildings. Hobby On Mike.
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Looking forward to seeing some of your work! If you need any help posting pictures let me know, I know its hard the first time tring to post pictures but you,ll get the hang of it.
I don,t know if you ever saw this thread but its the origanal thread that I tried to start on converting and it has some of my early work from when I first started to convert figures and has posts and pictures by many others on there also and it might interest you so heres a link!
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?t=749&highlight=conversions
 
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