Saturday, June 30, 2012

Doctor Who - Tom Baker


I finished painting the fourth doctor as portrayed by Tom Baker.  The fourth and fifth doctors are my favorites so a lot of love went into this mini.  The Ark in Space is the first Doctor Who episode I ever saw and I fell in love immediately. 

 

I was going for the Season 12 costume but I was looking at my Underground Toys action figure for the scarf pattern and realized later that it may have been based on the Season 15 scarf.  Oh well, it's not all that different and it gets the point across.  I also left the pattern off of his vest but that was more of conscious choice.  The way the eyes are sculpted also gave me a bit of difficulty but in the end I'm pretty happy with him.  He's been waiting for me to paint him for over 20 years, so I'm glad I did it.  Just Peter Davison left now.  Expect to see him as well as some fantasy monsters soon.

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful! My favorite Dr. Who character. You have done him proud, Sir.

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  2. Wonderful, excellent job on capturing what may be the hardest 'look' out of all of them. Ark in Space an absolute classic and will never forget the child-hood heart attack when that bloody great bug fell out of the closet. Looking forward Peter Davison, would love to see a group shot when they're all done.

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  3. Thanks, I will definitely post a group shot when they're done.

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  4. Ooh... I really like how you did the scarf. You got a much better "knitted" effect than I managed to produce. Also, trying to get it "right" is a lesson in nerdy insanity, I was writing down lists of colours and stripe thicknesses and eventually just said screw it, I'll get the ends right and fudge the rest a bit.

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