William Hartnell Doctor Who Figure
This figure is 3D printed and upsized to about 70mm from a metal 28mm figure. I got someone to make it before I painted it. I really wanted a 54mm version and the figure lost some of its original detail in the 3D printing.
What results you achieve in different scales is often about settings on the 3D-printer. I've fillament-printed figures in H0 scale (1:87) which are about only 19mm tall. To try to hide those layer lines I usually print with a thickness less than 0.10mm. I spray my figurs with car spray filler before painting them.
ReplyDeleteNice paint job, James!
Thanks Roger. I have never 3D printed myself. There was a shop in a local town where I took the figures, but it was a bit of a challenge for the owner to get just what I wanted, and it was not cheap.
DeleteIn my view William Hartnell was the definitive Dr Who. I never could get into the 'Dr Who' show after he left it...
ReplyDeleteAgreed, he is the definitive Doctor. I also liked that he seemed real. He was imperfect, didn't always get things right and had a mean streak as well as a benevolent one. At first it was not even apparent that he was an alien. He also looked like my grandfather, Poppy, (who was like a dad to me) with similar head profile.
ReplyDeleteNot long ago I read of Hartnell's childhood, which was fairly rough, and he could have ended up a criminal. Thankfully he did not.
People were a bit taken aback by the second Doctor, Troughton, due to his flippant character (a trend continued in Baker, the Fourth Doctor). I actually liked the Second Doctor, and he related very well to his companions. he third Doc was a more serious one and also physically capable (which was from the actor's military background). Baker, is probably the Doctor most liked and he was very good with a combination of flippancy and seriousness. This style reminds me of the Scarlet Pimpernel, one who appears foppish and incapable but actually very clever and courageous.