AMBUSH & SURPRICE
Ambush & Surprise 2022 June
Bronze in C4-Open, Malmö, Sweden, 2022
With the two soldiers from the Master Box figurine series "At the Edge of the Universe. Strange Company's adventures. Episode I. Decision Time: What's best for me?", I had an idea of building an alley where the soldiers was to intercept another figurine of mine 'Lock n' Load', what the idea was scrapped as I wanted to incorporate the 'Irene Leroi' figurine from the same series without having her physical included - Mr Bully von French was invented.
Irene Leroi is a Steampunk lady, so the setting was then to build a more Victorian diorama, and I really wanted to build a door out out of balsa. Irene is so grand lady, so she got here own Diorama/Vignette and of course Bully von French is with her.
Soldiers name are: Tiberious "Ty" Constellation Hackington III and Laurie "Lighting Bolt" Barnes
Master Box Figurines
Only known picture where all three figurines are gathered before being set off on their own adventures.
Scale 1/24 equivalent to 8 cm tall
Painted with Green Stuff World acrylic
3D printing details - Mr Bully von French
After long search on the net, I finally downloaded a 3D file French Bulldog in form of a key chain charm. Throught the OpenSourced CAD program Blender, I removed the ring from his neck, added Steampunk Googles and a bow tie that I had earlier downloaded.
Printed in resin with my printer Anycubic Photon S.
Before
After
Printed and Painted
Door - knock knock
Used 2 thickness of balsa wood, one 5 mm (inside) and two 1 mm on each side. Used an exacto knife to carve out the 6 windows (on each side), sanded down the size of the windows.
Painted blue, weathered and added doorknob (bead) and other details.
Constructing the base
Used an IKEA shelf as a base
Cardboard as a wall which later got build up
Added Foam board to the side walk and 2 mm foam to cover the sides.
Used sand putty (se: väggspackel) to cover the walls and get it more firm.
Bricks are made of small foam pieces that has gone through brutal massage of larger stones.
The road is cork.
Added trims for the door.
Painted the walls and also shorten the base as it was too large for only 2 figurines.
Added green stuff to the wall and stones and sand to the road.
Complete, with added picture frame on the base.
On the other side of the wall, I glued an origami paper and weathered it down.
Added floor and wall trims made of balsa wood.
Oh, it is Irene Leroi's house
Complete with Mr Bully von French waiting for the soldiers Ty and Laurie to pop in.
Details
Finished
Laurie "Lighting Bolt" Barnes
Laurie is a Common soldier of the Goverment "Special Forces" detachment. She is beautiful, smart and extraordinary, she is also strong and tough, but flexible in nature at the same time. This has allowed her to quickly adapt to changes in every situation that she has been involved with. She came from a poor family from an outer peripheral planet. She grew up in very difficult conditions where survival was the best she could hope for. She volunteered for military service in the hopes to better her living conditions. She is and excellent, experiences and enterprising fighter. She is so good at what she does, it constantly incurs the discontent of her immediate superiors, who are intimidated by her abilities. Being a female, she constantly gets attitude from her male co-workers because she is so focused on being the best she can be. Therefore, she is forced to reconcile herself and drudge on to prove she is something worthwhile. She has proven herself an asset over and over again, but despite her high performance she has not advanced to the sergeant as of yet. Her abilities warrant advancement and she would make and excellent Officer, but entrance to the Officer level is closed for her due to lack of education and social status.
Text is taken from the Master Box model kit
Tiberious "Ty" Constellation Hackington III
Ty is young and full of ambition. He was born on one of the most highly developed planets of the Galactic Union, with excellent natural and technological education opportunities. Growing up in a rich and comfortable megalopolis, he was not particularly suited for the harsh service life he chose. His desire to prove himself assisted him to overcome the prejudice of both bosses and fellow soldiers and become an exemplary fighter in the Galactic Union Special Forces. He is highly developed and well educated. He dreams of studying at the Academy, but it has been difficult for him to get into the Academy because of caste prejudices and the lack of financial support from his relatives. He is very organized and clearly and accurately executes orders to the letter. He is not very motivated and proactive and he is not inclined to improvise, which on the one hand, makes him a very reliable member of the team, but on the other it closes his prospect of growth to the level of sergeant. Despite a very decent education, he must rely solely on himself and a state scholarship if he wants to attend the Academy to gain the coveted status of an officer. He doesn't feel that his abilities will get him accepted, so he must decide where his future will go.
Text is taken from the Master Box model kit