I finally Got My Iron Warrior

 

Took a bit of work but finally made my British Golden Age character The Iron Warrior!

It stands 12 inches tall and the soldiers in the pics are 60mm tall so fits perfectly there but can be used with 3.75 inch action figures -if made for that scale it would be standing at least 24 inches tall!

I started out with two large polystyrene balls (no, I personally do not have polystyrene balls so behave!).  I then used Milliput to cover both halves making for a metal hard exterior. The arms are also Milliput. I was going to add more Milliput and give it a smoother finish but then I realised a rather beaten look was better (I may do some weathering later).

Rodney Dearth created the IW in the late 1930s so he would have used metal plates and the tools of the time to harden the shell.  Likely he did this himself and even if he had the IW built by an engineering yard by 1943 it had gone through a lot.  Charged by a huge bull elephant, fired upon with guns and small artillery and then adding in his new adventures when he got to South America -the battle with Big Bong (When Giants Fought), giant alligator and several run ins with a one eyed T-Rex...the Iron Warrior would look pretty beat up from repairs in the field including panel beating.

The Warrior's huge chopper (not aa bike but an axe) is currently drying after painting so old Iron Sides is "tooled up".  I put him on those two base plates to photo as my table is slightly tilting. 

 With everything I have learnt from this IW I would go about it all differently now -it took almost three packs of Milliput which is an epoxy putty where you mix the two colours together and it goes rock hard after a few hours.  

 But weathering the old Action Man/GI Joe helmet will help with a more roughed up looking figure. Considering there is now only one Iron Warrior action figure in the world...the Universe...I am quite chuffed.