Customizing: Kayo (Robert Beltran) in the movie "Lone Wolf McQuade" (with Chuck Norris)

[dieastra]

Since I became a Robert Beltran fan through watching Star Trek Voyager, I also have watched many other movies with him. "Lone Wolf McQuade" was my first Chuck Norris movie, I have no idea how I could have missed this so far. I absolutely loved it, and I loved Robert's character so much that I made this figure of Kayo. It was a lot of work but I am

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[arashinoookami]

Wow, that's amazing!

I'm glad you posted today too, I was going to send you a message to make sure you're safe from the floods.

[dieastra]

Thank you!

And thank you for asking. I am in the far East, these are in the far West, also in Belgium and Netherlands.

We did have a similar situation in Dresden and Saxony back in 2002, where also water came unexpected overnight. It's not the slowly rising rivers where you can build sandbag dams, it's the small rivers from the mountains that come down and take everything with them. So I know what it looks like and how much destruction there is.

There are a lot more dead now than we had then though. It's all a big tragedy.

[arashinoookami]

I'm glad you're safe (and your family too).

It's the same as the bushfires we had at the beginning of last year here. They just came in so quickly that most people only had time to get themselves out.

[dieastra]

Yeah, fire is also a nasty thing :( You have too little rain and we have too much.

This time, there had been warnings though. For days the meterologists had given warnings that it would become bad. It is not quite clear yet how some were ignoring them.

12 people died in the ground level in a disabled home. There was one nurse which was in the building on the other side. They got a warning from a fireman in that night, and started to bring people in higher levels, and when they came back it already was flooded. It happened within minutes.

But other homes had been evacuated long before and that's what they should have done here. It is not the fault of this one poor nurse being all alone, and probably having nightmares for the rest of their live.

And now the rain has moved elsewhere, to Bavaria, and they are making the same mistakes despite the warnings. It's a nightmare.

[colej55]

As far as I'm concerned, this is your best customization yet. And so detailed! You are finally feeling more confident in your sewing, too. You probably know this, but pinstripers and detail painters will sometimes use only a couple of bristles of a brush, cutting all other bristles away to create a custom, tiny tool. They also usually position the piece so that they can brace the pinky of the painting hand on a hard, smooth surface. I sometimes nestled my doll heads or detailed pieces on a small bed of foam rubber, resting my pinky on the table as I pulled the bristles along. Robert Beltran's skin tones have quite a bit of red in them, but getting the mix just right is a nightmare. We have custom paint stores here that can use a computer to provide a formula. It would still be approximate, but it be a good starting point.

I'm so impressed! Bravo!

[dieastra]

Thank you

[alumfelga]

Wow, he looks great! I don't think I've seen "Lone Wolf McQuade", but I looked up some pictures. You could write you bought the figure like this and I would think it's well made. The belt is so detailed, and you made it from scratch, amazing. The purple hat was fancy and funny, but the white one just fits perfectly. I'm happy to see you got appreciation :)

[dieastra]

Thank you! I am telling you, I am falling in love with an action figure! Whenever I look at him, I can't believe I made this

[hamsterwoman]

First, wow, that looks like so much amazingly fiddly work! Very cool to see the step-by-step detail of how you managed the transformation.

And second, WOW, how cool to get the recognition from Beltran himself!

[dieastra]

Thank you so much!
Yes, my motto is, when I am doing something, I'm doing it properly. I can get carried away in the details but they make all the difference.
First I had just wanted to glue the pockets to the belt, but then I got ambitious and now they can move around, which makes it less difficult to get the exact place right.

Making the figure was stretched out about many weekends. Sometimes I am too impatient and want to continue before the paint is dry.

Yes, I was over the moon with that reply! I had hoped for it but honestly not expected it.
I also have some more ideas of other characters he played ;)

Is this a movie you are familiar with? Somehow I am getting the impression that everyone knows it and I am the last to discover it. Without Robert Beltran, I'm not sure I'd ever watched it but I truly loved it. It has action, it has humor, and it has heart. And he has a nice big role from start till end with good development.

I just added this screenshot, I also have bought some wolves now to make some more pictures ;)

[hamsterwoman]

Is this a movie you are familiar with?

Nope, never heard of that movie before. But I only know of Beltran in the Star Trek context, and even that purely by osmosis.

[dieastra]

I'm just happy that I finally understand all the Chuck Norris jokes ;) I don't remember ever having seen a movie with him, but the role he played here was quite a cool guy.

And they say this is probably the best of all his movies so I guess it must have some cult status. So I thought you might have heard about it, from your various osmosises ;)

A guy I know via the "Gotham" action figures asked me after I already had posted tons of Star Trek pictures: "Has this guy been in 'Lone Wolf McQuade' by any chance?" I was impressed that he recognized him, all those years later. From an action figure!

[vjezkova]

I say - you are the best!!!Amazing!

I know that you are safe but it never hurts to wish my friend to stay like that.:-)

[dieastra]

Thank you!
And yeah, we need to look out for each other. Also, there was some water in Saxony close to your border and it did some damage too, but nothing really bad and nobody died. How about your side?

[vjezkova]

I really like what you say about us sharing and caring!
And here in Spolí so far so good. However there are many places destroyed by elements, houses, property, fields, forests...so terrible.
An enormous wave of solidarity here too but shame on our terrible government...