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Welcome to the page of my ever growing Sherlock
Holmes collection. I plan to add to this page from time to time, so check back in often to see the newest additions to
the Master Detective's array of figures and accessories!
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ENJOY!
SERIES ONE
Mysteries in the City...
This is my ode to Jeremy Brett's Holmes
Jeremy Brett played Holmes for several seasons
of episodes and feature length films on British Granada Television starting in 1984 and ending in 1994. These figures aren't
the more traditional figures, like Holmes with the deerstalker hat, but are consistant with the images of Holmes
and Watson created by Conan Doyle, the creator of the characters and of the TV version who often dressed in typical Victorian
attire.
In Series One, I used clothing that reflects Holmes
in London, his dark coat and tophat. This version of Watson is not based so much on any one actor but my interpretation
using the materials I had at hand.
I have also added some new props and accessories
to the set. Note Holmes' more accurate pipe in the shot below. I made that one myself. The too-large pipe is from a Sideshow
figure and is not Holmes accurate.
Watson! The game's a-foot!
SERIES TWO
Into the Countryside...
For series two, I went with what Holmes
wore in The Hound of the Baskervilles, which is the more classic and familiar attire of the long grey coat and the
famous deerstalker hat, made especially for this figure, courtesy of Vikki Godwin of The Fabric of Time and Space website.
(Thanks Vikki! see site link below )
For this version of Holmes I used a taller,
leaner body and a new head with a slightly better likeness to actor Jeremy Brett, and a nod to the look of the famous
Paget illustrations in the Strand magazine as well.
WHAT'S THIS?
OH NO, WATSON!
It's....
MORIARTY!
I had to try and work up a Professor Moriarty figure, just to give Holmes
a Watson a threat element within the collection.
Plus, he's the obvious top villain of the entire Holmes mythos, and my
next character of choice.
For the figure, I used a Sideshow Ed Platt head, better known as the
Chief on Get Smart, on a Dragon body with a variety of high end 1/6 clothes.
I really like his face and thought he had the look that could come across
as menacing for my Moriarty, as well as the fact that he resembles the actor that portrayed Moriaty on the Granada series,
Eric Porter.
To even more resemble Porter, I added wrinkles, a mole, the long hair
and thick eyebrows and gave him a very dark countenence, hopefully bringing more inline with the character of
"the Napoleon of Crime!"
I hope you like my results.
I dedicate these figures to my great friend
Jeff Carter,
To whom I owe
a great debt for starting my enthusiasm for Holmes in the first place.
More Holmes to come!
See where I got the deerstalker hat at Vikki's site...
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