Sir francis varney

[maelstrom]

The "Twilight" movies are alright...except that they are not the right genre for Vampires and Werewolves. These creatures are meant for HORROR!...not teeny bopper romance stories. Seriously, did anybody get scared at Twilight? Well, I'm all about creatures of the night, and I thought I would eschew superheroes for a while and get back to literary characters.

Here's Sir Francis Varney, a little known character from "Varney the Vampire" or "The Feast of Blood" by Thomas Preskett Prest OR James Malcolm Rhymer (Nobody seems to know who really wrote it for sure). I originally started with a different base figure and was making a Victorian age vampire, but then I realized that Varney predated the Victorian age. Varney predates Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and is perhaps a major inspiration for Stoker's novel. Varney was also referenced in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" series. The base figure is an "Alucard" figure from Neca's "Castlevania" series. The head is a chop job combining a Marvel Legends "Dracula" head and a McFarlane "Faces of Madness" "Vlad the Impaler". Fishing line was used on the forehead for the veins. I used the hands and frilly sleeves from the Castlevania "Dracula figure.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/SIRFRANCISVARNEY.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/SIRFRANCISVARNEY1.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/SIRFRANCISVARNEY2.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/SIRFRANCISVARNEY4.jpg

[spawnsauce]

Looks awesome dude. The Dracula base is perfect and the head is pure vampire.

[thyvipera]

that's what i'm tallking about! and damn, that scenery is wickidly awesome

[INCOM]

Great work, I really like the outfit and the work you did on the head. He reminds me of DD Lewis in There Will Be Blood (how fitting, eh?) or Gangs of New York for that matter :cool:

But is it the pic or is the skin on his hands of a different tone than his face?

[maelstrom]

A BIG THANKS to all who have left such nice feedback!

I guess I have vampires stuck on my brain right now...I always like to do more obscure characters and the only customs of the Confessor that I have seen are Crisco's (who did a mighty fine job I might add). This was a pretty simple recipe, I took a DCUC Black Manta body with the parts of the Astro City Confessor figure. I repainted the face and modified the cowl a little bit and painted the cape pins. The chest logo was made from a Cool Whip lid. The Astro City graphic novel "Confession" makes for a pretty good read, I might just have to do some more Astro City customs in the future. Now that I have the Confessor done, I probably should do an Altar Boy as well. Anyways, here it is. Hope you likey.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/CONFESSOR1.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/CONFESSOR3.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/CONFESSOR5.jpg
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s167/maelstrom1022/CONFESSOR4.jpg

[Green Skin]

Dude I swear you have the best backgrounds!

[maelstrom]

Thanks, the stained glass window diorama is from the McFarlane Ozzy Osbourne figure.

[Solrac333]

That is badass! MUCH better than what I was thinking. I was thinking Jim Varney.
http://i46.tinypic.com/21oplxw.jpg

[Sculpt-bot]

These are indeed awesome! I am going to use the fishing line/vein trick...never saw that before, but the results are fantastic!
Your backdrops are great too!