Star Ace Ray Harryhausen Skeleton from Jason and the Argonauts

[keith]

I've just received my Star Ace Skeleton from Jason and the Argonauts.
I wasn't keen on the pose of the figure, as they never stood in this pose in the film, but I ordered one anyway.
In the film they had their sword arm down by their sides.

After unboxing the statue and placing the sword in its hand, I liked the pose even less, as the sword is very distracting. From a short distance away the sword is actually Infront of the skeletons face.

[keith]

I think I knew immediately that I would have to mod this expensive statue.
I sawn through the sword arm at the elbow joint, which was easy enough at first, but then I hit metal. It has a steel rod running through it, so I ended up having to use a Dremel with a cutting disc.
Once the arm was split, I used car body filler and carefully built up the elbow section of the upper arm. The forearm didn't need as much filler. Using a file, I shaped the ends of the arm sections so they mates together in the position I wanted and then drilled a hole in both arm sections for a new steel rod.
Once together I mixed some paints to match the skeletons colour and painted the filler.

Here is how the statue looks now.

[keith]

A couple more photos...

[keith]

Added a screenshot for the background..

[Shoo]

Really nice modification, keith.

Please post about it on the original thread for this piece.

[The SHOGUN]

Originally Posted by keith

Added a screenshot for the background..

looks great.

I was upset that there wasn't an economical way to build a skeleton warrior army.



this is a cool line but i cancelled all of my POs and pulled out aside from the Cyclops model kit. I will pick up the Kraken Kit at some time. As awesome as all these pieces are they are expensive all things considered, but they all do look great.

[keith]

Thanks.
I looked for a Star Ace section but couldn't find it at first. I'll add some pics to it when I get home from work.

Yeah I also wanted more of these to replicate the scene in the film, but they are way overpriced. Wish they did a model kit version of the skeletons at a much lower price.