The character was introduced during the series "The Volgan Wars" originally was part of a covert group and known as agent orange. After the A.B.C. Warriors had kicked Mek Quake out of the warriors and dumped him off at an asylum for robots, they had gone to rescue Zippo and recruit him, and on the journey each character recanted how they had first met Zippo during the Volgan War. he has since been in the intro and end of Return to Earth, Return to Mars and Return to Ro-Busters, probably more but that's as far as they have printed in Graphic novel form.
The whole model is either greenstuff, or plastic rod, and painted in a colour scheme to fit with the comic strip.
If I was making this as a production model I would have to do it with two head variants, to show the difference between mouth open and closed, and he'd also need multiple arm variants as he's been shown with multiple configurations.
That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !
Cheers Dave
Nice work Dave on one of the more unusual members of Warriors, I have to admit my own collection only goes up to the end of the Volgon war. So didn't know he has been in the adventures after.
ReplyDeleteGreat start, looks like you are going to put the rest of us to shame as usual!!!! :-)
Cheers Roger.
Thank you Roger, the adventurers after are mostly recollections again leading up to why they did things and being able to hunt down Mr Ten Per Cent as he seems to be the route of all problems, plus still having to worry about the Volgan contingent and the G men.
DeleteWith the high level of quality work everyone else does I wouldn't say I shamed anyone, and fondly remember all the great submissions in 2018 and 2019 which I did not enter.
Absolutely brilliant start Dave! Love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Michael, happy to get the first one finished
DeleteAwesome work, Dave. Never heard of Zippo before, but I only really became an ABC Warriors fan when they joined Nemesis The Warlock in his adventures as penned by Bryan Talbot (Book 4 I believe?). He does look the part though - what a great imagination Pat Mills has, and certainly makes me want to get my own ABC Robots out and painted.
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon, your spot on with it being Nemesis book four when the warriors join them. As both were my favourites it was a great time for me, but still enjoy both through the rest of their journey's and collect them both in graphic novel form.
DeleteI only vaguely remember the ABC warriors (I blame aging, memory drugs etc.) and I was completly taken aback when you say it's a scratch-build! great figure nnd so much detail !
ReplyDeleteExcleent represenation of the comic character
Thank you Joe, no problem, the only reason I can remember it all is from rereading them all from time to time ! LOL
DeleteThey've had multiple different sets as well, so if it's not something you keep up with it's easy to miss.
Clint puts in a lot of detail in his artwork, and changes the design often to ( even in the same episode) so a lot comes down to interpretation, but wanted to do his hard work justice.
No idea what series or character you are talking about, but the fig is great!
ReplyDeleteThank you eltee Harry, if you've not read 2000 ad or A.B.C Warriors completely understandable, but glad you like the mini
DeleteThis is from a comic book or graphic novel? Ive heard of 2000 AD, but knkw nothing about it.
DeleteThe A.B.C. Warriors were first shown in 2000 ad and they have since repeated the stories in Graphic Novel form, some of the earlier stories are no longer in print in their original format but are available in the Mek Files currently and can be found here https://shop.2000ad.com/ they also do digital copies which are a lot cheaper if you prefer that format
DeleteI'm with Harry on this, looks good.
ReplyDeleteThank you John, and no problem as you appreciate the work
DeleteNever heard of this particular warrior, but your figurine is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteThank you Wouter, he's a recent addition to the team to replace Mek Quake
DeleteLovely finished piece Dave and very faithful to the images of Zippo in the comics.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dai, even though he's a relatively new character, I really like him so wanted to do him justice
Deletenow that he's painted we can really see the level of detail on him Dave & its very impressive :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Frank, when working from artwork, you need to capture the artwork faithfully as it could be someone else's favourite character
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