Clued In

Here are my finished Clue figures. This project was started about 2 months ago I posted Part 1 and Part 2 here.

Obviously, these are the men. I really fought against adding more detail. But I wanted a more cartoonish look, and honestly, I didn't want to commit any more time to this project.

I am very happy how the conversions turned out. A quick rundown: Sculpted a barrett on Mon. Brunette; Removed top 1/3 of head and sculpted a new one on Prof. Plum; Sculpted shoulder straps, tie, and holster and added new hand with gun on Sgt Grey; Sculpted a sun hat on Miss Peach.

Colors are close except for Miss Peach, who's dress has a little more pink. Job well done (IMO!), except in hindsight I would have made the tiles on the base a little smaller--Almost half.

If you have any C&C post 'em below.

Clueless

So here is a little update on my Clue figures. I started laying in color on all the accessories. I am keeping this to 2 color (3 on the skin). No blending--Just simple cuts. Some of the detail is nice, but most of the hands and faces are terrible. I do not think I could make sense out of it if I was blending the colors.

This is taking me much longer than I anticipated. Partly due to my botching the spray primer. I must not have shaken the can enough as I got this weird powdery rough texture all over. It grabs the brush and absorbs a lot of paint, making the process take longer.

Painting a squad of 10 guys at the same time is not new to me, but this is 10 individuals with many unique colors. While I tried to reuse the secondary colors as often as I could, there was still about 40 colors that went into this project!

One change I made was to remove Sgt Grey's left hand and add a HeroClix Hydra Medic's hand with gun.

This isn't the best picture, but the colors are actually quite close (on my monitor).

Get a Clue

Taken from interwebs without permission

I always loved the game Clue growing up. I discovered in my research for my Risk Project that it is common for Parker Brothers/Milton Bradly/Hasbro to significantly change the content of a particular game (both in quality and quantity). So I researched Clue a bit to see if there was a particular version that was "better" than another. I was surprised at the many variations throughout the years and differences between countries.

Clue Master Detective (CMD) came out on top in all but one category...no figures. CMD was published in 1988 and "upped its game" (compared to the version I am familiar with) by the following changes:

• The game is played by two dice instead of one
• Added 4 characters (10 total)
• Added 2 weapon (8 total)
• Added 3 rooms. (13 total)
• The Lounge, Study, Hall and Ballroom are replaced with other rooms in the original edition. The Lounge, Study and Hall are returned in the later editions.
• The rooms are much closer to each other
• All characters now start in the Cloak room, and must return to the Cloak Room to make accusations.
• Snoop spaces allow you to read one card of your choice from any other player's hand
• When making a suggestion, ALL players in order must show a card if they have one or more of the cards mentioned. In the original, as soon as a single player showed a card, the turn was over.

This sounded perfect to me! Except for no figures. I knew there was a "deluxe" version that has figures, but there were only 6 characters in that game. Fortunately, I found the 2006 edition Clue DVD game came with 10 figures! I found the figures on eBay for $6!! 

The original 6: Mrs. White, Prof. Plum, Col. Mustard,
Mr. Green, Miss Scarlet, and Mrs. Peacock

The new 4: Sgt. Grey, Mme. Rose, Miss Peach,
and Mon. Brunette

I do not know the names of the 4 new characters in the DVD game, but they are obviously different than the 4 characters in CMD. I plan on painting all of them anyway, so that wasn't a bid deal. But 3 of the 4 new characters, and one of the original, needed a little modification to better match the artwork in CMD.

For Sgt Grey, I added shoulder straps, a tie and a holster (I am still looking for a pistol to put in his hand). For Prof. Plum, I scalped him and gave him a bald head. For Mme Rose, I added a large sun hat. Lastly for Mon. Brunette, I added a baret.

I am not a sculptor, and IMO these additions are by far my most "complex" green-stuff work. I am not saying this is fantastic work, but simply acknowledging my achievement!

A line-up of all the suspects

For the bases, I wanted to add some weight and thickness. So I glued 2 pennies and a 20 mm wood base to the bottom of the figure. This has made them very difficult to knock over, and they have a nice feel when moving them around the board.

Taken from the interwebs without permission

Lastly, I thought I would throw in a shot of the brass weapons included in CMD.