The Fly
Styrene , 1/8th scale
Sculpted by Michael Berglund / Produced by Monarch Models
additional sculpt: Helene's Horror (woman, black cloth on floor, extra base section)
Sculpted by Michael Berglund / Produced by Escape Hatch Hobbies
A very, very cool and inexpensive styrene kit, enhanced by the addition of the screaming Helene!
Helene's colors are based on the movie. I pulled out the blu ray and thoroughly enjoyed the film again.
There's a small rodent-like thing with human arms that you're supposed to include on the base, but I left it out.
I
thought it was a bit much, and it wasn't part of the film.
The pink stain on the back is the result of the colored plastic interacting badly with the gloss coating I used.
You can see the pink stain on the console's dials as well. I gave up trying to do anything about it!
The eyes are painted with that metallic-like "color shift" acrylic paint.
The above picture is of Helene before I re-painted her. The picture below shows her with additional makeup and clothing details.
The only problem with Helene was the seam between her head and her neck.
She's small, and I couldn't get my finger in there, nor could I use my usual putty tools to fix it.
If you look closely, it's still kind of rough.
Very cool base! The black hood on the floor was one of the extras included with "Helene's Horror".
I typed up a letter from the Fly to Helene that explained his predicatment
and then brought it down to 4 point before printing it on a laser printer.
Then I cut it out and used ModPodge to glue it to the book.
Here's a cool 3D pic for any enthusiasts out there. You may need to scale your screen to make it fit your viewer.
The Fly
Resin, about 1/8th scale (based on the size of the head)
Fake cobwebs and plant added, as well as a tiny sound system
Sculptor / Producer unknown at this time
Way cool, very icky model!
I added a little mic / circuit board / speaker contraption that I got on amazon. It's designed for personalizing those greeting cards that play music when you open them up.
If you hit the button on the left side right behind the nameplate, you hear this:
It's REALLY cool!
I then added the plants to try and hide the circuit board.
This model is so icky, I needed to paint it fast and get it out of the house before the family revolted!
The cobwebs look even better in these photos than they do in real life.
I think the moral of the movie is "make sure you've repaired the screens in your cellar windows before you start dematerializing...."
The body of the fly is painted with folk art's "color shift" acrylic paint. You need to prime the area with bright white first (my daughter Allison told me that, based on her makeup expertise),
and then lay the paint on kind of thick. The refraction in the paint is such that it changes color as you look at it from different angles.
The poster makes it sound like her husband is some kind of creep....
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