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the Mysterious Stranger
 
left side view, mask not visible right side
  
    Sculptor: Julie Guthrie, 1991
    Made By: Grenadier (#8109)
    Date Started:  November 13,2001
    Note:
 
this will be the second time that I've had to throw this figure into the paint stripper bucket. I'm beginning to think that it's jinxed. :))

  a single figure in a blister, this piece is from the Grenadier: Fantasy Personalities line, and was sculpted by Julie Guthrie. It (I never figured out whether it was a male or female) was painted with my usual mix of craft and miniature-specific paints, and was the most irritating figure to date. That cloak looks so nice and billowy, and cries out for shading & highlighting. This was my 3rd attempt to get it right. And that is why there are only two images. The rest ended up in the garbage. If I had stopped when I had finished this level, I'd have been fine. But no, I had to go on and work at it some more. Big mistake. So it's back in the stripping bucket. I swear, it gets one more chance, then I give up!
 
PS: as they say, third time lucky. Check out the revised version here.