# Rocketeer finishes some busts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661 "2018-09-21T00:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/1 "2018-09-21T00:13:04Z")
The yearly sci-fi and fantasy model contest at the superlative Galaxy Hobby is coming up fast, and the impending deadline has been a great motivator to finish up some little projects. After a friend showed me a set of three droll and grotesque villain busts he’d purchased from a guy named Troy McDevitt, I had to have my own. Last week I finished painting them, and here are the members of The Conspiracy. (They look better in person; I used flash, which is just brutal): [![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1845/44002802404_2634a46f56_k.jpg) ](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1845/44002802404_2634a46f56_k.jpg) Madame Moo-Nai, oriental assassin: [![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1853/44002801814_27a42127c7_k.jpg) ](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1853/44002801814_27a42127c7_k.jpg) Monsieur Crane, explosives expert: [![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1869/30850435668_5f88cda800_k.jpg) ](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1869/30850435668_5f88cda800_k.jpg) and The Czar, mad criminal mastermind: [![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1887/30850436598_0012ca2a5e_k.jpg) ](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1887/30850436598_0012ca2a5e_k.jpg) At Wonderfest, I purchased another lovely bust by Mr. McDevitt, which I just recently finished painting: [![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1863/44765098501_213793d6be_k.jpg) ](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1863/44765098501_213793d6be_k.jpg) [![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1844/44765098231_fbed94fbca_k.jpg) ](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1844/44765098231_fbed94fbca_k.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/2 "2018-09-21T02:28:20Z")
As always, what you show us looks amazing. So he sells bare plaster and you paint it yourself? Like miniatures come bare pewter and you paint them; same kinda thing? [Oh](http://themcdevittstudio.com/tmsstatues.htm) [wow](http://themcdevittstudio.com/tmsportraits.htm)! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/3 "2018-09-21T03:38:23Z")
I started a bust last night, but doubt I’ll ever finish it. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/4 "2018-09-21T04:07:01Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > … > So he sells bare plaster and you paint it yourself? Like miniatures come bare pewter and you paint them; same kinda thing?.. Yep. Bare polyurethane resin, actually, cast in silicone rubber molds. The technology is simple enough that you could produce kits in your garage, hence the term “garage kits”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/5 "2018-09-21T04:09:12Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I started a bust last night, but doubt I’ll ever finish it. Seriously? What subject? Do persevere, and post pics when you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![Sloe\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/6 "2018-09-21T06:44:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > As always, what you show us looks amazing. > > So he sells bare plaster and you paint it yourself? Like miniatures come bare pewter and you paint them; same kinda thing? > > [Oh](http://themcdevittstudio.com/tmsstatues.htm) [wow](http://themcdevittstudio.com/tmsportraits.htm)! I like the Clint Eastwood bust, and the one that looks a bit like Gene Hackman. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-some-busts/821661/7 "2018-09-21T07:31:53Z")
> [@Sloe\_Moe](#): > > I like the Clint Eastwood bust, and the one that looks a bit like Gene Hackman. Pretty sure that’s Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor.