Trek (TOS) Who Morns for Adonis (help)

[TrekStar]

I am trying to put together the character Adonis from the Star Trek (TOS) episode: "Who Morns for Adonis"
I have everything I need except for the darn gold boots.

FTC has exactly what I need, but there gold color (yellow) Isis boots and made for the female figure body,
I need those same exact boots but for the male body and I doubt the ones offered by FTC will fit on the male legs and feet.

I tried looking at the Bible figures and there's nothing even closely matching. I can't think of anything else resembling
the boots the character wore in the episode, I even considered getting the repro Thor boots and cutting off the black top part
but it's not a very close match, so I'm hoping someone from the museum might have an idea or even better could make me
Isis gold boots but for the male body, if that's even possible?

if anyone can help or has an idea, please let me know, I would love to get this character added to my Trek collection.

Thanks.

[PNGwynne]

The Isis boots fit well on a teen male body. My guess is that they will fit a reg. male leg but be snug, with the sole a little short on the foot.

The Samson Bible figure has some very nice larger sandal-boots, but they are brown.


What are you using for a head? I always thought a repainted Launcelot with laurel-leaves added would work well.

[TrekStar]

One of the members suggested the Barbi gladiator sandals, which I didn't think of just because I figured
they may be to big or long, but I checked the eBay link they left for me and after looking it might be a possibility.

I also was thinking about taking the chance and getting the Isis FTC boots and seeing if they would fit on the
FTC China bodies, the only negative thing is will they break if you have to use a little force to get them on?
the sandals being a little short on the foot is not to big of a deal.

For the head I was thinking Mego Starsky, it may look cool with the laurel leaves, but I'll check Launcelot and
maybe the character from Space 1999 with the black curled hair, forget the name at the moment.

[thunderbolt]

King Tut will have the sandals that fit a male figure, maybe FTC will offer them soon.

[TrekStar]

I contacted FTC and they told me that the Isis sandals will break if you try to put them on a male body leg,
I also asked about King Tut sandals being sold separate, and they said that they will not be selling any
66 criminals clothing or accessories separately.

So a members suggestion on the Barbie gladiator sandals fitting on a Mego male leg, looks like the only way to go
I'm thinking of going that route, they come in white and seem to be cheap enough, just would have to paint them.

[daz71]

maybe split the boots down the back with an xacto knife to get them on then fuse them back together with mouldable plastic pellets I have no idea if it would work or not.

[scifiguy94]

The last one I saw used Bible figure Samson's shoes painted gold. Looked about right.

[ZMOQ]

You mean this guy, right?

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/spoc...ntman.jpg.html

2 ideas.

1) You could go for real leather, and paint it gold. Attach the sandal straps by using either Aileen's tacky glue or really tiny drops of hot glue. The hot glue is stronger, but harder to control.

2) Instamorph moldable plastic. I had heard that people can use metallic powders or metallic eye shadow to tint the plastic. But, you need a barrier on the foot and the leg to prevent it from welding itself to your figure while you're molding it.

How flexible did you need to keep the foot? Are you willing to sacrifice the up/down movement of the foot? The sandal design, and how to attach it to the leg would depend on whether or not the sandal should be removable, and if you needed to retain the ankle movement.

I've done sandals for smaller-than-Mego figures before, but to retain the foot movement, I had to either a) stylize the top leg part and not connect it to the sandal or b) make it a 2 piece and rely on optical illusions to make it appear to be a single piece.

[TrekStar]

[QUOTE=scifiguy94;1243979]The last one I saw used Bible figure Samson's shoes painted gold. Looked about right.

I've been checking eBay periodically for Bible figures, or anything closely resembling gladiator sandals,
I remember seeing a custom Adonis on eBay, can't remember who the seller was or what they had used for
sandals, I think the sandals on the Bible figures are not removable? aren't they painted onto the plastic?

[PNGwynne]

There are two different lines of Mego style Bible figures, I think. Rainfall & Wee Win? The Samson I had had intricate removable sandals with straps that reached almost knee-length. I'm going to do some research...

Addendum: OK, I think I've figured it out. Wee Win's Heroes of the Kingdom was a mid '80's Mego-style line. Figures had removable sandals and Samson, which if I recall correctly came with Delilah, was a more muscular figure with the unique sandals I mentioned. Rainfall was another--later '80s?--company that also produced Mego-type Biblical figures, in a smaller Teen Titans scale. Not as detailed. These are the figures that have feet with molded sandals, I think.

I wanted to double-check all this on Megolike.com, but the site is closed.

[Nostalgiabuff]

just a thought, but why not use Friar Tuck sandals, paint them gold and then paint the rest of the "boot" onto the leg with the same color

[scifiguy94]

Yes, Samson is Wee Win and has removable sandals that are nearly knee high. This is a custom Apollo with those sandals painted gold made by Rachel Baker.

apollo.jpg

[TrekStar]

You mean this guy, right?

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/spoc...ntman.jpg.html

2 ideas.

1) You could go for real leather, and paint it gold. Attach the sandal straps by using either Aileen's tacky glue or really tiny drops of hot glue. The hot glue is stronger, but harder to control.

2) Instamorph moldable plastic. I had heard that people can use metallic powders or metallic eye shadow to tint the plastic. But, you need a barrier on the foot and the leg to prevent it from welding itself to your figure while you're molding it.

How flexible did you need to keep the foot? Are you willing to sacrifice the up/down movement of the foot? The sandal design, and how to attach it to the leg would depend on whether or not the sandal should be removable, and if you needed to retain the ankle movement.

I've done sandals for smaller-than-Mego figures before, but to retain the foot movement, I had to either a) stylize the top leg part and not connect it to the sandal or b) make it a 2 piece and rely on optical illusions to make it appear to be a single piece.

"yes" that's the character from the episode, leather would be cool but not looking to make this into a mayor project
using hot glue could be messy, since I'm no expert on stuff like this, actually never tried to anything but paint, and
even that usually comes out fair, but I really like the idea.

as far as the foot movement, I'm good with it staying stable, not a big deal if it doesn't go up and down. The figure
would only be for show and no play, (like some gals I know) and I would be getting a custom box for it.

[TrekStar]

Yes, Samson is Wee Win and has removable sandals that are nearly knee high. This is a custom Apollo with those sandals painted gold made by Rachel Baker.

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That's the one I had seen on ebay which gave me the idea of adding the character to my trek collection,
the Starsky head looked good or as another member suggested a Launcelot head would work.

I will have to search ebay, for the Wee Win Sampson, if I can find one with it's sandals and not to expensive
probably would be the way to go on this, probably the easiest way, if someone here has them, let me know.

Everyone had great suggestions, thanks for the help and comments, always appreciated.

[PNGwynne]

The Starsky head does look good, I'll admit.

The Wee Win Samson has a unique body as well as very nice molded accessories (sandals as above, gauntlets, and a wide belt with chest-strap--all in brown vinyl) which is great custom fodder.