The In-ko-pah Railroad

The In-ko-pah Railroad http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html These are some of the “people” who inhabit the world of the In-ko-pah Railroad. I have used a few commercial products, often modified or hand-painted by me. But most of the figures I sculpted myself. Chris Walas has put together some tutorials on figure-making which are extremely helpful. Email Ray: raydunakin@aol.com Last updated December 30, 2009. Wildlife Figures! I’ve recently started making some wildlife figures to liven up the desert scenery. w7965_20 November 2008 -- My first attempts at sculpting figures. I made these three characters from scratch, using Premo brand polyclay. Chris Walas’s figure classes on MyLargeScale.com were a great help! The two characters in the back are commercial figures from SLM, which I painted myself. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#0 6eadf2bf-5787-4793-a35d-1d003aa0cc64 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w7965_20/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w7965_20/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w7965_20<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- My first attempts at sculpting figures. I made these three characters from scratch, using Premo brand polyclay. Chris Walas’s figure classes on MyLargeScale.com were a great help!<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">The two characters in the back are commercial figures from SLM, which I painted myself.</span></p></div></div> w7965_13 November 2008 -- A closer view of my very first scratch-built figure. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#1 706a4ece-86a1-4a0c-b456-156d23a430b7 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w7965_13/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w7965_13/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w7965_13<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- A closer view of my very first scratch-built figure.</span></p></div></div> w7965_18 November 2008 -- A closer view of my second and third scratch-built figures. I’m not real pleased with the paint. It’s too shiny, and so thick it obscures some of the detail. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#2 623454f9-bfa4-4392-a095-56b9a3522ee2 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w7965_18/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w7965_18/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w7965_18<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- A closer view of my second and third scratch-built figures. I’m not real pleased with the paint. It’s too shiny, and so thick it obscures some of the detail.</span></p></div></div> RayShilo1 November 2008 -- My next figure was a self-portrait. This is one of the photos I used as reference. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#3 150ece0e-fe1b-4116-8895-355c95b54ee4 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RayShilo1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RayShilo1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">RayShilo1<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- My next figure was a self-portrait. This is one of the photos I used as reference.</span></p></div></div> w1235_2A November 2008 -- My self-portrait figure prior to painting. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#4 36e0c263-3eb9-45cb-9f9a-95f53d143d92 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_2A/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_2A/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w1235_2A<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- My self-portrait figure prior to painting.</span></p></div></div> w1235_4A November 2008 -- My self-portrait figure. It actually looks better in person than it does in this photo. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#5 fde6f444-6b11-46a9-a3a7-8b25a63f8d5b http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_4A/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_4A/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w1235_4A<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- My self-portrait figure. It actually looks better in person than it does in this photo.</span></p></div></div> w1235_7A November 2008 -- Another view of my self-portrait figure. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#6 efb22d3a-bacf-4744-b0b9-64378977f788 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_7A/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_7A/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w1235_7A<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- Another view of my self-portrait figure.</span></p></div></div> w1235_9A November 2008 -- Side view of my self-portrait figure. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#7 a97e14fb-e41d-41bb-9fee-303509a836b9 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_9A/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_9A/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w1235_9A<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- Side view of my self-portrait figure.</span></p></div></div> w1235_15A November 2008 -- Here’s how my self-portrait figure looks on the layout. Eventually I plan to have him preparing to launch a miniature version of my camera payload rockets. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#8 a4c2e4c4-e629-42f6-807f-27285d64b19f http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_15A/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/w1235_15A/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">w1235_15A<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">November 2008 -- Here’s how my self-portrait figure looks on the layout. Eventually I plan to have him preparing to launch a miniature version of my camera payload rockets.</span></p></div></div> CrisFrontLg1 February 6, 2009 -- This is one of the reference photos I used to create a miniature figure of my wife Cris. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#9 59cb994f-d9a7-48e3-8563-c730e093a529 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/CrisFrontLg1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/CrisFrontLg1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">CrisFrontLg1<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 6, 2009 -- This is one of the reference photos I used to create a miniature figure of my wife Cris.</span></p></div></div> RayCris1 February 6, 2009 -- Mini Me and Mini Cris! I tried a different technique for sculpting her eyes, which didn’t work out as well as I had hoped. But she’s still recognizable. Oh, and while I was at it, I also corrected the hairline on my figure. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#10 9e5f1542-242a-4878-8458-07ca355cda7e http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RayCris1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RayCris1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">RayCris1<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 6, 2009 -- Mini Me and Mini Cris! I tried a different technique for sculpting her eyes, which didn’t work out as well as I had hoped. But she’s still recognizable. Oh, and while I was at it, I also corrected the hairline on my figure.</span></p></div></div> RayCrisSm_0485 February 6, 2009 -- Mini Me and Mini Cris. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#11 fe0b0f02-f734-444f-9313-a86aca957788 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RayCrisSm_0485/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RayCrisSm_0485/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">RayCrisSm_0485<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 6, 2009 -- Mini Me and Mini Cris.</span></p></div></div> RebekahFrontLg1 February 6, 2009 -- Rebekah is one of the servers at my favorite restaurant. She volunteered to be “miniaturized”. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#12 5e01dc28-8bf9-4f50-a06c-9f7c83768e1a http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RebekahFrontLg1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RebekahFrontLg1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">RebekahFrontLg1<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 6, 2009 -- Rebekah is one of the servers at my favorite restaurant. She volunteered to be “miniaturized”.</span></p></div></div> RebekahCu_0477 February 6, 2009 -- The mini version of Rebekah. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#13 9e75bc1f-41fc-462e-b9ea-98b165605ab1 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RebekahCu_0477/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RebekahCu_0477/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">RebekahCu_0477<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 6, 2009 -- The mini version of Rebekah.</span></p></div></div> RebekahLg_0476 February 6, 2009 -- The miniature version of Rebekah. She’s holding a Chili’s menu. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#14 1be950b2-5213-481a-865c-470a5d852a67 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RebekahLg_0476/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/RebekahLg_0476/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">RebekahLg_0476<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 6, 2009 -- The miniature version of Rebekah. She’s holding a Chili’s menu.</span></p></div></div> wMarkSideSm1 February 13, 2009 -- My brother Mark. This is one of the photos I used as reference for sculpting mini-Mark. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#15 8072c41e-47c7-4614-97c7-6bf5bafc10be http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/wMarkSideSm1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/wMarkSideSm1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">wMarkSideSm1<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 13, 2009 -- My brother Mark. This is one of the photos I used as reference for sculpting mini-Mark.</span></p></div></div> IMG_0656 February 13, 2009 -- Mini Mark! http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#16 c7f545a8-d668-41a4-877f-cd8816117218 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_0656/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_0656/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_0656<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 13, 2009 -- Mini Mark!</span></p></div></div> IMG_0658 February 13, 2009 -- Mini Mark! http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#17 4fd287d3-3393-4b01-9924-23e15c7ac977 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_0658/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_0658/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_0658<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_4">February 13, 2009 -- Mini Mark!</span></p></div></div> wIMG_4340 November 2009 -- I finally sculpted an engineer for my 4-6-0. He’s based on my father-in-law. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#18 8bf2897c-e665-4b43-8f79-7904bbb59b63 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/wIMG_4340/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/wIMG_4340/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">wIMG_4340<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">November 2009 -- I finally sculpted an engineer for my 4-6-0. He’s based on my father-in-law.</p></div></div> wIMG_4334 November 2009 -- I finally sculpted an engineer for my 4-6-0. He’s based on my father-in-law. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#19 8830a67c-215b-4933-84d3-b9c9b4a6af10 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/wIMG_4334/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/wIMG_4334/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">wIMG_4334<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">November 2009 -- I finally sculpted an engineer for my 4-6-0. He’s based on my father-in-law.</p></div></div> IMG_4451c December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#20 c14bf527-6f44-4ad9-8d29-0c930ddea9a0 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4451c/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4451c/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_4451c<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0.</p></div></div> IMG_4452 December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#21 4ffafdfa-c534-40f2-987b-284d0e44f3bd http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4452/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4452/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_4452<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0.</p></div></div> IMG_4456 December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#22 4e78b5ac-bfdf-4fe0-8fd5-3913135b7d68 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4456/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4456/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_4456<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0.</p></div></div> IMG_4460 December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures.html#23 736cf77c-661a-4d7e-9a6c-515038414e3c http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4460/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Figures_files/Media/IMG_4460/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_4460<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">December 2009 -- This figure, based on our son Steven, is made to fit the fireman’s side of the Bachmann 4-6-0.</p></div></div>