Marco Polo

Marco Polo is one of the most talked about episodes of the series, primarily because it is all missing and no-one has seen it since it was broadcast. The stills that exist show some fantastic costumes on the series regulars, and I decided to start with an Ian Chesterton variant as I got my hands on another Halo figure and could recreate my earlier success. I found a still from the episode itself to serve as a backdrop for one shot, but when I get materials to make a new Barbara and Susan for this one I will probably do something else for the set.

Painting the new Ian was challenging as his costume was covered with Chinese writing which I couldn't accurately do and thus approximated it as best I could in gold paint. I had to use a toothpick to draw on the designs to limit the risk of blobbing up the paint. I have trouble doing sharp defined edges with the epoxy I use (its real intended use is for repairing plastic pipes but it bonds well with action figure plastic and most times gives me the result I need) so for Ian's belt I glued on a rubber band and painted it.