I've always been a fan of Sherlock Holmes, I've read all the stories and seen a lot of the movie and TV adaptations over the years, my favourite among many has always been Basil Rathbone but Robert Downey JR comes very close with 2 TV Sherlock Holmes Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller doing excellent work, there have been a lot of actors who have played the fictional sleuth over the years, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Caine and even John Cleese to name but a few........
......Mina Harker is the wife of Jonathan Harker from the Dracula novel who is bitten by Dracula but ultimately saved, although in the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen she is still quite a vampiric handful!
These are nice figures from Ironclad and my only gripe is there a little too tall compared to other 28mm miniatures, I've included a Copplestone figure to show scale.....
....there's a little poll on the side for fun just to ask who your favourite Holmes was out of a small list?
I'm a big fan as well, and while I like Downey, I haven't been able to give him a shot yet. But I love him in Iron Man.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, General!
ReplyDeleteGood job on the figures!
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan as well and I've read all the books. Downey does well in the movies and I like both the UK and the US television shows.
Those are some epic figures. I love Sherlock and they look great.
ReplyDeletegood job Fran I have several of these figures in the lead pile
ReplyDeletePeace James
From your list Granada TV's Brett, especially in the earlier episodes, is the closest Holmes to the original stories. Less well-known, but probably better, is the partnership of Clive Merrison and Michael Williams on BBC Radio 4 - this has been the only time that all 60 of the original stories have been dramatised with the same two actors playing the parts of Holmes and Watson, and they did an excellent job.
ReplyDeleteTrue Fact: I met my wife through our mutual interest in Sherlock Holmes.
That's actually quite cool!
DeleteThey look awesome indeed and voted away too at your feed
ReplyDeleteVery nice Paintwork Fran!
ReplyDeleteYou got my vote too... I think Rathbone is certainly the more classic guise of Holmes, but I found the recent Downey Jr movies an excellent romp and a wonderfully colourful twist on the character and behaviour of Holmes, so he gets my vote!
While the two Downey films have the right look for the period, I don't like the disheveled way they have chosen to have him portraying Holmes, though I think he would do a proper Holmes quite well. Jeremy Brett will always be the perfect "classic" Holmes, but Benedict Cumberbatch has his traits down perfectly.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on those and an excellent choice of minis. The Mina is especially nice. The Robert Downey Jr. movies got my two youngest boys to read some Sherlock Holmes.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way you painted Holmes Fran. That red vest is just perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis is really hard as I like Rathbone, Downey and Cumberbatch but all for different reasons. If I'm going classic Holmes, I'm going with Rathbone. If I'm going with what might have been going on in the mind of someone this freakishly intelligent I'd go with Downey. If I'm going with how utterly unfeeling a person like this can be I'm going with Cumberbatch. I voted, but I won't tell for whom.
Another vote for Jeremy Brett from me.
ReplyDeleteLovely figures Fran :)
These fellows do look the part, Fran! I do love the lady in red. Yes, ma'am!
ReplyDeleteFantastic work on these, Fran. I like that lady - she looks all business. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteRathbone for me as well. Great job on the painting mate, especially Mina.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Sir , nice models .
ReplyDeleteYour version of Mimie Harker looks a bit like the girl I used to date in Germany, but Mimie looks less psychotic! As a surprising coincidence she was doing her PHD on Sherlock Holmes. Constanza not Mimie!
ReplyDeleteThat's....spooky!
DeleteI probably know more about the framework and structure of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles stories than is good for me. It is interesting to note that the basic layout of the Sherlock Holmes stories, things like, the order event occur, is still used today especially on TV detective programmes "Morse" being a noted exception.,
DeleteVery good painting Fran !!!
ReplyDeleteBest regards Michael
I voted for Benedict Cumberbatch. Looks like I'm the only one so far. :(
ReplyDeleteThese are some of my favourite of the Ironclads range, I really like the Holmes and Watson and Madame Mina is a lovely sculpt. Your paint jobs have certainly bought them to life.
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon.
DeleteGreat work. There are a lot of Holmes and Watsos out there these days - on film, and in miniatures. Great paint work. My vote is for Benedict. I'm a real fan of the modern adaptations and the cerebral Holmes over Mr Downey JR's action hero
ReplyDeleteGreat representation of the characters, excellent paintjob.
ReplyDeleteI was always liked Jeremy Brett's version. Faithful to the spirit of the original and didn't shy away from the the darker side of his character. Brett also seemed to be slightly bonkers which helped. There was also a very good radio adaptation starring Clive Merrison which occasionally features on Radio 4extra.
Regards,
Matt
Lovely figures : good painting job!
ReplyDeleteI honesty can't vote in the pole! I'm not a specialist of the Sherlock's movies !
I just can say that I like the recent BBC tv serie called "Sherlock", the actor is really good !
That's Benedict Cumberbatch!
DeleteVery nice work, cast my vote too.
ReplyDeleteJeremy Brett all the way. I got some of these for a diorama last year and they look very nice - I went for a much more black-and-white scheme but I like the splash of colour Dr Watson has. Very inventive, my good sir.
ReplyDeleteMore very nice painting! That woman in red looks excellent.
ReplyDeleteThe only 2 Holmes films/TV shows are the Hound of the Baskervilles with Peter Cook and one of the ones with Christopher Lee in it. I voted for Lee but I probably haven't seen enough variations of Sherlock Holmes to vote properly!
I grew up on Rathbone so he is my favourite Holmes although Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Watson in Murder By Decree come pretty close.
ReplyDeletevery very nice!
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful and I am incredibly jealous that your poll works and mine would not!
ReplyDeleteI like these figures. I love Robert Downey Junior and I'm quite keen on the "Elementary" TV series.
ReplyDeleteCan't see the poll btw :-(
Blogger is screwing me over!
DeleteWonderful paintjobs (especially on Mrs Harker). For me, Benedict "I'm Not Posh, Chaps!" Cumberbatch is the best Holmes I've seen.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, sherlock has always been a favorite
ReplyDeleteThats some excellent work there Fran. Nice one.
ReplyDeleteVery very nice Fran!
ReplyDeleteLooking very nice...Mina is just wonderful!!
ReplyDeletePhil.
The series with Jeremy Brett captured Sir Arthur Conan Doyle works the best. No doubt in my mind that his was the best portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on film or TV. Another fine set of figures.
ReplyDeleteamen!
DeleteYou two are weird!
DeleteI love Guy Ritchie's version of Sherlock and Robert Downey is fabulous (Jude Law is quite nice, too I might add). But I also love the new Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Bilbo...I mean Martin Freeman :)
ReplyDeleteI have a massive man-crush on Robert Downey Jr, so of course I like his (with a lot of help from Guy Riche, who I have less time for) version of Holmes. Cummerbatch is my favourite right now i think. Johnny Lee Miller is doing a fine job, on an entertaining series, but it's not Holmes.
ReplyDeleteLove the Mina Harker mini, may have to buy me one of them!
Jeremy Brett and no other! Downey Jr ruined the character and showed disrespect towards him! You need refined class, wit and naughty charms for the role.
ReplyDeleteWell said but so wrong!
DeleteIt is been a while since I read any of the original stories. I don't recall that Doyle set any of them in the U.S. West (to match your other period figurines), but Mark Twain did a satire stories Called the Double Barrel Detective. I think I may have read it when I was young enough to not realize it was satire.
ReplyDeleteCracking work Francis, Mina is particularly fearsome! I have to confess that the new BBC reworking of Sherlock has caught my imagination - great fun.
ReplyDeleteGreat work on these figures mate.
ReplyDeleteThe figures look good and the size difference doesn't seem too bad. Mina is just a big girl. My favorite Holmes is Basil Rathbone, my parnets used to tease me they were going to change my name to Basil, or Nigel, when I was a kid. I also enjoyed the Downey movies.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Fran. The figures from Ironclad are really nice too.
ReplyDeleteNice figures turdface! I voted for Brett, he's the one I remember seeing the most!
ReplyDeleteGreat paint jobs on them Fran and I have to say that they do very nice figures.
ReplyDeleteExcellent stuff. Not seen these figures before.
ReplyDeleteLove RDjr but it's got to be Brett for me!
Those look great Francis. I like seeing you do 28mm from time to time. You do excellent work. As for my vote, Rathbone all the way. When someone mentions Sherlock Holmes he's the first picture that pops into my mind.
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hi francis! long time no see! i like the new look of your blog :)
ReplyDeletenow then, it shames me to say it, but i've neither watched nor read any sherlock holmes, ever. in fact, my first even vague encounter with the character was a couple of weeks ago, in a book called "Oscar Wilde and The Vatican Murders", in which oscar wilde (well, obviously) and sir arthur conan doyle bustle about europe solving crimes together. so at least i now know who sherlock holmes is...
as for the miniatures, i'm very impressed with the rack on that one in the dress, mina harker...they make a lovely shelf right under her chin. i simply MUST know where she got that corset.
It'll be difficult Kage!
DeleteVery nicely done Fran!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
I tend to divide Sherlock Holmes movies/TV/video into those placed in their original 19th century foggy London settings, and adaptations into more modern times. On the whole I much preferred the former, but I have to say I enjoyed very much Benedict Cumberpatch in the role, and what I've seen of the Jonny Lee Miller/Lucy Liu partnership looks pretty good as well (unfortunately it's clashing with the latest Big Bang Theory season, and nothing will displace that!).
ReplyDeleteI don't much like the Robert Downey Junior movie. Plenty of action and the settings are great, but two things I can't get past. First, it's too camp. I don't really 'get' camp. The definitive 'camp' TV series was 'The Avengers' with Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg. That was so good (though dated now) that camp just doesn't work anymore for mine. The other is that the RDJ Holmes just isn't 'Holmes', foe all that Jude Law make a convincing Dr Watson.
But it might be interesting to consider sleuths in general in literature, radio and the visual media. Numero Uno in my book is good ol' Sam Vimes.
Great stuff Fran keep 'em coming!
ReplyDeleteLove the recent BBC series', but it has to be Jeremy Brett for me. Nicely painted models too!
ReplyDeleteVery excellent painting Fran
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work on Holmes and Watson, Fran!
ReplyDeleteIt's Rathbone & Cumberbatch for our household (Downey, while always entertaining to watch, seems too over-the-top for the character we know and love. Still great fun though!)
Great; I like it!
ReplyDeleteBye bye
Sylvain