Mars Attacks converting a better Spy Girl

When I received my Mars Attacks game the one mini that was a total disappointment was their spy girl, she is tiny compared to every other mini in the game and looks very anorexic. Of course what I wanted and probably most Mars Attacks fans is the wonderfully weird spy from the Tim Burton movie:



The challenge was finding a better mini. I considered one from Crooked Dice which is clearly inspired by her but I wanted something much more slinky. It's however very hard to find minis of girls in dresses to start with and especially in exaggerated poses. Eventually I had a look through Reapers stuff and struck potential gold in the Ghoul Queen, particularly since I had two of her in Bones so could have a hack at one without blowing too much $. Was an interesting experiment in carving off Bones plastic down to the just her and her dress, it involved much careful carving and a lot of sanding with diamond files and sandpaper trying to thin her arms especially. Then using greenstuff and my trusty Wax 5 to smooth out the gaps and add the bell bottom to the dress as well as the giant beehive hair. 













On the far right is the Mantic spy girl that I am replacing. She looks like a twig next to the other Martians.