Sunday, September 18, 2011

Making Myself A Poopdeck Pappy

I have a ship my mother bought me years ago that started out as a Chinese Junk but I turned it into a sailing ship to display some ornaments that Hallmark made in 1994: One is Popeye holding a can of Spinach the other is Olive Oyl holding Sweet Pea and Carlton Cards made a  J.Wellington Wimpy holding a gift box full of hamburgers.








This is a Hallmark Popeye the Sailor from 1994. It dawned on me that I could convert Popeye into Poopdeck Pappy with little effort.


This is the one I bought on eBay


I cut off his arm and cut off the spinach can. It turns out the hand was solid plastic so I used a knife and Dremel to turn it into a full hand. I also cut down the Popeye collar to make it like Pappy's.


I removed the arm stump to move it back on his shoulder. I drilled a hole to help hold the new arm in place.


I added a new sleeve stump to his shoulder.


I made his beard and hair with Apoxy Sculpt. I also added to the top of his pants and the bottom as well to give him Pappy's britches.




Here is Poopdeck Pappy next to the original Popeye version made by Hallmark.