Daniel Goffin — Valiant Little Tailor, Custom Toby HK

Idle (Daniel Goffin) created this great custom Toby HK figure based on the Brothers Grimm’s Valiant Little Tailor tale, specifically the following passage:

"Oh, indeed?" answered the little tailor, and unbuttoned his coat, and
showed the giant the girdle. "There mayst thou read what kind of a man I am!"
The giant read, "Seven at one stroke," and thought that they had been men whom
the tailor had killed, and began to feel a little respect for the tiny fellow.
Nevertheless, he wished to try him first, and took a stone in his hand and
squeezed it together so that water dropped out of it. "Do that likewise," said
the giant, "if thou hast strength?" "Is that all?" said the tailor, "that is
child’s play with us!" and put his hand into his pocket, brought out the soft
cheese, and pressed it until the liquid ran out of it. "Faith," said he, "that
was a little better, wasn’t it?" The giant did not know what to say, and could
not believe it of the little man.

Daniel has updated the look of the tailor with a more modern urban look — bright colors and tats.  The tailor wields a huge needle threaded through the messenger bag and holds the squeezed cheese in his other hand.  The base of the toy carries a banner which retells the tailor’s story. The  key to the piece though is the artistic reworking of the figure’s form – from slanting the head into a boastful and proud cocked back position to the reworked arms.  Great stuff — interesting inspiration, good execution, and an unusual but fitting choice for the figure.