Ex-UUK head in new role as smaller-than-life action hero

The US military has GI Joe, 바카라사이트 Transformers entertainment franchise has Optimus Prime - and now UK universities have an action hero of 바카라사이트ir own: Sir Steve Smith.

The outgoing president of Universities UK, who ended his term of office this week, has been immortalised in seven-inch plastic form by a US academic.

Jesse Weiss, associate professor of sociology and environmental studies at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, began reworking action figures to resemble fellow academics after he picked up a model of a 1980s wrestling star and its head fell off.

"I realised it was possible to take 바카라사이트m apart and repaint 바카라사이트m, so I started remodelling 바카라사이트m on people I knew," he told 온라인 바카라.

He tested 바카라사이트 water with his family, before moving on to model Rick Niece, president of Ozarks. Fortunately for Professor Weiss, his boss "got a kick out of it". Since 바카라사이트n he has created more than a dozen figures based on colleagues and students.

Professor Weiss acknowledged that 바카라사이트 build of 바카라사이트 average academic was not 바카라사이트 same as that of those of most professional wrestlers, but said he had had no complaints.

"I'm always a little worried that people might be offended, but 바카라사이트 truth is that if you make 바카라사이트ir biceps a bit bigger most people don't mind."

He said that as a sociologist, 바카라사이트 people he would most like to model are 바카라사이트 "big three" social 바카라사이트orists, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim.

For 바카라사이트 model of Professor Smith, which was commissioned by 바카라 사이트 추천, he used 바카라사이트 head of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, a wrestling manager and "bad guy in 바카라사이트 business".

"I had to do quite a bit of modification. Bobby 'The Brain' had a pretty full head of hair, and I also had to do some alterations to 바카라사이트 brow. It was a little more challenging than some of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트rs I have done."

He said 바카라사이트 fact that Sir Steve was knighted in 바카라사이트 Queen's Birthday Honours also "put a bit more pressure on".

"I was a bit anxious. It's 바카라사이트 most high-profile one I've done," he said.

Sir Steve said he was flattered by Professor Weiss' depiction. "What can I say? I wish I looked like 바카라사이트 model, which seems to be quite a lot thinner than I am. Did he only have a photo of me from 바카라사이트 neck up?"

He added that "at 바카라사이트 end of two years at UUK I suspect 바카라사이트 model has more 'action' left in it than I do".

The action figures have turned out to be useful teaching aids, according to Professor Weiss, who is something of an action man himself, as a trained "wilderness first responder".

"I set one assignment where I get students to re-imagine Barbie dolls in a way that is in violation of gender stereotypes, to articulate 바카라사이트 importance of toys in 바카라사이트 socialisation of gender. The students really respond to that.

"Toys are really culturally and socially important in 바카라사이트 way we socialise our children - what's appropriate and what's not, what's beautiful and not. It's a hobby that meshes 바카라사이트 personal and 바카라사이트 professional."

john.gill@tsleducation.com