Had been hunting around for this figure for ages - put it down somewhere for safekeeping then forgot what I had done with it
Came across it by accident yesterday when looking for something else
He is a four piece 54mm resin kit from Elan13 and it just took my fancy when I saw it even though figure painting is not something I am very good at
this is the picture supplied with the kit - the original is tiny, about 30mm x 40mm which is why it looks a bit grainy
there are no painting instructions
there are only four parts so assembly instructions not required, which is handy as they don't give you any
his noggin was missing a lower lip and chin had a hole in it
a bit of careful carving gave him a lip and a bit of filler took care of the hole
the body took a while to clean up as there were mould seams to get rid of that were hard to spot - hopefully I got them all
I also opened up all the solid areas that should be undercut - they are filled to ease casting but it means there are a lot of solid bits on show
the main visible areas are the lower jacket front where it hangs over his breeches
I carefully chiselled the excess resin away to leave the jacket separate
A few creases were sharpened up as well
That's the easy bit done - now comes the hard part as painting is not really my strong point
I shall give him a clean down with zippo fluid then prime with Halfords finest later today
Came across it by accident yesterday when looking for something else
He is a four piece 54mm resin kit from Elan13 and it just took my fancy when I saw it even though figure painting is not something I am very good at
this is the picture supplied with the kit - the original is tiny, about 30mm x 40mm which is why it looks a bit grainy
there are no painting instructions
there are only four parts so assembly instructions not required, which is handy as they don't give you any
his noggin was missing a lower lip and chin had a hole in it
a bit of careful carving gave him a lip and a bit of filler took care of the hole
the body took a while to clean up as there were mould seams to get rid of that were hard to spot - hopefully I got them all
I also opened up all the solid areas that should be undercut - they are filled to ease casting but it means there are a lot of solid bits on show
the main visible areas are the lower jacket front where it hangs over his breeches
I carefully chiselled the excess resin away to leave the jacket separate
A few creases were sharpened up as well
That's the easy bit done - now comes the hard part as painting is not really my strong point
I shall give him a clean down with zippo fluid then prime with Halfords finest later today