kagemusha
A Fixture
Having been MIA for a couple of years...although I have stayed in touch with what's been going on here...I thought it was time to put in an appearance again 
With the current state of world affairs...not to mention the financial standing of so many of us...it was a pleasant surprise to find this bad boy packed away and forgotten.
It comes from Black Sun Miniatures and is titled 'Orc'Rager' sculpted by Joaquin Palacios...with the scale being quoted as 75mm...although it's much closer to 90mm IMHO.
With the casting and detail being first class...I was surprised at the poor quality of the fit...which involved some tricky work with a razor saw and plenty of filler to over come.
Whilst engaged in rectifying the fit issues...I also decided to alter a couple of small details...adding a strap from copper to his axe...and replacing his lower teeth/tusks with a couple of tooth pick ends...which were turned down in the Dremel to make them thinner and more pointed than the two supplied tiny bits of resin.
Another area I felt needed attention was the very deep 'valley' where his spine would be...which i leveled up with liquid putty.
The biggest area of concern was his right arm...it just would not fit tightly to the shoulder/torso...and...unlike the left arm...which is moulded to the torso and split at the elbow area...his right was cast in one piece from the shoulder to the hand and weapon.
This meant that if I joined it to remedy the bad fit...it then made painting very awkward...so my remedy was to cut it at the point where the forearm protection began and...as with the left arm...fix the upper portion to the torso...and correct the fit...which now allowed me much better access to the otherwise obstructed areas.
I will let the pictures illustrate the above comments.....
The white area on the arm is a shim of 1mm plasti card...which is there to replace what the razor saw removed...and also to fit the hollow I created to accept it back onto the lower arm with no visible join.
Ron
to be continued............
With the current state of world affairs...not to mention the financial standing of so many of us...it was a pleasant surprise to find this bad boy packed away and forgotten.
It comes from Black Sun Miniatures and is titled 'Orc'Rager' sculpted by Joaquin Palacios...with the scale being quoted as 75mm...although it's much closer to 90mm IMHO.
With the casting and detail being first class...I was surprised at the poor quality of the fit...which involved some tricky work with a razor saw and plenty of filler to over come.
Whilst engaged in rectifying the fit issues...I also decided to alter a couple of small details...adding a strap from copper to his axe...and replacing his lower teeth/tusks with a couple of tooth pick ends...which were turned down in the Dremel to make them thinner and more pointed than the two supplied tiny bits of resin.
Another area I felt needed attention was the very deep 'valley' where his spine would be...which i leveled up with liquid putty.
The biggest area of concern was his right arm...it just would not fit tightly to the shoulder/torso...and...unlike the left arm...which is moulded to the torso and split at the elbow area...his right was cast in one piece from the shoulder to the hand and weapon.
This meant that if I joined it to remedy the bad fit...it then made painting very awkward...so my remedy was to cut it at the point where the forearm protection began and...as with the left arm...fix the upper portion to the torso...and correct the fit...which now allowed me much better access to the otherwise obstructed areas.
I will let the pictures illustrate the above comments.....
The white area on the arm is a shim of 1mm plasti card...which is there to replace what the razor saw removed...and also to fit the hollow I created to accept it back onto the lower arm with no visible join.
Ron
to be continued............
