The Death Dealer

[Al Bubnis]

This the new kit from Moebius in 1/10th scale.

 

[Red Five]

Looks great

I have the 75mm version from Kabuki Studios as I couldn't face doing a super big version

Well done

Andrew.

 

[Al Bubnis]

Thanks Andrew, the fact that there's no face to deal with does make it a bit easier. Kit's not that expensive, give it a try.

 

[John Bowery]

I do not have any photos?
John

 

[Ferris]

No photos thanks to photobucket....

 

[Al Bubnis]

Sorry about that guys, right after I posted, PB removed them due to a change in their conditions of service. They now want almost $400 a year to allow third-party sharing. I would not mind paying a fee, but that is an exorbitant amount that I am unable and unwilling to pay. I'm in the process of finding another site to host my pictures that will allow me to share them with others.

 

[Red Five]

They have just made the same demand to me!

 

[fogie]

Tell them to do the other thing ....

 

[Al Bubnis]

Quite a few people are jumping ship thanks to their unreasonable demand.

 

[Jim]

I'm tackling the Moebius 'Death Dealer'. Invest in your favorite seam-filling putty, because, even using something like Tenex-7, the seams on the horse are horrific. The seams on the figure go through the chain mail (I suppose it is) and the plate armor on the legs - good luck re-sculpting that. The seams also go through the patterns on the armor of the shoulder and of the helmet - more fun re-sculpting. The fit of the cloak is wretched. It doesn't fit onto the figure properly, get out the epoxy putty because you're going to need it. The fit of the cloak's upper portion was so bad, I cut it off and I'll re-sculpt it once the other parts are fitted and putty fills in the spaces.
If you didn't assemble it, the sculpting is really first-rate, but the engineering and fit leave so, so much to be desired.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you like the play?

 

[JasonB]

I'm working on the kit as well. Jim hit the nail on the head. Moebius gets an A for effort, C- for execution. In addition, if you are a...fan(?) of the Death Dealer artwork, you will see there are some issues withe the size and shape of the horse. He's a bit too tall and not massive enough in the chest. I kept looking at it, and it struck me how far off the ground Mr. Dealer was sitting. I cut off the hooves and shortened that area, then re-attached and re-sculpted the feathering on the legs.Its not a perfect solution, as the extra length seems to be in the upper legs, but it helps, and is much easier than shortening the upper leg area. I also sculpted more muscle into his chest and added a little more curve to his nose. On the rider, I made new, more curved horns to better replicate those in the painting, and made a new axe blade of better shape and size. On the cape, though I did still have to add putty and sculpting to make it a better fit, carving down his shoulders under the cape helps it sit better. The shield needs work as well. In every picture and figure I have seen of it, its a convex shield, not a recessed front as Moebius has provided. I filled in the front of mine with Magic Sculp and round it to a convex shape. Once it hardened, I scraped and sanded out the back a bit to match. I will freehand paint the bird motif . Now I am in the process of redoing his left arm with scale armor instead of being bare. Its enjoyable work for me, but Moebius really could have done a bit better. Now I am thinking about that 75mm Kabuki Models versions, since I have the big 1/8 Moore statue, this Moebius fig in 1/16, and a Swede Productions resin 1/12 version.

 

[balder]

The kit does look nicely detailed but the horse looked a little off in the proportions. The hind quarters seem too short front to back to me. JasonB, I now see what you mean about the horse's chest being too small. I may be getting the Kabuki 75 mm version instead of the Moebius one.
Al, sorry to take the thread off topic. I hope the photo issue will be resolved so I can see your work.
Gerald

 

[Al Bubnis]

I also noticed a major fit issue with the right arm/cape assembly, my solution was to remove plastic from inside the cape, where it fit up against the right side of the torso. Worked fine. I didn't think the fit on the horse was too bad, no worse than other multi-part animals of this size. It did need a little putty along the seams, but nothing drastic. There is also a problem with attaching the sword the way the instructions tell you. If I did it again, I would cut the chain into two pieces instead of one and attach it to the figure before mounting him to the horse. The first piece from the top ring on the scabbard, over the left shoulder and under the cape by his right armpit, and then the second out from under the cape to the ring at the bottom of the scabbard, the way the instructions show it. One last thing, with the stirrups mounted to his feet it is hard to get him onto the horse. Be careful of the spurs when positioning him into the saddle. He just snapped into place once I got his feet past the widest part of the horse. Hope to post some pictures soon, am switching to a different photo hosting service.

 

[Al Bubnis]

 

[Al Bubnis]

This was a test, switched from PB to Flickr and it works. Need to take some more pictures and will post them when I can.

 

[fogie]

From what I can gather from this post, a fascinating figure based on a painting by Frank Frazetta requires some
special handling in construction - only I can't see anything because a photo hosting organisation has moved the
goal posts and is demanding extortionate sums of money for the privilege. So my question is why does anyone use
a photo hosting service ? I promise you this is not irony or anything - I would really like to know. Why not just
take a photo and simply post it here ?