smudger1960
PlanetFigure Supporter
I thought i would have a change of scenery for my next project,while at euro recently i picked up an 80mm white metal figure of zeus produced by alexandros miniatures.
The kit comes with just a scenic floor base in resin which i disscarded as i wanted to produce my own scene.
The figure has zeus perhaps looking down from mount olympus with an eagle perched on his left forearm,the sculpting is very good with minimal clean up and filler required,the golden eagle is also very well sculpted.
Due to the figure being produced in metal its a heavy piece so after clean up and assembly i added pieces of metal rod into the bottom of the figures feet to make the figure more secure when picking up the piece and moving it arround.
For the scene i wanted to depict zeus in perhaps part of a temple with ancient stone pillars and i decided to add the pegaso roman coloum which although is listed as a 54mm scenic accessorie would suffice for what i had in mind,the only thing i changed was the resin coloum you get in the kit,i substitutted this for a length of balsa dowel to give it more height within the scene.
Milliput was applied over the base area and left to dry for about an hour after which i added the lines to simulate the joins in the stone slabbed floor,once the milliput had fully hardened i chipped pieces away with a craft knife to simulate damage to the stone flagged floor.
I carved away one corner of the wooden base which will depict a rock like effect with zeus looking down from mount olympus,i'm finding this quite an enjoyable little project and something different from what i'm used to doing,i have attached some photo's of my progress.
Brian
The kit comes with just a scenic floor base in resin which i disscarded as i wanted to produce my own scene.
The figure has zeus perhaps looking down from mount olympus with an eagle perched on his left forearm,the sculpting is very good with minimal clean up and filler required,the golden eagle is also very well sculpted.
Due to the figure being produced in metal its a heavy piece so after clean up and assembly i added pieces of metal rod into the bottom of the figures feet to make the figure more secure when picking up the piece and moving it arround.
For the scene i wanted to depict zeus in perhaps part of a temple with ancient stone pillars and i decided to add the pegaso roman coloum which although is listed as a 54mm scenic accessorie would suffice for what i had in mind,the only thing i changed was the resin coloum you get in the kit,i substitutted this for a length of balsa dowel to give it more height within the scene.
Milliput was applied over the base area and left to dry for about an hour after which i added the lines to simulate the joins in the stone slabbed floor,once the milliput had fully hardened i chipped pieces away with a craft knife to simulate damage to the stone flagged floor.
I carved away one corner of the wooden base which will depict a rock like effect with zeus looking down from mount olympus,i'm finding this quite an enjoyable little project and something different from what i'm used to doing,i have attached some photo's of my progress.
Brian
