Ouch! Not something to look forward to! Though I have discovered the lack of logic in keeping magnets and razors in the same boxme_in_japan wrote:Just wait until you snap off a drill bit inside a mini and and have the momentum shove the torn stump of the drill into your thumb. You will discover new cuss words, I assure you
I already had some Milliput on hand. Milliput + Greenstuff = mana from heaven
Wow. Love working with that stuff, especially as its easy to file down and shape. When wet you can almost paint it on, and when dry its easy to work. I notice that I seem to prefer chipping bits off a miniature after it's dried rather than trying to build it up with chewing gum GS when wet.
In the end I had to rush the mini, as my motivation was the Ulthuan.net End Times PnM Competition. I had no plans to win (not being a painter); just for the fun of creating a new character!
Lot of interesting learnings on the way
Here is V2.0:
The bald patch on his side is where I spent hours GSing a ribcage ...only to later fingerprint it off when working on another part of the model
The saddle is rushed and was supposed to be removable ...milliput and oil dont work the same as GS and oil
The brown stuff (sword hilt, shoulder pads, patch on knee joint) was rushed and mostly removed. BS (maybe not best choice of shortening
) is like working with a sticky piece of cellophane. It'll take some time to get used to I think.V1.0 was partially deconstructed, and indeed the copper wire was not strong enough to support the legs and they broke off. This V2.0 doesn't sit as nice at the hips as V1.0 and has more GS supporting the join.
I'm going to deconstruct him and rebuild for V3.0 and painting.
He looks much better IRL than on these shoddy camera shots ...though the low resolution does hide a multitude of sins, such as a seriously over-superglued neck
Overall very pleased with how it turned out, and as I said, one of the most fulfilling pastimes I've ever spent
Left Side Rear:
Shield is magnetised.
Front:
Forgot to put the wire through his shield hand for this shot.
Above Angled:
Leading the Charge!
Left Side
Sits better on the horse than the official Tyrion IMO.
Rear
I really like this shot. To me it looks very organic; frozen in time. The flowing hair parallels the horses tail; the legs parallel the horses' billowing trapper, and it looks like he is flexing on (invisible!) stirrups to compensate for his rearing steed whilst brandishing his sword.
Right:
You can see where I abandoned the Brown Stuff on the hilt due to lack of time
Totally been there... 
I need to do lots more of it 
