Hiya.
I have finally pulled out my box of tufts and finished off the models from Westfalia.
I have also finished off some Mammoth Miniatures armored skeletons. I picked them up becasue they have some real character and will add some needed variety to my current armored skeletons.
Hope you like.
Normally I won't justify the shipping from North America becasue it is usually extortionate. That is why it was a nice surprise to see that North Star were carrying some of the Westfalia range. However, it looks like they sold out so the listing is already gone. I am quite happy with how these turned out.
First some possessed toys that I will use as small constructs for Frostgrave. A word of warning if you pick these up. They are tiny. These are mounted on 1p coins so you can get an idea of scale.
Hope you like.
Observatory Post 2
After dropping small parts, tools, knives, open plastic cement, open superglue and putty multiple times, I have decided to finish up here tonight. When gravity works against me, it usually does not stop working against me so it is better to quit before I get injured or damage what I am working on.
The telescope itself is done bar some minor gap filling. Added some metal rings at each point where the segments meet to create a bit of a seam, and puttied where the tubing connects to create a better seam. Added a lens to the front, and dolled it up with some runes. All that is left is to putty the bottom of the front by the lens to clean that up. I also added some mounting points for the adjustable lenses. It is here that I discovered that my first bottle of plastic cement, and the supoerglue refused to work as advertised. I opened the Plastiweld as that will melt anything and managed to spill it all over one of my cutting mats and managed to melt the painted grid off the surface. It worked so well that a lighter that was sat on the mat started leaking out butane. After a quick cleanup, I have some photos.
My builds usually start with a simple idea and I work from there. This one started with a telescope. I built the body of the telescope out of regular plastic tubing. I added half of a resin cast gear that will be used as part of the mechanical control. The next two pieces are filter lenses that will be added on after all of the painting is done. Next I will start to figure out the mechanical controls and the support structure.
Off to the photos.
This project started as I had picked up the Undead Barrow King from Mammoth Miniatures to make into a statue as he was listed at 50mm high. I decided that I would try put him up on a pillar to give a bit more height and so it did not take up quite as much floor space on the game board. The plinth is constructed out of layers of foamex. After the pillar was constructed it had string set in superglue added to the corners to simulate some decorative stone work. I decided to try adding some textures to the surface. I used a gold shaping cup to press the round details into the surface and it simulated pebbles set in concrete pretty well. Next I used two different punches to set detail into some stencil board. This was cut to size and made into metal plates for added details. The base was detailed out with some plastic skulls, resin, plaster and 3d printed jars and plates. Lastly some tube candles, coins were punched out of stencil card and I used some mustard seeds to simulate limes.
Hope you like.
Details
I will be adding a few more small stowage but I have managed to zenith prime so you can see some details. Minus some details, it is ready to be painted.
I have not had much time due to real life obligations. Tonight I had a bit of time to work on my build.
The back end looked odd hanging out in space without any support and I needed some way for people to access the torso interior. I decided on building a set of stairs and put a unicycle wheel on a swivel mount behind it.
