Okay, so not the greatest amount used. I used a smidge on the Kroxigor weapon haft and a bit more on the top of the saddle.
I have decided to spray them separately as it will allow me to paint both in isolation… meaning I can get to all bits easily. I still have the shield to add to the rider so that I can get into his belly etc.
The rest of my basing supplies came…
This is a nice light colour which will be added onto the Lizardmen bases to add a bit of interest.
I did put an order into Greenstuff world and will add leaves etc onto the bases as well. All in all these bloody lizards have cost me a fortune😂😂😂
What I need to next is to add some Greenstuff onto the saddle to look like the two bits are joined together. My original idea was to keep the saddle and dinosaur separate and spray them in two pieces to aid painting. The problem with this is that the reins will not join. If, however, I glue the saddle down then I can build up the Greenstuff and blend in the reins.
I also fired up the printer and did a test print or two…
This was to ensure things were working before I started on this guy…
Complete with tree support
There was an awful lot of support on this miniature. I decided to give tree support a go. He looks like this when he is freed…
This chappy took 2 hours and 50 minutes to print. You can really see the amount of support in the background, along with a cold one to show scale. This is the first of my Kroxigor that I can print. Unfortunately when I was taking the supports off I managed to semi snap the weapon haft. I might get the Greenstuff out tomorrow and strengthen the break by adding some cord (or something similar). The thing on the floor sits on top to make a rather large and scary hitting thing.
I will see how this paints up before I print any more off – but knowing how I tick I will no doubt forget this and print all six off before it dawns on me that I did indeed have a plan!
Let me know your thoughts on whether or not to glue the saddle on before spraying everything white.
Tonight I spent a bit of time getting the remaining five Saurus riders glued together.
I would have got some of the other ones done if it hadn’t been for these being terrible to go together… well it wasn’t that they were tricky, it was that they pinged across the table and onto the floor. They dry fitted together perfectly and when the glue was added they wouldn’t go together at all!
Next problem was balancing the riders on the mounts. I would just get them all on then one would fall off and knock the rest off too.
I managed a quick thirty second job by adding the two banners onto the hero seat.
We are off to Archery tomorrow morning and I have a cack load of work to do for school in the afternoon. Hopefully I will get some time to do something tomorrow evening.
Today a little surprise came… Once again I totally forgot that I had pre ordered something.
As I have a whole host of 15mm FIW I thought I would get a set of rules that I could use with them.
Because I am stingy I didn’t purchase the cards, probably should have done. I thought they might have had them in the back of the book so that I could photocopy them… there aren’t any.
I did try Sharp Practice, but didn’t really get on with it.
Got in really late tonight so motivation level was down, but after supper I stuck the dangly bits on the harness and as I got a second wind I decided to build the rider for the saddle made days ago. I was a bit worried that he might look too large, but in all honesty I think he looks okay
I had the choice of a Scar Veteran or an Oldblood. I decided to go for a The Veteran as I fancied it. As I have no rules or anything else useful apart from what is in the manual I went for what looked good…I decided to give him a spear as he is on a big bloody lizard and a little sword wouldn’t reach anyone on the ground (the Hussars found this out in the Sudan, when the dervish laid down during a charge).
So here is the Scar Veteran on his mount.The other side, complete with more dangly bits!
The saddle in the instructions has a whole host of horns jutting out from behind, but I am going for a more streamlined look, plus he won’t look as big. In the set there are a couple of smaller back banners that I might add to the back of the saddle just to add a bit more colour.
Hopefully I will be able to get this pair sprayed this weekend, along with the cold one riders.
Looking at the pictures, I do wonder how he gets up there. It was bD enough fir me getting on a 17 hand horse! This thing is way bigger…🤔
I have technically had, what is best described as one of those days so my urge to do anything was minimal.
I did however decide to add the moulded bits onto the strap work on the dinosaur.
Not exactly the most elegant of things bout it will do for now. I put two on the flank as seen in the photo. One on the back just to the back of the seat and the final one on the opposite side.
This last one will need a bit of work to make it look like the strap is connected and not just superglued on.
Tomorrow I will do something with the strap and then add all of the bits and dangly pieces to him.
Tonight I decided to try adding some buckles or something similar to the straps on the Dino. Let’s just say my sculpting wasn’t that brilliant, so I decided to do a little simple moulding using this stuff…
So I dunked it in boiling water for a few minutes and then squished it onto the thing I wanted to mould. You can just about see it in the following photo!
So I got a little mould and shoved GS into it…. problem is…. I couldn’t get it back out again without buggering it up. So the solution was easy….
Throw it back in the boiling water again and then make four mini moulds. We shall see how they come out tomorrow. I have used Milliput in the moulding material before, but unfortunately it leaves a residue that soon ruins it. So this time I am sticking to the Greenstuff.
I have found a whole host of bits and pieces in the box of Lizardmen that will get added to the Dino before painting. I might actually use one of them as the mould to add to the straps.. we shall see tomorrow how they look.
I also managed to build a couple more riders, this time the drummer and the standard bearer (or Fantasy equivalent).
Instead of giving the drummer two drumsticks I gave him one and a sword as a drumstick in combat is likely going to be a hindrance.
The other one just has the flag pole at the moment. I will decide which variant I put on the top tomorrow. I do quite fancy the ‘draco’ style with the silk tail.
So tomorrow we shall carry on with the Dino prepping… I am considering horns and spines along his back… I will have to sleep on it.
Tonight I decided to try and get some Greenstuff onto the Sleich dinosaur. It was an absolute swine as the Greenstuff stuck to everything apart from the dinosaur.
I don’t think the GW Sculptors need to worry just yet 😂
This is the first level of the Greenstuff. Once this lot has cured I will make some teeny buckles or knots to add to the straps that are there.
I will add skulls and dangly bits to the straps so that it is a bit more interesting.
The other thing I managed to do was to get one of the Saurus riders. I suddenly realised that his mount is meant to have a different head, but so what, he can have a normal cold one bonce and like it!
You can see the head it is meant to have on the picture below the miniature. I am not too impressed with the joints in these as the neck is a flat joint so it ends up looking like there is a joint. As you can see from the picture above it could have been jointed at the collar to hide it, or indeed have the ball joint and cup approach from the older miniatures.
Hopefully I will get the rest built tomorrow night.
On a total aside, this is My 203rd post in a row…the longest stretch by a mile, the last stretch was 90 something.
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