Not the most interesting of posts but one to prove to myself I am making progress after some non-productive weekends.
This weekend I managed to clean up another 42 Landsknechts to add to the 50 done previously and 30 Gensdarmes. Not very photogenic in just the metal but until the weather allows spray priming, they will remain bare and shiny....
In actual fact, they are quicker to clean up than fully round figures. A quick going over with a scalpel, snipping of extra weapons, legs and tails, then a good quality file is all that's needed. The trickiest part are pikes and lances which usually have flash. I tend to rest them on the cutting board itself, scrape with scalpel and carefully file away from me, stopping if you get a sudden bend.
Landesknechts
Gensdarmes
Still cannot get over the movement in these figures.
Maybe not the most exciting of posts but fascinating none the less, interesting in what is needed to clean the figures up and the movement in them is absolutely brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. The casts are mostly clean; you do get some flash around longer weapons but none of the troubling undercuts you see on fully 3d round figures.
ReplyDeleteSpending time cleaning them up only increases my admiration for the engravers.
Neil
They are just astonishing figures, particularly the pikemen. I really wouldn't know where to start with them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin. I was intimidated at first but a coat of white primer shows up the details. Thin coats of Contrast paint, followed by an AP wash and they almost paint themselves. All it takes is a few minimal selected highlights to make them "pop".
ReplyDeleteNeil
Progress is progress, my friend! I, too, am amazed at the sense of motion in these figures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. It has taken a while to get back into it; it's rewarding to achieve something.
ReplyDeleteNeil