Yes I have had a few days off from blogging, I needed a break, nothing major just the I can't be bothered. BUT work continues behind the scenes.- I do have an AAR to share, but as it is one of my least favourite periods I may not.
- Been thinking quite hard Yes I am sure you could all smell the dust burning!
- Contacted a couple of people following an email exchange with Brummie (Simon Quinton). More of this I am sure at a future date.
- Been frustrated by an male Alien arachnid. (See photos.)
There were a number of thins about it I did not like, BUT I am sure others will. In the second Picture for example there is a skull shape on it's back. This was not for me so I had 4 options. 1, Do not buy/make it! 2. Grumble and live with it! 3. Fill it in. OR 4 And perhaps the hardest. flip the body upside down . Now as I went for Item 4 it did give me some problems. Firstly the head did not fit. My solution was to put the head on upside down. Easy to say but harder to do. But not very hard and when painted it shall look OK.
Italso meant the legs were no longer the best fit. So each one was drilled and pinned. Followed by both milliput and superglue to hold it in place. Finally I used Milliput to hide the leg junctios that were now pinned. Yeah it was a bit of a faff But in the end it all turned out OK>
You shall see more of this later in the week when I apply paint.
That's it for today thinks for looking and more again soon.
All the best Clint
I'll give it to you it's got character but it is ugly!
ReplyDeleteThank you Fran. Wait until you see a few games it is for. muhahahaha!
DeleteThank you Dave. No worries at then end of the day I chose to make it more difficult than it need be.
ReplyDeleteI really like this arachnid. I don't know why you didn't go with option 3. Filling in the face with Milliput seems like an easy task. It's what I'd have done if I was you. Mind you, I like the face on the back so if it was mine, I'd have left it alone.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bryan. Ahh the face. It was an option but I decided against it. For me it is more natural this way. And if I want some "Land of the Giants" games you can guess what I shall be using!
DeleteWorth all hte effort if you goe what yp wanted, but isn;t there a real Ausralian spider with what looks like a skull on its back ?
ReplyDeleteYes There is , all the aspects of the spider were taken from real ones, and combined up all the aspects that freaked out my arachnophobia crew out into one, so you will find bits from all around the world.
DeleteThank you Joe. I was aware of the Australian beastie but it's much more how we interoperate it than nature intended as I am sure you know.
DeleteIt was a fair amount of work and still not 100% how I would like, but what figure that we do not sculpt is.
Thank you again Dave. As beasties go it is quite fun and I am sure shall paint up very nicely. It will be on the blog soon... painted, hope to start today!
DeleteLooks an evil bugger, that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ray. If only you enjoyed fantasy and sci fi games.
DeleteLooks like a big boot is needed to squish this beasty, wouldn't want it lurking under my sofa.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tim. I suspect it will not worry you. Very unlikely to turn up in a historical game..... Not that you only play historical games.
DeleteNice work Clint, I think I would have just filled in the skull with some hairy skin or something - a lot less hassle. However Dave’s sculpt is cool and I would have stuck with the skull. Can’t wait to see the paint job
ReplyDeleteThank you Andy. When I was half way through I did wish I had taken an easier option. Now I am happy with the choice to do it this way. I should undercoat it tonight (along with my 1st Zombtober figure!
DeleteThis looks fab dude!
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon. Now undecoated (along with a zed for Zombtober) it looks a little better. I hops to put on some base colours later this day!
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