Jamie Stokes
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
in a bout of madness I ordered Andreas metal figures, pin up 'Dusting Away" and "Up to Mischief"
The South Australian model club I'm a member of has a theme for this years expo 'Black or White'.
So these two fit the bill.
I'd built Andreas miniatures the old fiddler a few years back, as was pleased at how it turned out....
...what I'd forgotten was the fiddly little fit issues, and the clogging effect of white metal on files, sand papers, dulling effects on scalpels......
(Ahh, but, but but......I hear the cries......yes, white metal is good, we've been using it for years, and if the cast is now good you can remelt it, plus it will offer superior strength for thin pieces that resin just cant....)
Gripe over, onto the models.
First pass, I must not have cleaned/ primed/ appeased the small god of white metal figure construction properly, so a soak in acetone, rebuffed all surfaces, primed with a lacquer based rattle can (Tamiya metal primer to the rescue!!! - followed by a weeks wait to allow proper curing)
7 days later, Vallejo primer grey, let set over night, the flesh base coats applied (Andreas stuff....)
The thing is, with these figures, because they are based on 2-D illustrations, the splitting of the figure comes down to the make it in pieces, after you painted the preceding section.....
So here are the parts laid out, primed, and first layer of skin tones done.....
I've switched from brass rod to steel rod (did a wonderful job of destroying a set of wire cutters of mine....from now on, dremel cutter with grinder bit) as I think with the maid dusting away, the mass of white metal will strain the joints and glue over time
(Here's where I think metal legs and resin body would have been better - no need to stress about the ankles bending under that load of full metal torso)
And for those that are wondering, yes, that is a slab of marble, I found that near an office that had undergone remodeling - it's about the size of a kitchen sink, and was in the trash heap.....till it come home with me..... makes for a nice flat surface, easy cleaning, and super glues scrapes right off....
More progress reports and feedback welcome, I've got a month to get these two complete....
cheers
Jamie
in a bout of madness I ordered Andreas metal figures, pin up 'Dusting Away" and "Up to Mischief"
The South Australian model club I'm a member of has a theme for this years expo 'Black or White'.
So these two fit the bill.
I'd built Andreas miniatures the old fiddler a few years back, as was pleased at how it turned out....
...what I'd forgotten was the fiddly little fit issues, and the clogging effect of white metal on files, sand papers, dulling effects on scalpels......
(Ahh, but, but but......I hear the cries......yes, white metal is good, we've been using it for years, and if the cast is now good you can remelt it, plus it will offer superior strength for thin pieces that resin just cant....)
Gripe over, onto the models.
First pass, I must not have cleaned/ primed/ appeased the small god of white metal figure construction properly, so a soak in acetone, rebuffed all surfaces, primed with a lacquer based rattle can (Tamiya metal primer to the rescue!!! - followed by a weeks wait to allow proper curing)
7 days later, Vallejo primer grey, let set over night, the flesh base coats applied (Andreas stuff....)
The thing is, with these figures, because they are based on 2-D illustrations, the splitting of the figure comes down to the make it in pieces, after you painted the preceding section.....
So here are the parts laid out, primed, and first layer of skin tones done.....
I've switched from brass rod to steel rod (did a wonderful job of destroying a set of wire cutters of mine....from now on, dremel cutter with grinder bit) as I think with the maid dusting away, the mass of white metal will strain the joints and glue over time
(Here's where I think metal legs and resin body would have been better - no need to stress about the ankles bending under that load of full metal torso)
And for those that are wondering, yes, that is a slab of marble, I found that near an office that had undergone remodeling - it's about the size of a kitchen sink, and was in the trash heap.....till it come home with me..... makes for a nice flat surface, easy cleaning, and super glues scrapes right off....
More progress reports and feedback welcome, I've got a month to get these two complete....
cheers
Jamie