Missiles incoming... 2!!

Remember this guy from the blogs very first post? Well I found the propeller bit off the rocket launcher on my desk and had a change of heart. Yes it looks totally daft but it is iconic in a way. I resolved to re-attach it after filing down the fins somewhat. Changed the face a bit too! Have to stop tinkering with greenstuff and get more painting done!

Ongoing repairs... 2

Spent a bit of time painting the plasma marine today and noticed the flamer pistol could have done with a little tidy-up with some putty. If I ignored this stuff I'd get more minis painted!

Ongoing repairs...

Some putty work mid paintjob. Sometimes its only when painting a mini that problem areas on the mini become apparent. The curve of the left leg armour had made painting the stripes neatly quite tricky to get neat so a bit of putty sorted that area out. There right foot was a bit miscast so that got some attention too.

The part that needed the most work was the piping behind the helmet something which was missed during clean-up.  It was seriously miscast and since it would be pretty apparent on the finished mini it needed a quick resculpt.

 

Missiles incoming!!!

Part of an ongoing RT era sci-fi project is this metal heavy weapon marine with plastic missile launcher. Was a pretty easy convertion to get the launcher to fit. First up separated the handle grip from the launcher and fitted that to the hand.

Had to greenstuff the launcher a bit to make it fit the shoulder.  Mostly making the shoulder arch smaller. Added a few details here and there. Filled in the hollow that would have accommadated the marine backpack on the original plastic marine figure. Removed the "propeller" part from the back of the weapon. What exactly was it suppose to do?!!

Everything fits together pretty well. I'll probably paint the marine and weapon separately and pin them once finished.