The Wildhearts
Setting the stage
I was rather pleased with how my tiny little rock band was turning out. But they just looked out of place on a bare shelf. If you’re going to re-create the noisiest b*stards in the country, they can’t just be standing around doing nothing – they need to be actually playing!
So I hit Thingiverse and found a miniature drum kit.
Like a lot of re-scaled miniatures, simply taking a larger model and scaling it down isn’t always 100% successful. But it works well enough to sell the idea…
Although this was little more than a “dry-fit” while painting the instruments and amps, this little vingette alone creates a lot of atmosphere!
Here’s Ritch Battersby at a pre-concert soundcheck, while Ginger has popped out to walk the dog, CJ’s gone for a sandwich and Danny’s round the back having a sneaky ciggie before the first rehearsal run-through.
I’m particularly pleased with the way the drumkit and the Marshall guitar stacks have come out. The cymbals retaining their circular ridges, even when scaled down so heavily, is a particularly nice detail.
I’m really looking forward to finishing painting this, so I can get on with the electronics.
Did I not say?
Of course, it’s going to be full of unnecessary electronics. Yes – of course – LEDs for stage lights. But wouldn’t it be great if the noisiest band in the UK actually…. well…. made some noise?
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