Asterix: SPQR

(OTT ate my project, so I’m considering rewriting this as part of my project work today)

So I always wanted Geriatrix in my army but it seemed like a complicated mini to create. I was first thinking about printing him but unfortunately there were no STL. files for him. My only option was to convert, I’ve spoken to Thomas Miennes therefore I am qualified to do this.

First step. Grab a Mini and begin to dry fit. Because of the ball joint on the torso the Warlord Gauls the range of poses you can get is really good. I pushed the torso really far forward and it gave a great impression of how Geriatrix holds himself (While not leaping around punching Romans or dancing.

Next step was to give him a head. There were a few Gauls wearing a kind of small skull cap like helmet, I used this head to try and replicate Geriatrix’s bald head and long hair on the back (a hairstyle I like to call the Bill Bailey.) After I got the head placed I carefully trimmed the edge of the helmet so you can’t see the join and hopefully looks like he isn’t wearing a helmet. The helmet flairs out at the back so I’m planning on using it as the long part of his hair.

The next step was the very important walking stick. The original plan was to take a spear and clip it. I was going to use the clipped spear as a guideline and then greystuff onto the spear to make the stick more knobbly (Behave) However as soon as it was on the model it actually looked perfect. Hurray for things looking good with less effort than you thought!

I was pretty happy with how the model looked so far but there was a huge gap between his torso and legs. I had a bit of stuff spare so I filled it in and that made things look much better.

Then I looked at the picture. Geriatrix has long sleeves, not short sleeves.

So I had to model them on. No one else would ever notice this but I had to do it for me