Irish SAGA
Getting back into the last unit
Glad to finally be back into this project. I am still building the last 3 minis, have painted these 3 and have two primed up.
After a week or two away from painting I feel the plaid on my first attempt was poor, the second better and the last great, but I over washed the last one and you only notice the pattern up close.
On the last guy with the blond hair…
No idea why he felt the need to take a targe/buckler smaller shield and a standard shield on his back.
No idea why he has an animal skull on his shield. Though it does tie into his druid’s iconography.
A back story will naturally develop, but if you want to throw in suggestions that would be great. ?
Making the strap for the shield was a pain, but I didn’t just want to put it magically on his back with no support or just a painted belt. It was a piece of headphone wire supporting flex. Some headphones have only a small amount of copper, but with a supporting cord to hopefully keep the copper from snapping when wound too tightly. That flex is nice and thin and good for small scale projects like this. After dry fitting several tumes I had to secure it at the shoulder with superglue and let it dry, then similarly anchoring the syrap to the back and then finally to unit in the middle on the chest.
foil for straps works very well, just saying you may find it less fiddly
The next Gerry Can? 🙂 Thanks. Good idea
probably not, but if you’ve seen the banner one using the thick foil from wine bottles, you could also do it with a tube of tomato paste. cut it with sissors and bend it in to hide to the sharp edges and you’re golden