A number of the figures I bought in have damage to them mainly in the form of missing spears and swords , I read somewhere about repairing flats using old flattened out toothpaste tubes - it was when these tubes were made of thin metal - unfortunately they are plastic now . Then the cats came to my rescue or rather in the form of their cat food containers which are made from a thin metal sheeting .
I cut up the containers with a pair of scissors and trimmed them to form a sword blade (upper right figure) , a spear butt (upper left) and a sort of 'draco' cavalry standard (bottom) and glued them to the figure with super glue .
The finished refurbished figures awaiting their bases painting . I will see how resilient these repairs are , an after thought was that thick plastic card might work just as well ? . There are several figures in the unpainted purchase that have been snapped off their bases and have damaged horse tails, I'm thinking of trying to solder these back in place - Hmm !? we will see .
You realize, of course, that now you are in dire peril of going repairs and doing figure conversions (you won't even notice until your friends do an intervention).
ReplyDeleteKidding aside, every time I see naked flats, I balk at the idea of painting them. Well done!
that should read, "beyond repairs" (shouldn't type so early in the morning)
DeleteSomewhat daunted by the idea of flat conversions . Painting flats to a high standard is hard - all that shading ! , mine will be tabletop standard .
DeleteFor figures snapped off their bases, my first thought would be to use the can material to reinforce; painting any excess as bushes etc.
ReplyDeleteYes there maybe a bit of camouflage going on as well on the bases
DeleteSoft drink cans are easily cut with scissors and Tomato puree/paste comes in tubes still made from metal. Time to get a taste for pasta. You can always squeeze it all out and freeze the contents if you can't wait a couple of months for the tube.
ReplyDeleteThese are all looking splendid and well worth the effort.
Yes my wife has just pointed out the tomato puree thing and emptying the tubes first is a good idea rather than sitting around for six month waiting for the empty tube .
DeleteNice work...I like the Roman general in particular. I was going to mention puree... the garlic stuff is particularly efficacious, and suitable for mending broken Gauls.
ReplyDeleteYes was thinking the pasta stuff was only suitable for Romans 1 .
ReplyDeleteSo now these are a sort of 'cat'aphracts?
ReplyDeleteWell done. The catapult crew look great!
I had to be careful cutting them it could have been a 'cat' astrophy
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