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Post by strutsagget on Jun 20, 2020 18:09:44 GMT
cool ent You got em all?
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 20, 2020 18:10:55 GMT
cool ent You got em all? This the only Ent I have unfortunately. How many are there? I've seen the Treebeard with Merry and Pippin.
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Post by strutsagget on Jun 20, 2020 18:29:38 GMT
cool ent You got em all? This the only Ent I have unfortunately. How many are there? I've seen the Treebeard with Merry and Pippin. Oh had too google that and it looks like they have done a lot of em over the years!
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 22, 2020 17:04:37 GMT
Well, Tapatalk has been such a great app for me I actually started the first month free trial. I've now cleaned up as best I could the various Merwyrm bits. Pictured in maximum Tapatalk definition for any potential buyers I've currently got them soaking in water to get ready for gluing. A couple of great forum members are quite interested in this model so the next step is to assemble this bad boy to make sure I don't lead them astray by putting them onto a dud seller selling incomplete or faulty models. It was a major pain to clean up with bits of flash everywhere but the detail looks nice and if I end up with a Merwyrm it'll all worthwhile. Also pictured is a classic metal ral partha oriental dragon glued to a chariot base ready for a repaint.
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Post by sedge on Jun 22, 2020 18:46:46 GMT
Assembly of the Merwyrm isn't great (and mine was a FW one; a recast one is unlikely to be better) - there are some quite significant gaps and they're a pain to fill as you have to try to recreate the texture of its skin to avoid them being too obvious, which isn't easy.
Also once it's assembled it's a nightmare to access the underside or the wrecked ship... but if you try to paint it in sub-assemblies, it's guaranteed not to fit together when you finally try to assemble it.
All this is why mine is built, badly gap-filled, primed, and not painted. Despite it being one of my favourite models.
Basically - good luck with yours!
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 26, 2020 0:12:32 GMT
Assembly of the Merwyrm isn't great (and mine was a FW one; a recast one is unlikely to be better) - there are some quite significant gaps and they're a pain to fill as you have to try to recreate the texture of its skin to avoid them being too obvious, which isn't easy. Also once it's assembled it's a nightmare to access the underside or the wrecked ship... but if you try to paint it in sub-assemblies, it's guaranteed not to fit together when you finally try to assemble it. All this is why mine is built, badly gap-filled, primed, and not painted. Despite it being one of my favourite models. Basically - good luck with yours! Yeah I'm feeling the pain! It's quite gappy. Overall the detail is good but there are some casting issues (second picture) I think I goofed it in the assembly...I've effectively made 2 complete bits now (yay) ..the problem is they don't fit together (boo) So close.....yet so far! Will try work some magic over the weekend.
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Post by tileag on Jun 26, 2020 6:41:30 GMT
Im sure its going to come out great! Keep it up!
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 29, 2020 2:04:58 GMT
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jun 29, 2020 12:08:35 GMT
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jul 14, 2020 5:56:13 GMT
Wippage. Will do some more work on this old Meier dragon on Friday.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jul 24, 2020 0:02:08 GMT
Dargon the Red Dragon is now finished and ready for battle. As the model is old (1984) I went for a classical paint scheme inspired by the link below. www.sodemons.com/rhdragons/05meierdragons/index.htmI figure this dragon is neutral enough it can fit into several different armies including my Dogs of War. 1 more miniature to complete for July 2020's painting CHALLENGE!
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Post by knoffles on Jul 27, 2020 13:59:39 GMT
It’s a classic and my favourite of Toms dragons from their range. I love that you’ve gone with the ‘original’ paint scheme.
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Post by sedge on Jul 27, 2020 19:01:38 GMT
Lovely classic dragon (and very cute too).
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Post by grandmasterwang on Jul 30, 2020 1:02:30 GMT
It’s a classic and my favourite of Toms dragons from their range. I love that you’ve gone with the ‘original’ paint scheme. Thanks man. I'm now working on another classic Meier dragon. Wip of Owlbear which I'm hoping to finish for the July painting challenge.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Aug 4, 2020 17:23:21 GMT
Ended up going in a slightly different direction for the July challenge and finished painting Bambi the baby (gigantic) Rhinoceros. Game wise it's an unridden Stonehorn. You can see how big the model is (repainted and gap filled animal toy) compared to the chariot based Dargon the Red Dragon. It's unglued to the separately painted oval base but I like how it looks on there so that's Bambi's base now. I called it Bambi due it looking kind of like a baby with innocence/sadness/loss in it's eyes. At this stage Bambi has yet to understand it's sheer destructive power potential but it's only a matter of time....
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