The Death Chicken Commences!
I had a little time tonight, so I continued with Infamy Mini's One Shot Goblin Chieftain.
First off, He is a big boy, so I am going to think of him as a Hobgoblin, instead of a goblin. (Sorry Buglips)
He will have Orange skin, as all my Hobgoblins do...
Secondly, this resin is very different from the other resin minis I have worked with, much softer and more flexible than the Forge World Iron Warriors Dreadnought I built, or Battlefront's resin vehicle bodies...
It is Fragile as Hades! Ias I was slowly sawing the chicken's lower jaw off the sprue with an X Acto saw, I broke one of the spikes where the reins attach....
5 minutes of unholy speech, and crawling around the floor rewarded me with the piece, which I carefully glued back into place...
I fear for the attachment of this figure to a base!
The only point touching the ground is it's right foot, and the shape of it's ankle / foot /leg precludes driving a pin up the length of it's leg.
I may have to re-think that, and drill the hole anyway and hide the wire so I have a semi sturdy attachment point...
Thoughts ideas anyone?
As a temporary solution for painting, I drilled a hole in it's belly for a wire to support it whilst paint is applied...
Parts fit so far has been good, after removing sprue attachments etc. Left leg and Lower jaw...
Still lots to assemble, next will be the 'wings'...
This will definitely be a paint the rider separately job, and the way he attaches to the bird, he may get a wire for me to hide between his bum and the saddle, as the only attachment points there are the insides of his shins, and the straps of the reins....
Here is a scan of the Artwork that came with the KS:
The mini follows the art almost exactly...
And 2 pics of the Death Chicken so far:
Little bit of gap filling to do...
George