And finally, we have arrived to the last man of this unit:
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The Sgt with all his bitz. |
After finishing the plasma pistol and touching up the red skull decal, it was time to finally create the final componet of this miniature: the back banner. After a few attempts free handing the approximate dimensions of the banner and the lion icon on a piece of notebook paper (hey, it was the only thing I had on hand), I combined the two images into this:
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Rough banner drawing. |
I used the same paints that I use on my Lions, but while doing so I had to go outside the margins I set to make the lion mane bigger.
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Rough painting. |
I tightened up the painting, added a few minor highlights, and put some stars in the background. I then painted the back side of the paper with black paint. It was now ready to be cut out.
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Finished banner art. |
It seems like this whole aspect of back banner making is something of a lost art. Damn near every model in the '90s had a banner. But this went from empty banner poles you had to customize to pre-embosed banners by the time 3rd edition was over. Granted this banner isn't my best work, but it's not supposed to be, it's just a Sgt back banner. The more ornate banner belongs to the
Celestial Lions Terminator Captain, and of course, it should.
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Cut out and free. |
Anyway, after I cut out the banner with an exacto blade, I had to make few minor trims before folding the tabs around the banner pole and glueing them to the back banner. I used Elmer's glue (my favorite flavor since 1st grade -yum!) to glue it down.
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Watching glue dry. |
It was now time to put him all together:
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Arms on. |
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Backpack with banner attached. |
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View from behind. |
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Profile shot. |
And ta-da!
He is finally done!
Next, I will revisit the entire squad (pride?) of Lions and add flock and some battle damage along any other finishing touchs before declaring this project over.
Tactical Pride...rather than squad? Yeah I think that sounds good!
ReplyDeleteSo when the Lions of Harlech vs. Celestial Lions KT battle to determine who's the Alpha male?
Not soon enough! ;)
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