Hopefully after two more snapping at the same place, its third time the charm in trying to glue and stick the model together. I re-worked the rear and rather than rely on green stuff, I used some plastic carefully cut with squares representing the vents. I had to make my own barrels too for the wrist guns as I didn't have any rods thin enough. The final crucial part is the remaining arm and I'm at two minds whether to equip him with a large hammer or a cannon, so I decided to try and make the hand changeable. Hence the extremely delicate hole made in the wrist with a very sharp scalpel blade.
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Seems quite painfully slow to do a small piece and wait for it to dry and then sometimes it takes a day or two before I can get back to it. The raised leg was already loose from the stand and I didn't bother to add some green stuff to stick it to the base again. This was unfortunate as while working on the arms, I pushed the model backwards too much and the straight leg snapped at the knee where the plastic was. I originally only had two extended claw blades and a thumb blade, but decided to add a third. I didn't dare add a fourth as the hand was getting too wide.
I ended up using the mock up model, but after adding green stuff for the legs, I had to use the Dremel to drill out some of the square sides to make way for the shape of the hips and shoulders. The mock arms also came off. Surprisingly I remembered that using green stuff needed patience as I made each part and let it dry rather than squash the details while making some other part. However making small quantities of green stuff was never easy. Luckily this time I had my thermo moulds that I could press all the spare green stuff into. I'm sure I can never have enough wheels anyway.. Also while I still had the enthusiasm to do modelling (also I was out of in-app energy and waiting for it to refill) I managed to start on my Tau Battlesuits again.
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