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Ironskar Hearthguard Musician, Shields And Gobbo.

Posted by Ironskar , 14 October 2013 · 2,004 views

greenstuff sculpt dwarf hammerer musician goblin

Snugg, I finally got round to it and following your advice I cast more hearthguard, three are here, one of which I decided to make a musician to complete the command group.

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I struggled with the shield, I like the pin heads as they are a good shape and thin. But, they required some sort of design, plain did not look that good. I tried to paint them but could not get a good design or a even circle for a rim. I tried putting them in a drill so they spun fast and then put a felt pen to them making a circle design. These are shown below. Still not happy so resorted to shield bosses, a blob of green stuff and then a slight design by pushing a pen lid into it. Any comments or better ideas appreciated!

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Sorry everyone, this is not Dawi, its the baddies! I also have a Orc and Goblin army, needed some more night goblins so knocked this up. The two casts (either side) are from the green. Just need spear tips adding.
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Snugg Thistlehammer

Oct 14 2013 11:03 PM

I wish I could do that. "Oh, I'm a few troopers short for this unit, I'll just knock up a few more myself".

And do my eyes decieve me or is that musician a singer?! Do the hearthguard rally around his sonorous baritone rendition of Men of Harlech or something along those lines?

As far as the shields go, I think the 'bosses' will look ok once painted up. You seem pretty handy with greenstuff though, if you wanted a rim could you not make one yourself? Or make one shield, or one batch, and then cast them up yourself?

Ironskar

Oct 16 2013 05:48 PM

Thanks Snugg.

Yes, singing along to his accordion, to go along with the other musician with the bagpipes. I am not sure what they would sound like together!

I did try making shields from scratch and my first try was a pentagon that I though would be quite dwarvish and novel. It did not work as it was to small to get the measurements even on plasticard and I have struggled to make non-organic shapes with greenstuff. But I think I will now have a try at putting a rim on a pin head.