Painting the Balrog – Part 1
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This minature is the new plastic one as opposed to the older metal one. The older one apparently had some issues with the weight of the metal wings.
Unpacking the box I found this:
- 2 Plastic Sprues
- 1 set of wings
- 1 Instruction leaflet (Folded A4 page)
First step was to remove the body part from the sprues. Best to use clippers for this part, trying to bend it out is not a good idea.
I then filed down the edges and cleaned up plastic.
I then glued the two body pieces together, the spine flame and then attached the arms.
When I attached the flame, I noticed quite a gap and ridge between pieces. The pieces wern’t sitting flush. So I headed down to the local Games Workshop store and picked up some modelling putty.
The modelling putty is an epoxy, it comes in two parts (Blue and yellow putty), and then when rubbed together becomes green and adhesive.
Using this, I rolled a thin sausage, and placed it in the join. Using the back end of a brush, I then pushed the putty into the gap. I removed the any excess putty using a scalpal and shaped as needed.
I haven’t used putty before, but it seems very useful. First time around I used WAY too much, a gap really doesn’t need too much putty.
While that was setting, I coated the base in a Chaos Black. I plan to make the base darker then the source imagery.
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