Its a Resin kit, and needed the usual trimming and scraping and bubble holes filling. Thankfully there weren't too many of these and none in any critical areas.
It's been a bit of a mission to assemble it... the front end on the sleigh required all three sleigh pieces to be heated in hot water and bent to shape. Much trial and error and tweaking and reheating until things worked out.
Radagast himself was in two pieces; main body, and cloak with right-arm, which was not too bad to glue together and the parts lined up well.
The side little terrain bits were easy to trim and assemble...
Of course the last bits were working out how the rabbits went together. There's 4 strands of them which again were a bit of trial and error to see which combos would be the best fit.
I had to trim some pieces of resin from the sprue to shape to join the reigns between each two strands. Fiddly work but its worked out OK, and the joints have then been concealed with a smear of liquid greenstuff over the top.
So finally assembled and ready to be primed. It will be joining my entries for the Analogue Hobbies painting challenge and I feel will make a great entry in the 'comedic' category... :)
Certainly complicated looking but should turn out well with your skill!
ReplyDeleteVery tricky build. Cheers
ReplyDeleteThat looks real tough to assemble, looking forward to seeing it in it's glory
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Just watched all 9 hours of behind the scenes footage form Desolation of Smaug. Jackson's the one who came up with the idea for the rabbits. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to watch those, but will get on to it this weekend I think...
DeleteGood luck!
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It looks like the figure will be impressive in the end despite GW's inability to produce a decent resign model.
ReplyDeleteI am slowly getting used to their resin stuff gradually, once you learn the trick to get the best out of it... I'd still prefer metal or plastic though...
DeleteGood idea with him in the comedic round. I'm looking forward to seeing him!
ReplyDeleteCrikey! Looks beyond me even though my daughter keeps pressing me to get it!
ReplyDeleteIts fiddly but worth it, one of those iconic must haves from the movies...
DeleteWow - that's a cool piece. Looking forward to seeing it painted up.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really nice model, and you did a great job tweaking and green-stuffing it. I am inclined to try to redo my old Radagast on Sleigh and mount it on a 120 mm base as it should be (I mashed it all onto a 60 or 64 mm base).
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, it has come to my understanding that quite a few people [the vocal minority?] disliked this kit. Or more correct, disliked that it ever were introduced into The Hobbit.
Personally, I think that The Hobbit is a matiné movie and I gladly allow any whimsicalities (if that is a word) and "childish" additions. In LotR, Gimli was too much of a comic relief, but in The Hobbit, similar easy laughs suits the movie well.
It will be interesting to see what else weird contraptions they will produce for our hobby after this third movie, that is for sure, and it is also the reason I can't bring myself to *openly* critize GW's pricing: I am happy that someone makes the models. And if one is jobless, like myself, then it is just a matter of making lemonade of the lemons and use their pricing as an incentive to make DIY-versions and convert away.
Went off on a tangent here as always... Anyways, looking forward to see some paint on the sleigh and the rabbits, and also what you might do further with the base, if you have anything planned on that matter!
Whimsicalities! Love it! ... I kinda thought if theres Giant Eagles, then they may well prey on Giant Rabbits - makes sense to me... ;-)
DeleteThat looks fantastic, Scott. Great sense of motion. Looking forward to seeing it all painted up.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly has that dynamic feel!
DeleteThis certainly would have had me pulling my hair out in frustration. Looking good so far, it's the care you put in at this stage that determines how well it will turn out in the end.
ReplyDeleteIts on my ever growing miniature wishlist. Looking forward to seeing paint on it.
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