Little side project. An old Reaper Giant
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:49 am
When I met my girlfriend (in a wargaming store) back in (a few years ago) I was just working on the then newly released GW plastic Chaos giant.
When it was done, I donated the finished product to be auctioned for a good cause (forgot the cause but I know it was a good one
)
My girlfriend afterwards always kept an eye open for that giant in the hope she could spot it and buy it back.
No such luck though.
She mentioned seeing a giant resembling mine a few days ago and this prompted me (it wasn´t mine, just resembled it though) to start work on a new giant.
The internet was scrounged to find a suitable kit (something I liked and would like working on) and I found a pretty cheap Reaper hill Giant on eBay.
It arrived yesterday. First thing I did was sizing up the model, see if I could fit it on a 40mm base (30mm was out of the question due to size) and then I started building a base.
I thought of removing the tree stump from his hand, but the figured that anyone big enough to swing Strongroot around wouldn´t have any problems convincing a ref that it´s a bad idea to take away that stick.
One thing I didn´t like about the model was the outstretched right arm. It takes up far too much space and I could think of better poses possible with minor conversion only.
I cut the right arm in 2, cut out a V shaped piece to allow him to keep his arm in roughly a 90° angle, taking up a threatening pose that looks more like lumbering giant stuff compared to the action pose of the original model.
This model is big. I filed and cut away enough white metal to cast a brand new goblin from.
I ended up using 3 pins for the right elbow, the wrist joint and the two halves of the stick. Below you can see the size of the pins I used.
After some careful positioning I ended up with this pose as ideal mix between being functional compact and ponderous looking enough to make this look like a giant movement:
While I was at it, resculpting muscle on his arm I decided to cover up an awkward looking bit on his shoulderpad by placing a paperclip in it to sculpt an elephant tusk around.
When it was done, I donated the finished product to be auctioned for a good cause (forgot the cause but I know it was a good one
)My girlfriend afterwards always kept an eye open for that giant in the hope she could spot it and buy it back.
No such luck though.
She mentioned seeing a giant resembling mine a few days ago and this prompted me (it wasn´t mine, just resembled it though) to start work on a new giant.
The internet was scrounged to find a suitable kit (something I liked and would like working on) and I found a pretty cheap Reaper hill Giant on eBay.
It arrived yesterday. First thing I did was sizing up the model, see if I could fit it on a 40mm base (30mm was out of the question due to size) and then I started building a base.
I thought of removing the tree stump from his hand, but the figured that anyone big enough to swing Strongroot around wouldn´t have any problems convincing a ref that it´s a bad idea to take away that stick.
One thing I didn´t like about the model was the outstretched right arm. It takes up far too much space and I could think of better poses possible with minor conversion only.
I cut the right arm in 2, cut out a V shaped piece to allow him to keep his arm in roughly a 90° angle, taking up a threatening pose that looks more like lumbering giant stuff compared to the action pose of the original model.
This model is big. I filed and cut away enough white metal to cast a brand new goblin from.
I ended up using 3 pins for the right elbow, the wrist joint and the two halves of the stick. Below you can see the size of the pins I used.
After some careful positioning I ended up with this pose as ideal mix between being functional compact and ponderous looking enough to make this look like a giant movement:
While I was at it, resculpting muscle on his arm I decided to cover up an awkward looking bit on his shoulderpad by placing a paperclip in it to sculpt an elephant tusk around.
