Death Dealer

[smokeriderdon]

OK. Well I decided since I was bogged down in my other builds, Id go ahead and do this one.

Frank Frazetta has always been a favorite of mine. I fell in love with his stuff seeing the covers of Conan paperbacks. Then in 78 the first Molly Hatchet album came out with this as its cover. I bought that album based SOLELY on that cover as it was their first and I hadnt heard them yet. LOL Luckily they were a great band. LOL

There is a Frazetta museum here in Stroudsburg PA, about 3 hours from my house. Im planning on taking this there and taking pics of it there. IF it comes out worth a damn.

OK, so, its a relatively simple build. BUT, as you can see, while the fit is OK, it has serious seems. *sigh* Its gonna require a little more work than I was hoping for.

I am not attaching the arms or head to the rider yet, nor the cloak. Those will be painted then attached to make it easier. The things like reigns are separate pieces that will get painted then all put together.

Next session is getting those seams done.

[aur0ra145]

It's a horse! Who is the kit manufacturer?

[digger303]

Nice kit in terms of molds and details. The foot pins will work into the base well.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Oh sweet!!!
This is an awesome little kit and will look super cool

[smokeriderdon]

It's a horse! Who is the kit manufacturer?

Sorry, forgot to say. Its Moebius.

Nice kit in terms of molds and details. The foot pins will work into the base well.

Oh, its got great details and all that. just the seams. Oy. And yeah, it SHOULD go into the base well.

Oh sweet!!!
This is an awesome little kit and will look super cool

If I manage to not ef it up. LOL

[cor]

very. cool subject

[smokeriderdon]

No pictures at the moment, but good grief the seams. This is stupid.

[barryf1fan]

[smokeriderdon]

After way more work on the seams than should have been necessary, initial flat black coat on. I sprayed the head after the pic. Also the base in dark earth as a base for that.

[Stokesy44]

Looking good. With a name like DEATH DEALER I hope it ends up looking suitably chilling in a blood-curdling kind of way.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Withthe primer on you really see the moulding is superb
You did great on the seam too!

[smokeriderdon]

Withthe primer on you really see the moulding is superb
You did great on the seam too!

Thank you sir. Still one spot I am obsessing about, but got the rest of it under control.

Started with some of the easier detail painting. Still working out how to shade the horse.

[DRUMS01]

Looks like its going to be a lot of black and gray variations?

The details looks promising too

[Garion77]

That is a really nice subject ! And you present it at the start, do you mean Conan The Barbarian ? Did a great job on the horse. And the molding of it should make great for shading and lighting all the muscles of it. Can wait to see the next part.

[smokeriderdon]

I have been busy with life and new toys. Got a resin 3D printer, so been messing with that quite a bit. Im gonna do a post on that separate.

I have gotten quite a bit done on this one. Some more detail things to do, the ax, the sword and it will be done. Have some seams I realized I missed to do also. But nothing awful. And do a little more "weathering". So next post will be a completed build thread.

[Stokesy44]

This looks like its going to be a tour-de-force in painting skill. Great work