Alright. It's begun. I dug up a mini I'd previously acquired for AE: Bounty, but never really got around to painting: an Ariadnan Scout, with an Ojótnik rifle and E/Mauler (I still really have very little idea what either of those items are at the moment, but we'll get there!).
Sadly, when I got the mini out, the E/Mauler arm was gone, presumed snapped off. My models tend to get a good working over through my kids, my son in particular being fond of checking out the latest and greatest. I assume that is what happened here.
I spent some minutes looking through my various bitz boxes, and although I found some very interesting stuff, the arm was lost. What to do? In my searchings, I'd found an extra arm from a Cygnaran Ranger, which was holding a astrolabe or some sort navigational/telescopic device. With a little clipping, I managed to cut it down to look like a smaller version of (what I remember) the E/Mauler (to be).
Here's what it looked like after the hobby knife attack:
Not particularly pretty, but functional. May also double as a Forward Observer, once I work out what one of those does! After a quick re-application of the undercoat (since the pink cloak is hideous!), the mini was looking a little more respectable:
With the Olympics playing in the background, I was able to work for about an hour and a bit on the mini, and on the whole I'm happy with the result. I need to do some further work on the face (which is a common problem I have when I'm painting) and on the camo of the cloak (not too sure about the grey spots; maybe they could be smaller?).
All in all, a reasonable night's work, and a pretty good vanguard for the rest of the force, which should be arriving mid-week.
Cheers!
PS: The iPad 3 has a great camera! It's close-up pictures are really pretty good, all in all. Props to Mrs Cohen for holding the second light-source and to Eric Hill for Spot books. You guys rock!
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