Yesterday I had an unexpected information leaflet from our "Deutsche Post" in my letterbox. A registered letter has been delivered to me and waits for pickup at my local post office. So I went there today at 8 o'clock and was disappointed that the office opens at 9 ... I asked myself WHY they write on the leaflet "Pick it up from 8 o'clock tomorrow" but OK... So I went there again just some minutes ago and TADA there was a battered airbag from Turkey waiting for me :) And perhaps you can already guess it, it is my price from
Mr. Lee's 100k views contest, the Scibor Moscal Boyar Lord.
If you compare the two pictures (the one on Mr. Lee's blog and mine) you can only guess what airmail, customs and transport did do this poor airbag. But happy me the miniature itself wasn't harmed at all.
Its the first time I have one of those
Scibor miniatures in my hands and to be honest: On the first look I am rather impressed. I've read lots of how bad those stamp techniques are and stuff like this. But the miniature has clear details and nearly no molding lines. Clear details and a stout and resolute posture give this miniature the perfect look for such a stubborn
Chaos Dwarf Moscal Boyar Lord. The only thing which DOES worry me are the additional parts like the axe head and the shield which are cast on an extra sprue and seem to be rather heavily attached to it. I hope I can cleanly cut them off the sprue, especially the axe head which really seems to be a problem. The miniature is delivered with a small scenic base which looks pretty good. Again I am impressed how clean the casting is. I slowly understand why these miniatures are so expensive (in Germany at least).
The Lord will be a nice addition to my still secret army :) Ok ok you can guess it: I have some Chaos Dwarves (to be honest some
Abyssal Dwarves from Mantic) flying around which wait for assembly and paint. Since I think I got all those miniatures from the KS (have lost the overview) I think I finally can start to put everything together with this lovely Lord as start. I hope I can give it the love needed, especially since it is such a nice price from the contest.
Stay tuned for more sumpy, grumbly, evil madness :)
So long,
Paradox0n
Am glad that it arrived, albeit a bit battered. They "assured" me that a padded envelope would be enough.. next time I will know better and throw in some cardboard around it to make it a bit more safe. Now I wonder how the rest fared!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to you painting it up! And I will be in your country this time tomorrow! Hopefully with a beer in one hand and a brush in the other! :) Cheers!
No problem. While taking a closer look on the miniature I noticed that the upper axt shaft is missing. Have to think of something (plastic rod or something like that) to repair it. But the miniature is really nice. Thanks for sending it!
DeleteThose workshops play in a different league than my painting skills are so I'll have to stick to lone painting. Hope you have a good time (at the workshop and in Germany). If it wouldn't be such a huge distance I just would hop into my car and say hello but I'll have to cross the country to get there so that would be a bit over-the-top ;)