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Adding the thread fringes to the skirt. I pinned the feet for stability.

Reshaped all the backs with my drill. Now to sculpt with putty.

Ive worked out how this toga was draped. Sculpting the back of the toga.

Adding the open vest.

I've adjusted the legs. The thick pin is to fix his position on the saddle. Next is to sculpt the robe and hat.

But that word refers to a female dog... woof woof. hahaha.

Finally completed the sculpting and detailing. Rigged the figure too!!! Wow! Procrastination is a *****. Hahaha. Final ptg next.

Made the cuirass more symmetrical.

The skirt is folded over. The right foot is pointed down to create a better pose. I've reasoned out that the sculpting has to be done in stages as these miniatures don't give much room to handle the pieces until the putty has hardened. .

Developing the drapery in stages.

Almost done with the arms. Need to complete these before I sculpt the drapery.

Bldg up the skirt. This also locks in the leg poses.

WIP. The key here is to get this as symmetrical as possible.

Added hands to finalise the pose.

sculpting the legs.

sculpting the cuirass

Ive just seen this movie. A bit draggy in between the action sequences. I did enjoy the action sequences but found the short range fighting a bit too dramatic. These were 88mm guns and bigger so I find the visually 100-200 m engagements unrealistic. The underwater and mine field sequences were...

Now ploughing thru my "ancients" hoard. Here are a couple of abandoned ancients. These were made about 30 years ago and I had used rubbery green putty then. The sculpting was meh then... Xerxes was based on a frieze and looks static. Not much I can tk of to improve this. The Roman soldier was...

There are many excellent metal kits but they cost a fortune. Anyway, I always prefer to do my own figures and in the light of more recent exciting archaelogical discoveries, there are new reconstructions possible to make up ancient people. Therefore, I amassed a decent collection of ancient...

More putty added for the toga. I am studying how togas were worn and using roman sculptures as models.