6mm mounted figures and chariot

[Phersu]

My first experiment of conversion of 6 mm figures...

[Maurice]

Lot of detail for 6mm

[Peter]

Looks good but to small for me

[KenzoSato]

[Martin]

Good Lord, that is tiny.
Don't catch a cold, one sneeze and.......

[dutchboyinohio]

6mm CONVERSIONS? Wow!! Can you tell us which parts are converted and which are original? I can't tell...

[Phersu]

Thanks everybody!
Soon I will have to paint them, another challenge.
Then the moldmaking and casting with resin will be tricky too, but it will requiree a very small amount of materials...

6mm CONVERSIONS? Wow!! Can you tell us which parts are converted and which are original? I can't tell...

Yes, sorry, I forgot...
How to judge a conversion without a comparison with the original pieces...

I used GW 6 mm "Imperial Guard" pieces, from the "Epic Space Marines" wargame:
an artillery servant for the King Porsenna's body,
"Rough Riders" for horses,
and the ram's head on the top of the chariot's pole come from the beastman.



The rest is all scrap-build and sculpted.

[dutchboyinohio]

@phersu: Thanks for the explanation. That makes the conversions look even more impressive!!!

[yar68]

Wow!!
You've done a fantastic job with them, I've painted loads of 6mm, which did my head in and my eyes, BUT !!! converting them!! You must have a lot of patience and a lot of time on your hands. But well done!

[Paul]

Unreal!!! They are soooo tiny!! Now seeing the originals it makes me wonder how you come up with the ideas...good imagination

[fabriziodavi]

Impressive! Very nice result and a good project.

Fabrizio

[Phersu]

Thank you mates!
Here's an update with painted figures.

As stand alone 6 mm figures,
King Porsenna's chariot and his escort...




And as statues for 1/72 scenarios...

[Paul]

How did you piant the symbols on the shields!!!!?

[Phersu]

:shock: How did you piant the symbols on the shields!!!!?

Ahem, I misunderstand...
I though you meant "Plant" (put or stick) decorations on the shields Paul... referring to the tutorial I just made about decorations. Silly me!
Now I got you mean paint... Sorry for my broken my english and my head which sometimes is above the clouds.
I edit and correct, but leave the post below anyway, hoping it's interesting and to get some hints about glue...
and copy-paste my mistaken reply on the appropriate thread with the right corrections...

:shock: How did you piant the symbols on the shields!!!!?

I just paint them with "5/0" brush, I helped myself with reading glasses, but I managed without magnifying lenses this time!
Obviously it took a few corrections to shape the circles, the Pegasus and the boar...
Are they recognizable as what I meant to paint?



Following the wrong reply...

Placing the decorations on the shields (on the other tutorial thread) was a real nightmare!
In fact the result is quite rough and far from perfect...
I hope within some more attempts to get a better outcome, the problem it's the time it takes.

Anyway, I used magnifying lenses and tiny tweezers,
scalpel point to push the lightenings and correct their position,
and a lot of patience!

Perhaps a little further refinish on resin casted copies will improve the outcome and allow a neater detailing,
but this takes a lot of patience and precision, and obviously much more time...



Another big problem was the glue...
The superglue I used allow a strong grip without excesses of glue,
but don't leave enough time to correct the positioning... and the repositioning leave some traces on the surface.
I must try something else.

I thought about spray glue (that one used to assemble plastic photographic layers) which is excellent for positioning such tiny bits with precision...
It leaves the surfaces flat but have not a strong grip, and don't allow a good coating.
It would be fine for "one shot" works perhaps,
but it would be a shame if I don't exploit so much work making also molds to duplicate it...

I doubt such glue suites for the following moldmaking neither...
I'm not sure the release agent (liquid wax) cover it well allover, so probably the silicon would get stacked on the shields spoiling the molds...
Furthermore, due to the weak grip, the master's parts would come off during the release of the master itself.

Any suggestion?

[Peter]

Wonderfull result Leo!