Making a difference

I have a Mahud King but he's missing his weird arrangement on his back so I'm trying to make something that looks similar.

The 'wicker' is  Greenstuff impressed with some ribbon and then removed and the stick supports are heavy duty electrical wire.

Yeah. OK. So it doesn't look much like wicker, but it's a start.

I'll use telephone cable for the cross pieces.

The pieces of 'cloth' for the front (rear?) of the wicker is Greenstuff shaped, then pressed down between two pieces of plastic (a curry tin wrapper!)

I've used the same idea with Greenstuff to try to make these two identical Mahuds look different.

Usually I have trouble making Superglue stick, using too much perhaps.

This time I wanted to move the 'cloth' around but it stuck instantly and I couldn't adjust it.

Osgiliath Veterans 5

Modifying Minas Tirath troups to become Osgiliath Vets has been fun and I've learned something with each stage.

Here I've covered the base with my 'Cobblers' wallpaper and then cut a hole in it large enough for the cut down slot attachment to be inserted. This let me paint and dry brush the base (dawnstone which was also used for highlighting the black and for a little weathering, then Fortress Grey and white)

There's a try at a cape, a couple of bags and a piece of fur which started of as failed chain mail.

 The top of the base shows the slot well over to the side of the base allowing plenty of ruin to be laying around and giving him a different look to the other one to follow.

 A first stab at hair extensions using greenstuff worked out OK. I still cannot paint the tree on the shields but you can see where a sword slash has damaged this shield in a couple of places

A second try at chain mail is still not successful. Larger holes and closer together is the answer but how to achieve it. This was done with a pin. I think a pin pushed right through with polystyrene beneath might do it.

There's an axe nick on his helmet which shows up when the armour is washed with Badab or armour wash.

The greenstuff bag, containing his lunch, shows he's got quite an appetite.