Restoration

One of the things I do as part of my hobby is restore old/broken models. My current project is this Bloodthirster. He's from 5th edition and as such is all metal. I don't recognise the standard on his back but I know he didn't come with it originally. It's whip is missing, and it's parts look to have been used on different conversions before being collected together again.

I've used a pin to keep the axe in place (it had been sawed off!) and I've used a tail I had in my bit box to twist into a new whip. I've superglued everything else together, then used putty to add strength to the join (crafted into muscles). The base is one I've had lying around. I formed the surface with clay (you can't see in the photo but I've modelled cracks in the ground where he's landed). He is balanced on his base at the moment but I'll pin him in place soon. You can see bits of him are painted. You can either strip it off by soaking the model in paint stripper overnight, or you can simply paint over it with a thinned coat of Chaos Black. I'll be doing the latter, then applying some TLC to this monster. I'll post my progress.