Despite it's actually the second finished... after this King Porsenna started second but finished yesterday!
And I'd rather say only basicly completed, because despite unfinished I'll cast it this way too, before to transform in some kind of Leonida look alike!
Because it's nice this way too and is a very nice unusual pose which would be a shame and a waste if not used for other figures!
FIrst step, putting the mannequin in the right pose, this to test the joints which should allow the right bends... in some cases it would be necessary to file or cut a bit of resin to reach tight bends and very acute angles.
Then I blocked the legs joints with a drop of glue, and filled the gaps recreating knees and ankles with putty.
Finally I "smoothed and amalgamate" the joints with the rest of the mannequin with a layer of thick paint.
Then I added sandals and greaves.
Then the skirt with pteryges up to the belt.
You see that I placed the arms upward to have more free space for sculpting, and that one hand and the head got pulled off from the internal supports... this can be a problem but simply avoidable with a dot of superglue.
By the other side this feature can be very helful to swap with other heads and hands, or even part or the whole arms and legs eventually!
Then I went ahead with the upper figure sculpting, placing the arms in the right position and blocking and sculpting the joints just like the legs.
And finally the hands and head which are replaced with different ones and partly resculpted.
I will cast this figure to use it as it is, and transform it in different ways... starting from the cloack and a suitable beard and haircut for a Leonida!
but the features I expected are all working fine, sure the unwanted bending or or accidental breaking of joints are not a big problem anymore, as it was with other metal skeletons I tried before!
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