Chief Librarian Mephiston (Primaris) - Part II

When duct tape isn't available, use green stuff instead.

This is only a short update on assembling Mephiston. Again, I've been running into problems.

As can be seen, green stuff was used to patch in a gap in the join of the cape to the main model. I hope it will be smooth enough once painted - it's kind of hard to tell at the moment, and I may have to paint, file back, and repaint if it's too out of place.
There's also a small amount there the right cabling joins the main cape component. I could have left that alone, but I'm not sure right now how well it will be covered by the arm and so decided to plug it a little as well. There won't be ribbing in that spot, but a little clever painting and that won't be noticeable.

The left cabling, however, was a massive pain. It simply didn't align correctly. I was almost going to just scrap the plastic component and make something entirely out of green stuff, but then decided to see what I could do to bend and refit the plastic. There was nothing to lose.
I filed back underneath the top area to make it fit a little more flush with the model, carefully bent the plastic (it's thin enough that it bent rather than snapped), and cut it in one place (sort of directly under the armpit, because that would be least visible later) to make it fit and align correctly. Using glue while fitting wasn't an option - it moves about too much, and needs a little time to get the piece to sit right. Instead, blu-tac to the rescue: use blu-tac to sit the piece in place, then apply a little glue in key areas to keep it there. Remove the blu-tac once the glue has dried, and add a little more glue if necessary to make sure the piece stays in place.
Once painted, the slight plastic butchery shouldn't be noticed, however I'm still a little annoyed that it was necessary in the first place.

I did paint the book at his left hip, although that's not visible in the photo. Just easier to do that before assembly. The same goes for the gun holster at his right hip. I'll be focusing on the left arm area next, and getting enough done to then glue the sword into place - which will later need more fixing of join seams. I will perhaps try place green stuff into the seam while attaching it, simply filing it back later to smooth it out before painting.

Lastly for this post, the head should really be done before the right arm. I've been reading that in the default fit, the arm I intend to use can look more like Mephiston is wiping his nose rather than his mouth. To counter that, position the head first, and adjust the fit of the arm so that he doesn't look like he's just encountered a soiled nappy.

-- silly painter.