Chief Librarian Mephiston (Primaris) - Part IV

Bad smell alert.

A little more progress on Mephiston, even if painting has been less of a priority of late. I've managed to put the hand into a position that's a little better than the default pose, which looks more like a facepalm than anything else. Once again, I'm most displeased with the assembly design decisions made for this model.

Much of the attachment point of the arm was cut and filed back, and then green-stuff used to position it a little better, obviously after painting said arm. I was not overly concerned with neatness of the attachment point because the shoulder pad will cover most of it anyway. Once the green-stuff was completely cured, I then drilled a hole through the arm and glued a small metal pin in place. I was a little concerned that the adhesive qualities of green-stuff were insufficient longer term, and pinning it in place is much more easily done before the shoulder pad is attached. If the arm does fall off later, then there's a convenient pin to correctly realign and glue everything back into place.

Painting wise, not too much to add. Still following the steps of finecast Mephiston. The psychic hood cranial attachments I'm not entirely happy with right now, but haven't decided on what more to do. Brass based metallics and Talassar Blue for the moment, but I might re-highlight with Runelord Brass soon; too much blue there for my liking.

Shoulder pad and backpack are works in progress, and the belt of syringes are still yet to be done, before starting on the sword hand. And blood drop gemstones remain to be finished as well. Much work to be done, but with enough effort to fix all the little issues it's starting to come together nicely enough.

-- silly painter.