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Pinning Knights and Horses |
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Written by TheLadyJane
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Monday, 25 February 2013 |
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Preparing the Knights
We're going to start with a pair of assembled legs, seen here.
As mentioned earlier, a knight in any stage of construction can be pinned, but I prefer to start from scratch, and this is also for clarity of the tutorial.
Step one is to make sure the legs will fit the horse without issue. One of the good things about the Bretonnian Knights is that the saddles on all the mounts are smooth, and that there is a high Swell and Cantle for the knight to sit between. If there is an issue with the fit, it is best to carve down the saddle to make a smooth fit.
Here the legs are fitted on two different mounts. Now that we are confident that the legs fit, we can move on to the drilling.
Step two is to drill the hole for the pin. The best thing to do is to make the hole right in the center of the legs, on the seam where they've been glued together. Try not to angle the hole, so that the pin will be straight up-and-down, which makes some of the last steps easier.
Here you can see the legs, drilled and ready for the pin. With just the legs you can drill all the way through, but if there's a torso attached you have to be careful.
Step three is to glue the pinning material in place. Since this tutorial is using a paper clip as the material, we'll be using super glue. Make sure to let the glue dry before doing anything else with the miniature.
Here are the legs, pinned and ready to go for the next step. I missed a picture of the whole paper clip, so I've gone ahead and done Step four, where the pin has been trimmed to length, from knee to mid-calf. The pin needs to be straight as possible so that the next few steps go smoother.
*NOTE*
If you use the pin as a holding point for painting, do not do step four until you are finished with the knight.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 February 2013 )
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