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Donald Dickson II
OK. Well I decided since I was bogged down in my other builds, Id go ahead and do this one.

Frank Frazetta has always been a favorite of mine. I fell in love with his stuff seeing the covers of Conan paperbacks. Then in 78 the first Molly Hatchet album came out with this as its cover. I bought that album based SOLELY on that cover as it was their first and I hadnt heard them yet. LOL Luckily they were a great band. LOL

There is a Frazetta museum here in Stroudsburg PA, about 3 hours from my house. Im planning on taking this there and taking pics of it there. IF it comes out worth a damn.

OK, so, its a relatively simple build. BUT, as you can see, while the fit is OK, it has serious seems. *sigh* Its gonna require a little more work than I was hoping for.

I am not attaching the arms or head to the rider yet, nor the cloak. Those will be painted then attached to make it easier. The things like reigns are separate pieces that will get painted then all put together.

Next session is getting those seams done.

Ben M
👀 cool subject. I remember that album.

Doubtingmango
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Christoph Kunz
I'm taking a seat too.

Skyhiker
Why not. Frank inspired me as a kid to learn how to paint and draw.

Torsten
👀

Donald Dickson II
After way more work on the seams than should have been necessary, initial flat black coat on. I sprayed the head after the pic. Also the base in dark earth as a base for that.

Erik
Frazettas Death Dealer is really cool, I have the kit too. But bringing his style into color on a three-dimensional model is not easy.

Donald Dickson II
Yeah, the painting is going to be a challenge for sure

Erik
You can do it! 😎
Roman tried to realize him in 28mm.
puttyandpaint.com/projects/36844

Donald Dickson II
Thank you Erik. 🙂

Started with some of the easier detail painting. Still working out how to shade the horse.

Donald Dickson II
I have been busy with life and new toys. Got a resin 3D printer, so been messing with that quite a bit. Im gonna do a post on that separate.

I have gotten quite a bit done on this one. Some more detail things to do, the ax, the sword and it will be done. Have some seams I realized I missed to do also. But nothing awful. And do a little more "weathering". So next post will be it completed.

Donald Dickson II
OK, so I took the dive. I bought an Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra resin printer. I am loving it!!! This thing is awesome. And the ease of use is incredible. I was printing within an hour of setting it up. Would have been sooner but had issues getting the newest Chitubox version downloaded.

I joined a 3D page on FB and have rapidly realized I am NOT enthused about trying an FDM type printer. Dear Lord. Its like you have to do 48 calibrations and sacrifice 10 virgins to get a decent print out of those things. Every problem posted has 32 different answers and all of them COULD be the issue. Although I have been looking at Elegoos Neptune 4 Max. That one seems to be pretty good and does a lot of auto calibrating. So thats something Im pondering.

Here are some of the things Ive printed up already. Stacking up the future projects. As if I dont have enough model kits to keep me going until my last breath.

Donatello as the Last Ronin. In the comics its Michelangelo, but this model has it as Donnie, and I LIKE it! I still have o print the base, but his hands and the rest of the stuff are printed, just not pictured.

Dragon skull, then Tiamat then a cobalt dragon.