I think it's time to bring out this bad boy. This was the Gen Con bust that Privateer Press released last year. He's been sitting on the shelf a while. I've never done a bust from PP before, but having worked with plenty of their regular models I was a bit nervous to crack the box open. PP likes to use resin and PVC plastic. Anyone who has had the displeasure of working with PVC knows just how frustrating and time consuming it is to get mold lines and imperfections out of the material. You can't really use a hobby knife as the stuff forms long strands and gets really weak and likes to peal like an apple. Using a metal file is a no go as the stuff likes to shred. I have found that the Tamia (sic?) file sticks work well on PVC but take a while to get it filed down right.
So after all of that I opened the box.
I was quite surprised at just how clean the model was right out of the gate.
You can see that there is very little to clean up on the front side. Just a bit of flash right under the lower belly.
On the back between the shoulders was a vent that needed to be cut off and sanded down. Other than that there was a very slight mold line on the top of the coil sticking out above his head.
The shoulder things are another matter. These had really bad mold lines on the under side. I can forgive this as its going to sit flush against the model (and do not really need to be added in any case).
All in all this looks like it is going to be a really fun project to work on over the next few weeks.
As a side note. I'll be testing out the new SOTAR 2020 on this one. So bonus right?
As a side note. I'll be testing out the new SOTAR 2020 on this one. So bonus right?
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