"The Hound"--Preliminaries

Let the game begin!

First things first: the sprue blocks have been ground/cut off, and reduction and/or finishing has begun.

I then removed the right forearm at the lower edge of the visible rerebrace/upper cannon and pegged the arm to the torso: this will be a classical, "armless" bust.

Next, I ground-off 4 of the riveted base plates for the large lateral spikes on the pauldrons; and attached a smaller spike to the front of the left pauldron. 

Finally, I removed the "fauld" of the coif, pegged the head to the torso, and filled-in the scooped-out portion of the gorget. I will probably begin reduction and finishing tomorrow.

Not a bad start. . .