Since then, I have finished all the prepwork on both sides of the throne/cape, and all but completed the left sabaton--still have the heel cap to do. The gauntlets are about 70% done, give or take; but they shouldn't take longer than a weekend to finish.
If I can get the left leg and the right sabaton completed this weekend, I should have this piece ready for priming in 2-3 weeks.
FOLLOW-UP. . . The head has been permanently attached, and the figure clean-up is all but done. The final fitting and filling of the back of the throne, a most critical step considering that the back will have to be painted--at least undercoated--as a separate piece is well underway: I will hopefully have this completed before the end of the day tomorrow.
FOLLOW-UP (2) 28.11.10. . . The turning point of this project occurred earlier this afternoon: the back of the throne was permanently attached to the figure! It now "works": major sub- assemblies are reduced to three (plus the two arms), and all are inherently stand-alone stable.
As to my earlier statement that the back would "have to be painted--at least undercoated--as a separate piece", there is no doubt that in an ideal world that would be the indicated call; how- ever, given the problematic design and fit of this piece, I'd rather face some careful painting (conveniently calling for essentially self-shading complementary colours!) than the potential mishaps of post-painting assembly, etc.
The next posting should be graphic update of the assembled--and disassembled--piece, before and after priming.
Until then. . .
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