Old Man Carl - Prepwork 4: Lucille, etc.

Prepwork is rather slow-going due to the brittleness and hardness of the resin. Having said that, two observations:

• If you proceed methodically, you can use the stratified resin to your advantage. 
• It is a near-absolute certainty that if the right resin can be found, we are gazing upon the future of this hobby. 

Lucille was designed with the proximal third of the bat buried in the folds of the poncho: this sim- ply does not work for yours truly! So I extended the length of the bat with a piece of scrap resin; drilled-out the hand; hollowed-out the appropriate fold/s of the poncho; and re-positioned the bat. PERFECT! [NOTE: Upon review, the proportions of the bat didn't quite work. As best I can deter- mine, the "tail wagging the dog" was the barbed wire! So, I decided to replace the bat in its en- tirety, and carve one from birch, essentially making a 17% smaller-version of the one I made for Negan.]

I also spent some time with the hat, re-scaling (enhancing and/or reducing) the brim.

Finally, the sheriff's badge (star). The kit is designed with a 6-pointed star: yet another glaring ex- ample of a designer's failure to do his/her homework! The badge of the SD of the fictional King County, GA is a 7-pointed star!! This will be addressed in the days and weeks to come. 

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003