Chris' Spring Clean 2025

Tracking down a plinth or pedestal for the statue turned out to be trickier than I was imagining. I looked through my favourite indie manufacturer and FLG websites but couldn’t find anything that looked correct. Eventually, and somewhat reluctantly,  I opted for a 3D print from Esty. When it arrived I was disappointed with the quality and the visible layer lines, but I decided that it’ll be a damn site better than a yogurt pot stuck with it. 

It’s first layer of paint was some Citadel Runelord Brass, as it caught my 8 year olds eye and who am I to refuse.

Once she was finished with it I gave it a couple of coats of black GSW Matt Surface Primer. On top of this I dry brushed a mix of Pro Acryl Transparent Blue and Army Painter Filthy Cape. 

Onto the statue. 

I glued all the bits together with super glue, using the same holes I drilled when I made it originally. I ignored the gap between his torso and waist : who is going to be clocking that? As I was priming this (brushing on the same GSW primer) the hooves of the horse that I had pinned disintegrated.

I glued the bits that I could find back in place and bulked up the rest with sprue. No more pinning here, so I’ll have to rely on glue alone. To that end I decided to that the front of the horse needed some support. A root around my bit box yielded a section of gravestones (all from Fenris Games) which would have worked, but the one with the arcane Cthulhu symbol on it. This was glued to the plinth, and then the statue itself was added. I then finished priming everything, carefully as I really should’ve done that before I glued it to the plinth. 

Then the Runelord Brass came out again and I dry brushed this onto the statue. Once that was dry I broke out the Dirty Down Verdigris. I’ve never really used this in anger before, but I knew it had to be warmed and shaken properly. I daubed on a couple of coats, and then used a wet cotton bud to remove it from the raised areas. As it’s water soluble you can go back as many times as you like to make a more subtle effect.