A while ago I think I mentioned that I really didn’t like the LOTR plastic horses. One of the biggest problems is that they are all supported by one leg, which is thin at the best of times, and then it is a large model that sticks out quite a bit on that one little millimetre wide leg.
I mentioned ebob miniatures in my last post. They produce a metal horse that has its four legs firmly on the ground, and this gave me an idea for a conversion, as you can see above. This represents a couple of hours, or one evening’s work for me. I broke the legs in several places, then cemented them back together and finally greenstuffed in the gaps. The front leg on the floor was much shorter after my modification, so I had to recreate quite a lot of the muscle to make it look right.
The pictured horse is the result, which I was sort of happy with. The modification made it much firmer than the original horse. When I sprayed the model I was totally pleased with my experiment, as the green stuff additions vanished and the model looked complete, as it that was how it had been cast. I polyfillered the base and left it overnight again to dry, wondering who I was going to put on the horse.
The next morning as is my custom I started up my belt sander to flatten the polyfillered surface of the base, and within a second the belt snagged and the base of the horse was sent flying across the room. Do I have to say that the broken body of the model was still in my hands?
So I still hate horses!

Labels: Conversions, Horses, LOTR, Miniatures