Some disappointing news about this project. It's coming apart at the seams. Literally! So I was getting ready to put the next layer of paint onto the Musketeer when I noticed that his sword arm had started to separate. As I looked around the model some more I noticed most of the seams that were filled with putty had separated and the putty was gone. I primed the figure and thought it would have sealed it and protected the joints. The only conclusion I can come up with is that solvent I was using to thin the oil paints ate away at the putty.
Oh well! Onto the next project!
Sounds like degenerative joint disease... maybe try again with a younger Mouseketeer (say Annette Funicello circa 1962)?
ReplyDeleteThese tribulations are sent to test us...and to learn from. A gutting discovery, but I bet it never happens again.
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