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Female Traveller (sculpt) added Sep 23, 2005
The last PC for the Traveller game. She's actually an Academic/Noble/Traveller, and the original concepts I had for the mini were much more in line with her previous careers. I much prefer this design. The rock is mostly composed of a ball of old cured green stuff with a hole drilled through it for the armature wire. The only thing I don't like about the pose is her left shin, which is too short. I was running low on green stuff, so I went to the store to get some more. Much to my dismay, they didn't have any. just as I was about to leave, I noticed some Tamiya epoxy putties. The only things in English on the packages were "Quick Type" and "Smooth Surface". They both looked pretty fine-textured, so I went with the Quick Type putty and hoped for the best. The putty comes in two parts, white and beige, each a separate ribbon 1 1/8" wide and 4" long (25g total, according to the package). At $6, I think it's about the same as the GW blue/yellow package, which was what I had gotten before. Once mixed together, the Tamiya putty is much softer and stickier than green stuff, cures fairly quickly, and is less elastic. getting the first coat on is a little difficult, as it doesn't like to stick to metal much. Once it starts curing, it smooths very easily. Once fully cured, it is very hard, and carves and drills even better than Milliput, as it's not as crumbly. I've ordered more GS, but I'll defeinitely keep this stuff around.
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