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Howdy! Yes you read it correctly a WIP! My first EVER. This is a parvusmachina blog exclusive! No where else will you see this, not even on my own site! Anyways, so I am currently working on a commission of three Khor knights of Uren. They minis came out of the box with minimal mould lines (impressive!). How ever, one of the boars had mis-cast tusks! No problem, I thought to myself, I've got plenty of bits and I am sure I have something suitable I put in place of the deformed tusks. Sure enough! I had a chaos champion head with horns on the helm that I thought would look pretty cool on the boar. Below are some pics of what they looked like when in place. Here is a side view: 
Sorry if the pic is a bit big. I am a little rusty at updating sites of any kind! And here is a front on view: 
I thought the tusks made the boar look hella tough! But alas, as I was sculpting on some fur on the belly to hide the gap, one of the tusks broke off, rather easily I might add! I had even let them dry over night! I was NOT a happy camper after this. So I pondered what the heck to do! After digging aroung in my bitz box, I came up with three possible solutions. I had a the gut plate from an Ogre tyrant with two tusks protruding from it that I could clip off and use. The Ogre standard from the Iron Guts box. That had tusks I could use as well! Sculpt my own. THIS was an absolute last resort as my sculpting skills are beginner at best!
So I opted for #2 first. After some trimming and measuring, I ended up with results that I could live with. After gluing them on, I saw that the angles of my cuts left a small gap between the tusk and the lower jaw of the boar. Now how was I going to fix that?!?! I fell back on my oldest and best used trick. Whenever I add something or mod a mini, I am usually left with a gap or two that I just can't get to look right. I have learned over the years that jeweler's chain is the best thing to use to cover those unsightly gaps! Below are the results. I have it pinned to a Gerber baby food jar lid for easier handling when painting. 
I really like these tusks better. The other ones were pretty over the top, but these just fit better with the rest of the unit. So after getting this one done, I moved on to the rider and the other two knights with their mounts as well. Both were moulded VERY well, littl to none on the scale for mould lines. Tomorrow I will have to fill in some gaps with green stuff. Then next week I can start painting!! Man I can't WAIT! Till then, thanks for stopping by the blog. Don't forget to check out my site http://www.parvusmachina.com for some cool swag deals and pics of the final product. You can also find prices for commission work, I also have other galleries up for non-mini related art work. -Keith
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