The Citadel Giant- We can rebuild him...

Willmark

Willmark

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Folks-
As some of you followed in the Marketplace, I was able to score The Citadel Giant with all five heads (yes I did get an extra bandana head), the two right hands, all victims and the sword. In all the purchase went well, shipping was a pain, but the two shipments finally made it through.

More in time, but here is how Duncan the Drunken arrived from the merry UK. More on Duncan to follow, but enough for now to show his arrival state

My plan is to show the progress of his restoration here. The mind-bending universe-level improbabilities (not being hyperbolic there) of how I got him will be covered on my blog: https://thedarksideofwillmark.blogspot.com/

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Fimm McCool said:
I hope everything is shiny and intact under the paint. Do you have plans to magnetise the heads and hands?
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Indeed it is and yes I already did :) I'm a tad bit ahead of the posts here.
  • Neck drilled out and magnet placed
  • All five heads drilled out and magnets placed.
  • All three right hands drilled out and magnets placed
  • Three magnets attached to the feet (one extra hole drilled)
  • Base with the corresponding magnets is drying
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Willmark said:
Indeed it is and yes I already did :) I'm a tad bit ahead of the posts here.
  • Neck drilled out and magnet placed
  • All five heads drilled out and magnets placed.
  • All three right hands drilled out and magnets placed
  • Three magnets attached to the feet (one extra hole drilled)
  • Base with the corresponding magnets is drying
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What did you use to drill the metal? I had a nightmare drilling out the barrel u see the arm of a C28 giant recently.
 
Rogue Blooper said:
What did you use to drill the metal? I had a nightmare drilling out the barrel u see the arm of a C28 giant recently.
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First a pin vice with a small bit. After that drill bit that was required to fit the magnet and slowly turned via hand.

Then I used my smaller black and decker cordless drill. Forget the volts at the moment but it’s not high even on full power. I put it on very low setting as well.

What I also did? I did not clamp or vice the parts. For instance with the heads, I held them in my off hand and carefully drilled. If the lead grabbed? I let it spin on the drill rather than apply opposite torque and potentially have the lead tear.

I ended up with a few scratches in my off hand (nothing too bad) but it meant the parts didn’t shear anything.
 
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I'm now off for ten days for the Holidays. Plenty of time to paint.

Tonight? Listening to Led Zeppelin, working on the primer coat on the giant, Glenlevit nearby...

Updates likely tomorrow.
 
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