I recently picked up some Eureka 40mm Musketeers from E-Bay. The sculpting on these figures is quite exceptional and I look forward to painting them. However there is an obvious flaw with the scale thickness of the rapiers, as you can see on the figure on the right!
I wanted to replace the too-thin sword blades with something a little more serviceable and this post shows how I went about it.
Photo One - Shows the modified 40mm Musketeer (on the left) with one of the original models (on the right). I have replaced the sword and scabbard with 32mm carpet tacks.
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I realise that the new blade is a little over scale, but as I intend using the models for gaming, I believe that the compromise is acceptable. For anyone wishing to copy this technique - be aware that the point at the end of the sword is very, very sharp!
I prefer using a 30mm metal washer than the smaller round bases (which come with the figure and feature a larger, second base for keeping a record of wounds). Further posts will detail the painting.
Tony
Lovely models by the look of them. I look forward to seeing them painted.
ReplyDeleteNot quite my thing, but nice to see Wilko's stuff coming in useful!
Nice idea with the carpet tacks.
Rob