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Man-At-Arms, Iron Heroes line. Left arm from elbow is a separate piece; drilled and pinned with no problem. Mini normally has a polearm held in the right hand, braced on the shoulder, but I usually end up bending long pole weapons cast in pewter and I can never get them fully straight again. I thought about replacing the pole with a steel spearpole, but the blade on the weapon wasn't quite big enough for me to drill into it and insert the pole, so I just cut the weapon from his hand and shaped it to look like it was a fist. The mini also normally has a sword at his left hip (the box set has a sprue with a bunch of "spare" weapons on it), but I was assembling this when Willow was on the computer and couldn't check the master photo as a reference, and by the time I had glued the left arm in place there was no room for the sword, but he's so well-armed I don't think it detracts from his badassness. There's the haft of a flail-like weapon on his right hip and the flail's chain and head are a separate piece, but I decided not to attach them because I got lazy, plus I can just say it's a scroll case or a potion holder or maybe just a billy club. Primed with white, inked with black ink to show details. Obviously it's not painted yet. :) This is a stub (borrowing a term from the Wikipedia)--a placeholder with notes for me to expand later.
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