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.BAKINGSADDLES'By Peter Dennis

Il $as Andy Callan s fauit r€ally. He showed mc thcsc figurcshe d made for an ACw skirmish gamc a couplc of months rgo.They were made from Fimo he said. and rathcr jolly thcvlooked. but I d iried making figures in the past tlith variousbrands of modelling clay and ther' lvere never up to snuff. so Istored ii aivay in ihe back of my mind. on a dustv shelf.

Thcn I went rosee Tombstone . Kurt Russell and Val Kilmerin \,'hacking great moustaches and long coats. sawed offsholguns. baddies in red sashes . . . Healenl I wonder ifirnybody does a really good range of s,estem types? thought I.Thcn I remembered Andy sfigures. what s as that stuff calledlFlyno.rhaishi I l lgneirago. The rest. dear reader. is h is lory.

I kno$ thcrc l lbe loads of)rou oul rhere thinking I must havespenl thc last lcn )ears on M.rrs. but I d ncver come across thestuff. I boughr a pack of wh,rt I thought $as Nhite. but $,as infacr luminous. Beginners luck. this is thc bcst one tu use. Imade a co$boy. a fair l ) chunky chap $ho camc out about 35mmull . I la id lhe l i t i lc fel loN on a plate and pul him in the oven. Gasmark I for half an hour. He still seemed a bir bendY while he$as hot. t rut he cooled into so ofhardplast ic. I djustmadeaplasiic figure. lt tlas a lifc'changing moment.Wh:t i tmennt lvasthat I was freedfrom the l imitar ionsimposedon me b) the figure nranufacturcrs. Hcirvcn kno$,s there areenough of them. and there c n l be man! periods shich areuna, 'ai lable in almost anv scale. bul no$. se can makeabsolutcly anyrhing. the only I imir is our imaginat ion and ski11.'Ahal l hear \ou sr\ ' . That i al l !e^ \rel l for rou !n\Jrr t \

Be aware ofscale right from the siart. I made a figure in whatwe call in the paper trade a bastard size. and so it proved to besince I ve had to make every damned thing. However. it didlead rne io nake a horse. which was a terrific thr'll as I neverthoughtlcould. The lirtle blighters have a tendency to come outtallerlhan you expec!. but I rhink that the head is the key. Makethe head the right size and the rest will follow. Fimo is strongenough to support itself$hen you are making people. but ifyouveniure into horses. and I hope you lv i l l . you wi l lneedto make alvire frame. called an armature. to support the beast while youare naking it. and to ensure durability in use. I use florist swirefor rhis. but paper'clip wire would probablt.. do rhe trick too.

Animarion is the secret ofsarisfaction with these little chaps(as in so many other arcas of l i fc . . . ) . Hate a clear idea of theposit ion vouare ainingforr ighr from rhe srar l . Make adrawingif it helps. and acr our the pose )ourself lo get a better idea of'how the.arms go etc. Your lirsr figures willprobably b€ ratherstiff, bur as you become more assured in your handling of theSacred Paste ]rou ll soon be lurning out alfsinging. all-dancingproductions. Cometo thinkofit.l ve nol mad€ any chorus'girlsv e t . . . w h e r e s m e s t u f f ?

NOT YOU. vou ve got to make some MEN first! Get thatblob of Fimo nice and workable in tour fingers- and turn toUncle Pere s ho$,-ro page . . .

types. but l nr not thc long lost Perr\ triplell Thcre rre lots of books de.rling \\irh rhe old wesr. but I foundErncsr Lislc Recdstronis Halli. Dress oJ the Old West(Blandturd l98O \erv good. For horsc makcrs. ,4ni)rdtu i)rMori.,? thc chssic photographic stud! b] Ead$eard Muybridge(Dorer 1957) is sr i l l unberten.

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Scrarchbuilding a !\hole skirmish environment. figures ndal l . ispcrfcct l l_ iedsible.I inrended to make nrr lbe.r dozenorsocharacrers for ir game I had in mind $ilh REAL shooling (Narchthis space) buMrs having such a brilliant tinre makin-q themodelslhat lcouldn-tnop.Withal i t i lepract ice\oucanm kef igure in about halfan hour. Obl iousl) . the more detai lvou feelcompel ledtoput inthe longeri tNi l l take: I m putt inghammerson revol lers now. for Gods sake. but theres prob blysomething wrong with me. Anvwar' . i t s amazing ho$ quicklvthc population gror\s. so fix ba)onets. felloN megalomaniacs.

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tJinr l . ru,h inlo J ,peJr blade shrpc. rh. ,r ' rh( mirn \e.rpon.thcn I use a craft k nife blade and a pair of pliers tbr bending andcutting pins and paper'clips lvhich I rse lbr rifle barrels.

As I mentioned earlier. Luminous Fimo seens to have lhebcst qualities for this purpose. lt is neither roo srilT nor rooloose. as some colours are lbr fine tlork. and iI is lery strongwhen baked. Fimo sticks to itself Nell. and there isn r anvproblem of time. it doesn l -qo off unril cooked. The onl)problem withit. and it s someth in g that all small-scale modellershave trouble with. is over-handling rhe piece as you work on it.Our big fat fingers wani to smooth our those creases we !e justmade in that coat. orflatten the fine Roman nose s,e !ejust puton Sit t ing Bul l . I f you fol low the sequence I give you. handl ingoff inished bi ts is kept to a minimum.

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