Repairing an Old Metal Viking & Plastic Indian
It is a bit iffy repairing old brittle plastic figures, like this Cherilea one, but I didn't have any blanket wielders so I did it and risked more breakage. I did not try to replicate the exact look of the blanket which is here made from Super Glue tube. The hands were made from wire and Green Stuff, although I see I should have mixed it more thoroughly. I also added a couple of feathers to the head. I really like this old hollow-cast metal Viking. He was without legs and end of weapon. The new legs are made from wire and putty. The double headed axe is a Timpo one. I don't know if they actually used this style of axe but it looks cool. He also has lost his helmet horns. A while back I made a resin casting of the torso and repaired it with new legs. Now, once upon a time I would carefully trim off horns from Viking helmets as we have long known that they were not a historical reality, except maybe for ceremonial stuff. HOWEVER, can we say they NEVER wore them in battle, EVER?...
