Cerastus knight castigator restoration project.

[elmir]

Hey folks,

I was able to pick up a knight castigator for cheaps from somebody who bought it off e-bay (he even suspected it was a recast). So I took it off his hand, promising it would receive some TLC.

It went from looking like this:

http://i.imgur.com/3ZJE0UV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/olGgk0S.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3TQA6b7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/h1W1iqP.jpg

To this (after some disassembly and an isopropanol and ethanol bath):

http://i.imgur.com/FZNfbC4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/A9ziaPD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wyhNxPh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DLBglTV.jpg

I'll try to get some good pictures in a lightbox etc. from this model. It's my first titan size project of my own, so I'm a bit out of my comfortzone in terms of photography.

[Kirsten]

wow, that is amazing

[Wolfshade]

Very nice renovation :)

[YorkNecromancer]

That is fricking astonishing.

Amazing save!

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picard_clapping.gif

[elmir]

Thanks folks! I am pretty pleased with how it turned out as well... And the missus was very happy that I only had to spend $90 on that model too because of the bad state it was in... :D

[Strigis]

Awesome save!

[Arthfael]

Beautiful, stunning knight!
I was wondering... does isopropanol + ethanol work for any resin? I bought an old model scorpion off ebay and was wondering what would be the best strategy to strip the paint.

[elmir]

Isopropanol is something I'd put my money on. Ethanol, not 100% sure. I bought some of that because the pharmacy was closed (they usually get me the technically pure isopropanol for a reasonable price)... But it did the trick too.

Safest approach is to just take a small bit of the model and test it while keeping a very close eye on it. But, isopronanol has yet to fail me and eat into anything but paint. I've gotten some insane amount of 100+ infantry guardsmen in plastic clean with that stuff in under 3 hours with minimal scrubbing needed... and the models themselves were unscathed.

[Dlatrex]

A textbook case why I should read the text instead of just looking at the first photo.

Spectacular effort mate. I would never have believed a model like that could be rehabilitated so well! Don't suppose you have some more shots of the base? Even that looks magnificent.

[elmir]

Not yet... The photography (especially propper lighting) is a handfull for a model of this size. I might do a good photoshoot in the near future, but right now, I'm grading exams (being a teacher myself)... So I'm a bit locked up in my cave untill the start of the summer holidays here.