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Hi all, After doing some up-to-the-minute stuff (Titanicus scenery and Necromunda tiles) I dug out and assembled a not-quite-classic metal mini yesterday. This is a character for Inquisitor, Games Workshop's short-lived 54mm skirmish RPG from the early 2000s. I've had the rulebook since it was released, as it's rather a nice sourcebook for John Blanche artwork and gritty-looking miniatures, but have never dared actually play it or indeed paint any of the figures. I picked Slick up on our local auction site a few years ago and put him to one side, but given that I've just acquired several more of the range (from the same seller!) I thought I should figure out how to build and paint metal minis again, and deal with the different scale. I cleaned up the parts with files and a scouring pad, then used my recently acquired Dremel with a wire brush to polish out the tooling marks. I also milled out the solid block between his loincloth things, which is the first time I've ever tried that. Testament to which I got a bit carried away and holed it at the back, hence the repair patch you see above. I assembled the parts with 5 minute epoxy and paperclip pins, which need careful clamping as the epoxy doesn't really go off for quite a while. And filled the (relatively few) joins with Miliput and then a little medium CA after I'd had a look at the end result. He's primed with Dulux etch primer which I decanted and airbrushed and then thought maybe I shouldn't have done that. I looked up the MSDS and couldn't see any actual etchant though, so it's probably just a very matt lacquer. NB: The head is loose (on a pin) for painting hence the gap. I added a tiny sausage of Miliput and pressed the wet head into the socket so it should be a pretty clean join. I was pretty pleased by the primer in person but in the photos it looks quite rough. I guess I was expecting this, I don't think GW's QC was that great at the time, and it's not like I can take it back to the shop I'll try and clean up around the pouches and remove the tag from the loincloth, and then I need to decide if I want to recreate the damaged piping around the quilted armour, which is a bit more involved! Once that's done I'll re-prime with Alclad which is a bit more of a filler, and goes on smoother, as a base for painting. Cheers, Will