MetalEarth Templar Knight

Made a start - Left leg & foot 

Left leg complete 

Both legs complete 

Lower limbs fastened to base - needed quite some persuasion to get everything aligned 

not enough fingers to hold the helmet together & manipulate the tab inserts...
solution - cheap old ziptie! 

was able to tighten the ziptie as i inserted more tabs 

helmet completed 

chest completed - this is ONE piece 

when finishing tabs, i used some plastic tubing to protect the painted surfaces, one one jaw of the pliers 

chest & head joined - why does this make me think of "just a flesh wound" ?!?!?!? 

COULDN'T RESIST this display at the club Xmas BBQ meet...........lol 

All belted up 

Right shoulder preparation - The instructions would have had the tabs all point OUT - I went for the secret tab & eye method, and pointed all the eyes IN, and Tabs IN too, at about 45 degrees... 

All secret tab/eyes completed - sorry the photo doesn't show it better 

The result on the important side... 

Starting to close the upper arm/shoulder.
Using the dowel helps to keep shape and prevent over-bending 

Inside seem is the proof 

Upper & lower right arm completed - all secret tab/eye 

Used secrete tab/eye on the glove too 

Finished Right arm & glove 

Inside seams 

Both arms completed & attached to torso, then worked around sword handle.
had to mangle his right thumb to achieve this - then band it straight again 

complete except for cape 

cape attached 

 

 

 

Sword detail finalised - all done!!