Seventh Episode Here.

Lead rot damaged the base and a few details.

Before treatment the miniature seems badly damaged, but after removal of the oxidation layer the condition isn’t so bad.

There are very thin crackles on some details, mostly on the fur and chainmal, so  these will be disappear easily  after priming.

The face and the helmet horns will require a small intervention: the face a bit of smoothing near the nose and the horns loose a bit of shape and pointy ends – some green stuff will repair them.

The biggest damage is on the base, I will first straighten it, eventually with some small pliers and rubber/plastic covers (to not damage the metal), then I will level the bottom or make it thicker with epoxy, eventually mounting the mini to a large base (plastic, resin or high density plaster).

Here’s the technical article on lead rot removal.

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Sixth Episode here.

This time the lead rot couldn’t damage the miniature alloy:

The metal isn’t really damaged, on the whole mini’s surface there’s this thin matte patina, with slight variations in strength.

However I don’t like the idea to just spray the primer over the oxidation layer -it could detach, chipping away the paint, or worse… maybe attacking the area nearby.

So I just put the miniature in the electrolytic bath and after undergoing the process it comes back shiny!

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Eigth Episode Here.

Fifth Episode Here

This time a multi-part miniature, lead rot or some other trauma detached the small creature from the carpet:

Before treatment the figures were really ugly and looked damaged.

After it, the carpet can be used with minimum further intervention, just a bit of cyanoacrilate or liquid putty in a pair of small details, to better define the damaged pattern. The hole will be hidden by the wizard figure placed on top of it. Of course it’s also possible to seal it and recreate the small part of pattern there, in case it will be used “standalone” (not a lot of sense in it, though).

The wizard can be painted right away (well, after cleaning the mold lines that are still there 😉 ), the small fissures in the mustache will be used as further details.

The small familiar/homunculus has to be of course reattached to the carpet, where I think it originally was waving. The damage on him is also minor, cyanoacrilate or liquid putty will seal the small fissures.

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Next Episode here.

Fourth Episode Here

Another very bad case of lead rot:

Even before the treatment the legs are missing, probably completely destroyed by lead rot.

After the treatment is possible to see that damage is extensive, some details are gone, even from the face.

The legs must be fully resculpted or taken from another miniature or spares.

Also the sword has some damage in a place were the lead rot managed to chew through, but this can be easily fixed with epoxy.

The shield has some minor fissures that can be filled or kept as signs of wear.

The armor is fine, being chainmail has a pattern that is difficult to break with random detail changes.

Maybe some more small features are gone from the arm or fur, but it’s possible to put more elements there just by painting.

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Sixth Episode Here

Third Episode Here

This is one of the “bad cases” of lead rot:

The legs and part of the weapon are gone, nothing to save… However cleaning up the remains will permit to restore or use the body for a conversion.

After cleaning up one of the horns needs to be strengthened and restored with some epoxy putty because the rot chewed through it, near its base.

The weapon can be restored by adding a blade or the head of an hammer, while the legs need some sculpting or getting a part from some other miniature.

I’m offering a miniatures cleaning and restoration service, in case you’re interested.

Fifth Episode here