Once the clamps came the knight blanks, we fired up the air powered die grinder and whacked off the seams. A smooth and finish simply isn’t necessary; it will al be covered with the sculpting epoxy! If we had needed more than two copies I might have considered getting a scan done of one finished piece and then route the extra copies... but with only two knights to fabricate it is simpler and faster to sculpt the second copy from scratch. (The routed mannequin will keep the two knights scale and pose in line with one another.)
As per usual, before we put too much work into the piece, we do a test fit. We do make mistakes occasionally, but this time everything looks great.
In our next instalment, we will finish sculpting the knights.