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Post by stroezie on Dec 24, 2015 7:36:03 GMT
As I couldn't find any martian cephalopod alien minis in my prefered scale I decided to try and sculpt them myself. This is the first time I've tried to sculpt anything as small as a 6mm figure so I thought I'd share it with you. I made 10 dollies (mainly because I always mix to much green stuff ) Just simply pushed a clothespin through a magnetic base and into a cork so I have something to hold on to. Then I covered them in green stuff to form the base and give the details something to hold on to. Even though I know you are supposed to let them cure before adding anything more I had some green stuff left over (see ) so I couldn't resist trying a few things out. When the dollies had cured I started adding the eye, the beak and I fleshed out the head/brain area. The painted mini is my control so I can check if I'm not making the aliens to large as they are supposed to be human sized. Here's a shot from up close Now I just need to make some weapons and then attach them with two more tentacles and these will be done. There's some rough spots and I'm having a little difficulty with size consistency for the smaller features but hey they are 6mm and I'm thinking, once they get a paintjob, they'll turn out nice enough. Well thats it for now, what do you think?
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Post by tauster on Dec 24, 2015 10:06:24 GMT
That is among the most awesome projects I've seen around here in quite some time. Not only do I love the shapes fo these creatures (be sure I'l make something similar, soon...ish!), but you take it up several notches by making them at a tiny scale that is just simply, uttely crazy. Hats off, and tentacles writhing!
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Post by stroezie on Dec 25, 2015 6:27:33 GMT
Well I managed to finish the first four figures today, a leader and four troops. I think I'll make three more troops and then finish the last three without weapons to serve as civilian objectives or maybe even controlers for some kind of Battle Los Angles walking heavy weapon kind of thingy that is already prowling around somewhere in the back of my mind.
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Post by adamantinedragon on Dec 26, 2015 4:40:43 GMT
Cool!
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Post by stroezie on Dec 26, 2015 6:51:31 GMT
Well here they are all painted up... Behold the Alien Tommygun Totin' Terrors from Outerspace!!! super kawaii no? Best call in an expert for a size reference While these are actually meant for a Space 1889 campaing I think I'm going to see about building me a tiny phonebooth for some reason or another
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Post by kgstanley81 on Dec 26, 2015 21:04:23 GMT
Awesome work
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Post by stroezie on Dec 29, 2015 11:32:29 GMT
Well I do seem to be on a roll with my cephalopod forces. I managed to finish three more troops and the three unarmed civilians/heavy weapons operators And as usual I can't start any new force without building at least a few vehicles for it. I decided to start out with two Tripods and one Handler, sadly I only remembered to take one picture during production so here you go One tripod is armed with a heatray the other with the dreaded black smoke projector. And here is the Handler also armed with a heatray And one more picture of the whole force so far So whats next, well I still have to think up some heavy weapons for my unarmed guys to operate and I'm planning some flying cephalopods and then I'd like to do somekind of general or king tipe figure so lots more to come. Stay tuned, Stroezie out.
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Post by tauster on Dec 29, 2015 17:47:56 GMT
The new 'giant' minis are simply great. I love your choice of materials - I've collected some of these spray can tops myself and had yet to find a use for them. Now I can craft away and blatantly copy your stuff let be inspired by your idea.
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Post by skunkape on Dec 31, 2015 15:09:00 GMT
Great looking minis! Good job!
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Post by stroezie on Jan 1, 2016 10:27:58 GMT
I finished the first of the flying cephalopods This one is still a bit of a testrun but I think I've got the process for making the wings hammered out now and I'm hoping the next ones will be a bit more even, still I'm happy enough with how this one turned out. Hopefully I'll be able to get some paint on it later today.
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Post by stroezie on Jan 1, 2016 13:31:21 GMT
Caution: Wet Paint
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Post by stroezie on Jan 10, 2016 20:30:20 GMT
Ok so after getting some "Oh look minions with tentacles" remarks I decided to try a slightly different paintjob and now I can't decide which one to go for. What do you guys think, the new eye on the left or the original on the right?
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 11, 2016 0:15:14 GMT
i like both. diversity much ?
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Post by Fifthrate on Feb 1, 2016 17:24:31 GMT
Minions don't have tentacles. They both look great!
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Post by stroezie on Aug 6, 2016 10:29:47 GMT
Well I've started sculpting again so I thought I'd shame myself into actually finishing stuff by posting my progress here Not much to see yet but here's a picture of the dollies so far These are all going to be monsters for Pocket Quest a 6mm dungeoncrawler. I plan on doing the following: Othyug, Roper, Carrion crawler, Grell and a Beholder. I don't know if I'll be able to pull it all of but we'll see. As usual all tips and comments/critiques are welcome. Cheers, Stroezie
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Post by stroezie on Aug 6, 2016 16:49:53 GMT
Finished the Othyug front and back
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Post by roleplayingman on Aug 6, 2016 17:59:46 GMT
This is soo awsome. And smaller than my HO scale figures I gluet to some Bingo tiles for a firefly campaign we had a year ago. I will be watching for more if you make em.
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Post by Draklith on Aug 6, 2016 22:56:49 GMT
DUDE...that is sooooo tiny awesomeness...
my mouth was wide open ALL the way down this thread... EXAULT fer'ya
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Post by stroezie on Aug 7, 2016 22:26:47 GMT
Ok two more this time The Grell (easy peasy basically my 6mm Cephalod aliens but sans eye and with a few tentacles more) And the Carrion Crawler Came out a bit differently than I had imagined but sometimes when I'm sculpting things tend to flow naturally towards someting and I just go with it. All in all I'm quite pleased with how it came out.
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Post by Draklith on Aug 8, 2016 14:12:11 GMT
Well, I got to be honest, that's one carrion crawler that I'm not to scared of
great work tho
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