dossen
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Post by dossen on Oct 13, 2017 22:53:04 GMT
Yesterday evening, something nice but kinda distracting happened - I sculpted a head, quite without really planing it ;-) Turns out that I had been thinking about the plausibility of sculpting (most of) my own Bullywugs for long enough that I just went and started on the project - with no proper regard for the other hobby project, that are waiting to get finished (or indeed started...). So after fidgeting a bit with the lump of leftover green stuff that had prompted me to start down this road, I had this:
The eyes are cheap half-spheres of pearl (or some fake thereof) with adhesive back - slightly big, but at least I expect to be able to paint the eyes on this one :-) After a good long look at my bits collection I decided that most of it was not really optimal for that kind of creature, so the beginnings of a pair of legs got added to the project :-) Today I managed to get a bit further
A lot still to be done on the body, but I hope to make it look alright - and cover some with a robe of some sort. And something that could end up as arms got started The bit kinda of to the side (sorry) is another arm, that I think will work, if I just file away a lot of the plastic and then paint it up right. I also found a couple of old minis and a not so old plastic animal in the painting-todo stack, that will serve as part inspiration, part color-test, and part companions for my new little monster
The real wonder is that the scale of my head is only slightly different from those old metal guys - despite not remembering them til after the initial sculpt of the head.
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Post by sotf on Oct 16, 2017 5:33:51 GMT
For painting them, it looks like they'd look great if you would go with colors from some of the poison dart frogs
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Post by dossen on Oct 16, 2017 6:16:09 GMT
For painting them, it looks like they'd look great if you would go with colors from some of the poison dart frogs Nice idea! Something like dendrobates auratus might look nice and still keep the green base color - which I do quite like And then maybe just a touch of gloss as a finishing touch. Thanks for the suggestion :-)
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Post by sotf on Oct 16, 2017 7:14:38 GMT
Don't stick to just one of them, there's a lot of great coloration options for them
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Post by dossen on Oct 16, 2017 21:38:02 GMT
I also have another progress pic Still a lot to do, but I like how the proportions work - especially for the first try at sculpting this much of a humanoid not-large creature :-)
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Post by dossen on Oct 21, 2017 22:47:39 GMT
Got a bit further with this guy in the last few days - I'm still missing some bits of clothing and a bit more bulk in a few places, but he's beginning to resemble (a bit) the picture in my mind :-) And seeing as I can't really keep my focus on just one thing I also got started on a try at a slightly larger body.
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Post by dossen on Nov 5, 2017 21:27:16 GMT
Finally got around to getting my little bullywug to a state where I want to move him from sculpting to painting (next question is if he gets to skip the queue...) :-) I've added a kind of cut of shirt and some loin-cloth like stuff inspired by the old metal figures that I'm trying to make him fit in with. The shots are a bit blurry - sorry about that - they looked fine on the phone. Since I had some time on my hands today (crafting with my five-year-old son means daddy gets extra craft time too - yay), I also got him a simple coat of thin white brush-on primer. And as I usually do with minis, I finished the prep with a wash all-over (he got black - that varies with the mini and my mood). Here's hoping that I can paint him nicely :-)
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Post by Sam on Nov 7, 2017 11:52:20 GMT
He looks nice. Well done.
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Post by dossen on Nov 11, 2017 23:44:12 GMT
And today I started the (probably slow) process of putting paint on him. And as a small distraction from this distraction, here's a very tiny mini - a creeping claw. Still needs a few finishing touches :-)
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Post by dossen on Nov 14, 2017 21:10:28 GMT
And that's the creeping claw finished: Possibly a contender for the smallest piece of plastic to be considered a full monster at 28mm scale ;-)
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Post by dossen on Oct 24, 2018 19:37:45 GMT
I've made some progress on the sculpting of my Oni miniature. Just haven't gotten a lot of pictures of the process since it's mostly been my "got a random bit of green stuff" project. But now I finally got around to intentionally sculpting the last remaining piece - the legs. Along the way he also got some muscles, hair and other needed bits. This is the only picture of him with the sculpted legs before I added pants over them: The legs were a bit rough on purpose since I intended all along to give him pants, but I did put in a small bulge to simulate the knee. The next set of pictures has him primed white (spray) and washed with sepia to make it easier to find the spots that were still too rough: For the pants I rolled a bit of green stuff really flat - like paper thin, cut a slit in the middle, and draped it around him. I started at the back with the slit positioned so I could wrap around his waist and end up with two bits hanging around his legs. Then I stretched it to get back to the slit in the back via the inside of his legs. Patching it all together got the pants sculpted around his legs while keeping some sense of it being a separate layer - and I was able make it open up a bit at the ankles. Then I got some block painting done. The skin is a mix of a very light blue and a light skin color and works really well in person: And the camera being a bitch - as always - is of cause revealing even more spots, where I could have smoothed him out even better. Not going to be changing careers to miniature sculpting anytime soon, but on the other hand, it's not so long ago the trying to sculpt more than gap-filling and the odd cloak, bag or belt was a daunting thing - and now this one has enough clay that I'm actually debating myself if it's a sculpted mini with a few plastic bits or if it is a pretty extreme conversion... Not that it matters one bit for painting, displaying and playing with in my own home :-D
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Post by erho on Oct 24, 2018 21:42:19 GMT
Dang! Inspirational!!
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Post by dossen on Oct 24, 2018 21:56:14 GMT
I am hoping to get good enough at monsters to one day do just a decent looking human or humanoid in regular 28 mm medium sized scale - with no plastic bits... but not there yet ;-)
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Post by guillaume on Oct 25, 2018 0:55:37 GMT
if that can help here is a exercice i give to the people i teach sculpture put a toothpick in a cork cut it at 24mm draw a line at 8mm from the top of the toothpick the waistline go over the line on the toothpick in the back ,under in the front
you now have all the marks necessary to sculpt the torso and leg of a character in robe like a cleric or a mage
do it a few time until you are happy with the result, after that it will be the turn of the head and arms but there is some tricks too
give it a try, it really help to get the feel of human proportion
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Post by dossen on Oct 25, 2018 7:15:11 GMT
Thanks guillaume , I'll try to keep that trick in mind when the urge to sculpt strikes again - I might have a few parts that would go well with a robed body ;-)
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Post by dossen on Nov 11, 2018 14:35:10 GMT
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