Hello all,
It's been a while since I've had a chance to do any modelling, but yesterday I found a few hours and finished a model I had been working on for a while.
(http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_091.jpg)
Back (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_092.jpg)
I still need to finish the base and a few small details, but its pretty much ready for painting.
Looks pretty good. Nice, strong pose and smooth greenstuffing. He looks somewhat contemplative. I like it.
Like this guy. He's got a real air of auhority about him, and a casual air to his grip on the shotgun.
Do I spy a goatee?
The face reminds of me a Contra-era video game character. He also looks particularly badass with his shotgun pose. The hammer also looks great. Subdued but brutal (how can you not be brutal with a shotgun and a big hammer?).
Really like the stance, the first thing that came to my mind was him edging towards a door to peer round, then kick his was through and lay down the lead :P
look forward to seeing paint!
Thankyou for all the comments. I haven't made any progress on painting Vaarn (although his base is done...), so here's the first of Vaarn's henchmen.
Pilot Andreas Ward:
(http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_093.jpg)
Back (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_094.jpg)
Apologies for the low quality photos, hopefully I will catch the sunshine tomorrow and have another try :)
I'm also working on a sniper henchman to add a long range backup for Vaarn.
Looking good, his head seems a little small though, maybe add some hair or a cap?
And what's that left arm, is it an Eversor? could be difficult to paint in a way that it won't look strange. What are your plans here?
The head was me taking another approach with sculpting heads. In the past my sculpting attempts ended up looking too round with limited difference between them. This was because I sculpted on top of a hardened ball of green stuff. This time, I sculpted the whole thing in one sitting whilst working on a piece of wire.
I feel this has produced a far more organic face with more drastic and sharp features.
This may explain why the head is too small for the body. However, I feel solving this problem by just adding hair or a cap will spoil the appearance I wanted this model to have. I might try enlarging the proportions of the head in some way.(looking closely, it appears the forehead and top half is not in scale with the rest of the head)
The left arm is meant to be partly robotic, save part of his hand and arm. I imagine Andreas lost it in some long forgotten fight or engineering mishap. I wanted a "claw" that looked a bit archaic and slightly creepy to match Andreas' demeanor.
I'm liking the pilot. The left hand looks slightly awkward but I think it's just the angle (I'm assuming he's meant to be accessing the pouch on his side). It looks to be the left hand from the Thorian, in which case I think it works great as a subtle mechanical bit.
Also, I think the head's proportions are fine. Considering that most INQ minis are proportioned like comic book characters I'd say there's no problem. It does look somewhat similar to the face of your other mini, but is different enough not to have them look identical. You might try just sculpting different heads using various techniques since you obviously have the skill for it (something I lack) until you find ways to expand your repertoire,
Update time!
I haven't had any time to take pictures recently due to work and poor lighting when I'm at home, so here's some pictures that I will hopefully be able to replace at the weekend :)
More characters for Vaarn's enforcer warband first:
(http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_099.jpg)
A sniper (and the back) (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_100.jpg)
(http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_095.jpg)
and a shocktrooper (and the back) (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_096.jpg)
I've also converted a hive data runner/thief npc
(http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_097.jpg)
Back (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_098.jpg)
I'm usually good with character names, having a rough idea of who they are in my head. With these 3 however, I'm drawing a blank right now.
Finally, here is a sneak peek of an upcoming piece of movable terrain
(http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_101.jpg)
I've only just started this using the downloadable paper templates, but I have a nasty feeling I might have scaled it up wrong. I've included a model in the photo that stands at 54mm tall for scale, if anyone can advise me before I continue I'd greatly appreciate it. (but I now realise the angle that the photo was taken in might make this difficult)
QuoteI've only just started this using the downloadable paper templates, but I have a nasty feeling I might have scaled it up wrong.
I simply doubled the measurements - not strictly correct, but it's close enough and has the advantage of simplicity.
It looks like you're using greenstuff to fill gaps - I started doing that for my Valkyrie, but soon realised that the filler used in the join between sections of kitchen worktop was a far easier and quicker solution.
I'm loving the sniper and shock trooper. Awesome work man.
Nice IST. He looks like all business.
Very nice - I'm very impressed with your sculpting, the heads are excellent. The sniper is shaping up very well, and very nicely proportioned shock trooper body armour, I still cant get that right.
Excellent GS work! My particular favourite is the data-runner, I'd love to have a model like that in my collection. What did you use as a base for the legs? I can recognise a few bits in there.. is it mostly scratch built?
Thank you for all the comments
Quote from: Kaled on November 24, 2010, 07:38:25 AM
It looks like you're using greenstuff to fill gaps - I started doing that for my Valkyrie, but soon realised that the filler used in the join between sections of kitchen worktop was a far easier and quicker solution.
I've attempted using a few fillers beforehand, but found that they were prone to crumbling when I came to smoothing out rough patches. I'm planning another trip to the hardware store to find a better filler this weekend.
Quote from: RobSkib on November 25, 2010, 01:17:43 PM
Excellent GS work! My particular favourite is the data-runner, I'd love to have a model like that in my collection. What did you use as a base for the legs? I can recognise a few bits in there.. is it mostly scratch built?
The legs are taken from a 54mm world war 2 german soldier set I bought a while back. The left and right legs came separated and so were interchangeable with the others in the set, allowing me to get the running affect. The torso and arms are from the severina/sevora assassin, to which I have repositioned the arms and GS extra details onto. The only part that is "scratch built" is the head.
My first attempt (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_062.jpg) at complete scratch building took a back seat quite some time ago and probably won't be touched again until I get an idea where to go with it next :-\
Quote from: Rayner on November 25, 2010, 07:23:21 PMMy first attempt (http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac196/VincZid/Img_062.jpg) at complete scratch building took a back seat quite some time ago and probably won't be touched again until I get an idea where to go with it next :-\
Obliterator? Looks awesome to me ;D
Quote from: Kallidor on November 25, 2010, 11:26:49 PM
Obliterator? Looks awesome to me ;D
When I started making this guy, I was aiming to create a chaos terminator, however I soon abandoned a ruler and ended up with a giant! He has been put aside for now, but reworking him into an obliterator seems a perfect way to use his bulky frame :)
Wow it's been a long year sence I have been here. I have to say that that is one great Interrogator you got there.
You GS work is also damn good