Why?– just a whim really, something I might like to paint, I
have always been a succor for miniatures that alluded to some kind of story and
interact well with each other for that purpose. Not always easy to find in
straight gaming figures, not without converting anyway!
When I started this piece some time ago it really was just a
practice piece to see how far I could go with Magic Sculp alone, as I do enjoy
to carve and scrape away with a scalpel blade, the harder more clay like
epoxies being ideal for this. As the Dwarf progressed to the final stages of fine
detailing, I did find the Magic Sculp appeared slightly translucent, making it
slightly more difficult to see the details especially when using Vaseline as
the smoothing medium. So I decided to add Procreate in different quantities to
the mix ensuring slightly firmer working putty with good detailing and more opaque
qualities. The second companion piece was then used to experiment on different mixing
ratios of the two putties all of which were successful and gave a good degree
of variation in uses and properties.
I have plenty more ideas to work
through, most of which are probably totally not viable commercially :-)
Don't be afraid to let me know what you think!........it can only help on the next ones...
I love them, very original work. I particularly like the pose of the assistant and the dwarf staff. Are you going to have them produced?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments, I had not thought about producing them at this stage, but you never know!!
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Steve
I think they look utterly cool! Looking forward to your paint job on these original sculpts.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Wow! :)
ReplyDeleteStunning work and can only second that they look utterly cool. Hopefully these will be moulded and cast. Way to good to be one-offs, IMO.
Yeah, full of character, very nice sculpts, well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christopher, Clam and Dan for looking and commenting, food for thought :-)
ReplyDeleteBloody nice ones, Steve! Really enjoy the built in back story... gets the mind working on what happened to these a month or two prior to "this" moment in their lives. =) Looking forward to see more of your stuff!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mattias, maybe they need a before sculpt in happier times;-) Nice stuff your getting Pil to do for you, hands full I take it!
ReplyDeleteHello, Steve!
ReplyDeleteExcellent job of modeling, the figures have much character, I look forward to seeing the pair painted, congratulations!
Thanks Daedalus, yes lots of different colours I think!
ReplyDeleteHands are full allright... it's 3.30 in the morning and I'm sat in the kitchen working on two computers next to me and surfing on a third one! Li'l sprog woke me around 1.30 and I couldn't get back to sleep as work is hounding me a tad. So - painting has been outsourced for the near future. I have done a few minis though, and will update the old blog as soon as I have a chance to finish their bases and take some photos. =D
ReplyDeleteI know these are older sculpts, but they are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris! was always quite happy with the characterisation of these two
DeleteI don’t know if you monitor this blog anymore but I was pleased to find these in my lead pile today! Hope you’re well, Andrew May.
ReplyDeleteHi Andrew, I have to confess I do too, never painted one though! Enjoying your latest work, keep it up! Steve B
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