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Title: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Dental Practitioners now ready)
Post by: Melnibonean on 18 January 2012, 11:37:05 PM: Here's a look at some steampunk sculpts I've been owrking on over the past week.
The first one: I wanted to make a kooky doctor that looked a bit morbid and odd but I thought. "Hmmm... that's a pretty common theme." So, how could I do something a bit difference? So I came up with the idea of a Steampunk Dentist.

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/Untitled-1.jpg)

The next guy was an idea suggested to me by one of my customers. He is... Well the figure will be named Lord Herbert Shogoth-Smythe. I think the name says it all. Not the best pics but hey... They're just a quick peek.

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/SirShogoth.jpg)

There is nurse on the workbench to go with the doc and octo-head will have a grusome little pet to keep him company.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Chairface on 19 January 2012, 02:45:35 AM: I LOVE Lord Herbert. Great fig.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: goon3423 on 19 January 2012, 04:24:59 AM: I like them, very clean sculpts!
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: FramFramson on 19 January 2012, 06:10:36 AM: That tentacle holding the monocle ;D
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: DowVooVoo on 19 January 2012, 11:27:08 AM: not bad love the second :-*
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: tnjrp on 19 January 2012, 12:22:38 PM: Lord Herbert does show the benefits of, ahem, socializing with Old Ones can have to humanity. Very nice. The dentist is good too so I'm looking forward to seeing the nurse and the pet.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: infelix on 19 January 2012, 02:55:51 PM: Very nice sculpts, both of them.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Patrice on 19 January 2012, 03:20:08 PM: Aaaargh I ain't reconciliated with dentists!

Very nice and strange figures 8)
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Bullshott on 19 January 2012, 07:54:25 PM: Very nice. I love the Lord Herbert mini.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Melnibonean on 20 January 2012, 09:55:02 AM: Thanks for the kind replies.

I've made some adjustments to Lord Herbert... Removed the fez and replaced it with a topper. The fez just didn't fit right on his big bulbous head. Also tidied up the tentacle holding his spectacles and reenforced it with a brass wire core.
Will post a new pic soon.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Chillwind on 20 January 2012, 04:28:28 PM: Looking very nice - just need to find someone to do me a lion victorian gentleman
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Melnibonean on 21 January 2012, 08:30:56 AM: Quote from: Chillwind on 20 January 2012, 04:28:28 PM
Looking very nice - just need to find someone to do me a lion victorian gentleman

Hmmm... Now there's an idea that looks like it could be expanded upon.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Dewbakuk on 21 January 2012, 08:44:46 AM: Quote from: Chillwind on 20 January 2012, 04:28:28 PM
Looking very nice - just need to find someone to do me a lion victorian gentleman

In safari gear?
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Patrice on 21 January 2012, 10:12:37 AM: He he. There are lots of c.1900 old cartoons with maps of Europa where Russia has a bear head, the UK a lion (or a dog) head, Turkey looks like a turkey, etc.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Melnibonean on 22 January 2012, 11:57:49 AM: Greetings all,

Here is an updated pic of the Lord Herbert sculpt. I cheated with the hat by cutting one off an older figure (many of my figures seem to have top hats!) and plonking it on his head. He also has a nice carpet base insert. Could look good if you have the urge to paint a Persian carpet.

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/SirShogoth2.jpg)

And here is Nursie (Nurse Rictus, will be her name). She has a beautiful smile full of "British Teeth". She and the Dentist above go together as a set when they're cast. The bottle is supposed to be aether (could be spirits of laudnum I suppose!) :D

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/Nurse.jpg)

And a close up of that big smile. The pics don't really capture it; but her face looks like a demented Christopher Walken in drag.

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/Nurse4.jpg)
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts
Post by: Patrice on 22 January 2012, 12:40:55 PM: Quote from: Melnibonean on 22 January 2012, 11:57:49 AM
(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/SirShogoth2.jpg)
Excellent lol he would do well in a Back of Beyond game as a main target for Bolshevik troops : the hydra leader of the capitalists! lol
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: FramFramson on 22 January 2012, 04:11:45 PM: Do you think the top Hat might look a touch better if it was a little taller?
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: The_Beast on 24 January 2012, 04:07:19 PM: Quote from: Melnibonean on 22 January 2012, 11:57:49 AM

And here is Nursie (Nurse Rictus, will be her name). She has a beautiful smile full of "British Teeth". She and the Dentist above go together as a set when they're cast. The bottle is supposed to be aether (could be spirits of laudnum I suppose!) :D

And a close up of that big smile. The pics don't really capture it; but her face looks like a demented Christopher Walken in drag.

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/Nurse4.jpg)

Why am I thinking of all those original 'Fright Night' posters?

Quote from: FramFramson on 22 January 2012, 04:11:45 PM
Do you think the top Hat might look a touch better if it was a little taller?

I thought a bit the same, though I'm not sure if I'm thinking a little too rigidly late Victorian, and this might be a bit earlier, I am not a fashionista, by a long shot.

Anyway, he said the hat was a target of opportunity. ;->=

Doug
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: FramFramson on 24 January 2012, 05:08:22 PM: Well, the rest of his dress tends more towards late victorian/edwardian. The shorter hat seems more sort of John Bull caricature mid century.
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: Kitsune on 31 January 2012, 10:54:37 PM: Superb set of sculpts! Are they for home or sale?
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: Melnibonean on 03 February 2012, 07:11:24 AM: Quote from: Kitsune on 31 January 2012, 10:54:37 PM
Superb set of sculpts! Are they for home or sale?

They have been moulded and cast and I just picked up them up today!
As soon as I get them painted and the pics done they'll be available at: www.fiendishfabrications.com.au
(A few days at the most).
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: Mason on 03 February 2012, 08:38:50 AM: Getting VERY interested in some of your sculpts.
Well, quite a few to be honest.

Old Lord Herbert is almost irresistible.......... ;D

Who is your UK supplier that you mentioned in another post?
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (New pics added)
Post by: Melnibonean on 06 February 2012, 04:20:40 AM: Greetings Folks. I'd like to let ya'll know that Sir Herbert Sogoth-Smythe is now available at: www.finishfabrications.com.au
His little sidekick is Yoggy - Sir Herberst's lovable pet faithful companion.

The Dr and nurse are next and should be released soon.

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/Sir-Herbert.jpg)
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Sir Herbert now available)
Post by: Chairface on 06 February 2012, 03:23:55 PM: I LOVE the paint job!
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Sir Herbert now available)
Post by: Melnibonean on 15 February 2012, 02:29:10 PM: After a bit of a wait here, at last, are our newest figures - Dr Molar & Nurse Rictus: aka Dental Practitioners:

(http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/ikhemm/Fiendish%20Fabrications/Dental-Practitioners.jpg)

Available @: www.fiendishfabrications.com.au
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Dental Practitioners now ready)
Post by: The_Beast on 16 February 2012, 03:46:26 PM: Did everyone know to what I was referring earlier? I was barely aware of the movie at the time, but I know it has quite a following. Many of whom were disappointed by the remake. ;->=

(http://reviewsinhd.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fright_night11.jpg)

Don't you admire a lass who enjoys her work? :o

Doug
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Dental Practitioners now ready)
Post by: Melnibonean on 17 February 2012, 12:27:43 AM: I can't speak for others but I knew what you were talking about. Frightnight was one of my favorite 80's horror movies. I can't say it still is because I haven't seen it for many years and I still have bad memories from re-watching Highlander again a couple of years ago. :-X

I think I'd rather let Frightnight remain as a memory of a good movie that I enjoyed (not like Highlander where I had to do some deep soul searching and ask the question: "How did I manage to watch this movie multiple time and think it was good?").
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Dental Practitioners now ready)
Post by: leonmallett on 19 February 2012, 03:47:47 PM: Are those sculpted bases integral or a separate piece? (And the same question applies about the rest of the range?)
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Dental Practitioners now ready)
Post by: The_Beast on 19 February 2012, 07:09:52 PM: Quote from: Melnibonean on 17 February 2012, 12:27:43 AM
I can't speak for others but I knew what you were talking about. Frightnight was one of my favorite 80's horror movies.

Now, the question, and one that's somewhat on topic, is the perky nurse a conscious or unconscious homage? :D

Quote from: Melnibonean
I think I'd rather let Frightnight remain as a memory of a good movie that I enjoyed (not like Highlander where I had to do some deep soul searching and ask the question: "How did I manage to watch this movie multiple time and think it was good?").

I can still enjoy Highlander, perhaps, as I didn't put it on so high a pedestal to begin with. Of course, I thought even less of the sequel, and there's still no joy watching it. lol

What's REALLY worrisome are some of the things I've come to enjoy, and I'm not so sure 'maturity' as opposed to old age is the reason. As a youngling, I despised my father's love of the Perry Mason series, where as I've grown fond of it. As for my sudden appreciation of Joan Hickson's Miss Marple, no clue at all. :o

Next thing you know, I'll be tuning into the Lawrence Welk re-runs on the public telly. *shudder*

Doug
Title: Re: A couple of steampunk sculpts (Dental Practitioners now ready)
Post by: Melnibonean on 25 February 2012, 08:24:16 AM: Quote from: leonmallett on 19 February 2012, 03:47:47 PM
Are those sculpted bases integral or a separate piece? (And the same question applies about the rest of the range?)

Some of the bases are integral. On the Fiendish Fabrications web site the ones that have bases like these (just the base as you see it - no outter/lower base edge). These bases fit right onto a 25mm bevelled base or insert perfectly into a 30mm round shoulder base.
Many of the older sculpts are being re-sculpted / re-moulded with a base like these newer figures.

Mr Beast... You nees to take some youth pills (Lawrence Welk :?).
Also she isn't a homage. She's just a psycho nurse with BDS (British Dental Syndrome). Her name is actually a play on Nurse Ratchet from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. ;)