Nic-es sculpting log. PAGE 6.WATCH THIS SPACE.

[nic-e]

At the title says basically.I wanted some generic non period specific spearmen/warriors in 15mm but wasn't happy with the selection i found online. Not that they were all bad, I just couldn't find what i was after. So i knocked this guy out this evening and I plan to use him as a template to sculpt up a few more troops.
He isn't finished, The back of his head is still flat and he needs a helmet/hair. Other than that he's good to go. (Also alot smaller than my usual 15mm.Closer to ral partha scale.)

[nic-e]

Done and dusted. Will probably see some paint in the next few days.

[Jagannath]

Really lovely job - it's a period I'd love to do some skirmishes in for 15mm but agree, not a whole load of choice - at least not until Totentanz rerelease the Corvus Belli HYW range. This is great though - sculpt 30 or so other poses including villagers then release them? Please??

[nic-e]

Really lovely job - it's a period I'd love to do some skirmishes in for 15mm but agree, not a whole load of choice - at least not until Totentanz rerelease the Corvus Belli HYW range. This is great though - sculpt 30 or so other poses including villagers then release them? Please??

I looked for ages in hope of finding some of the Corvus belli HYW stuff to no avail.
There's plenty around, Kurasan has some food stuff, But not what i was after.

I can't say much now but this MAY see a mould at some point.

in the mean time, I've started a second sculpt.
Another spearman ,this time with shield raised, pushing forward.
 




A side note, trying to get a picture of a 15mm scale face on my phone makes you look very hard at your finger nails....

[nic-e]

Double post, But this chap is almost finished. I'll have him done tomorrow, his arms are done , just need his hands connecting in place.

[nic-e]

Second sculpt is done!
He's come out pretty good, I'm fairly proud of his clothing and facial expression.
Here he is with his comrade in arms and a perry knight for scale (Or to represent dark souls.)





Hands and spear of the second soldier are removable for casting, So if he was cast you could replace his weapons with a sword and shield/lantern and bill, bow  ect ect ect.


"He's behind us isn't he."

[nic-e]

And they're off to the casters! 

[Ockman]

And they're off to the casters! 

Wow, cool!

[nic-e]

A small (hahah!) project.
I got a couple of sprues of travel battle figures with the intent of converting them to medival/fantasy humans.
here's the first test for a knight, mounted man at arms and basic infantry.



They're very small , but if you do want some nice human figures to sculpt on top of they're great!

[fred]

Great work. 

Not wanting to put you off, but you do know there are lots of 6mm figures available 

[nic-e]

Great work. 

Not wanting to put you off, but you do know there are lots of 6mm figures available 

Yup, but this works out cheaper and gives me something to do sculpting wise. Plus i always think 6mm is just a little TOO small, things end up looking quite squat or barely visible.These figures have nice proportions that i can destroy with oversized shields.

[fred]

Fair enough!

These figures do have very nice proportions (not surprising from the Perry's). I have no idea how you work with green stuff on such a small scale.

[nic-e]

Fair enough!

These figures do have very nice proportions (not surprising from the Perry's). I have no idea how you work with green stuff on such a small scale.

The smaller you o the easier i gets because you can abandon certain details. Here I'm just putting on flat shapes or rounding out/covering small areas.
In 15mm I can relax with drapery and fabric since it isn't as visible as it would be on a 28mm figure.

[nic-e]

I painted the converted banner knight last night.
I may add more to the banners in future but i'm pretty happy with him as a test figure.

One point about converting these figures. I haven't done anything to the knight himself except added the greenstuff helmet. The rest is just his body painted silver.That's a nice little feature of this scale, you can get away with alot of suggestion.

[Jagannath]

Very cool idea - I wish I was into Napoleonics because that perry Travel set is an ace idea. I wonder what 'scale' the boards are?