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

[nic-e]

Do you ever just have a bad hobby day?  
I went to start sculpting the other day, got most of a figure done, but when i was doing the mail coat i found a lump of hard unkneadable yellow in my greenstuff. I had to cut it out,and it took most of the torso with it, When i removed the putty to redo it it turned out it was full of gritty old lumps.
I cleared it out, tried again, and the armature snapped off it's base. I took the putty, put it on another armature so i could at least use it to build up some forms, and that one snapped in half! In the end i just made about 10 shields out of it ,But my god what an infuriating evening that was!


On the bright side, I've fully costed up the kickstarter idea and you know what, I'm bloody well going for it. I won't promise alot right now, But expect one or two pledge levels, a core pledge of ten character figures and MAYBE some stretch goals if it gets that far.

[Jagannath]

a Kickstarter? ACE. I'd be well in for that.

[nic-e]

a Kickstarter? ACE. I'd be well in for that.

Well it may be a few weeks yet. I want to have the sculpting 90% done so I can run everything as smoothly as possible,But hopefully a few good days next week should see me get some work done of more figures .


I have also just received word that the two spearmen from the start of this thread have been cast successfully and so should be receiving some of them myself in the near future!

[nic-e]

Some WIP shots from tonight. I decided to counter the bad luck i had the other day by getting three sculpts started at once.
From left to right we have a barbarian fighter, A knight in plate armour, and a warrior in scale mail.
I'm pretty happy with the anatomy on the barbarian. He'll probably have a loin cloth and maybe some fur lined boots, but other than that I'm going classic conan comics with his sculpt.

I'd also forgotten how different in consistency fresh greenstuff is to old greenstuff.The stuff I've been sculpting with up until now is at least 10 years old!

Incidentally, My fingers are cramped as hell right now!

[nic-e]

Got some helmets sculpted. I got some of warlords new flight stands and they were next to useless for what i wanted, so I'm using them as stands to sculpt heads onto.

[Ockman]

Those heads look awesome! Great helmets!

[Munindk]

So thats good news for your 15mm sculpting but bad news for your cut off airships?

Slightly off topic: You can buy clear plastic rod as thin as 2mm diameter and cut it in appropriate lenghts.

[nic-e]

So thats good news for your 15mm sculpting but bad news for your cut off airships?

Slightly off topic: You can buy clear plastic rod as thin as 2mm diameter and cut it in appropriate lenghts.

Weirdly enough, about a day after my order from warlord arrived I received an email from element saying my flying bases were enroute! Clearly the hex base embargo has been lifted, so I look forward to getting them based and painted

[nic-e]

A little tribute sculpt that will be part of the kickstarter pack i want to produce.
You've heard of harry the hammer, now meet Barry the Basher!

[nic-e]

The first casts have turned up! These are the two spearmen from the first page of this thread, soon to be avaliable from alternative.

They've cast up really nice and clean, fa r better than i had hoped! It's quite odd sending off a lump of greenstuff and getting a bag of pewter in return.

[Jagannath]

Just saw on instagram - they look awesome mate, well done.

[nic-e]

Just saw on instagram - they look awesome mate, well done.

Cheers!
I stand by what i said a few weeks back by the way, If you PM me the details I'll happily send you a couple for your fantasy project.

[Jagannath]

Ah thanks, I'd love to paint some - PM coming your way.

[fred]

Congratulations!

It feels kind of like you have produced offspring!! Must be cool to see something you created by hand, now being produced in volume.

The figures look good.

[beefcake]

Nice! Great to get stuff back in metal.