Space guys (Painted squads page 15)

[PF]

Hello,

Here's a project I am working on those days:

http://15mmspaceopera.blogspot.fr/search/label/New%20federation%20project

Thank you for watching and letting me know what you think.

[Predatorpt]

Great looking aliens (and human troopers).  You usually do 15mm figures, but these are 28mm, right?

[tomogui]

Exquisite sculpts! Very unique and creative. They look like they would scale perfectly with Infinity models. 

[dijit]

I've also loved your stuff, so it's great to see you here too. I really like the work you're doing at the moment, is it for anyone in particular or just for your own amusement?
Duncan

[PF]

Predatorpt: Yes they are.

Dijit: I do them mostly for my own amusement but I wouldn't mind selling them if I got an offer. Sure thing they'll be cast so I can have a few squads for my games.

[YIU]

Fantastic. Will you cast them ?

[Predatorpt]

Predatorpt: Yes they are.

Dijit: I do them mostly for my own amusement but I wouldn't mind selling them if I got an offer. Sure thing they'll be cast so I can have a few squads for my games.

Why don't you try to do your own miniatures line? Maybe do a kickstarter/indiegogo campaign to launch it? I think I'm not the only one who would like to field a force of different alien races - a true Alien Legion

[PF]

A new try there:

http://15mmspaceopera.blogspot.fr/2013/02/stealth-suit.html

Hope you like it.

Cheers,
PF

[dijit]

Love it! Keep them coming.

[Conquistador]

They are good, very good, but... "something" about the body/suit strikes me as odd.  No oidea what yet, but will keep looking.  Might just be me on Corporate/Federal Monday Morning from below subpar.

Gracias,

Glenn

[PF]

It's not you Conquistador. The limbs were pretty thin before I added armor plates so the anatomy is a bit wrong for a human (tho you might find someone actually built like this considering the variety of human bodies).
Since this project is mostly about aliens, I hope the model will look better with a thin humanoid face or helmet.

Well, if you were thinking about something else, let me know please.

[Conquistador]

That may well be it.   

You are right, I need to shift from human to humanoid alien in my evaluation of the figures.     In that sense these are fine.   

Possibly the bulk of the upper body/armor in comparison with the arms is what seems askew too.  See second sentence again.

Keep up the good work.

I think it's a coin flip between putting these into production and having a unique force of figures that no one else has.  Alien  boutique!         

Gracias,

Glenn

[former user]

I generally like the quality of the sculpts and I do appreciate the intention to introduce more aliens in 28mm since the available ranges are a bit thin in that deparment.
I also understand that humanoid aliens are a bit more accepted due to the TV/Movie overkill for having to cast human actors  and thus make rubber forehead aliens 

Nevertheless, I am personally more kind of a "hardcore SF" fan, and would love to see more non-humanoid aliens but I undertand this is more difficult to achieve

[Red Orc]

The vaguely ameobic thing towards the left on that pic reminds me rather of the Dralasites from Star Frontiers - they were rather groovy non-humanoid aliens in my opinion, though attempts to make them as minis are a bit problematic - this one that I found on the web is not too bad, but when I tried to make them they looked like a pile of blu-tac with an ammo-belt.

[PF]

Thank you all for your comments.

Honestly, I like that character but I'm not sure about it turned into a miniature. Also, I think he is still a humanoid in shape.  Perhaps with some texture or more like the one raising arms at the bottom of the drawing?
But I will make at least two non-humanoids. My "plan" for the squad being:
-two humans (male and female)
-two humanoids (two arms and two legs but not human proportions)
-two non-humanoids (hopefully weird or very weird)

Here are some non-humanoids I made in the past:
At 1:100
http://15mmspaceopera.blogspot.fr/search/label/Non%20humanoid%20alien
This one at 1:56 tho he could be used for any scale
http://15mmspaceopera.blogspot.fr/2011/12/slaefo.html

Let me know what you think please.