miniatures as art. finished images uploaded!

[nic-e]

Looking good so far!

thankyou, this is my first time properly sculpting with milliput and i'm quite happy with the rock texture

[Cubs]

Oh now, I really, really like that cracked earth effect.

So, if you weren't using GW's paint, how would one go about getting the same effect?

Just ... you know ... hypothetically, like ...

[nic-e]

Oh now, I really, really like that cracked earth effect.

So, if you weren't using GW's paint, how would one go about getting the same effect?

Just ... you know ... hypothetically, like ...

Well,you could get some crackle medium from a craft store,which would be more precise and give a more consistent look,or you can paint over a thin touch dry layer of pva and then give the whole lot a blast with a hairdryer.

[Cubs]

Lovely job, thanks. I'm going to be giving that a go, fer shewer.

[nic-e]

Skeletons not yet arrived from ebay,so I got to work on the ID diorama.few minutes of assembly sculpting and painting and it's underway. Picked up a mig mud kit for this one,looks like a fun box of stuff to stain my clothes




As always any advice is greatly appreciated, and the kind chaps at massive voodoo have agreed to give these pics a quick look, which should mean a little helping hand.

Also just set myself up a blog, so look forward to my rants being on there rather than here.
http://shiftyhorse.blogspot.co.uk/

[Constable Bertrand]

Coming along nicely there nic-e. Do you have a sketch of the finished work? It would be nice to see where it's headed.

I like the ink stain combined with the light sand top TBH.

Cheers
Matt

[nic-e]

Coming along nicely there nic-e. Do you have a sketch of the finished work? It would be nice to see where it's headed.

I like the ink stain combined with the light sand top TBH.

Cheers
Matt

I do indeed although my concept sketches are almost indecipherable to anyone but myself i will upload a few of my sketchbook pages tomorrow evening since I'll have access tot he high res scanner during the day tomorrow.i will also be mixing up that lovely mig mud, so i'll have some pictures of that up soon. (and provided the skeletons turn up this week, a few pictures of me weeping over thousands of tiny broken leg sprues.)

[nic-e]

yup, they turned up.these guys are REALLY spindly.which for me is great, because i can repose them, but i can definitely see why some people don't like these.

I'll spend the night having a good mess around with these, i have 60 to play around with and i'm sure i'll have some kicking around spare to play with and make some dioramas of my own once this project is complete.

[nic-e]

First skeleton assembled. This chap will be in the mud trying to fend of an attacker

(just a warning, this piece is gonna get kind of Freudian from here onwards,any of the more "mature " poses will go on my blog.) these guys really are delicate, how any one can wargame with them is beyond me,but the separate feet and empty hands really helps me.ive already broken one set of legs as i decided i would use one to try out how far i could bend them.( not far is the answer)

Edit.got the attacker done.

"where's my money! "

[xXmarcusXx]

Loving the look of these skeletons. I've been searching for some one to use these as wasnt sure wether to get some.
liking the way you posing them, awsome work so far can't wait for more to come.

[nic-e]

Loving the look of these skeletons. I've been searching for some one to use these as wasnt sure wether to get some.
liking the way you posing them, awsome work so far can't wait for more to come.

I've occupied the office as my studio so more to come soon.
The skeletons are great IF you are okay with tiny parts.I've been receiving and shaping these guys and they look really good, but i wouldn't recommend converting these for tabletop use as they will almost certainly break in a travel case or a light breeze

[nic-e]

Okay, so before i go any further i have to say that this picture depicts violent sexual themes.i will say that this is intended to be an art piece ,not a gaming piece and that these themes are in context to the overall theme of the work. i do however understand if the images, regardless of how miniature and skeletal they are, cause offense, and am more than happy for mods to remove them if they feel that they are in any way "graphic".

Sex is an central idea of Freudian psychology, and the violent fulfillment of sexual desire is one of the more brutal urges of the ID part of the unconscious.
so here for your pleasure are a few quick pics of half the skeletons of the first diorama tacked in place before i start adding mig mud.





I like this chap because of all the skeletons so far on this base he is the most innocent.he will be eating ,his ribs overflowing with rancid food.despite that, he's still far less unsettling than the others.


and a quick pic to show that i do plan things out (kind of)


Until these are painted it's not worth me booking time in the photography studio, and besides which the interview for goldsmiths in on the 26th so these need to be done by then.

i promise better picture soon.

[Cubs]

Are they going to be boning?

[nic-e]

Are they going to be boning?

Skeletons on the large rock in the center. they are meant to imply that.
As i said, i can move certain images to a different site if need be since this isn't exactly a hilariuos scene of carry on comical boning.

...................................i just got the joke.

[nic-e]

So after a couple of weeks i'v got them both done.i managed to get them both completed in time for my interview on the 24th and will soon get real photographs done when i begin my professional practice preparation in a week.
anyway, here are the final W.I.P pictures of the two diroamas.

super ego diorama layout.

first painted crucifix.




as i say, these are the final w.i.p pics and are missing a few skeletons still, but now that i've got them done and had the interview i can take them to the photography studio and get a macro lens on them.