Good evening folks.
The rain is really hammering it down out there, so spent the day inside painting and sculpting a new miniature. I probably would have stayed inside anyway, but this way no one frowns on my actions.
You read that right, I sculpted for this son of a bitch, and it was an arduous, painful task to say the very least. I created about 20% of the model using what is known as “Green Stuff”. It is basically a mixture of a blue and yellow plasticine, when combined one of those colours controls how sticky the green stuff is, the other side how long it takes to harden.
And here he is.
The work on the model itself was all done on the legs, usually they are in a normal standing stance, so I had to cut both legs off at the hip, and the models left leg also had to be cut at the knee,which was difficult as he has a knee pad, so i had to cut arround that, and it had to be done with a stanley knife and a lot of pressure.
The green stuff was then used in the joints to reposition the legs. I had already created the rocky base, which is again all green stuff rolled into rock shapes and painted. I also rolled real stones across the green stuff before it set to give it a rock like texture.
I also went over the rocks and space wolf in black badab wash, to give it more detail and a dirty appearance. As you can see here the wash is still drying in some places.
And I covered the entire back of the minature with a cape made out of green stuff, the big crease at the bottom is it going slightly under the gap below his feet, to give the impression of a strong wind at his back.
I was only going to do a short cape but ended up extending it, as I had so much trouble with the legs I needed something fixed to the legs, body and ground to support the miniature.
I am not completely pleased with the end result, and it was a pain in the ass to do, but I think I did fairly well for a first try at sculpting with green stuff. I may add snow later, but I am trying to perfect a good mixture of PVA glue and snow.
Thanks for reading and stay out of the rain!
Nice work there
Cheers sir
I cycled home in the rain today. Rain and sand. I like to call it sand rain. It didn’t taste very nice. It didn’t hit my face, arms, legs, and hands very softly either. Damn sand rain.
Id call it something like, Sain. or Rand. I knew this guy, ate sand once, 3 years later BAM.
Herpes.