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That is very awesome

Good work. When you first started him up, I thought that your armature was too bulky, but I think you made it work just fine.

This looks fantastic, not really much else I can say other than keep up the good work!

Tek wrote:Seriously inspirational. Great job dude. I think I'm going to have to attempt sculpting now - you make it sound so easy!

Well, it was easy because I already put together the skill set with other projects. For example, the robe was easy because I had already done commissar's coats (which were built off of experience doing scarves). The face was easy because I had already spent a lot of time carving down faces and sculpting in ears, etc. Pretty much the only thing that was completely new to me was the hands and boots.

The rest is just an intensive, scaled up use of all of my other practice.

Mr. Burning wrote:What diameter are the tubes you used for the framework?

1/8ths inch. It was the right size for the legs, but I think I'd use something smaller for the arms in the future. I got it from a hobby store for mega cheap. I have no idea what the original purpose of them was.

Izirath wrote:I think it's a well executed sculpt, considered making a tutorial? I know I would appreciate it greatly, you make it look so easy

So, I'm unsure how Dakka handles tutorials. Is there something specific that I need to do to qualify, or do I just wait for a mod to move it?

As mentioned, ease comes from practice. That said, I'd dare say the hard part wasn't pushing the greenstuff around so much as it was sticking with it. Lots of scratch builds end in half-done abandoned failure (I have a chimera chassis that is in this state).

This is incredible! Nicely done. Makes me jealous of my lack of skills.

Mr. Burning wrote:
What diameter are the tubes you used for the framework?

Ailaros wrote:

JMZ wrote: I am curious as to what size that aluminum tubing is for the original frame?

1/8ths inch (outer diameter). It was the PERFECT size for the legs, but I think I'd use something just a touch narrower for the arms in the future.

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Ailaros wrote:
So, I'd say the most important piece of advice I can give is to have another miniature to use as a guide. The reason the arms and legs are basically the right length is because I compared it to the length of the appendages of another model. Likewise, the torso and head are roughly the same size as their GW counterparts because I roughly measured them to be equal. Also, the particular way I folded the cloth was based on the model I was looking at, and I spent a lot of time looking at the hands and faces of existing models so that I could have a base line.

Obviously nothing here is an exact copy of something off of the Cadian sprue, but having something to near-mimic ensures that I get something that looks similar to the models it's trying to fit in with (because it's based off one of them), while at the same time looking slightly different.

Hope that helps.

This bit alone very helpful, being inspired by and keeping with the current look of your minis will definitely enhance the authenticity of the model. Its the same in 2d, you want to know the reality of something before you can make it your own. Kudos and great tips. Thank you.

that's great! I especially like the poster

Agreed on this being inspiring. Its a great model that really captures the feel of the models role.

Great job, you have given me inspiration to do more with GS, seeing that this was your first mini completed. Shock and Awe!

christ !
this is just amazing !

Yea, awesome work man.

Do you/have you thought about commissioning?

Thanks!

lukas-da-trickster wrote:Do you/have you thought about commissioning?

Yeah. The thing is, though, that I'm an artist, not a businessman (despite several attempts). If you know of anyone who is looking to pick up a sculptor...

This is your first scratch build? Shenanigans! There's no way!

Love it! Looks amazing. Very Astropath-y

Incredible work.

Thanks much for the step-by-step photos!

That's a great scratch-built model.....


I'm at the stage where I'm still drowning my minis in paint.

Awesome Job I love the Detail!!!!

Ailaros wrote:Thanks!

lukas-da-trickster wrote:Do you/have you thought about commissioning?

Yeah. The thing is, though, that I'm an artist, not a businessman (despite several attempts). If you know of anyone who is looking to pick up a sculptor...

Can't say that I do know anyone, sorry.

Seriously ? Your first scratchbuild model o.o
I think you have a talent for this
I like it and nice stage-by-stage ^^
I would also like a tutorial

Thanks, everyone!

A Pie wrote:Seriously ? Your first scratchbuild model o.o

Aduro wrote:This is your first scratch build? Shenanigans! There's no way!

Yes, it really is my first scratch build. That said, I didn't decide to just go buy some GS one day and try a scratchbuild. A big majority of the skills needed for this were learned over lots of little projects (you can see some of my GS work here, with the stuff lower down being older).

The only new skills I needed for this job were making a frame (which was surprisingly easy), making a face (parts of which I had already done) and making hands (which, once again, I had some experience with, and was the only distinctly challenging thing of this). Really, this was just me sitting down and actually putting to use all of those other little things I had been doing all this time into just one place.

ghost11 wrote:Thanks much for the step-by-step photos!

A Pie wrote:I like it and nice stage-by-stage ^^

Thanks. Not only did I do it to show how one would construct it, but also to prove that I had really put it together stage by stage

A Pie wrote:I would also like a tutorial

Sure, what more do you want to know? What would make it more... tuto...ly... ?

The level of work put into this is amazing. I swear when I saw it in your batrep, I thought it was a GW figure. Amazing work!

Started reading this thinking 'Why would you bother making one of these from scratch?'
Realised why half way through, awesome sculpting job, nicely done!

That is absolutely amazing! Thumbs up good sir!

 odinsgrandson wrote:
Good work. When you first started him up, I thought that your armature was too bulky, but I think you made it work just fine.

This, I was worried about the bulk too, but then I thought maybe he was going to be a beefy astropath (which would be sort of cool), but after looking at the end result my worries were unfounded.

Good job!

Really inspirational work Ailaros. I think I'll take the plunge on some of the models I need which have lame GW sculpts.

Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Epic conversion.

Don't revive 2 year old dead threads WeaponPprime. Let it stay dead.

Very necro but a good thread to find again.