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I love the lone gobo on the back of the spider; makes it look oddly more menacing! I love the new watermark also! Really nice and clever design!

Thanks guys!

Tomorrow I will post my latest commission, another gigantic creature. I used almost as much greenstuff has the Rock giant.

Love the tiny gobbo and giant spider, like everyone else it seems

And you tease about the creature commission, can't wait to see it!

Was not my iintention to tease... well not the main one that is

So one month ago I got a new challenge since Otherworld miniatures commissioned me to re imagine their Colossal Slug.

The brief was quite open, they wanted a HUGE Slug highly textured with a modernized and fantasy like style. This was just about my favourite subject, bugs!
Gastropoda have been quite a fun ride with the snails and now the slug.





























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The kit will have 3 pieces, main body and 2 pair of eyes.



Been doing loads of Mollusca and even if by now I would call it finished I'm happy to say that during this weekend I will post Slugs concept art of some Medium sized slugs I want to sculpt asap.
Hope you guys liked the Colossal Slug, for sure it has been just a pleasure for me.

That is a HUGE slug @_@

Awesome work, and particularly disturbing in the shot where it's bearing down on the fleeing dude

- Salvage

Whoa, that's a seriously scary slug. It looks great - and super realistic. (My youngest son loooves slugs and snails, so I spend a lot of time looking for/at them).

Boss Salvage wrote:That is a HUGE slug @_@

Awesome work, and particularly disturbing in the shot where it's bearing down on the fleeing dude

- Salvage

He as no chance, yet somehow he manages to escape and make its way to another nasty monster. I have been using this fella for scale purposes for years now so he is clearly quite good at getting away

Oguhmek wrote:Whoa, that's a seriously scary slug. It looks great - and super realistic. (My youngest son loooves slugs and snails, so I spend a lot of time looking for/at them).

Maybe this will be a good project to iniate your son into painting some miniatures? Thank you Sir.

Phenomenal!! Your texture sculpting is gorgeous. Really lovely work

Much appreciated Januine.

So still in slug mode here and I really want to sculpt some medium sized hell slugs, these are some of my concepts on paper.
Which one(s) to sculpt is yet still to be decided. Really hard to choose!
Ideas and suggestions are welcome Dakkaites.

I never knew I wanted a giant slug. Is that bad boy going to be a retail things soon?

I wonder if it would scare off the slugs in my garden... sort of a big "THESE TOMATOES ARE TAKEN!" sign.

Love the third pic, and the one in the center of the last! I think the bumps / spikes on the back of the last one should be carried through the others, rather than the very smooth back section shown on some. It makes it seem more complete, whereas if it's smooth I keep looking for a snail shell to be added

Very cool concepts!!

I'm with RiTides about the lack of shell somehow seeming like 'uncompleted snail', but I undestand that Slugs do look like that- maybe it's just a difference between the drawing and how the actual full-model texture would look.

Though having one that's super-duper ueber smooth might be interesting.

I favor all of the slugs in the group pic, or the first slug + some spikes. Not really a fan of the tentacle eyestalks on slug 2 and 3, prefer the quasi-realism of 1.

Mmmm, quasi-realism ...

- Salvage

You know... if the whole battle slugs thing doesn't work out... I'm certain you would be a smash making slug models for museums, schools and mallocologists!

This is crazy !

Wehrkind wrote:I never knew I wanted a giant slug. Is that bad boy going to be a retail things soon?

I wonder if it would scare off the slugs in my garden... sort of a big "THESE TOMATOES ARE TAKEN!" sign.

I think it would even scare the birds and cats Just got news that it reached Otherworld studios safe. So it will be up to them for how long it takes to cast . I will keep you posted.

RiTides wrote:Love the third pic, and the one in the center of the last! I think the bumps / spikes on the back of the last one should be carried through the others, rather than the very smooth back section shown on some. It makes it seem more complete, whereas if it's smooth I keep looking for a snail shell to be added

Very cool concepts!!

Thanks! Im a fan of the spikes too myself.

Anvildude wrote:I'm with RiTides about the lack of shell somehow seeming like 'uncompleted snail', but I undestand that Slugs do look like that- maybe it's just a difference between the drawing and how the actual full-model texture would look.

Though having one that's super-duper ueber smooth might be interesting.

I think if in the end I sculpt a few of them I can do some with and without spiky bits.

Boss Salvage wrote:I favor all of the slugs in the group pic, or the first slug + some spikes. Not really a fan of the tentacle eyestalks on slug 2 and 3, prefer the quasi-realism of 1.

Mmmm, quasi-realism ...

- Salvage

Quasi- realism I never heard that one before but I love the sound of it
I see what your saying its always hard to achieve a good balance between fantasy and realism.

Gitsplitta wrote:You know... if the whole battle slugs thing doesn't work out... I'm certain you would be a smash making slug models for museums, schools and mallocologists!

Yeah in the end I will probably have e full army of slugs and snails!

Minus wrote:This is crazy !

Its going to get crazier soon

Just finished working my way through this thread. Love your models & bases, and looking forward to seeing more slugs (also - never imagined that would be a phrase I would ever use....).

I coincidentally picked up your Secret Weapon corpse bases two days ago to act as Malifaux corpse markers, too.

Whip Scorpion/ Vinegaroon sculpt.

I was commissioned to enter a new project along with Mortal Arrow miniatures and the first, of many, insects is the giant Whip scorpion.

Mortal Arrow is in the process to redesign their site and they just uploaded the fluff for the Whip Scorpion too.
http://www.mortalarrow.com/character-dark_vinegaroon.html

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Many more insects with a fantasy twist will soon be created for your adventures.


@Groundh0g Thank you! I hope you enjoy painting the corpses bases with plenty of gory paints.

Wow, just love most of it! The tail is odd for me, but I'm guessing that's part of their design. But overall it's adorable

 NAVARRO wrote:
Much appreciated Januine.

So still in slug mode here and I really want to sculpt some medium sized hell slugs, these are some of my concepts on paper.
Which one(s) to sculpt is yet still to be decided. Really hard to choose!
Ideas and suggestions are welcome Dakkaites.

The only correct answer as to which one to sculpt is all of them of course

Great sculpt, looks fantastic, agree with RiTides it looks a little off with the tail and antenna, but you have kept true to their design, so not your sculpt at issue. If anything you have nailed natures design quite well, so its her fault it looks weird.

So love your carapace work, just stunning.

I Like Slug 2 best, Excellent work.

Very late, but holy moly that giant slug is super impressive! So realistic.

Nice work on the Scorpion too.

EDC

In defense of Navarro... here's the real thing. I think he's done a really excellent job interpreting this into something that's viable as a model.

Whip scorpions are really weird, I know, but kind of cool since they spray liquid from that tail that smells like vinegar, so yeah really odd creature.
Mother nature does give us some crazy study subjects.
While sculpting I really had to make some elements cast friendly ( tail and antennas), so little tweaks to the proportions had to be made. In the end I also added some fantasy twists just to make it more wicked.

Speaking of odd creatures Im finishing one now that is as alien as it can be.

Slug wise I will try to make 2 or 3 tops but first I just received a few more commissions so I need to get around them.

Its been quite a prolific year for sculpting so far.

You made any Mantis Shrimp-inspired beasties yet?

Not yet Anvildude but I can say Im doing a big beasty that lives in the water

Digging the slugs, hope they are salt resistant otherwise it will be an easy battle

Time for the Tailless Whip Scorpion to rise into the war-gaming tables.

This is my latest sculpt for Mortal Arrow Miniatures.































and no salt will harm this one Jehan-reznor

I'll take two please.

That's just amazing.