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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 19:29:20
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Hollerin' Herda with Squighound Pack
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Hi Dakka.
I'm working on sculpting some faces at the moment (in 28mm scale) and it just occurred to me that you never actually see eyebrows sculpted on a face.
I was wondering about the reason behind this as it doesn't seem like it would be too tricky to do.
I was thinking possibly they might clutter the face or just the fineness of the hair involved would be impossible to replicate at this scale.
I'd love to know what others thought, cheers.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 19:48:27
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Slaanesh Chosen Marine Riding a Fiend
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Well you can make the test quite quickly. Just touch your own eyebrows and guess how long they stand away from your face. Then calculate how much height they would need on a 28 mm miniature.
Yes 28mm isn't realisticly propotioned but even for heroic scale eyebrows would have to be paperthin. For people with bushy eybrows it is a possibility but for each normal eyebrowed-model it wouldn't make sense to sculpt them. It's much more realistic and time saving if you don't bother with them and just paint them on.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 19:51:54
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Perfect Shot Ultramarine Predator Pilot
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Man... did you ever watch a dwarf miniature ? :p
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 20:05:02
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Morphing Obliterator
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Some of the chaos marauder heads have sculpted eyebrows
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 20:16:27
Subject: Re:Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Brigadier General
The new Sick Man of Europe
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Becuase they don't need them, they have eyelashes instead.
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DC:90+S+G++MB++I--Pww211+D++A++/fWD390R++T(F)DM+
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 20:43:38
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Stern Iron Priest with Thrall Bodyguard
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yeah, you can find the odd mini with bushy eyebrows, but that's about it...
i've never felt the need to paint them on the male minis that don't have them, but it's easy enough to paint them on the females...
not much point in sculpting on such a fine detail, unless you want ladies with big bushy eyebrows...
they do stand out when sculpted!!!
cheers
jah
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Paint like ya got a pair!
Available for commissions.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/21 23:15:16
Subject: Re:Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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Just paint them on. The paint's thickness might actually be to scale
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/23 17:31:13
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Fighter Ace
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The Primaris Psyker has some, they are the bushiest Eyebrows in the Imperium!!!!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/23 19:45:32
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Rampaging Carnifex
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Use liquid green stuff to draw them on, then paint 'em.
Once dry, it's pretty thin.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2013/09/24 00:38:30
Subject: Why do no miniatures have sculpted eyebrows?
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Death-Dealing Dark Angels Devastator
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In the Grim Dark of the Far Future...Mankind and Xenos alike have no time for eyebrows so they held a conference and decided they would no longer grow them.
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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/634742.page
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