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Holy christ, this greenstuff is amazing.

please make models and sell for much money

 aldo wrote:
Why does she have a curved sword scabbard while wielding a straight sword?

Probably to do with her Redguard boyfriend!

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 aldo wrote:
Why does she have a curved sword scabbard while wielding a straight sword?

Probably to do with her Redguard boyfriend!

Curved.... swords.

RexInvictus wrote:
Holy christ, this greenstuff is amazing.

please make models and sell for much money

I am at that point with everyone. I bought a crap ton of GS because I don't want to ask people to cast stuff up for me to buy lol.

Plus, it forces me to learn how to sculpt.

 aldo wrote:
Why does she have a curved sword scabbard while wielding a straight sword?

Because it looks fancy and I was seriously too lazy to make one from scratch. That is the 100% truthful answer.

RexInvictus wrote:
Holy christ, this greenstuff is amazing.

please make models and sell for much money

Quote about a half dozen people a week.

I could go the Messyart route and sell models through Paypal via private messages, but unless I learn how to cast it'd be commissions, which I sort of thing to be a bit constricting. Were I unemployed right now or a student then yes it would be a consideration, but I've just started a new job which has cut into my hobby hours (only making one model a day instead of three! Heh) quite a bit. Once that stabilizes a tad then I can think about something other than not acting like a complete novice at work.

But yes, possible, but unless I have the time available and the confidence in my own skills (people may praise me, but I think my stuff's pretty naff) then selling stuff on any sort of scale beyond one off bits to people at my club's just a wee dot on the horizon. Youknow, the type that's still a dot even if you stare at it through a NASA telescope. ...Or is that just a bit of dirt?

 Wyrmalla wrote:

Quote about a half dozen people a week.

I could go the Messyart route and sell models through Paypal via private messages, but unless I learn how to cast it'd be commissions, which I sort of thing to be a bit constricting. Were I unemployed right now or a student then yes it would be a consideration, but I've just started a new job which has cut into my hobby hours (only making one model a day instead of three! Heh) quite a bit. Once that stabilizes a tad then I can think about something other than not acting like a complete novice at work.

But yes, possible, but unless I have the time available and the confidence in my own skills (people may praise me, but I think my stuff's pretty naff) then selling stuff on any sort of scale beyond one off bits to people at my club's just a wee dot on the horizon. Youknow, the type that's still a dot even if you stare at it through a NASA telescope. ...Or is that just a bit of dirt?

I mean, casting is pretty easy, especially for people with your obvious skill. There's quite a few guides on 1d4chan on how to do it quickly, easily and cheaply.

Aye, and my point is that I could do a lot of things, but its the time and effort required which put me off. I leave the door at eight every morning and get back ten hours later, so am not exactly in the mood for much beyond sitting pissing about on a forum. Weekends sure, but I've already the backlog from the week to deal with at that point. =/

If you do decide to take up casting, shoot either myself or Cyporean here on the forums a PM. I can write up a quick tutorial on the process I use, and while I taught her, she and her husband have been making Endless stuff on their own for a year or two now and have probably gotten a lot better than me by this point

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Aye, and my point is that I could do a lot of things, but its the time and effort required which put me off. I leave the door at eight every morning and get back ten hours later, so am not exactly in the mood for much beyond sitting pissing about on a forum. Weekends sure, but I've already the backlog from the week to deal with at that point. =/

I understand where you're coming from. Damn sexy sculpts, though.

I would totes buy some schtuff from you!

Wyrm, I too would love to buy a house guard just for show. By the way, I'm addicted to Morrowind now.

Oh and Wehr I hope it isn't rude but, I sent you a PM. If it is out of bounds please tell me so.

PM? I see no PM! Rage!

Ack, its something I'll look into once I'm settled a bit at work. The actual casting then seeing how silly the postage gets... Reasons why I don't sell terrain here on Dakka. =/

Here's the Dwemer Statue now in a usable state.




I've started painting that Ashlander archer as well. I had a go at a Scamp, but I'm still working out the proportions on the armature (which is all it is right now, just sticks). See what I can get up tonight. =P

 Wyrmalla wrote:
PM? I see no PM! Rage!

Ack, its something I'll look into once I'm settled a bit at work. The actual casting then seeing how silly the postage gets... Reasons why I don't sell terrain here on Dakka. =/

Here's the Dwemer Statue now in a usable state.




I've started painting that Ashlander archer as well. I had a go at a Scamp, but I'm still working out the proportions on the armature (which is all it is right now, just sticks). See what I can get up tonight. =P

Oi ya silluh git! I sents Wehr dat pm waagh! As for the shipping costs, well... you make the person buying pay them. Also, that statue is lovely. I'm still mad at you by the way for this but uh, I think it's time to play some more Morrowind.

Please don't spoil anything for me but, I loved the Solthsteim expansion so very much. Will I get that feel once I start crawling the ash wastes in Morrowind?? Or timeline was has that even happened yet? I just loved the voice actors for the Redoran guards, and going outside of the Bulwark.

If you sit there and download a ton of graphical improvement mods along with ones which improve the locations, outfits and add more NPCs too. Mind that that game is like ten years old. Its what you make of it I suppose. =P

Though aye remember that the Dragornborn expansion is set in an ashlands environment, which whilst being a location in the Morrowind game, is only one part of it. You start in the swamp lands, with the ashlands forming the central area of the island (where the higher level enemies tend to be). Dragonborn's set 200 years after Morrowind. You'll meet a few characters from that game in the DLC, but bare in mind that ...well things didn't go too well for that province after that game finished (* spoilers from Skyrim* ...Daedra, Invasion, meteor hitting it, volcano destroying all of Vvardenfell).

Oh and yes the voice actors in Skyrim went back to the Morrowind style Dunmer voices. In that game they were all gravely and such. Kind of sort of because the Dunmer of Morrowind have to breath in volcanic ash all day....

Also, Solstheim in Morrowind (the game ) is all snowy and gak. Think Dawnstar or Windhelm.

Tsk, the problem that I had with Skyrim's Solstheim was that I had a mod for Morrowind which redid the lanscape. That whole area north of the fort was a taiga forest, but in Dragonborn its a dead (snowy/ashy) wasteland. Ignoring the modded changes, Skyrim also oddly removed the great big frozen lake from the middle of the map, and put the mead hall at the bottom of a mountain rather on top of it. Strange. ...But explained away by the volcanic eruption apparently reshaping the island ...though somehow leaving all the buildings intact (well bar the fort).

Not that I really cared, just sayin'. Oh, for those who do go back to Morrowind, have fun seeing that crashed Dwemer airship only just after it reached the island.

God damn it I looked at the Morrowind Nexus and now I want to go ahead and download a ton of mods again. No. ...Mostly because my free time's going to be going towards Fallout 4. =P

* edit: and woo I'm no longer located in the EU apparently (work's servers are based in Ireland).

Ah yes, FO-4, and that massive T-60 suit!

Still, minis that are made off the armors in Skyrim/Elder scrolls is something that also looks good, as also modded with modern weapons, the armor of the solstheim guards looks like something from Star Wars

That's a nice looking Stat!

Before I lapse too much into inactivity, here's a WIP from today.



She's a Morag Tong assasin, based on their original concept art rather than the shameful Chitin armour reskin which appeared in Skyrim. Not an exact recreation obviously. Damn, really like this art style. Not just that, all that cloth subverts the low-fantasy European vibe which later games stuck with, but that doesn't really suit all the different cultures of Tamriel.



In Frostgrave this she'll be a Treasure Hunter, given that archetype's dexterity (or an actual assassin if they ever add one to an expansion). Not that that guild really take on contracts as mercenaries though, but I suppose I can get away with using her as per rule of cool.

Today's showing.

I've gotten around to painting the Apprentice to my Wizard now. His outfit's based on Master Neloth's one from Skyrim's Dragonborn expansion.






And one of my archers, an Ashlander. Lore wise its a bit odd to see an Ashlander alongside members of the Great Houses (or rather other Great Houses, given that the Ashlanders are just those who chose to stick to the old ways), but put that down to him going off walkabout or something.




An a WIP, which is now being painted alongside the Morag Tong assassin. The second of my thugs (the one in Netch Leather armour's being painted too), this time wearing elements of Chitin Armour alongside other bits of exposed cloth to suit the rag-tag look of a bandit. =P

All looking good!

'nother WIP.



A second archer, this one wearing Netch Leather armour, plus the armature for the Nix Hound. Not entirely sure on the Nix Hound's size, though that may be down to it being in an idle standing pose rather than crouched over as you typically see them in the game.

Love it! We need a silt strider though. I've always loved those big loveable things!

I love that wizard. Your GS skills are impeccable.

Bleh, terrain.

An early (earlier than I'd like as I ran out of clay, stupid because I was in a craft shop today) look at a Telvanni mushroom house.



Its two polystyrene balls stuck together with milliput over them. Just as a show of concept and all, it lacks any sort of detail or texturing, hell I haven't even finished blocking out the shapes as of yet. Its pretty small for a house, though its a first try and the craft shop sells larger balls.

That's the Flesh Atronach which I started next to it BTW, which (along with the area marked out for a door at the front there) is on a 40mm base, for a scale reference. Couple of these along with larger ones and a few mushroom trees would do for a small Telvanni settlement (before I start getting silly and making root platforms and what not).

Oh and aye I could lay one of those balls on its side and cover it in milliput to make a dead Silt Strider easily enough. An alive one would be spending ages sculpting out the individual legs...

Edit: Ooh, and I suppose that rather than having them as a board unto themselves they would in fact suit my own wizard's home. In Frostgrave each Wizard can take over an area within the city as their home base, be it a tavern, a ruined library, a crypt, etc. Now I don't believe there's any scenarios where those bases are attacked, but this custom terrain would do for representing a Telvanni wizard's idea of a small encampment far from home.

fething epic stuff!

Now I want a full Elder Scrolls skirmish game.

I mean, I guess there's Scrollhammer, but it has no models.

Where did you learn to do greenstuff, Wyrmalla, or was it just practice? What greenstuff do you use?

Bethesda don't give a crap about miniatures for their games, or reasons why companies like Brother Vinni and Trollforged can make models without the lawyer boot going down on them. There's This is Not a Test for Fallout, whilst The Elder Scrolls is just your typical fantasy world, so you could probably get away with using any old ruleset for it with some tweaks. Bearing in mind that originally the series began as a D&D campaign, so whatever tabletop games are based on that RPG aught to be a decent basis for an Elder Scrolls game. =P

Its just spending long enough at it to get to this stage I suppose. Probably should take some actual classes or at least read an article on how to sculpt some time... I could be better if I didn't just sculpt the entire model in one go and put the effort into actual details instead of just blocked out shapes. I could, but that'd take actual commitment and quality control, rather than me churning out crap as I sit on my bed about to go to sleep.

I use Gale Force 9 greenstuff. It comes in rolls for £10. One roll's been enough to do me for a year at least, though there's only as much as a couple of Games Workshop packs left on it by now (jump into my WIP folder on the gallery and count how many greens are in there if you want to know how many models that equates to, I'd say at least a good few dozen). Personally I find that grey stuff's a better material to use, but nowhere about her stocks it, so I wind up just using greenstuff, which is a fairly meh sculpting material.

...Least its better than milliput. Though who the hell is sculpting detail with milliput?

Ah, so this is where you've been.

Wyrmalla wrote: I look at my play time in Skyrim and cringe. Then I cringe some more when it hits me that Steam doesn't record hours that you have the game running with the script extender all the time.

(its 562 btw)

Steam tells me I've played 1055 hours of skyrim. I don't know if that makes you feel any better about your time spent, or makes me feel bad about the possibility of having spent twice that time... (I've only been using the script extender for the last character I played).

I'm currently back in Oblivion though (which I've also clocked up over 1000 hours in). But the latest character has got to the point of being able to pick her fights or just to kill quietly (and only if they are likely to have good loot on them, or I want a soul to recharge a weapon).

Wyrmalla wrote:...Least its better than milliput. Though who the hell is sculpting detail with milliput?

Couldn't tell you. Would have to be a madman to use milliput...

Good work throughout, Wyr'. Like the Fire atronach.

I have a silly time in Skyrim too, and I installed the script extender fairly early on...

Hmn, the problem I have with those games is that I play a light armoured sneaky type, but wind up having to act like a tank due to how the levels are designed (and being too lazy to sneak). So I probably aught to wear heavy armour, but that weights a ton ...and isn't so stylish. =P

I'll probably stick up a tutorial for that Telvanni house once I've made one. With that it shouldn't be too difficult to transpose the basic design onto larger structures, the only difference is having more roots and bulbs.

Edit: this thread's views went up by 400 in one day. Weird. Its been at around 150 every other day. ...Yes I have actually bothered to look at the number of views on one of my threads once. Kind of hard to follow with my 80k other thread though. :(

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Edit: this thread's views went up by 400 in one day. Weird. Its been at around 150 every other day. ...Yes I have actually bothered to look at the number of views on one of my threads once. Kind of hard to follow with my 80k other thread though. :(

That might be me. I posted it yesterday on /r/Skyrim and reposted it today.