Mako Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 buh? Did I miss a memo? *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Oh no, I've made me feelings on Lucy pretty clear, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Ohhhhh. And more to the point, ewwww! Remind me not to leave you and him alone together. THe best I could hope for is you ran off with him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 We're in LOVE damnit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruglyother Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I'm hoping it's the perspective, but for some reason, his knees look rather low to me. Long thighs, short calves. It could be the perspective, but worth a look. Otherwise, fantastic as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 agreed,.. the knees are still a hair low, and the crotch is still a bit,.. impressive. But it's coming along great,.. as always. better then I can do anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Sorry guys, just checked it - the knees are in fact a couple of mm high! The crotch is below anatomical measure (tho I haven't filed any of it back so yes, it's still a bit bulky *grin*) But what makes it look odd i think is that the waist is visually very high, it's the design of the trousers. The waistcoat in fact meets the trousers around the navel, not on the hips. The actual position of his knees will become more obvious with luck as I refine the shape, but the knee itself is at the top of the curved front at the bottom of the trousers. They just haven't been turned into straighter tighter folds yet. If you want the maths, the head is 40.67mm long so the knee should be 81.3mm off the floor. Add 5 for his heels to give 86.3, and the bottom of each knee sits at 90mm (well, one is 92). The position will get closer and become more obvious as I refine it, I keep the calipers to hand when I'm doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruglyother Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 As I said, perspective. Glad to see you have it under control.*grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Yeah, it's the worst thing with photos of sculpts, they're so hard to get everything looking spot on to how it does in reality. That's not to say the legs are perfect, the shapes need a lot of work still! But the odds and ends are in the right places. I'm going to take some time to get the legs finessed properly before moving on, just to be sure they're exactly what they should be. Who knows, maybe the next thing I put up will be some guild painting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Well, the malifaux painting is slow at the moment while I force myself to clean and prep the guild crew I have lying about so I can paint them. I'm also doing a piece for a challenge over on another forum, which looks like this so far: So my crews will progress somewhat sedately for the next few weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 How'd you get the chains to act like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 THey're wires twisted together, still fairly thin but pretty sturdy so I could just bend them into position. I probably should have said, it will be moonlight or late dusk, with the little green tube being a red flare. I'm trying for lots of movement and drama, so have aimed for poppy against the wall watching tilly unhook her line and run forward to take position. So enough general light to see the loveliness of the sculpts, but the red light hitting the sides of both their faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Well, having seen another hungering darkness that seems to have a brain painted on the back of its head, I've decided I've let mine languish for far too long. So I'll be making some progress on him soon, while I prep things like the snipers for painting. Musculature needs doing next, and the first layer of that where I have to work out where everything goes is going to be a long job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwitchyPenguin Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 great googlie monkey bananas that is so awesome! I don't know how you have the patience for this stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thanks twitchy! Mostly, I have nothing better to do. *grin* And it's good to focus on this and not have anything else in my head, I find it relaxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks twitchy! Mostly, I have nothing better to do. *grin* And it's good to focus on this and not have anything else in my head, I find it relaxing. And he's got mini-OCD and ADD,... (not to mention his god-like powers of creation *grin*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Those too lol. Although this year I'm being more disciplined, I'm working on one sculpt, one paint job, one long slow conversion and one almost ready to paint piece. Much better than my usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoeRender Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Very cool scene , sexy drop chicks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Cheers Foe! I figured that combining pretty girls, sniper rifles and roping from choppers by flarelight... doesn't come much higher on the awesome-meter than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetish Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hi Mako! I love the work you have done! Occasionally you posted links to docs/tutorials that you had written/used - do you have those all collected in one place that is shared? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hey phetish, thanks! All my tutorials are linked in the first post of this thread, just under the crew photos. They're all pdf files, though the tutorial in the fanzine is a big file as its the whole magazine! If any of them don't work let me know and I'll reset the links, sometimes Dropbox throws a tantrum over them. Hope they're helpful! ---------- Post added at 06:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 AM ---------- All right then, with an event in toronto on the 20th and my Kirai crew lacking a shikome, I'm going to be sculpting a wild harpy that I'll be using as a shikome (I have the card already). And since someone else wants one too, I'm going to attempt to sculpt, cast and paint it in eleven days. And paint a pair of night terrors too. This is probably insane, but what the heck. I love a challenge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Ok, very quick shots of harpy progress as I'm off out to drink whisky and eat steak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwitchyPenguin Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hmn....godlike powers...i say we can tap those and sell it for lots of money.... just how to distill it......*evil, girlish, McMorning type cackling* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted January 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hey, I'm always up for crazy science that dabbles in things it shouldn't! Quick decision time though, I'm debating what to do on the harpy - bat wings (more evil) or feather wings (matching the legs). What do people think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 I'd say bat wings, honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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