I decided accept the commission and started planning the process. It took me a while to get a clear picture of how I'd put pieces together, but eventually I found the path. Here's where I'm with the project at the moment...
I tried to copy the essence of the character from the illustration in to 3D as well as possible. I also made some alterntions to make him look more like my own version – or vision. This kept the task both interesting and more creative.
There were some specific request from the commissioner for the task. One of the things he really wanted to be given for the character was the skull-in-a-box, the same kind of thing that Preacher Josef is carrying with him.
I've made some small adjustments to head wiring after I took these shots, making the forehead piece a bit less bulky. The robe was harder to carry out than I first had thought, but after second go I was able to pull it off. In the end, there's very little left of the original bits and pieces used to build the character.
Now that the weather in Finland isn't "that" cold anymore, I might be able to go outside and shoot some primer over him.
- Kari
Yep, I think you've nailed it. The way the robe piles up on his foot is beautifully realized. He is just the right amount of creepy and threatening.
ReplyDeleteThe skull-in-a-box reminds me of the external air supplies, used by the apollo astronauts on the ground, for some reason. It's a very nice little weird-sci-fi element.
Thanks Drone 21C!
DeleteWhen I put the skull-in-a-box together, I thought it might be withholding an old ancestor's skull. The skull is "breathing" the Warp energy and then storing it in the backpack of the Inquisitor to enhance his psychic abilities. The backpack also has the rest of the ancestor's remainings (or at least what has been found of him), boosting the effect of the energy even further.
Just brilliant Kari. Yet another outstanding miniature.
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Cheers Eve! Your Realm of Chaos band is very cool too!!
DeleteVery cool! Can't wait for the painted one!
ReplyDeleteThanks Logan!
DeleteWhat more can I say? Amazing. You nailed it. He is slightly stockier than the illustration but you've translated him into the world of miniatures with great skill. Not only that but you made him your own. Congratulations. Your client is very lucky.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tim. The head was so big that I really had to build him slightly stockier, otherwise he'd look like some weird humanoid :D
DeleteI love that halo on him! Well done!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear it's not that cold at your place anymore, espoo is rocking -20 :)
Thanks Alexander! It went up to -4 during weekend, so I was able to prime him.
DeleteVery cool, Kari! Brilliant work as always.
ReplyDeleteReally look forward to seeing him painted.
All that being said, though, I always figured this guy to be partnered up with the woman on the opposite page... just a thought ;)
Cheers Christian!
DeleteHmm, now that you mentioned it, maybe I'll build the female one too, just for fun... or for sale :)
..which is why you should totally scupt his femal colleague next :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, fantastic work, as usual! Good to see new stuff from you! By the look of it, 2014 will be a good year for you Spiky Rats ;)
Thanks mate! Let's hope that this year will beat the last one – it'll be hard but never put the bar too low!
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