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SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... |
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Drasannar
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy...  Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:10 pm |
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Hi,
The last 1 1/2 months got rather hectic, which didn't get better with the new semester, so I didn't get to spend much time on sculpting
Still, in a few hours now and then I managed to gradually finish one of the WIP pieces I showed you some time ago.
I thought some pics might be in order... 
The miniature is a Tau Watercaste Envoy, directly based on the Inquisitor 54mm model, which is shown for reference in pic #7.
He is accompanied by an escort drone, basically a smaller gun drone with pulse pistols instead of pulse rifles.
Since I'm short on time right now (I have to get up early tomorrow), I will only write a few short comments on the pics.
[Please note: The minature is not actually properly assembled, the parts are held together by small lumps of brownstuff, which makes them look rather "stuck on" and add some width and height which is not really there. This is particularly obvious on the arms and the drone stand]
Here we go, in numerical order:
#1, 2 & 3
These show the individual parts, still in their disassembled state, of the Tau himself, the drone and a base + flying stand I made specifically for the drone.
The Tau insignia on his necklace (which itself is barely visible here) was quite a pain to do, but I think it adds a lot to the mini, so I didn't want to leave it off. On the other hand I dropped the runes on his robes shoulder parts, because chances are they would have looked just like some random clutter.
#4 & 5
These should give some idea of what he would look like assembled. I think the head is somewhat too big, perhaps I try to create a smaller one someday.
(It might, however, just (mostly) be due to the brownstuff joint , I'm not sure).
In #5 I put him next to a firewarrior, to show that he is approximately the right scale, considering that the FW is slightly crouching, while the Watercaste is standing bolt upright.
#6 shows a close-up of both the envoy and the drone. I am very satisfied with the way the gizmo in his right hand turned out, which shows very well in this pic.
Lastly some self critique:
There are a few points I don't like about how he turned out, but luckily they can all be changed (when I find the time to do it):
- the head is probably slightly too big, which is a shame because I otherwise like it very much, and I hate doing heads...
-the sleeves lengths don't match. this is easy to correct, I just didn't notice there was that much of a difference before assembling him.
- I should give him a higher collar, which would probably also help compensate for the head's size.
- his body is a little too thin. This is easy to change, but I have to be careful not to make him seem fat 
That's it for now, hopefully I will be able to sculpt some more in the near future, but it looks rather bleak at the moment...
Cheers,
Drasannar
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Lextar
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:14 pm |
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Wow, that is amazing!! You have to give us some tips on how you sculpt so expertly.
Do you have a website with all your work? I'm sure you'll have plenty of amazing stuff to show off.
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Warmaster Nice
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:26 pm |
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primarch
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:30 am |
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Jimbo
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:31 am |
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Legion 4
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:00 am |
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WOW !!!!!!  How do we get one !?!?!? 
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:10 am |
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Mojarn Piett
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:47 am |
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Justiniel
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 8:49 am |
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Speechless indeed, again
The quality of your work is superb, I like his 'thiness', gives an otherworld quality to the piece, the sleeves do need to be evened up though but that is a minor gripe, Iwould buy him as is.
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stormseer
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:47 pm |
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Awe-inspiring talent... 
Fabulous.
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:12 pm |
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Drasannar
Ran out of superlatives last time you showed us some Epic sculpting. The highest praise I can give is this one is equally great!!
Cheers
James
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Drasannar
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Post subject: SCULPT: Tau Watercaste Envoy... Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:33 pm |
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HI,
First of all, thank you for your continued praise guys. Should I indeed ever think of applying for a job at Forgeworld, I hope you will allow me to quote you for my resume...:cool:
Now for a few comments:
You have to give us some tips on how you sculpt so expertly.
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As Mojarn Piett mentioned, I did "On sculpting" several weeks ago, but if you have any specific questions you feel are not covered there just feel free to ask. I will try to answer any question to the best of my ability, as soon as time permits.
I have also been thinking about doing something like the Battle sister diary again, though probably not over a week but compressed into something like 24 working hours, with in-progress pics and some comments every 4-6 hours.
I thought about doing either a Necron Warrior or a Drop Trooper this time.
Probably (depending on my university workload at that time) this will be during the Whitsuntide holidays (sometime mid-May).
Do you have a website with all your work? I'm sure you'll have plenty of amazing stuff to show off.
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"No" and "No".
Let me explain: I don't have a website for two reasons: first, I know next to nothing about programming or web design, and I wouldn't want my website to look like utter rubbish (which, trust me, it probably would If I did it now...), and I don't really have the time to invest into learning about it at the moment.
Secondly, which also answers the second part of your question: I don't have enough to show off to make such an endeavour worthwhile. Though I have been, technically, sculpting in Epic scale since early 2002, most of my work has been concentrated in a few weeks of activity each time.
Furthermore, I have the (bad) habit of jumping from project to project. That's why I have, at the moment at least half a dozen promising miniatures in the pipeline, but none of them are anywhere close to being finished as I showed you in the collage in the Sister thread.
Really, except for some early stuff which wasn't full sculpting but conversion of some kind, I think you have seen everything I have made so far/am working on...
If I could ever produce anything to that quality I'd bee too afraid to ruin them to ever apply a coat of paint to them! -But please do it! It looks fantastic!
I don't have time to paint at the moment, and anyway I want to try and make a mold of him (and the sister, and whatever will come after those) before I assemble him, so no painting for now.
How do we get one !?!?!?
*If* I ever get around to make a mold of him (and others), and *if* the casts turn out to be of acceptable quality (meaning not covered in airbubbles etc), and *if* the parts still fit properly after that (cast parts are slightly thicker than the original, at least if I cast them at home) , so that they can still be properly assembled . . . and if I don't get sued by GW legal department for even typing this
Cheers,
Drasannar
