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Back in 2008 I sculpted this Girlbot as a present: I've decided to revisit this concept for a new project - a set of three robots for casting: a boy, girl and generic robot. Basic concept sketch: Armature: I have armatures prepared for the other two sculpts but will wait for more...

The day job has been pretty hectic of late and sadly this has put a bit of a dampener on my nocturnal sculpting activities. So brings me to my latest sculpt(s): Mad Clown: Reference sketches: ...and the armature: Tried something different with the armature, using a technique I spotted in...

Every now and then I sculpt a miniature that encourages me to break my 15 year + painting hiatus. Every time I hate the process! I ask myself: "Why the hell does it take me so long?! Even just to undercoat?!". Well, the realisation slapped me across the chops like a wet fish last night when I...

What better way to spend a wet British Sunday afternoon than to launch my first miniature? How about launching a painting competition to accompany it! For the duration of my "Pie Fight!" painting competition, resin Pie Clowns will be available for the special price of just £3! If you send...

Due to strong reactions across various forums I have decided to remove my posts in this thread. I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to any of the 184 people to have viewed this thread who may have been offended by the subject matter. It was certainly not my intention to offend and...

Some time ago there was an impressive Silent Hill diorama in the image gallery. It featured a mannequin nurse, Pyramid Head and a bedroom scene with some butterfly displays on the wall. This no longer seems to be in the gallery. Does anybody know more about this? Artist etc or where I can find...

Apologies, I'm a total HTML noob and my ability doesn't stretch further than or ...! I'm trying to modify my signature so that the banner for my Facebook page acts as a clickable hyperlink. I've read that the following code should allow this however it doesn't appear to work! <a...

I have a question for those of you who frequently buy miniatures: Do you prefer a casting to have a 'slottabase' tag at the feet for insertion into the base or not? And why? Just a casual bit of "market research" :-)

Hi there, Over the coming months I'm looking to cast up a bunch of original miniatures for sale. I'm looking for a couple of (UK based) painters to do the honour of tarting them up for me! I can't offer much in return other than the free miniature and full painting credit for your work (plus a...

As a means to rehabilitate my sculpting hand after an unfortunate accident I'm sculpting this guy: This fairground mascot appears in the Silent Hill video game series. I made some reference sketches: ...and prepared a (very) basic armature: I've only got as far as fleshing out...

This WIP thread will document my first sculpt created for casting. I've been recommended a caster not too far away and as this is something I've wanted to do for a while I'm gonna just go for it. I'm continuing with my current theme of clowns and going with the consensus: the legendary custard...

For some time now I've wanted to have a cast of my own sculpt. Now that I've found a potential caster I'm making plans to make this happen! As my first cast I plan to make a clown, similar to these guys: Any preferences from the following sketches...

I've recently been admiring some of the models available from Kingdom Death, particularly the Butcher: http://shop.kingdomdeath.com/product/butcher The 'busy' nature of this characterful mini' struck me as making for an fun sculpt. Beneath all the detail, it's underlying simplicity makes it...

As a follow up to my recent Evil Clown, may I introduce the WIP thread for my latest: Sad Clown. Concept sketches: Armature: Fleshing out: Face and shoes (and drum): Further sketches (change of plan...): Clothing: Head work and collar: Ears, laces and accordian...

I've recently been participating in the February Sculptalong over at http://minisculpture.co.uk. The theme is carnival freaks and I have decided upon an evil clown. I'll post only WIP pics in this thread so anybody wanting a little more blurb should see the original thread...

Sketch based on an old GW plastic: According to the date on the sketch I must have started this sculpt over 3 years ago! I started a practice head some time ago but got distracted as usual... Had a good old catch up sculpt last night: Currently thinking of finishing him off as a...

Bit disappointed that the 10% off sale was only announced on the day... I've only just got the email, a day too late!

As a break from the norm' I thought I'd have some fun sculpting a mini' for Halloween. Using the concept of a 'speed sculpt' as an excuse I thought I'd have a go at this guy (I've been meaning to get round to this project for some time): So I made some lazy sketches over breakfast: ...then...

I'm currently browing http://www.just-cork.co.uk for various sized corks for my sculpting and was wondering what the sculptors among you use? With tapered corks do you find it more comfortable to hold the cork any particular way up?

Inspired by Cassar's wonderful Slaanesh Chaos Lord I sought permission to create a version in miniature: http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?44807-Slaanesh-terminator I began by making some casual sketches and printing out some photos as reference material: Tonight I put...