gd uk duel w.i.p!

[ischa]

Heya peeps, working on the last sculpting for my last entry for this years gd uk. It´ll be a graveyard encounter(tribute to jeo hills gold winning duel of '03) between a strigoi vampire vampire, fully scratchbuilt, and a empire general. I might use Ludwig Schwarzhelm, really like the sculpt, and the pose is perfect.

I´m not posting any pics straight away, as first and foremost, I´ve got a question for all yall, what type of face should i go for on the strigoi? Dont consider difficulty of sculpting when choosing, I feel rather confident so far, and i´ve only got the head to go, got lots of tries to get it right=)

Options for yall are;
1: The classical strigoi style face, rather humanoid, with ghoulish features(like the new gw ghoulking)
2: A werewolf style face with a wolf-like mouth and lots of teeth, similar to this:View attachment 7428
3: Finally something like this version of a strigoi:View attachment 7427

i´ll post pics of the work ongoing as soon as i can start getting proper pics out!

 

[SkelettetS]

seems like you have much things going on, cant wait to see some of the stuff youre bringing to uk, beside the giant
id go for oldschool brutal strigoi!

 

[ischa]

cheers=) indeed have a bit too much going on, but the sculpting is allmost finished, the base for the duel is halfway done. but my regiment has suffered somewhat and has been standing half-finished for ages. hopefully i can get everything finished in time! congratz for the german trophys by the way, great comeptition this year!

 

[Benihana]

I had a hard time finding the "GW Ghoul King" you mentioned, likely due to my lack of familiarity with Vampire Counts...

The second one, "werewolf" style is my favorite, with the blunted nose and gaunt cheeks, however I'm not sure how true it is to the fluff you're going for. The last drawing looks less beastly and more "evil," and I think the exaggerated features would work well on a mini. Best of luck with whichever route you take!

 

[ischa]

the ghoulkin is the rider option for the new terrorgheist/xombie dragon set by gw=) it´s a pretty sweet mini, but very human features

 

[armornv]

For me, the second drawing is a bit too werewolf-ish. The ghoul king is a too humanish. If I ever saw what's in the third drawing face to face.... It would make my bowels jump three feet backwards while I was frozen still..... I vote that one!

 

[ischa]

right now the third one is pulling some heavy votes, and i like it best aswell, looking like that´s what i´ll do! i´ll put some pics up of the greens before i get to work, camera is in stockholm, but i´ll give it a try with my iphone or something! started with the schwarzhelm mini aswell, and i´m surprised, it´s a awesome mini with tons of great details!

 

[ischa]

got some shots taken of the sculpt and the base, sadly horrible quality, missing photo equipment and a proper camera. luckily today brought a clear sky, so could use the natural daylight, but a ipod camera is pretty crappy, even with good weather!
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they also seem to be a bit big, but oh well...

 

[Willdorling]

Loving the look of the base. What have you used for the gravel? It looks bigger than sand.

Cheers

 

[ischa]

it´s actually regular gw sand. it got smaller, i think! turned out rather clumpy though, by purpose

 

[SkelettetS]

just teaser pictures aye?:silly: look like some nice sculpting there, but then hard to judge.
at least ive sneak peaked some balin photos on gw gbg's facebook site. nice

 

[ischa]

allways teaser pics! i´m pretty satisfied, since it´s my first full sculpt cheers there, but those pics are pretty crap aswell, i´m afraid! we should do a combined painting day at wizard games, or something like that, someday!

 

[ischa]

doesnt inspiration come from the wierdest places sometimes? was working on the face today, and couldnt get that really evil expression over the eyes until i started listening to s club 7! crazy psychology!

 

[Fuzzbuket]

wow really nice sculpting! i like the musculature its minfblowing!

-fuzz

p.s. thats my hopes of even placing in the duel category ruined

 

[ischa]

pfft, dont say that i´m not getting anywhere with the head, grabbed more than i could eat! this is my first sculpt, so i´m really happy with the musculature and the hands, thanks to hivetrygons wip thread, more than anything! nice to hear someone else is going for duel, would love to see what you got planned!=)

 

[ischa]

some updates, hated the treestump on the old version so i decided to add a new tree, something like a louisiana style cypress. think it worked out nice=) also added the rider to the base, perfect pose for a duel, that one! i´ll be adding the sculpted strigoi once the paintwork is done=) also putting up a pic of my bain, who´ll be coming with me to gd aswell, won a local finecast comp with him and i´m rather happy with him! crap pics as usual, gotta get me a damn camera, but since a new semester just started, i´ll be a bit low on money for a while
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[Fuzzbuket]

wow nice work i love the banner and the dwarf (what does the scroll say?)

 

[DannyVasquez]

Ill be looking out for this one when Im there. Looks pretty darn good!!

 

[A Luna]

Please don't say the dwarf is a reference to Rebecca Black's Friday? :|
Would love to see some better pics

 

[ischa]

it is indeed a rebecka black reference and it says:

Treasure
we
we
we
so
Excited
man, that song is great inspiration! glad you guys like it, will you be entering anything into the competition?=)
better pics may be on the way, got a friend who´s a photographer, but both our schedules are pretty full atm i´m afraid=(