Thursday, 18 November 2010

Harkers squad got badged

I broke out the green stuff and sculpting tools this week and managed to make a little progress on Harkers squad. My plan was to get their cap badges done. It's been a while since I last sculpted so I was a bit worried that I'd wouldn't be able to pull it off. Surprisingly, they came out pretty well, although it took a few attempts to get it right. Here's how they turned out ...



 
 

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out. Some of them are pretty good and some are a bit iffy, but I'm not being too critical on myself as it was my first attempt at sculpting such small details.

What I've learned this time ...
  • When doing small details, it's best to push the green stuff completely flat to ensure it sticks and then push it toward the center to build the details.
  • Don't sculpt small details late at night when my eyes are tired.
  • It's easy to keep going over the same sculpt trying to get it perfect but at this stage in my sculpting, it's best to get it pretty good and leave it there rather than overworking it and getting annoyed.
I also finished off their bases, which means all I need to do now is to give them cloaks. Unfortunately, they're going to be on hold until I can find a decent tutorial on how to make simple cloaks from green stuff.

Hopefully, I'll find one soon and get these guys finished and ready for painting. In the meantime, I'll be cracking on with my Starstreak Hydra's.

6 comments:

Col. Hessler said...

Looking good, mate.

Zzzzzz said...

Excellent (green)stuff ! Do they really need cloaks? I'd be tempted to paint them camo and pay the points for camelioline t shirts.

But I suppose that's why my armies all look unfinished.

Max said...

Nicely done sir!

Hal'jin said...

Like them a lot! Good to see you post something too. :)

Col. Corbane said...

Thanks guys, glad you like them, they've been a hell of a labour of love.

@Zzzzz - I like to use cloaks to represent guys with the stealth ability mate, so it's a theme across my entire army. Also I don't want to cop out on them as they're also about pushing my sculpting ability.

I just need to find a decent tutorial, looking back, I don't really like Harker's cloak anymore.

Admiral Drax said...

Superb. Way to go!