Sunday 23 May 2021

CREATURE FEATURE

 Using Keith's Monster Mayhem I've been trying to get through some creatures I need or want for my Star wars project, I'm hoping these will still count in the challenge, but with their small size can understand if they don't.


This set of 3 creatures are all denizens of Jabba's palace, at the top left we have Ghoel, who at one point is seen licking C3PO.


On the the left is Attark, who I have still yet to spot during the scene


And finally on the right is a Rock Wart, who again I'm still yet to find.


While I've been working on these I have got two more denizens finished on the left is Harc Seff, and the right is Leslomy Tacema, who I only found by chance when looking up Ephant Mon, It also showed an Aqualish that I haven't found a name for yet.


To finish off today I have a creature that is talked about often, but so far has not appeared in either the big screen or small, the Wamp Rat, now when Luke describes bullseyeing them from his speeder he say's that they are not much bigger than 2 meters, from a snipers perspective that would be the head and body as the tail would be a thin small target, so I built this one on that sort of scale. 


As I've only got artists impressions I've put my own spin on the creature, but kept the twin tail and four ears.

That's all for this post, working on two more creatures that I hope to finish before the end of the challenge, so until next time stay safe and have fun !
Cheers Dave



33 comments:

  1. Small or not your three random critters are delightfully detailed enough to distinguish wht they are when compared to the film's stills.
    The others are of cours eup to your usual high standards too and even your reimagne dwamp rat thing is a great addition to the collection.
    I'm still amazed that you can do real research inot Star Wars, but completelt understand the hthe 'need' to do so !

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    1. Thank you Joe, I always try to remember that not everyone will know all these characters so putting in still shots helps make them relatable. The internet has certainly made it a lot easier to find information, as back in the 70's it was whatever books or comics you could find to give the relevant information, and Wookiepedia is a great resource

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  2. So that's what a wamp rat looks like! Nice work all round, though I have to admit I haven't spotted any of the three little monsters in the films.

    Cheers Roger.

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    1. Thank you Roger, the artists impressions have the face more normal rat like, but I wanted to give it a more alien feel. So many of the obscure characters are seen for less than a second and quite often hidden behind more prominent ones, or even hidden in shadowy corners. Out of the three Ghoel is the easiest to find as he is above Jabba's dais to the left, but he's not seen in all the scenes above him suggesting he moves around

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  3. Truly love the obscurity here - and lovely additions to MAYhem Dave!

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    1. Thank you Mark, it has been good to give these creatures their moment in the spotlight, and another step closer to having all the denizens of Jabba's Palace ! LOL

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  4. Great looking critters and characters!

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    1. Thank you Simon, good to tick off a few more from the list ! LOL Still a lot more to go

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  5. Great work, Dave. Love the little critters etc but Harc Seff has to be fave of this bunch. Great to see a Star Wars CCG pic too. Blimey, did I spend a lot of dosh on that game (and Star Trek CCG) too!!! Tempted to get in the loft and dig all the cards out thanks to you, LOL!!

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    1. Thank you Simon, luckily I'm getting down to the last few aliens, then it's onto all the pesky humans ! LOL
      Never got into the card scene, as I preferred a gaming system that involved models, but they do come in handy for reference pictures. Sorry about the trip to the loft ! LOL

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  6. Some very cool critters here Dave! As always, I love seeing the effort to represent the random lesser known pieces from the films and Extended Universe.

    I like your take on the Wamp Rat. Up until I played the old MMORPG SW Galaxies and also Knight of the Old Republic video games, I had no real idea what they were supposed to look like either, but both games represented them differently for whatever reason. So I guess making your own isn't that big a deal and makes them just as "correct" in my mind.

    Here's some images I found of Wamprats from the above titles: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=star+wars+galaxies+wamp+rat&form=HDRSC2&first=1&tsc=ImageBasicHover

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    1. Thank you Dai, the obscure deserve some love and attention to ! LOL
      Glad you like my version of a Wamp Rat, I find until a creation has been in the mainstream, either movie or TV series, it's left to an individual's interpretation, a bit like Krayt Dragons, there was so many different versions shown in comics artists renditions, but now it's appeared in the Mandolorian, that's the version everyone remembers. Let's hope it appears in one sometime soon, and if Dave and John want to use my version, they've only got to ask ! LOL

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  7. Great job on all these, Dave, the wamp rat in particular is excellent and it's nice to see something that got one throwaway mention in the movie getting its likeness immortalized! Are you ever going to sculpt the dancing girls?

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    1. Thank you Matt, indeed the Wamp Rat turned into a way of insulting people in later movies and series instead. I have already sculpted the dancing girls and band you can find them here https://wargamesculptorsblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/let-me-entertain-you.html

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  8. Splendid collection of monsters! Big or small!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thank you Iain, indeed monsters come in all shapes and sizes

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  9. I don't know how I missed all your recent posts, but I'm amazed and shocked by your work. They all are wonderful pieces. Wow, I'm truly impressd. Congratulations on all of them!

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    1. Thank you Suber, there has certainly been problems with the latest version of Blogger, half the time the blog list doesn't update properly ! Some of these I've been putting off for too long, but the Wamp Rat was a bit of a whim, which I'm glad I had a go at

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  10. Love them all, Dave; but how do I not remember something licking C-3PO? I must have seen Return of the Jedi dozens of times, but I missed that every one!
    This year has really been stellar in terms of contributions and talent. Thanks so much for participating!

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    1. Thank you Keith, have loved participating again this year, and cleared a lot of projects that I knew I wanted, but just hadn't got round to doing.
      There is so much going on in every scene in Jabba's Palace, that it is so easy to miss little things going on, I still keep finding bits by changing which bit of the screen I focus on ! LOL

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  11. Fantastic work all around and I'm so impressed by the level of detail you're getting into with this Star Wars project. I have the complete card set of Jabba's Palace for Star Wars CCG (one of which you pictured above) and those cards cover EVERY on-screen character and for Jabba's Palace, there are a lot that are barely on screen. Its so cool that you sculpted some of these extremely obscure characters. Any chance you'll eventually do a diorama of Jabba's Palace? That would be so cool if you did! That's always been a dream of mine even if I don't think I've ever seriously pursued it (yet!).

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    1. Thank you Jeff, I may need to come to you when I think I've finished to check I haven't missed any ! The end goal is to have every character that was in Jabba's Palace, and then make major areas of the Palace itself to then game over, definitely need the throne room, droid torture chamber, Rancor pit, then whatever else I think is necessary, still contemplating making the sail barge as well, hopefully sanity will take hold, but I very much doubt it ! LOL

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    2. That sounds awesome. I can't wait to see all of those things come to life :)

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    3. Cheers mate, hopefully I won't disappoint

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  12. Great stuff Dave! Talk about obscure, you totally got me on those three creatures, I can't recall ever seeing anything on them. I like those Wamp Rats - I remember seeing them for the first time in that old Super Nintendo game Super Star Wars, fun times 😀

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    1. Thank you Ivor, these were hard to find in the movie, still looking for two, will find them eventually ! LOL The Wamp Rats have appeared in a lot in other mediums, and definitely vary in artists impression

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  14. John@justneedsvarnish30 May 2021 at 09:41

    I'm a bit behind I'm afraid, Dave! These are all great but, best of all, I know what a wamp rat looks like now! Brilliant!

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    1. No problem John, glad I could solve that riddle for you ! LOL I'm sure sooner or later the Star Wars franchise will answer the riddle officially as there has been many different looks so far with licensed product ( Toy, computer games and comics) and they are all different.

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  15. More awesome minor Star Wars characters. I can't help you with the name of that Aqualish, but perhaps it'll resurface in the Boba Fett series, in the same way that the original Kenner Walrus Man, Hammerhead and Greedo figures made it into The Clone Wars? ;)

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    1. Thank you Azazael, indeed we can but hope, when they released the action figure for him, he was known as the Aqualish with no name ! LOL

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    2. I didn't know they released a figure of him? Must have been after I "retired" from 3 3/4 figure collecting... :)

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    3. I only found it as I was Google searching him, and someone had photographed the figure with his card

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