CREATURE FEATURE DOUBLE BILL STAR WARS EDITION

 Today I have two creatures for Monster May(hem), first is the Correlian Hound I showed in progress earlier in the year, I've been struggling with sculpting recently, but will discuss that at the end, let's just say happy to finally get this off the workbench. Painting wise it's mostly white, but glazed some other colors in to match the reference.

For those expecting the Eopie next, it is finished sculpting, but I haven't had chance to take a mould of it as I want a second one with a rider, and don't fancy sculpting another from scratch, so instead have the second Jerba seen outside the cantina in Mos Eisley, it only gets a couple of seconds screen time in the movie, so can easily be missed, this now completes the three creatures from outside the cantina, painting I tried to match the colors from the reference.

As you may or may not know, I have a long time illness, one of the side effects are ghost sensations, for instance, you can feel like you've broken a rib, when you haven't but you get all the symptoms. For the last three months I've been struggling with my right hand, now the ghost sensations, come and go but this one has been there for the whole three months, and causing me to struggle holding the sculpting tool properly, and paint brushes, so why mention this, well it's been holding me back on work for friends and clients, as I always want to give them my best work, whereas my stuff I'm not so worried about, and I've been trying to find ways to compensate, think I'm just about there, and can hopefully get there stuff finished now, sorry to bring the mood down, normal programming will now resume ! LOL Until Next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SCAR FACE

 No I haven't started gang warfare or mob gaming, but finished my last Great Gnarloc, so why scar face ? I went heavy on the facial scar tissue, to show that this one rushes in, and adds to the running pose, I looked at how Ostriches run, to help with a correct pose, as both are large flightless birds.

Painting wise, I stuck to the normal recipe, with a slight tonal variance. As promised last time, here is a group shot of all six together for the first time.

I think I'm done on these now, and can't see a need to make anymore, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

FLOCK'S SAKE

 For my second Monster May(hem) entry I've painted the first of two Great Gnarloc's that I showed the green's of earlier in the year, I have to say I love the pose on this one, and I've photographed it with it's herder for scale.

Painting wise I went a shade or two darker just to keep adding variation to them all, one more to go and then then I'll have a total of six of these fantastic beasts, and I'll try and remember to do a group shot when it's done. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU

 This is becoming a yearly tradition for me, a Star Wars related post on Star Wars day, and even better if I can tie it into Monster May(hem), which this year I have, a Dewback for going outside my cantina project

Used the same color scheme as I did for the Stormtrooper ones I did earlier, with a little variation. The model is a 3D print in resin that my daughter got me as a thank you, which was extremely nice of her.

Earlier in the week I was a little bit slow to reply to comments, and comment on many blogs I follow, unfortunately my PC died, and had to wait for a new one to arrive, still trying to get used to it, and find all the bits I'm looking for, but hopefully I can except the change quicker than normal ! LOL Until next time, stay safe, and have fun!

Cheers Dave

WHEN ONE DOOR OPENS

Been working on several commissions lately, and thought I'd share some doorways I've been doing, the first one is a bulkhead door, effectively this is the outside wall for a hanger bay, I've made the doors moveable as you will see below.

Next is a standard doorway that will be at the ends of corridors and also used as entry points for rooms, the first picture shows without locking and communication points, the second one with. The doors slide up so you can have them open or closed.

After some of my recent posts I was asked if I could show some fleet pictures for my Star Wars ships, so here is the Imperial fleet I've amassed.

Below is my Rebel Ships.

As you can see above, I've had to do a repair on my X-Wing as it got damaged when we moved house, and you will also notice my U-wing is suffering with droop on it's wings, so I will need to take them apart and add some strengthening rods so this wont happen again. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DEFENDER

 No I'm not talking the old arcade game, but another variation on the TIE fighter the Defender Elite, this was developed by Grand Admiral Thrawn, before the completion of the Death Star, so fits in the timeline I'm working with, and was also a major part of the Star Wars Rebels series, which I am a huge fan of, so having one of these was a must for me. The model is a 3D filament print, so less detail than the previous model I did for the Interceptor, also it's not an accurate portrayal from the reference, but I've worked with what I have.

Painting wise I went simple, as the weathering mix I have would have shown up all the lines. As the wings aren't exact I've modified the edge colours to give it the right feel. I think this completes my TIE collection for now, as the Phantom was created later, the only other one's would be an Inquisitor's or Vader's but I probably wouldn't use them very often, so that just leaves me to build an Imperial Shuttle, which I will get round to at some point. That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

 

INTERCEPTOR

 No I am not talking the last of the V8's today, but my favourite version of the TIE fighter, this model is a 3D resin print that my good friend Dai found on Etsy ( you are a absolute legend mate) the model comes with a stand, that I have a bit of a problem with, not only does the TIE not sit on it well, but would make it imposssible for the pilot to get in ! LOL So I'm going to use this as a platform for the pilot to get to the canopy, and make a pair of support struts for the TIE to rest on

Now onto the the TIE itself, the detail is amazing, the same level as my recent Y-Wing, with fully detailed interior, and pilot. the instructions said the canopy could be glued open or shut, but as it provided  the necessary components, I made it moveable just for options.

Was really pleased with how this one turned out, I still need to add lenses to the view port, but that's for a day when I'm feeling daring ! LOL Still more to do, but that's a post for another day, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun ! 

Cheers Dave

DIE JEDI DIE

"Oh my, what did I just say " yes I finally have got round to the 3PO conversion that was seen in Attack of the clones episode 2, I used one of the B1 battle droids I already had, plus the 3PO model that came with the drop pod kit for Legion, the head swap was easy enough, but the 3PO arms needed a lot of moving to hold the blaster, and I had to sculpt the hands onto the weapon. you will notice that the B1 parts are lighter than the reference pictures because all my B1's are painted in the episode 1 colour scheme.

While I was doing droids I also painted up the R2 that came with the pod as well, but painted it as QT-KT of the D-Squad from the cartoon Clone Wars series, I still need to do R2-D2 for this squad but want him stood on two legs.

Last today I've also done a R5 to sit in my Y-Wing I finished recently, it is removable, depending on whether I want  an astromech or not depending on the scenario.

 That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !

Cheers Dave