Modelling Workshop

[Techno]

Balancing up the sides can be a trial Phobos....Just be patient !
Cheers - Phil.

[Phobos]

A bit late, but some new photos. Unfortunately,the camera get its battery off before I could take the pics to the elephant and to the flaming pics...

First, muscled breastplate for the Oscan rider.


Scythian noble torso, with the weapon attached, corinthian and scale armour. This late one not clearly visible, sorry.



One of the horses, with head finished I´ve to work more the muscles and finish the hooves, like the other one.

[barbarian]

The horses have a neck too long and need more belly !!

[Phobos]

Thanks for the photos Barbarian! Curiously, I was convinced that finally I had the right proportions... maybe the Steve Barber horse that Im using as model is wrong too 

[Hertsblue]

Seems to me, and I freely admit that I can't sculpt for toffee, that if you copy someone else's sculpt you risk carrying on their mistakes.

If you want an object lesson on how not to depict a horse, try Van Dyck's portrait of Charles I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anthonis_van_Dyck_046.jpg


Oh, and I believe that my reference to the horse's "belly" should really have been "chest" 

[FierceKitty]

That tiny head, right? What about Uccello, with those strange eyes on his horses? Great artists are clearly challenged by the equine.

[barbarian]

You may want to keep the head.

[Hertsblue]

You may want to keep the head.

As a souvenir? 

[Phobos]

As a souvenir? 

I was thinking the same 

Anyway, I´m redoning the whole head and lowering it a bit, not a problem, this way I could improve it (specially the ears)
Btw, checked it, and that SB horse really has a long neck, others not. Strange.

Thanks for all the comments, I really appreciate it, both good and bad ones.

[Hertsblue]

Keep going, P, you're within touching distance. 

[Phobos]

Horrible and busy week chaps, I´ll try to upload some new pics tomorrow 

[Phobos]

Well, some different things
A celtic chieftain conversion




Princeps conversions. Horsecrest instead of plumes, sword at the ready and hurling pila.



Triarii with etrusco corinthian helmet



Scythian nobleman, with gorytos and akinakes attached. The scale barding is gonna be redone soon.




That´s all folks!

[Hertsblue]

Excellent stuff, P. 

[Phobos]

Hi chaps!

Long time without uploading newbies, but a week without green stuff and another week sick had beaten me.
Anyway, some new things, let me know your opinions.

First, sucessors war elephant (seleukid)



Lacedemonian periokoi hoplite



Hellenistic thureophoroi




Tarentinan cavalryman




And Athenian hoplite. Maybe I´ll redo the facial mask.

[Techno]

Coming along very nicely P.
Very good work !!
Cheers - Phil.

[Hertsblue]

I do love heffalumps. And that one looks particularly impressive. 

[Phobos]

Thanks a lot guys! Currently Im working on the mahout (driver) and the howdah (the tiny castle for the crew) The castle is driving me insane . Also, the trump still not convinces me, maybe a bit longer...

[DaveL]

Just seen the post for the first time and can see the progress you've made since your first sculpts.  coming along a treat and you can tell what the figures represent by the helmets without having to read the captions-always a good sign.   WELL DONE   

Best wishes for your future sculpts.  By the way, no one does Thracians for the Alexandrian or other periods or Macedonian archers - so maybe Leon might be interested should you produce any.  I'm sure there are a lot out there who'd love some

Best wishes    DaveL

[Phobos]

Thanks DaveL!
Yep, macedonians and some thracians are thing I proposed to Leon (as Oscans that anyone produces them, a good range of Achaemenids, or Sucessors), but first he want to see it these fit Pendraken quality standards.

[DaveL]

Hi Phobos.  Good luck with that.  I'll be keeping a look out   

Best Wishes   DaveL