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Title: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 20 June 2014, 02:51:49 PM
Some piccies of some animals that have been 'in progress' for MONTHS.
The 'scales'wander a bit, I fear,.......But these have taken LOADS more time than I thought.
In some cases I could have probably made a couple of 'soldiers' in the time taken to make a  single animal.

(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5249_zpsea9b1215.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5249_zpsea9b1215.jpg.html)

Sheep, goat, dog, cat, chicken (yes...really)

(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5250_zpsf5f077e3.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5250_zpsf5f077e3.jpg.html)

Bull, pig, goose, rabbit......nude camel.

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 20 June 2014, 03:05:08 PM
How did you get the cat and lab to sit still long enough to be modelled ?

IanS
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Ithoriel on 20 June 2014, 03:11:11 PM
I LIKE those!

Are Pendraken about to do a farm set?

Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Matt J on 20 June 2014, 03:30:10 PM
Ah we now know what your top secret big project is!

Lots of uses for these -
Roman burning pigs (I know they were in Rome: Total war, but is there any evidence?)
Re-fight Watership down
Billy goats v's Trolls!

(seriously though nice sculpts and very useful particularly the livestock for objectives and baggage :))
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: toxicpixie on 20 June 2014, 03:32:16 PM
I really like the idea of heavily armoured Dwarf Gendarmes on armoured War-Goats. Make it so!

*ahem

Looking out the window at our chooks, yours looks pretty darn decent for the scale :D
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Ithoriel on 20 June 2014, 03:38:04 PM
Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 20 June 2014, 03:30:10 PM
Roman burning pigs (I know they were in Rome: Total war, but is there any evidence?)

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pig for details - whether you believe it I leave up to you.
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 20 June 2014, 03:47:08 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 20 June 2014, 03:05:08 PM
How did you get the cat and lab to sit still long enough to be modelled ?IanS

Threats and bribes, Ian, ;)

Quote from: Ithoriel on 20 June 2014, 03:11:11 PMI LIKE those! Are Pendraken about to do a farm set?

Damn !......I should have done a milkmaid.  ;)......(What do you call that yoke (?) thing with a bucket at each end ?)

Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 20 June 2014, 03:30:10 PM
Ah we now know what your top secret big project is!

Not unless Leon or Dave have spilled the beans...... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D......Thanks, Matt.

Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 June 2014, 03:32:16 PM
Looking out the window at our chooks, yours looks pretty darn decent for the scale :D

Thanks to you too Pixie...It has got a beak and a comb (believe it or not).....The legs are a tad on the fat side......But any thinner, and Dave would never get it to cast.  ;)

Cheers - Dr Dolotsofmodels.


Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: toxicpixie on 20 June 2014, 03:55:41 PM
Now, what we really need is some 3mm farm animals... you can get the detail on a 3mm chicken, right?
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Ithoriel on 20 June 2014, 04:02:02 PM
Quote from: Techno on 20 June 2014, 03:47:08 PM
Damn !......I should have done a milkmaid.  ;)......(What do you call that yoke (?) thing with a bucket at each end ?)

Yokes and chains? Sounds a bit suspect. Maybe she could be carrying a couple of pitchers. So, milkmaid with a pair of large jugs?   :-[ :-[ ;D ;D
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 20 June 2014, 04:23:38 PM
Quote from: toxicpixie on 20 June 2014, 03:55:41 PM
Now, what we really need is some 3mm farm animals... you can get the detail on a 3mm chicken, right?

I suppose I could just keep rolling out tiny, tiny bits of putty until one looked vaguely like a chicken.
It was bad enough doing one this small !
......And while you're there Pixie......It took me AGES before I realized what your avatar was !  ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: Ithoriel on 20 June 2014, 04:02:02 PM
Yokes and chains? Sounds a bit suspect. Maybe she could be carrying a couple of pitchers. So, milkmaid with a pair of large jugs?   :-[ :-[ ;D ;D

Stop it !!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cheers - Phil.

Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Ithoriel on 20 June 2014, 04:34:21 PM
Quote from: Techno on 20 June 2014, 04:23:38 PM
I suppose I could just keep rolling out tiny, tiny bits of putty until one looked vaguely like a chicken.
It was bad enough doing one this small !
......And while you're there Pixie......It took me AGES before I realized what your avatar was !  ;D ;D ;D

Missed a trick there Techno, you should've said,"But they ARE 3mm ... I told you the scales wander a bit!"  ;)
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 20 June 2014, 04:36:59 PM
Nice mate!

Interesting package arrived today too! V happy bunny Techno!
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: fsn on 20 June 2014, 05:04:04 PM
Excellent stuff Mr T.

Just slightly worried about your reference materials ...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hwtfzUN_RIQ/UFHwA2j-uFI/AAAAAAAAYls/MH9VOoqZd_I/s500/Arlistan-Gato-Giant-Cat.jpg)
(http://www.shoppedornot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/giant-dog-shopped-or-not.png)
(http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/1061500/1061728_f6c7_1024x2000.jpg)
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: toxicpixie on 20 June 2014, 05:38:06 PM
Quote from: Techno on 20 June 2014, 04:23:38 PM
I suppose I could just keep rolling out tiny, tiny bits of putty until one looked vaguely like a chicken.
It was bad enough doing one this small !
......And while you're there Pixie......It took me AGES before I realized what your avatar was !  ;D ;D ;D

Stop it !!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cheers - Phil.



Haha, fear the beady eye of truth for the chicken of justice does not rest!
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 20 June 2014, 06:28:19 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 20 June 2014, 04:36:59 PM
Nice mate! Interesting package arrived today too! V happy bunny Techno!

Very pleased to hear it Will.......Hope they look OK.  ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Subedai on 20 June 2014, 07:40:04 PM
Hmmmm, interesting. Don't know how exactly, but interesting none the less.
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: FierceKitty on 21 June 2014, 12:50:58 AM
Quote from: Techno on 20 June 2014, 02:51:49 PM
Some piccies of some animals that have been 'in progress' for MONTHS.
The 'scales'wander a bit, I fear,.......But these have taken LOADS more time than I thought.
In some cases I could have probably made a couple of 'soldiers' in the time taken to make a  single animal.

(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5249_zpsea9b1215.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5249_zpsea9b1215.jpg.html)

Sheep, goat, dog, cat, chicken (yes...really)

(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5250_zpsf5f077e3.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5250_zpsf5f077e3.jpg.html)

Bull, pig, goose, rabbit......nude camel.

Cheers - Phil

Gimme!
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: fsn on 21 June 2014, 07:09:44 AM
Indeed.

How many of those cats are going to end up as familiars?  How many of those rabbits will end up with magic users?

Put me down for a flock of sheep, a half herd of cows, an annoyance of rabbits, a skein of geese, a flock of chickens, a litter of piggies, 2 dogs and a cat.

I don't like goats.
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Dazza on 21 June 2014, 07:23:33 AM
ok time to nit pick,

Sheep - stance is wrong, where's the welsh wellies ?
Goat - silly billy, gruff enough ?
dog - no Alsatians ?
cat - does it come with a dustbin ?
Chicken - too many feathers
bull - no ring in its nose ?
pig - needs an apple in its mouth
goose - would look better on a plate
rabbit - made of chocolate ?
camel - has the hump

When are these gonna be cast ???  hopefully soon, I have an order to place and need a farm :)

Phil, you've done a great job there m8, keep it up.

=D>   =D> =D> =D> =D>
:-bd
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Matt J on 21 June 2014, 07:34:41 AM
At last I can do a beast of Caerbannog diorama  :D
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 21 June 2014, 07:48:13 AM
I can see many sheep and goats being added to bases!

Now waiting to see if Techno will do Killer and Blue Whales too! ;)
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Hertsblue on 21 June 2014, 08:38:35 AM
What are you going to do with a V happy bunny, Will?
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 21 June 2014, 10:37:58 AM
Use it to take out Knights!
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: FierceKitty on 21 June 2014, 11:07:47 AM
A little dog could be useful with my new witches....
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Hertsblue on 21 June 2014, 03:19:26 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 21 June 2014, 10:37:58 AM
Use it to take out Knights!

A sort of escort service, then?
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 21 June 2014, 05:24:34 PM
Just noticed how Phil did the cat, in the top piccy it's stalking that hen.....

IanS
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 21 June 2014, 07:21:20 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 21 June 2014, 03:19:26 PM
A sort of escort service, then?

Just right for a knight on the town!
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Hoagie on 21 June 2014, 07:30:01 PM
Thats one fantastic pig, now all we need is a spider named Charlotte.  ;D

Hoagie
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: mollinary on 21 June 2014, 07:33:03 PM
Anyone think a few bunnies out on the terrain would be an excellent low key marker for terrain difficult for cavalry - a warren a la Naseby?  Or as a blind to invite caution?

Mollinary
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Hertsblue on 21 June 2014, 09:48:44 PM
Can't help thinking that the camel is very large when compared to the bull and the pig?
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 22 June 2014, 07:44:15 AM
I 'butchered' (that sounds nasty, doesn't it ?  ;D) the camel form one that had 'something' (I can't remember what it was now.....Just a cloth ?) on its back, Ray.
Measuring it.....'It IS a little on the tall side.'

My guess, is that when the original sculptor made it, it would have looked too small with a man on its back, if it had been made the 'correct' height.....So we're down to compromising the scales to make it 'look right' again. ;)

Quote from: mad lemmey on 21 June 2014, 10:37:58 AM
Use it to take out Knights!

A rabbit that size, Will......No problems ! ;)
You wouldn't want one that size digging holes in your garden......Trouble is,any smaller and it would just be a tiny blob of putty. ;D ;D ;D

Hope they all DO come in useful though......And thanks for the compliments. :)

Cheers - Phil. (A spider called Charlotte ?....What have I missed in my so called education ?)


Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Ithoriel on 22 June 2014, 07:58:07 AM
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 22 June 2014, 08:01:20 AM
Thanks, I. :)
Something that had passed me by.
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 22 June 2014, 11:13:06 AM
Probably cause it's in English ?

;)

IanS
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Orcs on 24 June 2014, 04:14:47 PM
Brilliant animals Phil.

Now you have your eye in, can we have the following

Bactrian Camel
Bear
Yak
Wolfhounds
Rabbits doing what they do best
;D
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Dazza on 24 June 2014, 07:30:47 PM
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 24 June 2014, 04:14:47 PM
Rabbits doing what they do best
;D

Eating Carrots ???

Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 24 June 2014, 07:31:31 PM
Goading Hedgehogs?
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: FierceKitty on 25 June 2014, 01:38:56 AM
Whiffling their noses and muttering "Don't call me Mr Thumpy"?

Seriously, I'd be very glad of a few Bactrian baggage camels myself.
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 25 June 2014, 07:05:49 AM
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 24 June 2014, 04:14:47 PM
Brilliant animals Phil.
Now you have your eye in, can we have the following
Bactrian Camel
Bear
Yak
Wolfhounds
Rabbits doing what they do best
;D

Be a long while, Mark. ;)

Not sure if the 'green' of the Mongols' camel has returned to Techno Towers yet.....That would be a very quick conversion...So....... maybe that one. :-\
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: CraigForOz on 03 July 2014, 04:56:23 AM
Does the rabbit come with Great Big Teeth!!? :)
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 03 July 2014, 06:35:04 AM
No, just big ears, Craig. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Sandinista on 03 July 2014, 06:48:33 AM
Quote from: Techno on 03 July 2014, 06:35:04 AM
No, just big ears, Craig. ;)
Cheers - Phil
No Noddy?
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Techno on 03 July 2014, 06:52:57 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: WELL out of my 'comfort zone'.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 25 August 2015, 07:06:48 PM
Quote from: Techno on 20 June 2014, 02:51:49 PM
Some piccies of some animals that have been 'in progress' for MONTHS.
The 'scales'wander a bit, I fear,.......But these have taken LOADS more time than I thought.
In some cases I could have probably made a couple of 'soldiers' in the time taken to make a  single animal.

(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5249_zpsea9b1215.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5249_zpsea9b1215.jpg.html)

Sheep, goat, dog, cat, chicken (yes...really)

(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5250_zpsf5f077e3.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5250_zpsf5f077e3.jpg.html)

Bull, pig, goose, rabbit......nude camel.

Cheers - Phil

Come on boys, I want to do the Monty Python Holy Grail rabbit scene!!!