This time I just finished up Sam the Snowman from 1964's stop motion animation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Sam was voiced and closely resembled by the Folk singer, Burl Ives.
Sam was in my "To Do" pile for so long I no longer remember where I picked him up. An inscription of "Raven" is carved into the back of the sculpt.
He was done with Vallejo and Army Painter paints. The toughest part of the research for him was what color was the back of his vest. I knew that most times the back of the vest was a different color than the front, so I knew I shouldn't paint it green. Finally I found a shot of the "puppet" from a 3/4 angle which showed a hint of a teal colored back.
All I have left to do is get him on a base. Thanks for looking.
I just finished up this little beauty. Moon Devil Studios just quietly released "Claude Kringle," the Werewolf Santa.
Made to be an ornament and cast in a Christmas-sy minty green resin, it's very well done. I found one bubble in one of the upper fangs was was absolutely no problem to fill. Then it was on to painting. I hope you like - -
I was wandering around for some leaves for a diorama and saw a snow flake hole punch in Michaels Crafts.
noticed that if I cut the "wings" from the center point of the snow flake it looks like an oak leaf. If I cut that in 1/2 it looks like a trident maple leaf. I got home and took some real leaves from the lawn and cut myself some snowflakes. Then I tried it with my kid's construction paper. While the real leaves look best the paper ones aren't that bad especially when they are dusted with a little weather powders.
I think the 5/8 snowflakes are a little too small for 1:6 scale figures. But they should work for smaller scales.
Obviously if you want a ton of leaves you'd prolly go mad first. But for a few, I think it fits the bill. HTH.
