Sam the Snowman

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. 

Moon Devil's Claude Kringle

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 - - 

Creating a Few Leaves

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.

Moondevil Studio's Yeti

Just a quick update. Been working on Yeti's face a bit. I did the inside of the mouth and glossed it all. I also got carried away and did the rest of the face. I then glossed the eyes (not sure it I like em) and  epoxied the face to the body.  Here he is so far - - 

Next, I'll be using the Aves and getting rid of the seam between the face and back of the head. 
More later. Thanks for looking. 

Hellboy Finished

Hey all, I had some time today so I finished up the Hellboy ornament. 

Basically from where I left off, I added VMC Beige to the the eyes and teeth and then lightened then with some VMC White. I did leave a little line of beige around the outsides of the eye, just for giggles.  Next I painted all his hair VMC Black and then added a little Prussian Blue for highlight. The image somehow makes the blue stand out a lot more than it is on the model.   Finally I coated the piece in VMC Carmine Red, making sure to leave what is supposed to be in shadow the VMC Cavalry Red color. On top of that I put glazes of Vermilion. Out of the bottle, it was a little too orange, so whats why I made it into a glaze. 

Afterward, I thought it looks too nice to drill a hole and set en eye screw in the back of his head. So I think I'll come up with some sort of base and keep him that way. 

Thanks for looking. 

The Hellboy Ornament

Back again, with Hellboy this time. This little sculpt was offered on The Clubhouse last year as an ornament. Being different, of course I had to jump on it right away. And then it sat... 
A few months ago I primed it, and it sat some more. High time to put some paint of it.  I started with a light coat of VMC Cavalry Red, and then when dry I put a coat of brighter Vallejo Game Color (VGC) Gory Red over it. This seemed to bright, co I gave it a wash of Citadel Nuln Oil. Here's where we are at - - 

More later.

Executioner Finished

He's finally all done. 
I could have probably tinkered with it til the end of time, but I had to just call it. 
Since the last time, the belt was finished in VMC Chocolate brown and the buckle in VMC Old Gold. The gold way *way* too bright so I hit the whole thing in a dark wash. While I had my metallics out I painted the little "jewelry" on his wrist in Bronze, again giving everything a dark wash. 
The axe part closest to the handle got a dark wash and then a little MIG Rust. 
Next I hit his cowl/hood with a flat topcoat, and attached the hands to the body with 5 min. epoxy.

Now I'm looking back at the Yeti, or then again I do have a Hellboy ornament from last year...