MIKH's: Jakob, The Apprentice Sorcerer!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Jakob, The Apprentice Sorcerer!

Jakob!

Hello Dear Reader,

... And now... Jakob's turn!

Jakob is the male member of the Trio Of Mage Students for Soda Pop Miniatures' Relic Knights range.
Not easy to be the only one, right?! :)

He is a talented apprentice, rightful and serious enough but driven by the will of glory for his family name, seeking for a great power...
I tried from the nice concept art provided by Soda Pop to amplify that description.

I wanted then to give the feeling of an active power surrounding him from the ground, creating a kind of a non-gravity zone around him fed by his magical abilities.

The Magical Effects are made in Magic Sculp, and with a totally different shape and design than Valeria's ones. More aggressive because he is not manipulative, he is efficient and getting right to the point. Higher because in a way more powerful, at least focused on his goal.

I, myself, focused on his anatomy too: keeping the Manga style in mind, very slenderish...

The tricky part was about the metal production constraints...
I decided from the beginning to have the Bag and the Body in only one part. It wasn't easy to sculpt the model this way, but I managed it!
So, the only part-side — apart for the Magical Effects of course — is his right arm attached to the Wand! Pretty cool I hope for those who will have to built this little guy!

The Wand is a copy (rather than a proper casting) in Magic Sculp of the original one sculpted for Valeria. I did not have access at this moment to material to get resin castings, so I did a kind of mould and used it with MS, but had to work a lot on the result to get the right Wand...

You can see pictures of the Bag in a previous article about some WIPs.

I hope you will enjoy these pictures of Jakob!

Next: Veronika!

M.

Made in Fimo and Magic Sculp, 30mm.