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| Dragon Huntress (Click to enlarge) |
Hello Everyone,
so, I guess you've heard...
The Dragon Huntress I have sculpted is now available in pre-order directly at JoeK Minis webstore !
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| Dragon Huntress (Click to enlarge) |
Be careful, it seems that not everyone will get it since this is a definitive 500 ex Limited Edition !
You will be able to pre-order it at Salute as well.
Go to British Indies booth, JoeK will be there next to James for Infamy Miniatures !
You might see several of my sculptures there !
If you have read my last article, you may be interested by 2 other models as well : Otho and Lupa for Arena Rex.
I will show more Work In Progress of both sculptures within the next 2 days, so stay around !
Oh! Don't forget ! Arena Rex Kickstarter ends the 21th of April !
Just few days left !!!!!!
... But now, it's all about our Dragon Huntress !
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| Dragon Huntress by Roberto Cirillo & Steve Buddle (Click to enlarge) |
... At the Beginning...
It all started with an email from a fellow sculptor, Steve Buddle.
He liked my work and asked me if I was willing to sculpt a model for him, for his own range.
It is always nice and in the same time a challenge to be contacted by an other sculptor for a commission.
Because if so, it means he values a lot your own skills, but it also means you have to be at your best and show your potential without cheating !
He told of a concept art about a girl hunting a beast.
Interesting.
Then, he showed me the first sketches, and then I thought :Yeah, it is definitely for me !
He finalized it eventually and we agreed that I would go for my best work, finest result I could produce.
But then, for different reasons, I got stuck into it.
And a nice thing happened to Steve : he was hired by Games workshop !
Nice for him, but then no more range !
No more Huntress !
... New Range ?
And some time after Steve knew he would go live in the Midlands, he introduced me to JoeK, owner of JoeK Minis.
JoeK agreed to get on board and finally inherited of the "baby", I mean The Dragon Huntress !
At a point, JoeK and I agreed to change the armor plate of her right forearm.
I drew some sketches and we opted for the second one bellow.
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| Dragon Huntress Forearm Sketch 1 (Click to enlarge) |
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| Dragon Huntress Forearm Armor Design 2 (Click to enlarge) |
And finally, after what seemed to be a too long time of sweat, stress and patience for both of us, JoeK and I, She was finished, ready to be produced !
I am very proud of this model because she is one of the finest I have ever sculpted, one of the most balanced with lot of attention between textures, volumes, dynamic and esthetic.
I actually specially like her anatomy.
Fine like Nagausith, and so technical that I would compare her to One Shot (the entire project).
It was very interesting to create these textures and shapes, specially the Dragon scales Shield and the dead Dragon itself of course, but also the weapon, her leather pants, stripes, metal pieces...
Each elements needed to be complete and definitely "finished".
No place for approximation...
... Did I mention her necklace with small teeth ?
You will find some close-ups in what follows, but I will hopefully show these textures and details soon in an other article...
Enough said, let's place to the pictures !
(Keep in mind I did use white Blu-Tack for the pictures. Junctions are actually fitted.)
Enjoy !
M.
The Dragon Huntress, 32mm, made in Fimo and Magic Sculp.
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