First stab at sculpting! WIP

[Jonnlink]

Hey all! I'm so happy to have found this great forum and community! I was introduced to the world of miniatures almost 10 years ago and used to love painting up hoards of monsters and soldiers, but eventually fell out of love with it. Recently I have been getting back in to tabletop gaming, and I decided to take a different approach to minis, sculpting my own instead of painting! So here is my first creation, a Gibbering Mouther! I figured this amorphous creature was a good place to start so I could get a feel for sculpting in this scale and material. It is still a work in progress, and I know that I need to add more mouths in order for it to live up to its name!

 

 

 

I am sculpting with an epoxy from smooth-on, and am really loving it! The pictures aren't the greatest, I know. And theres a bunch of paint specks that got in the putty from the surface I was working on, but please, comment and critique! How would you paint it when it's done? what would you add/change? do you know any resources or sculptors I should check out? Thanks in advance!

 

- Jonathan

Edited April 22, 2014 by Jonnlink

[joshuaslater]

You mentioned more mouths, but I don't know if it needs too many.  More eyes would rock.  Very well done!

[Mr Melons]

Needs more mouths and eyes. Like so:

 

 

 

 

Also...holy phallic symbols Batman!

Edited April 22, 2014 by Mr Melons

[Jonnlink]

Needs more mouths and eyes.

 

Yeah, I actually have the same reference picture on my desktop. more mouths and eyes, and eyes within mouths are planned. I've only been working on this for a few days, and am in the middle of exams, so time to work on it has been scarce!

[Jonnlink]

ReaperCon is just under 20 hours away as I write this, and I'm certainly jealous of all the folks that are on their way there! hope everyone has a blast!!! 

Here is another piece I've started. Very basic, and a bit oversized, but practice makes perfect!

 

 

I put a bit of a belly on it, because the bases seem to be covered as far as big muscled men and skinny women go.

It's sort of androgynous, I know 

Edited April 23, 2014 by Jonnlink

[Jonnlink]

Here's an update on the Mouther. I tried to make it more oozy and attempted to add one of the mouthy grabby things that it shoots out. not too happy with the teeth on that mouth, so I might rip it off. C&C is encouraged! (I know everyone is probably busy at the Con, but I just finished my last exam of my degree, so I'm happily working away over here  )

 

[Jonnlink]

Finally got around to finishing this and painting it. not really polished, but i was getting tired of it. I have made a few more models since this, and i should get around to posting them. there is no WIP pictures for them though.

[MamaGeek]

Ewww!  That will certainly make an impression on the gaming table!  Nice work!