Maledrakh goes Bust! Artisan Guild's Soul Stealer

[Maledrakh]

 

This is the "Soul Stealer" bust from Artisan Guild's welcome pack on patreon. I printed it on my Elegoo Mars Pro resin printer.
This might be the first bust I have ever painted, not counting an Orc bust from the very early days of Forge World that I started but never finished and sold off at some point in the distant past (oh, the Folly of Youth).

So why this newfound fascination for busts? I hear you ask.

Well, it's the RCL again. "Bust" is a quarterly category, and since Reaper only make a very few busts, none of which are readily available at the moment (there will be a few released after Bones 5 fulfills later this year), the fine folks at Reaper have decreed that bust entries are not limited to Reaper product.

Did I mention that the RCL has been a fun way to choose what to paint? It really helps to keep things fresh and to motivate to finish the pieces I start. And now also to paint other stuff than I usually would.

I do not buy busts as they are generally outside my scope of interest. However, I do own one or two busts as .stl-files that have been parts of patreon bundles.
And with such an extensive library of files at hand, once I decide to do one, it does not take long to make supports and print one off.

But what to choose? Tentacle-face or a human face?

Do you want to know more?

 

 

Suckers for the win every time!
 

I had to scale it down to fit my print bed. Then I scaled it down some more to make it a more agreeable size to paint.

I hollowed it out before printing, and I think I maybe should have filled the bottom with something to weigh it down as it is a bit unstable and tips easily.

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This bust was completed February 24th, 2021

[Darcstaar]

Great job!  Really creepy scary guy.  Excellent work on the details.  The eyes are particularly spooky and well done.

[Goddesstio]

It's great! I love the eyes!

[Rigel]

Those highlights really pop! Great color transition on the face tentacles, too.

[Glitterwolf]

[Iridil]

Wonderful depth to the purples and the eyes glow