Hey guys, I just wanted to share some stuff I've been working on. I hesitate to post these here because I know I don't have a huge post count or whatever, but I spend so much time on here lurking & reading the back posts & soaking up as much information as possible, it almost feels weird not to at least throw these up and say "hey I did these." Hope you like them.
So anyhow, I do a comic called the Secret Voice, and decided that for my first resin casting project, I'd make a troll from my comic. I made up a body & multiple heads & arms so I could make a bunch of varieties of Troll, and started casting them.
Easter Trolls! by zacksoto, on Flickr
I tend to jump feet first into stuff & it was probably a bigger project than I should have started with! I realized that after I saw just how much silicone making these molds was taking. I also got a little stumped about exactly how to finish them once I was getting my first pulls. So I went off for a bit and made a mini sized sculpt that would be easy to wrap my head around:
In Progressin by zacksoto, on Flickr
STAGE 2: paint layer 1 by zacksoto, on Flickr
These little guys were fun to make and have their own back story which you can read a comic version of here. I've got some designs for more mini figures I want to make too.
After I'd made some of those Ghost Grunts, I went back and finished off my first Troll. I'm pretty happy with how everything came out. Painted with Montana Matte spray & Cel-Vinyl paints. The head and one arm are articulated with magnets. He's 6" tall & about 5.5" wide.
TROLL 01 by zacksoto, on Flickr
TROLL 01 - chopper by zacksoto, on Flickr
I definitely learned a lot from making these and obviously I'm still learning. Excited about my next sculpts but also trying to take a bit more time before committing to a mold. I've also got some Homebrew paints coming so I'll be trying out my airbrush on the next few.
