I sit upon a throne of plastic and weep for all I see is grey.

Good morning, guys. So, I’ve been asked to show how I come up with most of my designs.... so first you’re going to need 6 candles. a copy of the Necronomicon 3rd edition and a goat... i mean erm... Imagination?

or rather the ability to form the character, creature, or thing in your head. build a little story behind the character and use that to form the design. so, for example let’s look at one of my most recent models "The Contortionist" from Jerrys Circus of horrors. (currently available through myTribe)! I knew I wanted a contortionist for the set but just one bendy character is boring... so I pushed the idea far further.

The story behind this creature starts with a failure. Three drow elves fail to carry out a task for their mistress lolth. but instead of changing them into driders she instead binds the three together in an ever-changing web forcing them to move in strange and unnatural ways ... much to her entertainment. She is so entertained in fact she makes them her court jesters. fated to preform forever in a twisted mess.

From that little story I know I want 3 drow and some web like material binding them together in a strange way to make a contortionist. Obviously, I will look over reference for a contortionist and how the skin will work. Pinterest is the best place to go look. especially for poses.

Now I don’t actually draw concept art for my pieces as I’m a one man band and my 2D skill are non-existent. Instead, I just dive straight into zbrush and start sculpting. most of what i do starts with blobs. the blobs become a silhouette which when it looks good becomes a rough model. from that I keep adding detail till I’m happy with the form. Then from there i make sure the design is actually printable - so checking thicknesses, flatten the base off and make sure it probably won’t fall over.

and ta-da. one ungodly abomination for the circus of horrors to creep across your tabletop this Halloween. With a back story to give to your players and stats to boot. (yes that’s right I provide artwork and stats with all my new models... older ones I’m working on again available via Tribes) .

so in closing if you cant draw it try to roleplay it. you’ll probably come up with a far more interesting character idea.

So if you like my work I currently have a massive Halloween Sale.

Check out the collection here for 50% off the selected models.

use code SPOOOOKY for 50% off my Halloween Collection

Happy Halloween guys.

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