Tweaked out space dude

28mm or 1:56 scale science fiction trooper. This guy is part of the planetFallers force and is a communications/combat drone operator. Sculpted mainly with Kraftmark ProCreate and PSI yellow/blue kneadatite for the understructure. The base is one from several I have lying around that's from a big name brand game and is for display purposes.

Done some tweaks:
Elongated the fingers on both hands.
Sanded and shaved  the edges of the shoulder pads.
Lengthened the one knee pad that was short.
Enhanced the nape of the helmet.



I'm eager and way tired to start the next one which is in the Warpunk genre. It's going to be awesome.

28mm sci fi miniature com/drn

There are a couple of little tweaks I'd like to make but he's almost totally done.

Hoping for nice fingers.

A lot of sanding and carving later, I'm feeling slightly less temporarily disappointed with this guy and slightly more temporarily liking him. I sculpted a few additional details as well. Trying out a new technique for the hands, I hope to get nicer fingers out of it. Let's hope!

No easy feet.

Getting some work under the old belt.
1:56 starship crew, 1:56 planetFaller communication/combat-drone operator and 1:100 IDF. And some FOW stuff at the end.

Starship Crew

PlanetFaller

1:100 IDF

planetFaller commander

Recap:

I've sculpted this miniature using an epoxy putty called ProCreate made by a company called Kraftmark. I also used blue/yellow Kneadatite AKA Green Stuff by PSI.

The scale is 1:56 which is a good fit for the so called 28mm scale.

The planetFallers are a science fiction orbital drop troop. This miniature is a commander type. He is maybe giving a description of the layout of the battle ground or issuing some orders.


Comments, questions, request, criticism and random sentences are welcome.

Vaseline pros and cons

So, Vaseline yeah?
I've been avoiding using it at all because of a major reason: it prevents more putty from sticking to where you used it. You have to clean it off, so you wait until the putty is cured and then with alcohol and q-tip remove the residue. I'm not even sure even that is a perfect solution, it might cause problems with bits not being that well stuck on.

It's a dangerous substance.

But having tried it a couple of times I realized, it's superior to water for lubrication. For good and bad.

When I really want to kick smoothness up a notch I should use it.

The kicker is, though, that you can't get it off and revert to a non vaseline state before curing; if anyone knows different is please advise!!!!
So it must be used wisely.

Another benefit over water is you can use a thin layer and you don't get a huge droplet obscuring everything which happens every now and again and annoying you. Don't have to keep dipping and moistening your tool. But the residue is problematic to get traction on your putty after you don't need it to be lubricated.

Ideally I'd glop the stuff on if I figured out a way to clean it off while the putty is still soft without hurting the sculpted features. Then I could apply and remove as needed.

In the meantime here's progress. There's a bit of work left to go yet.

So if you know about how to clean it off like that please tell me. Also tell me of other lubricants that might be awesome besides water.

Impromptu duck shadow puppet

Recap- I'm working on sculpting a series of science fiction troopers I call planetFallers. The scale is 1:56 which is a good fit for "28mm" sized miniatures. I'm working with Green Stuff which is blue/yellow Kneadatite by PSI and ProCreate putty by kraftmark.

This update you can see I've reproduced a nice copy(on one side) of the styrene gun. I added some earlier pictures so you can see the process better.

I had a hell of a time with the left hand. I wanted to give the character a pose as if he is giving orders or describing a combat situation. Or giving an impromptu duck shadow-puppet show.

Here is a little progress on a whole lot of Panzergrenadiers from the Open Fire! box set. Seriously, that set is ridiculous for how much goes in that thing. After I finish these guys, I will still have to assemble and paint like, 5 more tanks to complete everything. Whew! 

I guess next I'll do a wash and highlights and some detail paint. Then it's on to basing- my favorite! 

planetFaller Commander and Klingon Starship

Here's a little update and some pictures of a Klingon ship from the Star Trek Attack Wing game (from WizKids) that I repainted. You can see in one picture the before and after.