After painting them for quite a while (lots of breaks and distractions), the Lady's Gardeners, mockeries of real Dryads made by the Good Enchantress are finally ready. I took the basic GW Dryads and sculpted all matter of fleshy and bony appendages on them - think The Thing from 1982. Their faces were removed and replaced with an engraving of the Lady's sigil.
Frankly, with those here, it was the sculpting phase that was the difficult one - painting was really easy. Without any clothes, weapons, hair, etc. they had basically just 4 surfaces - wood, flesh, bone and leaves - so I when I finally sat with them, I finished them pretty quickly using the assembly line method. At the end I just slathered it with gloss varnish and blood. Still, they turned out pretty horrific and disturbing - exactly as intended, a little in the AoS28 direction. Now I am wondering if a Treeman made in this style wouldn't be an interesting idea...
The unpainted WIP versions can be found HERE.
Frankly, with those here, it was the sculpting phase that was the difficult one - painting was really easy. Without any clothes, weapons, hair, etc. they had basically just 4 surfaces - wood, flesh, bone and leaves - so I when I finally sat with them, I finished them pretty quickly using the assembly line method. At the end I just slathered it with gloss varnish and blood. Still, they turned out pretty horrific and disturbing - exactly as intended, a little in the AoS28 direction. Now I am wondering if a Treeman made in this style wouldn't be an interesting idea...
The unpainted WIP versions can be found HERE.
The whole unit of them is a hard-to-understand mess, so first I am showing you all the singular gardeners:
And then as a whole 20-strong unit - which really is a lot of fun to rank them up - and they still poke each other in some places.
Hmm, co to za ogród który ma takie ogrodniczki? ;)
ReplyDeletePełen atrakcji! Może kiedyś go zrobię jako kawałek terenu ;)
DeleteDałeś czadu!
ReplyDeleteDzięki!
DeleteBardziej niż z the Thing kojarzą mi się z przeciwnikami z gry "Dead Space". Tak czy siak, straszne paskudy. Szacuneczek za restylizację masek i płynne wkomponowanie pasożytnicznych narośli w driady. Horrific i disturbing to wszystko jak jasna cholera. Zręczne zestawienie oślizgłego różu z drzewnoburym udatnie podkreśla obrzydliwość tego pierwszego :D
ReplyDeleteMnóstwo ilustracje z 'Dead Space' mam w folderze z inspiracjami, ale nigdy w to nie grałem i się nie znam, więc wolałem się powołać na 'The Thing' ;) Wielkie dzięki za komentarz, cieszę się, że efekt działa i się podoba!
DeleteImpressively gross and weird! You've certainly captured the feel of The Thing with these guys!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, I appreciate that :)
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