Sorry guys, had to go silent for some weeks here.
I will explain, but first some replying...
ThePhotogsBlog wrote:That is just brilliant! Well done!
Thank you!
Lynkhart wrote:Oh the mandolin is fantastic! All it needs is a wee touch of weathering!
Yes, it does, I will. Do you think of a brown wash?
GubernatorFan wrote:Very nice work on the mandolin. Literally brilliant!
Late thank you!
Stryker2011 wrote: Very cool use for the shells. Nicely done.
Thanks!
blackpool wrote: skywalkersaga wrote:I'm super behind on commenting on this thread, but just wanted to say that these are some truly awesome developments!
Same goes! Some really impressive developments on this faction, damn I love all the details you added, and the various scales of shells that you use, the jewels and belts are totally realistic while the biggest shields and blades seem to come from some mutated shell or undersea monster anyway, which is super cool!
I also love the choice of fabrics, they really fit the mood and theme!
I know the movie was lame but that faction kinda reminds me of the atoll survivors in Waterworld (if you didn't see it no big deal, it's one the poorest productions of kevin costner, but the postapocalyptic designs were actually pretty good!)
Thanks you two! I am super behind on replying to all your nice comments! Because I can't just reply whitout posting something new. I just can't!
And yeah, Waterworld. I never watched it. When I was small, my dad gave a short review when I wanted to watch it: "It's very boring." I didn't know that the Genre of "Sea Punk" was born back then. I will give it a try someday, even if it is background noise while drilling holes into shells and for looking at the costumes. Fun fact: I just googled Costners character, he had a little shell earpiece. Look at Jordi's left ear closely in this post! I came up with that myself. Really. Let's hope Mr Costner doens't sue me now..
Theboo-bomb wrote:Love it, that mandolin is really nice, I can sort of imagine them playing music for certain festivities and the like, maybe as a celebration of military victory, or just to pass the time.
Yep, or a succesfull hunt or a defeated giant Crab invasion! Thanks a lot.
ReverendSpooky wrote:Than mandolin really is just gorgeous. And I love how you see the shimmer from the shell inside. My only suggestion would be to give the wood a wash or a stain, and it would really sell it. But stunning construction, and really brilliant design.
Brown stain, right? There are two kinds of wood, I hope it blends well.
And yeah, they don't have Vinyl anymore, all recordings died out. But many songs and melodies survived...more of that in my next post, I think I found fitting music for the Mediterrans.
Yes, Mediterrans. No more 'shell people', that's slur. Like Terrans, the name humanity likes to be called in SciFi Stories with aliens. But with a 'Medi' in front of it. It's simple, but effective, I like it.
I needed a name for them, as I participated in the annual German Custom Figure competion. I had to keep some radio silence here. Didn't post the new stuff I came up with. But the competition is over now. So, I just skip a lot of obligatory WIP Pics now and show the new shi..shells. I also wrote down a little story and short Biographies of each character, I will translate them at another time.
The competion had two parts: First, the figure(s) in front of a neutral background, the second part a 'freestyle' to stage the figures, everything allowed, backdrops, dioaramas, other characters etc.
So, now just the figures, Backdrop shots in the next post.
As you might notice, some changes happened. Not so much with Jordi and Capraia, but with Zraikos and Valzenka. Yes, i call him Zraikos now, it sounds cooler, I hope our Gubernator isn't reminded of a Game of Thriones Character anymore.
Now some details. Zraikos got a lot of new stuff:
- A breast plate, finally. So our Gubernator doesn't have to see the M31 bloobs anymore. It has a shell hook on the back and can easily be put on and off. First I thought, the bigger shell, the better, but small flat shells are a much better fit and more fashionable. Jordi might get something like that too.
- Sea urchin kneepads, reinforced with super glue on the inside, so his legs don't look that nakedanymore.
- a rope belt with a lot of accessoires:
- The most unique little starfish I could find as some kind of center piece buckle thing (one of a kind in the pack of fragile, long armed stars I bought)
- A drinking horn....cone shell.
- The crab mask can be attached to the rope belt. As PhotogsBlog (May I call you "bloggy"..?) mentioned, hard to breath in it. Could't get that out of my head, now there are holes in it for breathing and even seeing, if you decide to go full crab face.
- Dangling pearl stuff with shell fragment appendices. I finally found the courage to crush, cut and sand 'regular' shells.
I think a year or two might have passed since his last depiction. His grandfather was the leader of his clan once, but was unthroned by another family when Zraikos was a kid. Now Zraikos family serves as the new leaders guards, pathfinders and teachers. But young Zraikos can be ambitious, let's hope Valzenka can cool his temper or it might become bloody some day. The big red shell on his hip depicts a rise of aggression.
- also, his shields got a lot of new dangling stuff and straps and I am happy with it.
It's complicated between those two. But they share a shielld! I love the dangling red things. I hate the fragility of tiny starfish.
So, Valzenaka has some new stuff too.
- A string around the hip to put in dangling pearl stuff. The purple things are cut out from a purple shell...shell. Those shells that oil company has in it's logo, I mean. Drilling was hard, sanding was fun.
- Also, new pants, I put an elastic pearl band into it for a tighter fit.
-I finally found an acceptable net that looks like it could be a knotted fishing net, on her left leg. She can knot stuff into there maybe.
- Her axe has a dangling little shell on the end
- her shield is new. With new stuff, more pictures of that in the next post. I also added a net there and...DANGLING STUFF.
- her breastplate has a row of round shells dangling now. The white center piece is the 'middle' of a sea urchin. Hard to get out undamaged in one piece, so it's something special she can show off.
Notice the little white scar on her forehead? Happened totally on purpose, when she spun around on her figure stand and bashed the sharp edge of her shield into her headsculpt.
Jordi has a purple tool now! It can be used as knife, shovel or for beach barbecues.
And look at his ear. Well, better pics of that in the next post. Not much news from Capraia, as she was updated recently and started all that dangling pearl business.
Holy crab, Zraikos, is it really you, the scrawny M31 boy?