Velvet's Chibis

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Hi all, thought Id share a few pics my latest minis. I recently picked up a copy of Super Dungeon Explore and have been playing it with my eldest. Great fun and fairly simple :D Ive been doing a bit of painting, sculpting and casting. These are on my Soda Pop thread aswell thread

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My son asked me to make him a figure from an xbox game he likes, Castle Crashers(I like it too:))
I made the green and though 'he ll want the full set...' so I decided to try my hand at metal casting, the results were much better than my resin attempts.
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Ive also started some final fantasy minis too as they fit in with the whole 8/16 bit style.
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Thanks for looking!

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(Not fan at all of the size and style of the minis, but that's personal.)
Great work on the sculpting and the casting looks ace! Good job man !

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gah! I want the castle crashers and final fantasy figures! those are awesome! great job :D

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Aino wrote:(Not fan at all of the size and style of the minis, but that's personal.)
Great work on the sculpting and the casting looks ace! Good job man !

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Thanks! I didn't get the CHibi thing at first but im all over them now. Shame I missed the Asian Kickstarter. I want the Chun Li so much!
nobby wrote:gah! I want the castle crashers and final fantasy figures! those are awesome! great job :D
Thanks Nobby, some more wip pics just for you!
Aeris style FF7
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Thief
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Barbarian
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The heads are swappable too!
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Really cool stuff! Your sculpting was impressive, and it has improved!

What was your experience with metal casting? I'm just starting to experiment with resin casting. Curious about metal.

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ChenZhen wrote:Really cool stuff! Your sculpting was impressive, and it has improved!

What was your experience with metal casting? I'm just starting to experiment with resin casting. Curious about metal.
Thanks very much! I find metal casting infinitely easier than resin. Resin casting for me was so hit and miss. The high temp RTV casting silicone for metal is twice as expensive but any miscast can go back in the pot. There is little waste. Plus you can melt down any old / broken miniatures!

Its so low tech, no messing around with catalysts etc - just pop your metal filled ladle on the cooker and within 10 minutes or so when its liquid you pour it in mould. Piece of cake!

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Some some casts of the greens above

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Castle Crashers Barbarian
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Castle Crasher Thief
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Final Fantasy Aeris/Aerith
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Final Fantasy Sephiroth
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Behind you!
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Size comparison with Glimmerdusk Ranger

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Thanks!
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Mark's incredible Chibi sculpt is now up on KickStarter as an option in a stretch goal for our current miniatures KickStarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/67 ... -sci-fi-mi

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Ooh, going to have to grab a few of those. KS backed!
Any chance of a Metroid-y character?

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The Aeris model is fantastic!

Celes next please :lol:

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Vanguard wrote:Ooh, going to have to grab a few of those. KS backed!
Any chance of a Metroid-y character?
Its possible. Just depends on how far we go with stretch goals

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The flowers on Aeris' base are a nice touch. Overall, I'm rather fond of what you've done here.

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Oohhh I need those Chaos Warrior....
Now I won't be happy until I have a Chibi BB team for each race. :D

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Few more pics here with the digital camera.

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WIPs Black smith and pink knight, using Aeris's body.

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Tifa and Cid WIP
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GalakStarscraper wrote:Mark's incredible Chibi sculpt is now up on KickStarter as an option in a stretch goal for our current miniatures KickStarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/67 ... -sci-fi-mi
Cheers Tom! Glad Nicks wagon is on there too.
The Painted Goblin wrote:The Aeris model is fantastic!

Celes next please :lol:
Love Celes mate, I might do a few from FF6 :D
odinsgrandson wrote:The flowers on Aeris' base are a nice touch. Overall, I'm rather fond of what you've done here.
Thanks Odin:) The flowers were very quick and easy to do. It had to be done!
Rolex wrote:Oohhh I need those Chaos Warrior....
Now I won't be happy until I have a Chibi BB team for each race. :D
The knights would make great 'flings too I think :wink:

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