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Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:50 pm
by velvet mark
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
Ive been doing a bit of painting, sculpting and casting. These are on my Soda Pop thread aswell thread
Here are a few shots:-
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.
Ive also started some final fantasy minis too as they fit in with the whole 8/16 bit style.
Thanks for looking!
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:03 am
by Aino
(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 !
W
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:41 am
by nobby
gah! I want the castle crashers and final fantasy figures! those are awesome! great job
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:29 pm
by velvet mark
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 !
W
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
Thanks Nobby, some more wip pics just for you!
Aeris style FF7
Thief
Barbarian
The heads are swappable too!
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:44 am
by ChenZhen
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.
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:30 pm
by velvet mark
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!
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:39 pm
by velvet mark
Some some casts of the greens above
Castle Crashers Barbarian
Castle Crasher Thief
Final Fantasy Aeris/Aerith
Final Fantasy Sephiroth
Behind you!
Size comparison with Glimmerdusk Ranger
Thanks!
Mark
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:07 pm
by GalakStarscraper
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
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:44 am
by Vanguard
Ooh, going to have to grab a few of those. KS backed!
Any chance of a Metroid-y character?
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:50 am
by The Painted Goblin
The Aeris model is fantastic!
Celes next please
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:25 am
by GalakStarscraper
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
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:42 pm
by odinsgrandson
The flowers on Aeris' base are a nice touch. Overall, I'm rather fond of what you've done here.
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:03 pm
by Rolex
Oohhh I need those Chaos Warrior....
Now I won't be happy until I have a Chibi BB team for each race.
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:51 pm
by velvet mark
Re: Velvet's Chibis
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:57 pm
by velvet mark
Cheers Tom! Glad Nicks wagon is on there too.
The Painted Goblin wrote:The Aeris model is fantastic!
Celes next please
Love Celes mate, I might do a few from FF6
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.
The knights would make great 'flings too I think
