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Vargr Traveller (sculpt) added Sep 23, 2005
One of the players for the traveller gameis likely goingto be making a Vargr. rather than kill myself trying to find or convert an appropriate mini, I decided to break out the green stuff again. My previous sculpts ended up a little larger than I would have liked, so I made a conscious effort to keep this guy small. Vargr are supposed to be slightly smaller than humans, and this miniwinds up about half a head taller than the 25mm West end Star Wars minis, and about half a head shorter than the 28mm GW Cadians. I really prefer the 28mm scale for painting, so he hit just the right height. There's still some roughness to my sculpts, but overall I think he turned out pretty nice. No fingerprints, fairly smooth on all the large surfaces. When I started putting on the clothes, I realized that the tail was emerging way too low. It was built on a wire that goes all the way through the torso and also forms the base of the head. I carefully snipped the tail off at the base, shaved of a little putty to give me a small piece of bare wire, and reinserted it at a better spot. I was worried that it would be weak, but it seems to have turned out sturdy enough. The character is probably going to be a merchant/diplomat type, so I only gave him a little pistol to defend himself with. I cut and shaved bits of plastic from a leftover sprue, and I think it helps to give some clean lines to balance out the organic look of all the putty. the epaulets and belt were thin shavings, while the pistol body is a solid chunk. There were a few more bits of putty added after the last picture in this series was taken, mostly finishing the boots and filling out the right leg.
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