The legendary Screamin'Bells [New Skaven/Rat-Team]

[Norse]

lovely sculpts Lukas, just keep in mind the plane of the mini for casting.. all those rags and strips of torn material look great, but will probably have to be cast separately, resulting in a 5 or 6 part mini.. costs more to cast, costs more to sell, resulting in fewer sales.. a lot of gamers like 1 piece minis for good reason.. generally cheaper to buy and no glue required!

just want to put it on your radar...

[Tim]

is this only me or the angle of the picture or does the shoulder pad and head position on the thrower look a bit odd in the last picture? The should pad goes to the middle of the body, where usually the neck would be ... the head looking over the left shoulder makes room for that, but where's the shoulder pad when the head is in his regular position?

Always hard to judge though without a 3d view

[GreyKnight]

I would also like to see the Thrower with his mouth closed. And if he was squinting too, that would look great as well.

[shitzzo]

@all:
big THANKS for feedback!

@ bungo_underhill:
i can calm you, the rat is still WiP

@ Norse:
I think this is a problem in general. Sure, the static figures would be more easy to cast, and (like you have written) the whole miniature will be cheaper.
But the other way round, a dynamic figure -in my opinion- is much more suitable than a static one. Further more sculpting dynamic rats a lot of fun So if there is no technical problem in reference to casting process, i would definitely prefer the dynamic version, even if it's more expensive.
But I don't know what other people prefer, that is just my point of view. (And if people would like to have boring, static, one piece rats they could use "Skaven"... )

@ Tom:
I changed the shoulder pad, thanks for pointing out that fact. (pics will follow soon)

Best regards,
shitzzo

[Lahatiel]

@Blueschild: the "modern" coach is probably not everybodys case... but i think if goblins fight with chain saws, a besuited rat-coach should be ok.

These guys are looking great, shitzzo, I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished team!

And don't worry, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a "modern," besuited rat-coach! (As you can tell from that link, though, I might be a bit biased on that point )

[shitzzo]

Great figure! But in my opinion more a mouse than a rat.

I hope the Rat-Thrower is finished now (at least i found nothing more to do, but maybe someone here will find something to improve)
The mouth is still opened, i could not finally manage to make up a new head, so i nothing new here...

To give you the feeling of a 3D-look, i took a short video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpqQXMX34kc

best regards,
shitzzo

[asperon]

Looking great, only 12 more to go

[MyKi#1]

Dude, that thrower is awesome, loving the dynamic-ness of the sculpt.
Showed the missus the video, she thinks its spectacular but its a rat *EEEK*...

Awesome sculpt mate.

MyKi

[Tim]

Great, the videos give a much better impression of the figures. Absolutely love them ...

You need to spend the money you make with this team on a more silent PC though

[shitzzo]

Thanks for feedback!

only 12 more to go

Showed the missus the video, she thinks its spectacular but its a rat *EEEK*...

That is still the best of all... rats are a kind of sweeeet littke mice

You need to spend the money you make with this team on a more silent PC though

Oh, that is a fan heater. My working place is a loft and there is no heater, so i have to use this option...
But, by the way, i'm looking for a bigger appartment

Regards,
Lukas



EDIT:

here some more videos
whole team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa3CmwCm0I
scared Linerat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SPSJSKZ0gY
Weazle Flink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kufq36b1SDc
Runner/Catcher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XufHeuAGW-Q
Coach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bQ87WOZ2tw
and Blocker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXKWWe_V_bM

and another piscture with figure and template:

[bungo_underhill]

How's work going Shitzzo?

Any thing new to show us?

[shitzzo]

Hi bungo_underhill,

sadly nothing new... but i'm trying to hurry up
But here you can see the sponsor of the screamin'bells. It's (original) a german beer called "Warsteiner" and the translation of the changed label is something like "Warpstoner's"



Next rat will be a jumping one. The pose should be similar to a hurdler.
But at the moment there is not enough time to procced...

best regards,
shitzzo

[Pug]

do you use Adobe illustrator for that?

[shitzzo]

Hi Pug,

i would not be able to do something like that on a computer A user in a german forum changed the letters, but if you like I pass your question.

best regards,
shitzzo

[shitzzo]

Hi everyone,
i painted my version of the ratogre:


made a prototype for basing the "bells" in future. Muddy field with lot of footprints and some grass here and there:


and here you can see the dummy of the next jumping ratman:


best regards,
shitzzo