Making my very own Puggy - Finished

[nazgob]

I don't own a proper Puggy.

And I feel that I may struggle to obtain one. Therefore, I decided that I would sit down and make one.



Working off this for inspiration, I started to raid my bitz box. Now I have nothing that can offer me feetof that size. But I could find a few other interesting bits and pieces. Stage one of my very own Puggy may be found below.



Never really tried to sculpt greenstuff before so this might be an interesting process.

I'm putting the job on hold for 24 hours to let the greenstuff harden, and then I shall attempt to continue.

Next steps:

a) Fixing the top/front of the pouch (under his right arm)
b) Two small chest plates vis a vis the original Puggy
c) probably make some attempt at sculpting some feet. this will be rather iffy.
d) round off the helmet and add a bit more detail to it. maybe a horn.

Future steps (after a second hardening period)

a) two large shoulder pads
b) a large chin pad/strap


I'm trying to layer the model. e.g. The helmet will be below the shoulder pads so I did the helmet first. This seems sensible to me, although I would love some advice from more expericed greenstuffers.

[Borthcollective]

Ok who painted that Puggy?

Most important thing to make sure you are doing when working with green stuff is to make sure you lube your tools and that they are clean.

[nazgob]

Original site for that Puggy is http://www.coolminiornot.com/189461

To reiterate - I did not paint him

I work with water for my tools. That Ok?






hehe - lube my tool - hehe

[Borthcollective]

Water works, vaseline is better. Still encourage the lubing of your tool!

[Cirrus the Blue]

My only advice in regards to the conversion is that you make sure his arms are in proportion to his size and the rest of his body. A good frame of reference to that is to keep in mind that both arms outstretched parallel to one another should be exactly how tall you are. It looks like you could clip off a little bit from his upper arms and have that work quite well. Keep shaving off little bits until it looks right. Otherwise, it's a great start!

- Cirrus

[mage75]

A good frame of reference to that is to keep in mind that both arms outstretched parallel to one another should be exactly how tall you are.

I wish !! My arm span is 6'2", while I am 5'9". Robbed I tell ya !!

It might be a good rule of thumb, but certainly not necessary for a mini or in real life.

[nazgob]

I'm hoping that the shoulder pads will add a lot of bulk to the mini, giving the model some balance. But you could well be right about those arms. I'll have a look at trimming him tomorrow when I should be bale ot start on the next stage.




Would you believe that when I went to the club last night someone said they had an original puggy that I could have? Its a stupid life! Work will continue though - I've started so I shall finish.

[MyKi#1]

Would you believe that when I went to the club last night someone said they had an original puggy that I could have? Its a stupid life! Work will continue though - I've started so I shall finish.

And you will feel a lot of pride as you get to gaze at your own creation, It looks good too looking forward to seeing more progress.

MyKi

[mattgslater]

A good frame of reference to that is to keep in mind that both arms outstretched parallel to one another should be exactly how tall you are.

I wish !! My arm span is 6'2", while I am 5'9". Robbed I tell ya !!

It might be a good rule of thumb, but certainly not necessary for a mini or in real life.

It's a good average. I'm the other way around, with a 6' wingspan at 6'2".

[nazgob]

Ok, for the record, I love that you can just pull grenstuff off an start again - its very forgiving!

[nazgob]

Stage 2 Complete

a) Fixing the top/front of the pouch (under his right arm)
b) Two small chest plates vis a vis the original Puggy
c) probably make some attempt at sculpting some feet. this will be rather iffy.
d) round off the helmet and add a bit more detail to it. maybe a horn.

Well, I actually achieved all four of these, although quite obviously I didn't go for the spike. No proper photo of the back this time, as I didn't do anything to the back.

The area around the pouch was irritating. This area had held a grenade I think, which I felt was innapropriate for Puggy - the base of the model is a 40k grot. I carved it off, but was not able to completely cover up the mess I left. I feel that I managed to fix it though. I simply put some greenstuff into the crevice and blended it in.

The chest plates were annoying to get right, but luckily greenstuff is forgiving (see previous post) and with a few attempts I got a result I was happy with. I sliced greenstuff until it was the right size and shape and then simply put them into place and flattened them out. Trial and error gets results.

The feet were a real challenge.



These are by far and away the hardest thing I've ever sculpted. Flat surfaces are simple enough, and even the helmet was simply a case of folding the greenstuff around the head of the model. For the feet I began by taking a small ball of greenstuff and blending it onto the model in the shape of a shoe. Into this I then placed 4 slight indents to seperate the toes. I gradually largened them to create the toes, and sliced downwards to create the dents. This left trails which i had to remove, leaving the effect that you can see. I'm sorry for the reflection, as it ruins the effect somewhat. However, Puggy's right big toe [left on the picture] is the most accurate. The toenails were created by carefully denting each toe with a narrow tool.

For the helmet, I discovered that the horn didn't work. At least not on my Puggy, or to my satisfaction.



These were simply three small balls flattened into discs. I shall either add spikes or studs to this for a final level of detail.


For Stage 3
a) two large shoulder pads
b) finish off the helmet
c) foot hair

[Cirrus the Blue]

So far, it's cast-worthy!

- Cirrus

[MyKi#1]

I'm liking what i see its coming together nicely. Looking forward to seeing him painted.

[Glowworm]

Will he be joining us at newquaybowl ?

If not bring him anyway, would love to see the finished (or near finished) article..

[nazgob]

Thanks for the encouragement guys - I have to say that Mr Baconbreath is taking shape, and that after today's efforts he's very nearly finished. Sorry no pics tonight, but I'll try and upload some tomorrow. Currently, the only thing I haven't done from my original list is to add som extra detail to the helmet - Puggy only has a face guard, no spikes. But I may or may not add anything else to it.

Will he be joining us at newquaybowl ?

If not bring him anyway, would love to see the finished (or near finished) article..

Really, I left this a bit late, yes, I was planning to use him at NewquayBowl. I had this brainwave that Puggy would give my poor humans an enormous advantage (!?!), but realised I didn't have a model. Really, I left it a little late and so I'm gonna be a little rushed, but seeing as I refuse to take a team that is less that 100% painted, he'll either be finished or not in the team at all. I will bring him anyway though.