The Craftsmen

The Craftsmen

Another WIP.  I started making a very dark DnD one-shot which involved a bunch of Craftsmen that get lost in the catacombs under a city, facing extreme adversity, leading to them becoming heroes (Lvl 1) or dying along the way.  I tried to sculpt some of the characters so here they are, waiting to get painted:

 From left to right; The Hunchback, The Smith, The Veteran and The Woodsman

The Hunchback 

Mainly made from the Frostgrave Cultists kit, including a milliput copy of one of the bodies.  In a bag of random bits, I got a set of heads that had no neck whatsoever, after playing around I decided to try and make a hunchback by mounting the base of the skull onto where the neck would go and sculpting the back out for his hunch. 

Being a drifter, I liked the idea of him carrying everything with him he needed so I sculpted him a couple of bags and a dead rabbit.  These were sculpted onto the belt, which was made by twisting wire around itself, aiming for it to look like rope.  I was trying different ways of give straps for bags and whatnot, so the one for the satchel was simply greenstuff.

The Smith

The Smith uses the same base body as the Hunchback but uses Frostgrave Barbarian arms and a GW dwarf head with the beard cut off (Too dwarf-y).  I wanted to see how different I could make some miniatures using the same base, so I cut off parts of the robes to make the legs look like trousers and filled in the back (which I think didn't work well at all). 

I also sculpted a leather apron, which I wish I had included a tool belt with, the beard, which was fun!, and the backpack.  The straps of the backpack is plastic cord for beadwork, cut a little thinner.  It works but I think they are too bulky.  I also wish I had replaced the oversized hammer head with something more reasonable.

The Veteran

The Veteran will escort the PC's at least part of the way.  The body and head are Frostgrave Guards whereas the arms are Frostgrave Barbarians.  The right hand and sword are actually from the GW Skeletons set as I have an idea for a cult where a necromancer gives amputees new skeletal limbs to gain followers.

The sheaths are made from plasticard with greenstuff and a symbol from a standard to add flavour.  The strap is a 1/16 inch ribbon, trying once again to experiment with different materials for straps.  This is probably my favourite for an easy one.

The Woodsman

The last and my least favourite, the goal here was to try and convert the weird robes around the legs into a leather long coat.  The sculpt was midly susccessful, but I think the bulk behind the trousers and the transitions hinder it.

The quiver is in a strange place because it is meant to be scavenged and the strap looks messy because I had 1/8 inch ribbon that I cut in half, definitely not as good as getting actual 1/16 ribbon.

All in all, these were pretty fun to make, besides the woodsman, but I think I won't be making the milliput copies any more.  They are slightly cheaper but they come with a lot of hassle.