Here’s another 15mm I did the other week of a Trooper in heavy armor. I like how the armor turned out but when I sculpted the other parts… I couldn’t think of ideas on the fly.
So for my next mini, I’m going to do some concept drawings to work off of. I’ll try to figure out the design in the drawing so when I get to sculpting, I’ll have an idea of where I’m going with it.
I’ve heard of sculptors who don’t work off of drawings– that’s really cool. I’ll have to experiment with both approaches.
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15mm Heavy Trooper
For the past month I’ve been sculpting 15mm miniatures and having a lot of fun! I was inspired by Ground Zero Games and heard great things about their game, Stargrunt II. I wanted to try out the rules but didn’t have any 15mm miniatures so I thought I would sculpt my own army. My plan was to kill two birds with one stone– Make an army for Stargrunt and dive into the world of sculpting 15mm, get some practice, and see if I like sculpting in this scale.
After doing a few sculpts, I’m enjoying it a lot. These next pictures are troopers that I did. They’re mostly just experiments and my attempts to “sculpt in the moment.”
15mm Sci-fi Soldier (masked)
There are a lot of things that I like about sculpting in 15mm. One of them is that you can finish a miniature fairly quickly and see the results of your hard effort in no time. On the flip side, if you mess up it’s not too bad because you can quickly start another one and try again.
What’s cool is that sculpting seems to be more about impression and implying features. You don’t have to worry so much about detail because the figure is so small. With that said though, I still try to add all the detail that I can. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
The picture below is a “Dew Drop” Trooper. The helmet is shaped like a drop of water so… that’s the name I gave him. Maybe he gets inserted into battle from a Dew Dropship?
15mm "Dew Drop" Trooper
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