Enslaver

  I can't remember how long ago I made this, maybe 5 years ago? Anyway, it was back in the day when i thought I was actually going to play a game of Warhammer 40K and I wanted to do an Enslaver themed Killteam to start off with. I sculpted this for myself, made a mold and a couple of casts and gave one to a friend of mine. He posted a picture of it online, it made its way onto Pinterest and now years later I got a request to post more pictures of it. So, here it is...

I looked online for inspiration but mostly used the rough sketch that I think was done by Jess Goodwin(?) as the overall guide. I tried to keep the main visual cues that are in the sketch; floating bladders, tentacles, mandibles, eye cluster, stuff like that but I wanted to make it look as alien as I could pull off  and still make it castable. To me, asymetrical elements makes things look bizarre and I focused on that with the underside detail in hopes of  conveying an alien anatomy.

Turnip28 Sniper Snail (personal project)

I thought I would post some personal projects up here since it's been a while. I just finished up a set of figures last week and I had some time to kill while waiting for my next assignment. I've been a fan of INQ28 for a while (and have several customs even though I don't play) and with Turnip28 taking off I wanted to take a crack at sculpting something in that vein. 

If you are unfamiliar with Turnip28 it is a tabletop skirmish game by Max FitzGerald who has created a setting that's getting some attention. Fans of Oldhammer and Mordheim could find this setting a lot of fun and a great chance for hobbyists to create some unique and interesting things. The rules are currently free over at his Patreon page, check it out if you are interested...

https://www.patreon.com/Turnip28

After seeing some of Mr. FitzGeralds art I got inspired to do a snail (no particular reason, just thought it would be fun) and since I'm lazy and didn't want to sculpt it myself I ordered some snail shells off of Amazon a month back and used one of those. I didn't plan much of anything and just began adding things that I thought would look good. I tried to keep things like some of the works of Terry Gilliam, Roger Christian and a bit of Brian Froud in mind as I went.

I may have gone overboard with the snails mouth, after sculpting it I was getting a feeling that I've seen it before and then I realized it looks a lot like the Santa Cruz Screaming Hand logo by Jim Phillips (or "Monks of the Screaming Fist" for the Rogue Trader era fans) so I subconciously ripped him off. Sorry. On top of that I don't even want to think how he reloads that gun. Anyway, I might make a mold of it in the future and cast it up and actually try to paint something for once. Hope this amuses.