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Here is no. 2! He's using a looted ogre gut plate as a shield. I sculpted a wider rim on it because it was pretty small.

I sculpted the sword out of plasticard, which was my first time doing it. I loved how quickly I could get to the rough shape I wanted, but it's pretty hard to see details on white so I hope I can find colored ones.

I left the straps in place, but I sculpted a continuation of the shirt underneath them.

As I am sure to get questions again, none of what I'm doing is meant to be time efficient. I am practicing sculpting and making a few orcs as I would like to paint them. Like the previous one, I also removed stuff that wasn't necessarily sci-fi: the plates on the strap, the spikes on the shoes, the gloves, even the ammo pouch could have stayed.

I think the gun made the composition more interesting, creating a nice triangle between the gun tip, the grenade head and the strap on the shoulder. Maybe I can improve mine with painting.

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I loved these Armageddon Ork boyz at first sight so I decided to get a few and try to convert them. I began by shaving off anything that looked futuristic. Then I realized there were also other things that could fit fantasy, but I didn't want to paint: studs on the shirt, teeth on the belt buckle, straps on the back, bolts on the axe handle. I also sculpted over the strap that holds the back (hide?) shirt as I really didn't like that part of the design. I made some holes in the shirt on the back. They kinda look like bullet holes, but I hope painting will fix it.

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Finally finished! I wasn't able to get everything done for the Olden Demon competition. The halberd head was especially dull, but some other details were missing too. Thanks to @save.miniatureart on IG for suggesting the pattern on the halberd. I'm not sure I got it realistic enough, but it does provide some extra interest to a part that was pretty bland.

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Here is my submission to Olden Demon 2026. I was hoping to spend more time on it but life got in the way and I had to rush to get it finished last minute.

I would especially like to improve the halberd head, I think the flat side is the worst part. The feather needs some work too. I think the armor is pretty good though I might need to lighten up the green reflections on it quite a bit as they are too subtle.

I am very happy with what I was able to do with the face. I don't usually paint humans and this sculpt is quite soft. I was going to add the red stripes on back of the pant leg, but ran out of time. The light side of the stones should be much higher in value, but I painted the base in about 5 minutes.

A big surprise to me is that I don't hate the green base rim. I still might paint it black eventually as I will want this guy to fit my old world collection.

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Almost there for Olden Demon. Still have to base it and do some cleanup. I'm not too happy about the halberd head so I might change that if I can get a better idea.

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Here's a clip from my "Road to Olden Demon" video where I show how you can test out color schemes digitally. The full video is on my channel.

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Here's a clip from my "Road to Olden Demon" video where I discuss how I arrived at my Empire color scheme. The full video is on my channel.

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Here's a clip from my "Road to Olden Demon" video where I go through my options for an Empire model. The full video is on my channel.

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Hey friends! I made a video about preparing for Olden Demon, picking an oldhammer model, figuring out a color scheme and painting a test model. At the end, there's a brief tutorial about doing digital mockups for different color schemes.

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Here's a test model for the Empire. I'm hoping to paint an Empire model for the Olden Demon competition (and possibly a small warband) and wanted to get my scheme right. This model, of course, wouldn't qualify as it was released in 2000, but I have a couple of older ones prepared. The second image shows how I like to develop my color mixes from dark to light on paper rather than directly on the model. As you can see, this one actually started out green and blue.

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Let's take a look at the zombies I converted for Warhammer The Old World.

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Here's some more sculpting practice on zombies. The head actually comes from the same 1999 (?) multi-part zombie kit as the rest of the parts, but it's very different in scale and more in line with other kits at the time (empire troops) or even modern Warhammer. I'm wondering why they included it, maybe it was sculpted by someone else, or possibly even part of a different kit originally.

I sculpted an iron hat as one of the Gary Morley zombies had one. I was inspired by those models to make mine more equipped for combat, but the spearhead and the hat took me a long while to sand and get right.

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Here is my archers unit on a black background, they are night goblins after all!

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Sculpting practice! I have mixed feelings about the old multi-part zombie kit. On the one hand, it has a lot of charm, and many of the faces are great. On the other, the heads and hands are huge and the shoulder joins are pretty rough.

My main reason for doing this is to practice sculpting without having to create a whole figure from scratch, which is always intimidating.

I got to try things I've never done before, like the hair and the blade, as well as some anatomy and cloth, which is a struggle. I wanted to create a more martial zombie that holds a shield and appears more focused, inspired by the 90s ones sculpted by Gary Morley. The head is from the previous generation skaven stormvermin kit.

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Victory! It's been a while since I started working on these, but they're finally done! I've taken long breaks between painting them as I don't enjoy working on the same model over and over, and during that time, my color scheme has drifted. Over the past week, I've taken the time to unify the color scheme so now I can finally call them done!

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Here's a quick video about doing a Mordheim backdrop for the goblin I sculpted last year. I managed to get silver in standard at Squidmar Open and commended in the Critter Challenge.  

https://youtu.be/SctfDixX4m8

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Somewhere in the World's Edge Mountains, the Red Face goblin tribe prepares for a night raid.