Author Topic: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach  (Read 26435 times)

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Re: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach
« Reply #135 on: January 06, 2021, 03:13:44 PM »
Happy New Year everyone!

It has been over four years since I've been here! That's wild.

My apologies for the extended absence. I moved states, and all of my stuff was packed up in boxes. I hadn't thought of it in years, up until I found it a few weeks ago!

Now that that's out of the way, here%u2019s Kao Cen Darach!

He's one of my favorite character designs, and it was a ton of fun working on him. Let me know what you think!

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This was the last thing left as a teaser, and it's good to finally have him finished.

I haven't done anything like this in almost 4 years, so I definitely have a lot of ground to recover, but all things considered I'm thrilled with how he turned out!

He%u2019s built onto a Takara Microman frame, using a Don Cheadle War Machine head, and a random robe I had in my parts bag.

I hand sculpted all of the body armor onto the frame, horns onto the head, made magnetic hand guards that can be swapped to any of the 6 hands for each side, and sculpted a saber hilt around a paper clip.

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Saber hilt is attached magnetically to both the belt and the blade.

I painted it using Testor%u2019s enamel paints(going to need some touch ups, I'd never done enamels before), and all of the sculpting was done with Aves Fixit Sculpt epoxy. After painting, I realized how much more sanding work and clean up I could have done on the armor, which I'll be more mindful of in the future!

Here are some work in progress pictures for reference!

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I'm glad to be back, and have lots more in store!
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Re: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach
« Reply #136 on: January 07, 2021, 03:04:39 AM »
First off welcome back. I am glad to see you are back to customzing after four years!

Back on the front pages with this great creation.

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Re: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach
« Reply #137 on: January 09, 2021, 07:06:13 AM »
Amazing sculpt work!

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Re: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach
« Reply #138 on: January 11, 2021, 03:12:43 AM »
Thanks, Tamer! Glad to be back!

And thank you, Sjefke! I want to do a couple more of them at some point, in a few different colors, so hopefully they get better over time!

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Re: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach
« Reply #139 on: January 11, 2021, 09:37:42 PM »
Wow! Its so nice to see you back again. your Darach turned out really well. I think using the Cheadle head was a great idea. Fabulous scuplt work.

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Re: Kelcken's customs: Kao Cen Darach
« Reply #140 on: January 13, 2021, 11:52:55 AM »
Thanks for the kind words, Starchaser! Glad to be back! :)