Fimm McCool
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In 2014 I decided to have a go at sculpting one of my favourite pieces of art, John Blanche's Gothic Amazon.
There have been a couple of versions of this sculpt released over the years. The limited edition GW one of course, followed by the 'space amazon' and a number of slaaneshi champions who seem to share common ancestry. Hasselfree also released a derivative recently. I'm not a big fan of any of them though, I don't feel they quite capture the essence of the painting. Hence deciding it would be a nice project to try out.
I don't have a photo of the first to hand, but if I find it I'll post it. I was happy with her pose, but my sculpting skills were a bit 'soft' back then so I decided every other year I would sculpt the Gothic Amazon to keep tabs on my progress. This year I have just finished mk2, using the legs from the original as a base because I was quite happy with the boots I did first time round. Here she is:
In hindsight using the whole of the legs has caused a bit of an issue with her right thigh, because I wanted to rework the shape it has become quite chunky whereas the illustration has very slender legs. This will be something I aim to improve upon next time. Overall I'm very happy though and pleased to see some progress is being made! Stay tuned for two years' time when the next one appears!!!
There have been a couple of versions of this sculpt released over the years. The limited edition GW one of course, followed by the 'space amazon' and a number of slaaneshi champions who seem to share common ancestry. Hasselfree also released a derivative recently. I'm not a big fan of any of them though, I don't feel they quite capture the essence of the painting. Hence deciding it would be a nice project to try out.
I don't have a photo of the first to hand, but if I find it I'll post it. I was happy with her pose, but my sculpting skills were a bit 'soft' back then so I decided every other year I would sculpt the Gothic Amazon to keep tabs on my progress. This year I have just finished mk2, using the legs from the original as a base because I was quite happy with the boots I did first time round. Here she is:
In hindsight using the whole of the legs has caused a bit of an issue with her right thigh, because I wanted to rework the shape it has become quite chunky whereas the illustration has very slender legs. This will be something I aim to improve upon next time. Overall I'm very happy though and pleased to see some progress is being made! Stay tuned for two years' time when the next one appears!!!