Horus Guard

[Jasbrick]

Hi,

I thought I would add something different to my figs and started today to learn to sculpt properly... I have played around with some very basic bits before but nothing particularly ambitious. Anyway I thought I would start with a fig from one of my favourite themes - Stargate.

The following is a Horus Guard Jaffa Warrior. The armour and helmet are sculpted by me and the Zat'nik'tel is made from two Brickarms photon pistols that have been modified (Please forgive me Will Chapman for abusing such wonderful protos, but I thought it was worth the sacrifice of my last two). The staff weapon was an afterthought and will probably be redone.

Here he is:

Side view to better see Zat gun:

Without his helmet to show that everything is removable:

I loved doing this one and even though he is my first I think I have not only learnt alot but gained a great addition to my collection.

Jasbrick

[Saint]

Another great one !!

The second photo does it for me , this is soooooooo sweet !! This must have taken a long time to complete.

thumbs up, A++++++ , extra credit and a "get out of jail card for free" for you !!

[Big Cam]

This looks incredible, I really liked that movie and you did it justice!

[BlueBard]

Just one word: masterpiece!

[Lamanda2]

Spectacular! Your sculpting is excellent (Loving that armor)!

~Amanda

[Big Cam]

I must ask, what exactly is it made out of. It looks like metal?

[Jasbrick]

I must ask, what exactly is it made out of. It looks like metal?

It is sculpted from a modelling putty called Green Stuff. The pieces are based on normal lego elements to allow for them to be removed from the fig like normal armour. The helmet hawk part is designed to swivel on a stud so that it can replicate the movement in the film / TV series.

Jasbrick

[Lamanda2]

"It is sculpted from a modelling putty called Green Stuff."

I have heard of Green Stuff before, but haven't used it myself. Is it any harder to work with something like Sculpey or Fimo clay? .. I use Sculpey myself, but the one big issue I have with it is that if I make something and attempt to spray paint it one color, or coat it in a clear spray, it never fully "sets", and the piece remains sticky and tacky forever, thus ruining it.. Have you ever tried a type of spray paint on the things you have sculpeted with Green Stuff before?

Thanks!

~Amanda

[Buckshot]

Very cool--I'm also a fan of the series. Any plans for creating vehicles (like a Death Glider, perhaps)?

[Commander Flash]

I like it, but the helmet seems a bit too detailed, like an action figure.

[Big Cam]

It is sculpted from a modelling putty called Green Stuff. The pieces are based on normal lego elements to allow for them to be removed from the fig like normal armour. The helmet hawk part is designed to swivel on a stud so that it can replicate the movement in the film / TV series.

Jasbrick

OMG, that's cool. SO did you just paint it then? Metalic colored paint.

[Jasbrick]

I like it, but the helmet seems a bit too detailed, like an action figure.

Not sure whether to take that as a compliment or not. I was going for detailed in this case.

Jasbrick

[Jasbrick]

"It is sculpted from a modelling putty called Green Stuff."

I have heard of Green Stuff before, but haven't used it myself. Is it any harder to work with something like Sculpey or Fimo clay? .. I use Sculpey myself, but the one big issue I have with it is that if I make something and attempt to spray paint it one color, or coat it in a clear spray, it never fully "sets", and the piece remains sticky and tacky forever, thus ruining it.. Have you ever tried a type of spray paint on the things you have sculpeted with Green Stuff before?

Thanks!

~Amanda

Sorry Amanda I missed this question before.

Green Stuff can be harder to use than those that you mention, however I believe the results are far greater in the end. Once you get used to working it (which I think did not take me too long) it can really work well. Green stuff air dries in about 4 hours (I either dry it under a lamp or leave overnight to be absolutely sure) and once set it is really set. I then use a spray undercoat on top before painting the desired colour.

Somebody on my flickr stream recommended a cheaper version called ProCreate, which looks to be the same type of thing (with more for your buck), however I have not tried it so cannot give it a true recommendation.

Hopefully that helps, but if you have any other questions just let me know.

Jasbrick

[Evil-shadow]

Have you ever consider to sold this unique piece? probably not, but im sure many would offer you quite a sum for it ( well yes im among them). Anyway it looks marvelous, just fantastic. Now if you would "sell" this to any of 3rd party lego makers( brickforge perhaps?) we could get it and you keep the original... Im sure they would credited you as original maker of this armor.

[Sandy]

I agree that this is incredibly well done, but not very Lego-like. It looks more like a Warhammer-figurine.

But if that was what you were aiming for, then it's all cool.

[Evil-shadow]

it might be a bit over detailed for lego ( at least what TLG would say), but it sure does look gorgeous. But then again TLG is not able to do anything that or not even near that. beside that SG-1 series werent as popular as they expect( TLG). So it would be kinda pointless (for TLG ofcourse) to make a new theme; SG-1 if they wouldnt sell enough sets. And then there is weapon problem (as we all know SG-1 series were quite agressive and violent), and they wont promote more violence. As far as they are concerned, lego is made for kids and not for us AFOL's. At least not primary... and that's why i have propsed third party manufacturers (ba, BF). They are not concerned about violenece ( BA especialy). Still it should be trimmed down in few details for mass manufacturing...

[InSeRt NaMe HeRe]

Wow That Is Amazing Job Well Done! :wub: