Specialty Girl — miniature sculpt for scale-sensitive production.
A scale miniature for Hangar 18 Miniatures in 2014, prepared for resin casting. Modo and ZBrush split between mesh work and organic surface detail. The gallery has two studio renders plus front and side views of the print-ready mesh.
- Hangar 18 Miniatures
- Modo and ZBrush
- 3D-print prepared
The scale makes the decisions
Miniatures do not behave like portfolio-scale sculpture. Detail that would read beautifully at 20 cm simply vanishes, so the silhouette has to carry the figure instead. And every surface choice has a consequence in the mould — geometry that will not release is not a style question.
Modo and ZBrush
I split the work between the two — Modo for the mesh, ZBrush for organic surface. Front and side views of the print-ready mesh sit in the gallery next to the studio renders, which is the honest way to show a miniature.
Hangar 18 Miniatures
Hangar 18 casts resin figures for collectors and tabletop players. Specialty Girl was delivered to fit their casting and scale requirements, which is a different brief from making something that only has to photograph well.
Project gallery
More views, clay renders and material passes.
