SpiralingCadaver: Body Horror

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Noblesse Oblige - Kingdom Death Lion God modification

This was a salvage operation, and I don't think I would have done it if the Lion God weren't scheduled to be variously upgraded by new content, such as the Silver City which I'm anticipating even if the kickstarter has dragged so long "excited" is far too strong a word.

Dead Man Walking - Night Lords Dreadnought / Hellbrute

A quick one, today. This guy is basically stock, minus a couple horns I cut off to give a lower profile. What was by far most interesting to me on this project was trying to reconcile the organic/biomechanical sensibility (which I feel tends to approach overly cartoony designs) with my Night Lords (which are generally quite subdued, to counter the overwrought aesthetic of bats 'n' lightning. I tried to go with a sick, vaguely Akira-esque blending of flesh into machinery: I thought that simply making the organic forms metallic (so closer to organic metal) wouldn't read, while a clearer delineation between flesh and metal when I was laying down colors honestly made him look weirdly naked.

I'm not going to do a ton in this style, but I'm pretty happy with how he looks, since it gives me options on how to do others when I want to.

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Before & After - Kingdom Death Aya Versions, and Analysis of the Kingdom Death Comic

I really liked the little diorama of Beyond the Wall.

A Deadly Realm - Complete Core Kingdom Death

So, I'm pretty darn happy with this collection.

Nurture and Nature - Kingdom Death Wet Nurse

First, in case you're not familiar, this would be a definite NSFW due to body horror and nudity...

Workin' for the Man Every Night and Day - Kingdom Death Nemeses

The King's Man features a combination of colors that I think work very nicely together-- orange and purple are some that not only form a pretty nice compliment, but nothing confusing happens if you mix them pretty reasonably.

Art, and Censorship, and "Censorship" in the context of Kingdom Death

(I'll come back to this Sunstalker later.)

I'll be writing about Kingdom Death as a bit of a case study on censorship and its perception in gaming, and in general.

Golden Ener-gyyyy - Kingdom Death Nemeses

Another set playing with source lighting...

Om-Nom - Kingdom Death Screaming Antelope and Bone Armor survivors

For being about as powerful, I find the Screaming Antelope so much more interesting than the Lion.

Reincarnation - Kingdom Death Phoenix

This is the second time I've painted the Phoenix, and it's just an epic model, regarding both scale and detail (and quantity of creepy little hands).

This time, I went with a more traditional red paint job, though still with true Kingdom Death gross fleshy bits.

I am the Lizard Queen, I can do anytheen. - Deadsculpt's Lascivia

Where Ignava has a slick sci-fi feel, I decided to work with Lascivia as her more organic counterpoint.

Hall of Fame - Kingdom Death final survivors, and years 19-20

So, a fun set today- my favorite characters from each of the three campaigns we've completed each got custom models.

A Two-Plus-Two-Equals-Four-Man - King's Man, plus Home? settlement years 7-12

I really like the contradictions in the King's Man- it's a model covered in faces that's faceless, and it's an automaton that has personality.

A Spudman (I've got eyes all around!) - Deadsculpt's Ignava

The Alien/Xenomorph series was a pretty influential part of my childhood* so it was fun to do a paint job based on Giger's aesthetic, to match the model.