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Claudia - Ranger of the Apocalypse: Preview

Claudia will be arriving on April 3rd (or maybe earlier depending on completion of the Patreon billing process).  Claudia is a Ranger. She roams the post-apocalyptic wastelands dispensing justice to the lawless and protecting those who seek peace and a life in the wastes. 

Thoroughly enjoyed this sculpt, she came together quickly and easily. Being as though Easter is upon us, I've included an Easter Special along with an alternative bald head due to requests.

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Claudia - Work In Progress Set 3

I've reached that point of having too many polygons to get a nice render in Keyshot, so I'm having to make do with Zbrush's primitive rendering now. She's coming along rather nicely. Spent a fair bit of time on the jacket, adding seams and creases and finally got round to working on her bodysuit and giving it a detail pass. She's not that far off now. Some more battle damage to add to the weapons, refine the hair, detail the cloak and belt, add the sling to the rifle and a final pass on her b...

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Claudia - Work In Progress Set 2

Quick update that I meant to post yesterday morning but apparently Patreon decided it wasn't going to post it. Got a lot more of the elements blocked in and started enhancing details as I go. Started on the hair and adding wrinkles to clothing etc.

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100 Patron Goal Release: Murder Crow

Another goal smashed! Thank you so much everyone! The Murder Crow is now available in The Trove folder on Google Drive in combined and multipart STLs and 3MF files as well as pre-supported and pre-hollowed STLs (all in one zip file for ease of download). You will still need to add your own drainage holes as per the Read Me file in the folder (please read it!). I tried to use the boolean drain hole function in Formware to save you guys having to do it yourselves but it's an absolute nightmare ...

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Claudia - Work In Progress Set 1

Started to make some good progress on Claudia now. Spent a lot of time on her firearm which is some weird amalgamation of a Scar H, HK-416, P90 and some random other bits stuck to it. Was fun kitbashing some old meshes together to make something new. The sword was nice and quick to get finished and the cloth simulation was super quick thanks to a lack of clothing. I had to adjust the pose of the right arm slightly otherwise the gun would clip through her (eventual) hair and shoulder but that ...

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Gunnhild pre-supported STL files now available

Hey guys, I've updated the Google Drive with the pre-supported files for Gunnhild now that I've had a chance to properly test them all. Results have been good so I'm confident enough to release them now. 

I have made a change to them that should allow for easier removal of the supports - they're slightly thinner and the tip is slightly smaller. I found they tend to come away quite easily when heated - I left mine in my sonic cleaner with only the heater set at 50C for an hour or so...

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March Update - Monthly Round Up

I've got to admit, I'm glad this month is over. It's been an extremely busy and testing month from a personal point of view. I started a new job at the start of the month so adjusting to a different schedule has been a bit hectic and a few days I got taken out by a car whilst riding home from work so that's been fun. Fortunately I came out of it with minimal injuries and the insurance is taking care of the rest.

So let's see what's going on in March!

February Content - Now Ex...

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Gunnhild, She-wolf of the White Wastes: Preview

Gunnhild will be arriving on March 3rd (or earlier depending on the completion of the Patreon billing cycle). Gunnhild, or perhaps better known as "Ylgr" or "She-wolf of the White Wastes" in her world, is inspired by Viking tales of fearless warriors and fierce shield maidens seeking their place in the halls of Valhalla so that they fight alongside the Aesir with the coming of Ragnarok. 

As a bit of a bonus this month I've included a "mostly nude" version as some of you guys expres...

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Gunnhild - Work In Progress Set 3

There's a lot to this model and I'm not looking forward to cutting her up for keying, but she's nearly there! 

Still on the to do list is her top, the axe, sword, sheathe, hair and the base.  Overall not much left to go so hopefully the next update will be the finished article.

The meshes are still too heavy for Keyshot to handle the renders unfortunately, so I've had to make do with Zbrush's BPR renders for now.

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The Murder Crow: 100 Patron Goal Reward

Looks like we're nearing the 100 patron goal so I thought I'd take a break from sexy viking warriors and focus on something a bit less sexy but no less fun. This creepy knife lover will be available with the next content drop should the 100 patron goal be met by then. He'll be available as a combined STL and multi-part STLs as usual, though it probably goes without saying that there will be no NSFW version of this one.

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Gunnhild - Work In Progress Set 2

Got the cloth simulation done for her cloak, kidney belt and her...dangly bit? Added placeholder trim, worked more detail into the shield and shoulder guard, straps, horn, chainmail....just lots of stuff going on really! Still got a lot to get in there but she's coming along nicely and at a good rate.  Some of you guys watched me do most of this on stream and for those who'd like to watch the VODs, they're currently on my 2020-02-06 12:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post

February Update - Monthly Round Up

January has been a hell of a month according to the news, let's see what February brings. Here's the usual rundown of updates for February.

 Edit: Potential Poll changes, see below.


January Content - Now Expired

Molly was a fun sculpt and definitely helped scratch that Cyberpunk itch. Unfortunately with the month over she's no longer available but will be added to my Gumroad store on February 2nd and available at a 30% discount for patrons of all pledge lev...

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Autumn the Dryad: Preview

 

Autumn will be arriving on February 3rd. Inspired by stories of Dryads from popular fantasy myth depicting Dryads as almost siren-like beings luring men into the forest to live with them and serve them until they...expire. She will be available on February 3rd in both SFW and NSFW versions as combined and multi-part STLs. Pre-hollowed and pre-supported STLs will also be provided (don't forget to add your own vent holes). I'm also going to be offering the combined and multi-part f...

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Autumn: Work In Progress Set 2

Quick update on Autumn. Wanted to do some nice renders but exporting 150 individual objects out to Keyshot to render didn't seem like a good use of time after spending the last few days hand sculpting individual leaves so I've had to settle for a Zbrush render instead.

A few things left to tweak anatomy-wise but going to get the tree done first so I can more accurately add influence to her skin.

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Autumn: Work In Progress Set 1

Quite surprised how quickly Autumn is coming together. I suppose it helps that she's not exactly wearing anything complex as with previous models I've ended up doing a lot of cloth simulation and the inevitable clean up associated with that. For Autumn I'll be doing a lot more traditional zbrush techniques like mesh extraction and curve brush usage for leaves and vines etc. 

Can't say i'm looking forward to engineering the keys for this one, the tree is going to be a challenge.

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January Update - Monthly Round Up

Happy New Year everyone! I think I must have blinked and missed most of last year.  Anyway, we're here now so here's a round up for the month.

December Content - Now Expired

December is well and truly over and so the content link has now expired. So if you missed Saskia then you'll be able to grab her from my site (which will be up in a few days, I'll make a post announcing when it goes live).  Overall, she was a very pleasant print. The sculpt went well and even getti...

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Molly Mayhem: Preview

Molly Mayhem will be arriving on January 3rd.  Heavily inspired by Cyberpunk 2077 (why isn't it here yet!?), she's a veteran of the 4th Corporate War and is now a cybernetic badass for hire depicted as getting comfortable on an Arasaka corpo's chair. She will be available on January 3rd 2020 in both SFW and NSFW versions as combined and multi-part STLs.  If test prints work out then a pre-hollowed and pre-supported set of multi-part STLs will also be available at launch. All you'll ...

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Work In Progress: Molly Mayhem Set 2

Progress is a bit slow with hard surface modelling of the legs and cyberarm so it's been a lot of tedious traditional modelling rather than sculpting.  Fortunately most of her cybernetic parts are done now so I can get onto the fun stuff!

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Molly Mayhem: Work In Progress Set 1

Got her proportions sorted, rigged and posed her and got the basis of her clothing simulated and in place as well as her arms and legs segmented off for her prosthetics.  I'm likely going to redo her jacket some more inside Marvelous Designer to make it more interesting overall so we'll see how that goes.  There is a rough block out of the chair that's not picture here, because it's literally a couple of cubes right now and it takes up a lot of the image without offering much. ...

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December Update - Monthly Round Up and Future Plans

It's scary how quickly December has come around.  There's a run down of all the usual stuff below and a bit of an update of the direction I'd like to head in a bit further down that I'd love to hear your opinions on.


November Content - Now Expired

November is done and gone which means the monthly sculpt disappears along with it. The new content link for December will be live on December 3rd. If you missed out on November's content then know that I'm almost View Post

December Christmas Gift: Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy IX

Speaking to a few of you guys in private messages on Discord I let on that there's going to be a Christmas bonus as a gift from me to all you guys who have supported me thus far.  And here he is.  This was a sculpt I worked on during lunch breaks at work over the course of a month or so as a personal project. Vivi is one of my all time favourite Final Fantasy characters from my absolute all time favourite Final Fantasy game.  Hopefully you'll enjoy printing him as much as I enj...

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Preview: Pvt. Saskia Willows, Mech Engineer coming December 3rd

Saskia is all finished up and ready for her release December 3rd.  All the renders are now finished and I'll even be able to share pre-supported STL files on release.  

Apparently this thing called Christmas happens in December, so I'm also including a bonus model for you all to enjoy.  It's not pin-up related but it's a little something I've been working on during lunch breaks at work, and if you're fans of Final Fantasy (specifically 9) then you'll get a kick out of it ...

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Work In Progress: Saskia, Mech Engineer Set 3

She's pretty much done.  Just need to add some more skin details, refine the wrinkles in her overalls and make the base! She's been super fun to sculpt and should make for a fairly easy and fun print as well.  She'll be available to Hero tier and above December 3rd!

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Pre-supported STLs

Ok guys so I'm testing something out and if you're feeling brave then this might be something for you.

I've been toying with the idea of pre-supported STLs for a little while but have been a bit too preoccupied with sculpting and the day job to get much done about it.  

If you follow the November Content Link you'll find an additional folder within the Monthly Model folder.  It will be named EXPERIMENTAL Presupported. Within is a Zip file containing pre-supported...

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Work In Progress: Saskia, Mech Engineer Set 2

Saskia is coming along well. Almost done adding the different elements - ended up getting a bit distracted with adding some detail to some parts. Just got to add her boots, her power wrench and associated gubbins,  her arm wrap and watch. Then it's all just detailing (my favourite part!) and making a cool base for her. I'm looking forward to this being an easy print thanks to her being of a fairly simple composition.

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Work In Progress: Saskia, Mech Engineer Set 1

Making some good headway on Saskia so far. Mostly blocking everything in after managing some fun cloth simulation for her overals that turned out better than I could have hoped. Despite being a fairly simple looking concept there's going to be a lot of fun little details to get done. I'll aim to get her cap, hair and boots in soon.

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New 50 Patreon Goal: Theseus

Since you guys wrecked my old goal, here's a new one for 50 Patrons! This one will net you the bust of Theseus V1.0, a hybrid super soldier more machine than man but far more effective.  This was originally from a much larger piece that I never got around to finishing, here's hoping I can make this my day job so I can get around to it one day!

Thanks everyone.

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Preview: Sarysa, The Succubus Queen coming November 4th

Everything is coming together nicely. All the STLs are ready, renders are done and now i'm just working on the sketch to replace Saskia.

Also, it seems I've somehow reached my Patreon goal of 25 supports (actually over that now) so I'll be releasing the Hammerhead monster bust also on the 4th November alongside everything else.

To all my new supporters, thanks for joining up! And to all my previous supports, thanks for sticking around! Your support means so much to me!

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Work In Progress: Sarysa, Succubus Queen Set 2

Some more progress made over the last few days. Still on track though I wish sculpting hair wasn't such a long process.  Got to finish up the fabrics, add some skin detail, the heart, and a few other small details then I can move onto her thrall which should be a nice change.

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September Poll Winner and October Update

September Poll Winner

So it's now October and we have a winner of September's Poll:  Sarysa, the Succubus Queen. I've already started blocking out and the cloth on this one will be interesting to get print ready. 

She will be finished and released for November's content drop.


October Update


Everything is...

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