IvenBach wrote:ampersand wrote:just finished up my chaos troll that ive been working on. it didn't turn out too bad.
How much can & understate the work he does?
in my head. this was going to be much more grotesque, pain wracked and vile looking. from the point i finished the sculpt i knew he was still looking too much like a troll than what i had envisioned. and the paint job wasnt how i imagined it to be either. whilst i will agree he turned out well. it still fell below what i imagined it would turn out like. so i think its fair to say it didnt turn out bad..just not how i wanted
knightkrawler wrote:I wanted to ask the same. That's absolutely gorgeous. In the ... chaos-y ... way.
I especially like the pustules set off in the red inflammation areas. Looks absolutely realistically itchy and disgusting. Did you gloss-varnish these spots?
And the elbow of the third arm and the eyes and all this detail hardlining and the limited palette. Dear god, that's good work!
you wouldnt believe the different colour schemes i started with. it just wasnt working, which is why in the end, to save plastering too much paint on this i went with a mixture of standard trollish colours. grey/blue then mixing in reds/greens and purples to break up the colour scheme seemed to work best. all of this comes from me finally using a wet palette and buying some W&N brushes.
i didnt varnish the boils. because i havent had chance to get to get any. i will probably add that in later on.
StratosVX wrote:"Didn't turn out too bad"? Are you serious? That thing is fantastic!
thanks. like i say. it didnt quite turn out how i imagined. but im happy he is finally completed.
slev wrote:Yeah, Ampersand has a SERIOUS case of Imposter Syndrome.
i dont even know what that is. but i like to think im just humble in my approach to the things i do.

but thanks for the diagnosis lol
Anderas wrote:I really like his self portrait! I was always wondering why he chose Ampersand as name, but the Troll has really the same posture the sign has.

I like it a lot!
thanks the name...comes from a comic book called 'Y the last man' great read!. and glad you like it
and oddly yeh now you point it out. it does kind of stand in that position. & but then you are only looking at it from one angle.
theres some more angles on my blog. but heres my obligatory action shot i always like to churn out.

