New Miniatures Sculpts

[Andrea_Tarabella]

Hi to everyone,
first of all, sorry for my English, it's not my native language

"Clarification: I'm NOT trying to open a Kickstarter - Indiegogo, each model that I will sculpt in my spare time IS available on [url]https://www.shapeways.com/shops/tarum[/url]. Critiques, Comments and Feedbacks are are welcome, as well as tips on upcoming miniatures!"

During the last years i took part as sculptor in the most exciting projects, like the insanely successful Raging Heroes - The Toughest Girls of the Galaxy Kickstarter, Slaughterball (don't miss it! the Kickstarter is still running [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogthewhatgames/slaughterball-brutally-deluxe-sci-fi-sports-board[/url]), other projects that are under copyright so i can't show you and a lot of personal project.

3D print of Yoko


3d print of Slaughterball Athletes, in collaboration with Francesca Musumeci (my wife, she sculpts too!). The blue guy was not sculpted by me.


I'm just a digital sculptor, Zbrush is my software, i do everything there, except for pencil concepts. I'm not a molding expert and, even if i have a 3d printer in my home, i can't print miniatures, as they requiere super expensive 3d printers that can make supersmall details. So, the only thing i can do it's sculpt. I do that everyday even if i'm not working, i always try to improve myself using new techniques and styles.

Video of me sculpting Jynx, for Raging Heroes. Check the video description for more informations
[url]http://youtu.be/eqQgnKN9_rs[/url]

Now, i have just rebooted my Shapeways shop eliminating every miniature i made in past: looking at them after 4-5 years it's very strange, it's nice to see the improvement but i want to give my best. For who don't know about it, Shapeways is a website where you can sell and buy 3d prints. They are a 3d printing service that offer a very good material for miniatures for a low price. Everyone in Shapeways can be the artist, you can design a 3d model, upload it there and sell it, no needs to own a 3d printer. If there are 3d sculpted out there, don't exitate to ask me for more information about it.
Shapeways analyze the model and tell you if it works. It also tell you the price based on material, weight/size of the model and printing time. This means that even the artist pay for his model.
Luckly, the artist can add a small amount to Shapeways price, so you can actually earn 2-3 dollars for each miniature sold. That's what I'm doing with it

Every artist can select one or more material for each model on Shapeways. I choose Frosted Ultra Detail. It's simply the best, and the only one that can print small models like miniature with awesome details. A single miniature printed in this material could cost from 12 to 25 dollars, it really depends on the material amount needed. The team of Shapeways keeps themselves very near to the costumer and the artist during the printing process, they send email with details and everything. If something go wrong, like a model fail during the print they refund you and the artist have to fix the model (like thicken one part that's too delicate). Shapeways keep you updated and bring you in contact with the artist, so it's a really nice place to make, buy and sell models.

Right now i work with Raging Heroes, i sculpt during the weekends for my personal projects and from time to time i also accept commissions. I have many models to work on and little time, i will not do money with Shapeways (2-3 dollars per model is not really a lot) but i really want people to have my models. I love them, i would paint them if I could, I would play with them if i had the time and i really enjoy to draw and sculpt new miniatures.

That's my shop on Shapeweys: [url]https://www.shapeways.com/shops/tarum[/url]
Take a look at it if you have the time, there's just one set of miniature right now, but I update it any time i finish a model.

Dwarf Miniature TEST from Shapeways. Frosted Ultra Detail material. Absolutely Work in progress, details not deep enough so I'm fixing the sculpt!


Gargoyle Miniatures, 41mm from ground to the horns (the standing one) available on Shapeways! Check my shop for more details and does not exitate to ask me if you have questions


Dwarf Ranger update 2! I finished the first one!


Thanks! And happy wargaming

Andrea Tarabella