Ugly has a beauty all of its own...

[morsla]

I sat down at the desk with a pack of sculpey and a plan to make Fury tokens for Hordes... and somehow ended up with bits of plague daemon all over the place. It's amazing what happens when you tune out for a moment or three :)

I haven't tried using Sculpey for detail work before - actually, I've only ever used it to coat a wire armature. It's fun to work with: brittle at first, and then like plasticene once it's been kneaded. Even better, it gets a rubbery feel to it once it cools back down - I sculpted the head (in two parts) and the bits of sword arm first, and then started mashing them together later on. The bit of resistance helps to preserve detail when I inevitably squash something under my fingertips. That's lucky, as I'm hoping to only fire this in the oven when it's all finished.

Here's what grew out of my desk...