Imagineminis

You are not Prepared (Patron Commission Illidan WIP)

Added 2021-10-29 01:15:08 +0000 UTC

Hello everyone!

Update 1st November:

This is the last update before the final release. Ryan has shown me 2 poses but let me do the final call on the Pose so I took the liberty of going for this pose, the reason for that is that I wanted a pose that could express movement. So in the pose, he is projecting his body forward ready to strike with his right arm. At first, it was hard to find a pose because the Warglaives are just too big and he has wings (I don't know how he does not cut himself).

I will now fix the mesh damaged by the posing process, add cloth folds, fix the hair, add cuts to the wings, sculpt the open mouth, Sculpt hand variations, sculpt base, and split parts.

Update 31th October:

You are almost prepared. Started the finishing line for Illidan. Currently finishing the Hair and wanted to share how everything is going. I still need to sculpt the wings (And add damage).

I think that in the final pose he will be showing his teeth, so once I figure that out I will work on the head Again.

For the Hands, I will add a cut where the ribbons meet the arm to make the seamless as possible, there will be 2 hand options compatible left/right, Warglaive, and empty (with some nice sharp nails). Depending on the final pose I will also add a 3rd hand with fire so it can be painted green (To create a Fel fire effect or something)

To make it easier to fit the printer and support. I will also add a cut to the wings.

Update 30th October:

Thank you all for the comments about sizing. I have tested him with a 50.8mm base and it looks pretty decent to me about the proportions, those wings take too much space. He is a Large creature but not Tall but in width. One other thing that helped to fill the base was that he is a 32mm scale in night elf standard male size would be something around 36mm plus hoofed feet, he will have around 38mm tall (to the center of the eyes). Guess it makes ok, anyway I will print mine a bit bigger (I have my reasons and will reveal when the Time is Right, lol So mysterious ^^).

I have redone wing tissue to a less poly model, this will help in posing Illidan. Started blocking out the Warglaive, finished the arm proportion and arm wraps, sorry about everything else, we are not prepared... yet.

For the basing, I am thinking about making some rocks and adding some cracks so that you guys can make them as Lava or Fel energy.

--End of Update--

Already started the Patron Commission October: Illidan Stormrage (Metamorphosis). I could not resist using You are not Prepared for a WIP.

In my mind Illidan was a Fit slim Night elf with some babyface without wrinkles, today I have found out that I could never be more wrong lol.

This is my current progress for Illidan, Almost done with Face, Horns, and Torso. Since he is a shirtless guy I am taking my time to make the muscles look right. By the side there is a female night elf as a size reference, to the eyes she has around 36mm.

What I'm wondering on the make or not:

1) Markings on the body, should I sculpt the markings or should I leave that to Paintjob? IMO I should leave that to paint.

2) Since he is a Boss I was thinking of making him a bit bigger around 40mm from feet to eyes. Doing that would imply on a 32mm base, from my experience with Draenei that kind of leg takes more space for posing than standard legs.

Tell me what your opinions are in the comments below.

I will be updating this post as I move along with the sculpt.

Best regards,

Ivo