My Sculpt of Morghur Beastman Special Character

Description	:	This is my second entry into the GT's and I am really proud to share this with you all. (see GT22 for my prev work and too see how much better this really is) It is my first major sculpt and my first effort at source lighting and took immense amount of time (a couple hundred hours start to finish) but is far and away my best model this far. More pics available at ca.groups.yahoo.dot.com/group/jameskcraig/ I took my inspiration from the amazing artwork depicting the character in the GW beasts of chaos army book rather than the model they released. I wanted my character to be imposing and for power to ripple from him - as such i started with a bloodthirster as my base armature and built from there. I also added ripples to the ground itself eminating from where his staff touches the ground. I then added a figure to his base representing the mutatiing power of morghurs presence and showed it in mid transformation. Also on the base I have included a sheild with a checkerboard design fading away in proximity to morghur. I feel this has really heped to create a strong narrative and to emhasise both the sheer power and the abilities that are attributed to this character. I used the following colours on this model over a balck Floquil primer coat: SKIN/FUR:German Grey, Dark Grey, Basalt Grey and London grey I started with a dark base and then worked up layers of soft freehand fur to give the skin a subtle texture HAIR: SSCamoBlackbrown, Scorched Borwn, Bestial Brown,Graveyard earth, Buff Started dark, worked it up in numerous layers to create transitions and give it a more natural soft feel and to break up the uniformity STAFF/STONES:Jade Green, Bilious Green Ghostly grey, black ink. I created some soft green source lighting around all the stones hanging from his neck, the big one atop the staff and from the transforming lower section of the staff onto the rippling ground of the base. NMM:German grey, Basalt grey and sky grey with smoke Thanx to trovarion for his wonderful tutorials BONE:SScamo Black brown blended into buff with tiny touches of ivory ROBES:thin layers of catachan green and camo green with smoke washes adding the stains. I hope you all enjoy! James K. Craig AKA tkkultist Satisfaction is the Death of Desire -Hatebreed

Poll results:
Number 4 overall.
First Place: 4 votes
Second Place: 3 votes
Third Place: 2 votes

From:	Morten Riber (Modo)	(Tue 09 Aug 2005 08:09:34 AM CDT)
Very good interpretation of Morghur! I was truly impressed by him when I read the story about him in the 'Beast of Chaos' book, so I was a bit dissapointed when I saw the GW official version. Therefore it is great to see there is people out there knowing how to do him probably! ;)

From:	kaos (kaos)	(Wed 10 Aug 2005 06:39:34 AM CDT)
Excellent work on cloak and beard

From:	Michael Stubbs` (LavronYor)	(Wed 10 Aug 2005 11:00:22 AM CDT)
Awesome work, if you want criticism, I would say that you could brighten the piece of warpstone, but overall, everything looks great. Very nice.

From:	Gary Giles (SirGiles)	(Tue 16 Aug 2005 10:56:47 AM CDT)
Top notch James! Great modelling and well painted. Maybe a bit drab in color, but it's realistic. My 1st place vote so far.

From:	molebrain (molebrain)	(Sun 28 Aug 2005 10:59:07 AM CDT)
There's a lot going on there. I wish I could see some more angles to get it all figured out. Nice scultping work, and it looks like a good job with the brush as well. Zach

From:	jimbob1066e (jimbob1066e)	(Mon 29 Aug 2005 12:07:51 AM CDT)
Howdy - ok, the good (of which there is a lot) The skulls in the hair are inspired. The 'ripple' in the ground it amazing (I am going to have to borrow that hahhaah). The bad - perhaps more highlights on the cloth, and the staff handle looks weird for some reason. Awsome overall - peace

From:	Rhonda Bender (Wren)	(Tue 30 Aug 2005 10:46:11 AM CDT)
Fantastic story-telling, from the sculpt on through. I love the rippling ground. The whole piece is great.