Kitbashing as Sketching, a quick example with Genestealer Cultists
Right, back to normal posting. After taking a little break with the Eldar, I'm cricling back around to the GSC project cause time is ticking. I think this is a good opportunity to share a bit of kibashing method. To make gangers, I start by roughly assembling the parts with super glue, cutting plastic, adjusting, pinning... Basically all that matters here is the main features of the model and the blocking of the shapes. If we draw a parallel to drawing (this the worst sentence I've ever written), this is the sketch phase. There's no connective tissue here, you can see the head is floating above the body, the peg leg is actually a peg, and the alien is very roughly clipped in half and stuck on. I think this sketch phase doesn't get the respect it deserves, cause when you're not making a predesigned model, you need to work on the pose and the composition yourself. This can involve a fair bit of cutting and clipping that can be scary : Ok, yes I'm deliberately c...

