It was only a matter of time before I turned to our favourite lawman of the future!
I have actual built this already, and it's ready for painting, but I'm going to gradually post the progress shots over the next day or two to see if you can figure out which Dredd I've gone for.
For those of you who've seen it evolve on Facebook, don't let on!
Anyway, this time instead of recreating a particular panel I have instead chosen an artist and a story, and created Dredd as a composite of several panels.
While it doesn't quite ape the artist's style, it's there in spirit.
It's a beast of a piece, bigger than Sensitive Klegg. I thought it would either turn out well or go to the dogs real quick.
Anyway, here's the first pic:
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/985461A7-888E-4506-A80E-832246DAE26E_zpse8y8hbjd.jpg)
Any initial thoughts?
with that one arm (?) down at the front, I'll guess Cursed earth Dredd (Death valley, the famous Mcmahon cover towards the end)?
Someone else guessed that when I posted on FB, but it's not quite barking up the right tree.
Here's another pic:
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/28AE9010-D87F-4838-A060-F7A96F2148E4_zps7ap3ixcj.jpg)
Cry of the Werewolf Dredd??
Got in one!!! Good stuff.
A couple more pics then. :D
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/474E105A-D947-4394-9663-618B283FF801_zpsx1qlehr4.jpg)
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/A8890A26-A927-496E-9BE8-016197D18484_zpsm3zn2ggk.jpg)
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/0509EEB6-E41E-4D76-866B-B38750C11393_zps19sqk7yi.jpg)
Great model - not to mention great photography - the lighting here is brilliant!
Ta!
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/69282AAF-D3E0-4335-988A-196DBC1FAB48_zpswfmfqo8a.jpg)
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/0A3C0348-A173-41A1-A0FE-10F564F6DC96_zps7fu5oyry.jpg)
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/482C29BB-4493-499A-BEF9-422853111F42_zps1uwsoadp.jpg)
Nice! Getting the Dillon vibe. He also did another werewolf story for Scream! (I imagine it was Scream! Not many other IPC comic it'd fit in to).
That's right! If you go here I did a review of a Scream reprint that compares the Dredd and Scream werewolves.
https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/library-of-death-a-scream-reprint-from-hibernia/
All finished! I was done with painting about an hour ago.
It's a bit of a 3D thingy, being so big, so here's a duff YouTube vid of it:
http://youtu.be/7VOuh_GI3qU
Plus here's a pic:
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/098F3833-E58E-45F8-AB1F-A7EEEE6B51A6_zpsmiwz8nlw.jpg)
Some hidden detail:
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/C1DB10E3-367D-45BD-8BB7-B7F086933ABA_zpsqic6pzum.jpg)
And finally, here he is with my other creations:
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x32/scowling_monkey/Dredd%20dog/E591631F-55B4-4081-8B7A-D423F4AC949A_zpsqsrvtmsa.jpg)
I can't work out which I'm enjoying more, these, the Lego-builds or watching someone else build a model Millennium Falcon!
If you're looking for more ideas, how about a Tweak? Or a Mrs Gunderson?
Ooh, Mrs Gunderson! Not a bad idea!
Pls make something from
Slaine....
May you can top this...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NA-Sb5N-_pU/VTAIxdSXILI/AAAAAAAACuI/ptEO5a3uVSk/s1600/avagdu_IMG_7474.jpg)
Maybe you can improve on this, something.....
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WeAgYhjn66c/VVjYU88V3HI/AAAAAAAACCk/PRaiX_d6omA/s1600/1813823-ava.jpg)
Captures the correct nuances of that character doing something that we all know is this creature's own thing.
Rather just it's apparently severed head on some wooden mounting. This never happened in
Slaine and I'm not sure why it was sculpted this way.
Reason why I never ordered one, aside from the fact it's just plain ugly, even if that's how it looks.
Let me know if you want money for a commission too. I can't spare a little, but not much.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 25 August, 2015, 12:04:59 AM
I can't work out which I'm enjoying more, these, the Lego-builds or watching someone else build a model Millennium Falcon!
If you're looking for more ideas, how about a Tweak? Or a Mrs Gunderson?
Yeah the levels of incredible around here are pretty high these days!
Amazing stuff Monkey!
You've really captured the essense of the original artwork there, not an easy thing to do.
That Sensitive Klegg is bloody brilliant too. The expression on his face is utterly perfect.
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 27 August, 2015, 08:22:17 AM
Yeah the levels of incredible around here are pretty high these days!
Yup. Really enjoying all of this stuff...!
Cheers
Jim
Thanks guys, much appreciated!
I'm doing a non-2000AD one at the mo, but of another of my passions. Would you be interested in seeing it? If so, I'll post it in a new thread.
Quote from: shaolin_monkey on 27 August, 2015, 10:42:58 PM
I'm doing a non-2000AD one at the mo, but of another of my passions. Would you be interested in seeing it?
If you have to ask you don't know us... and after all this time too!
Righto, I'll get posting then.