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Ultralisk, stone sculpture. DIY tutorial included.

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DanielHetberg
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
141 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 23:12:44
October 24 2011 19:32 GMT
#1
Hey all.

After hours and hours of work (edit: many people asked, so it was about 80-100 hours), I just finished my stone sculpture of an Ultralisk today, and I posted about it in an SC2 art-related thread on the forum. I felt mightily flattered when it didn't take more than a minute for the first positive comment, and from an admin at that, recommending I write a blog about it to give it more exposure.

Well, what to write?

First of all, here are the preview images again, plus a link to the big picture and alternative views. Oh, and the mandatory link to my main web presence on deviantArt. Please leave comments there if you have an account.
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I hope some of you might have a little moment of "I want that!!!111" after seeing the pic, so I'll just include instructions how to make one. I don't want to sell it, and you probably wouldn't want to afford it at the price I'd realistically have to charge, considering the time that went into it. I usually give my stuff away as presents, but this one I'll keep.

Edit: Again, many people want to know how much this "would be". Well, consider this. It took me in the ballpark of 100 hours to make. If I did this (semi-)professionally, I should probably pay taxes. I absolutely do not work for less than 8€ after taxes, which hypothetically puts this thing somewhere around $2000+. If - again, hypthetically - I made another one I would probably be a bit faster, but nowhere near twice as fast, so it could never go below $1000.

So. On to the DIY version. Don't be afraid if you never did something like this before - you can do this. You're probably playing Starcraft, so you have a) some basic finger dexterity and b) a decent spatial intuition, because that is what many computer games are about in general. By the way: the _average_ youth today will have spent around 10000 hours of playing video games when they turn 20, which is practically the same amount of time that you have to spend in high school, total. Also, if you spend 10k hours doing something, you're bound to be very good at it (link). Apart from that, I began sculpting one day just by saying "Gee, I wonder if I can make a sculpture of my hand, chopped from wood". So I went into the basement and made one. It's certainly no masterpiece, but that was with no tutoring or preparation whatsoever, done in a couple of hours with the first best tools my father had lying around.

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Planning:
So suppose you want to make a sculpture of some SC2 unit you like, but you don't really know how and stuff. I'll further assume you want to make one from stone, because come on, it's fricking STONE and it's COOL and EPIC and it might even outlast you after your DEATH!!! Cue Brawndo commercial. Besides, soap stone is a nice entry stone that's so soft you can scrape it with your fingernail (or more practically, normal woodworking equipment or generic metal tools).

Soap stone comes in many colors and is actually quite cheap (about $2.50/kg). You can find a local outlet or internet store with google. I chose a greenish black for my ultralisk, because greenish black is awesome ( link to my preferred dealer in germany). Note that the polished stone will have a WAY different color from the raw stone. If you're there in the shop, they usually have a bucket of water with a sponge to put some on the stone, and the color it shows then is more faithful to the finished one. Once you have it at home, do a color test on a small fragment you can chop off with a hammer or something. A color test involves making a simple shape and polishing the flat surfaces to as high a gloss as you will want on your actual sculpture later on. Takes about 30 minutes, tops. Alternatively, make a smaller sculpture that is somewhat less effort to make. I made a little SC2 plaque to give to my 2v2 partner as a present.

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Now you know what you want to make, and what stone you want to use. The next step is some preparatory mousework before you pick up the tools, shouldn't take more than one or two hours in the safe comfort of your desk chair. Open up the SC2 map editor and place the unit you want to make. Leave the rest of the map empty, makes it easier to get rid of later. Shoot screenshots from as many directions as you like (I usually take no more than eight, plus a top view). Trim them in paint.net or some other graphics software you have. Arrange the pictures in inkscape (or again, something else, but I prefer freeware) and put a grid of thin lines over them, such as here. Print them out and put them in a clear protective sheath to prevent the dust and grit from making them illegible later on.
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Now you're set to start working - if you have the tools ready. For the different tools, I will refer to the different steps in my step by step documentation of the ultralisk here. Here's a preview:

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Note: Do not saw or chisel in clean indoor areas. Go outside or use a workshop or garage. If possible, wear a cheap disposable face mask to prevent some dust from getting into your lungs. FP2 is enough, FP3 is better. If you don't, don't complain about the sticky dry snot that will come out of your nose.
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Sawing
The first tool you will use (and a LOT) is a saw. Soap stones are soft enough to be sawed with regular old wood saws without dulling the blades any more than wood would. Do yourself a favor and use a sharp one. Replacement blades are cheap, and there are some that even give you an indication of the maximum hardness of stuff you can cut with them (see Moh's scale - soap stone is a one, alabaster a two to three and marbles are usually in the three to four range, also known as imho "tough as shit if you use manual tools").

The saw is important because it lets you get rid of lots of material for minimal work invested. It's way less effort to grind the width of the saw blade in stone to dust that to break it down using a chisel. Even though the latter can feel very satisfying, trust me on that one. You use it to saw the raw stone into the rough shape you want, if possible with a flat base to stand on while you work and to stand on when finished. I would invest the effort to flatten the other sides as well, because
  • it gives you a better idea of the size of the stone (and the maximum possible size of your sculpture - I realized I would have to slightly shorten the blades of my ultra at that stage because I hadn't gotten the proportions quite right when sawing the stone)
  • you can draw on the sides with crayons to track the outline and what you have to take away versus what has to stay on.

The sawing steps are noted as such in my step by step documentation.

Make sure to always draw and redraw the front, side and top view outlines of your sculpture onto the stone after you take something away. By making sure that everything within the boundary stays on the sculpture, you can't accidentally remove something you need later on. This technique is used in all stages of sculpting. If you're not sure how much you should take away, compare to your preparatory printout and redraw on the stone using a ruler to get the distances right to within a millimeter. If in doubt, take away too little rather than too much. Keep in mind that you'll lose up to 1-2 mm in the sanding stage, so don't cut to tightly.


Chiseling
I use chisels and a mallet such as these. You quickly get used to how they feel and handle when making the color test (see above) or some small geometric or other shapes from spare stone pieces. Grab the chisel in the middle, with the smaller fingers guiding the tip for precision and the strong fingers holding it steady where you hit it. Somewhat like this gentleman:
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If you want to make a hollow, don't make the mistake of hitting straight into it, because the stone becomes brittle and will break in a sort of conic shape in front of where you hit. Rather, hit the stone at an inclination:

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The first instance when you can use the technique is when you have made some cuts with the saw but physically can't get to the last surface you would need to cut away, since there's parts of the sculpture in the way. The area that can break away under your chisel is limited by the saw cuts you have already made, so you can't destroy much. I cleared the area between the legs of my ultralisk that way (you can't saw parallel to the underside of the belly, since you would have to go through the legs). Put something under your sculpture to distribute the blow, thick old cloth or (gosu) a sturdy leather or linen pillow filled with sand (cf. my workshop photo above). If you don't, basically the same force that you exert on the chisel will act on the underside of your sculpture, scratching or breaking parts there.

After you have completed the basic shape using a combination of saw and chisel, you switch over to the actual sculpting part. This is characterized by rounding off edges that will be round later on and slowly chipping away stuff to get ever closer to the final shape. Don't finish up one part completely and then do the next, this is bad for a number of reasons:
  • you lose track of whether the proportions are still right and all parts fit together seamlessly
  • you will need to turn the piece around at some point and it might then lie on fragile almost finished parts while you clobber away at the other side

I propose instead giving the whole piece repeated "passes" of increasing detail. Once all the heavy clobbering is done, you can go into finer detail without fearing you might inadvertently crush it.

I can also heartily recommend filing stuff away with implements like these. It's less error prone than chiseling and more precise, if a bit slower. You can use standard wood files.

Sanding and polishing:
Get standard wood sanding paper in grits 80 through at least 800, always roughly doubling the grit (80, 160, 320, ...). A single sheet of each should be enough in most cases. I recommend going for waterproof sanding paper and wet sanding. It's faster, cleaner and less of a dusty mess. You can actually do it in the living room if you have a suitable plate or something to catch stray spills (cf. the "sanding 120" row of the documentation). Make sure to very diligently erase all scratch marks of the previous polishing step, otherwise the final product will still have these marks. Check my ultralisk's hind legs, there's some (gray, ugly) corners I couldn't get to properly.

Once you're done with 800 (better 1600) grit polishing, you can get a suitable wax to seal the pores of the stone and thus deepen the color substantially. It's the effect you get in dry vs. wet stone, the water also temporarily seals the pores. The people in your local stone shop can tell you what to use.

And there you are. Total cost is about $200 tops if you have to buy all the tools (and those are reusable). If you have generic workshop equipment available, you'll probably just need the stone and possibly the sanding paper. Let's be generous and call it $20 for a totally unique and cool stone sculpture you made yourself.



I'm grateful for any feedback on this tutorial. If you decide to make something yourself, please share your results.

edit: some more pics added


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Tortious_Tortoise
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States944 Posts
October 24 2011 19:41 GMT
#2
That is so cool. Feel flattered. Do more. Kick ass. Be a boss. 5/5
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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
October 24 2011 19:43 GMT
#3
Amazing....need one for paper weight
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Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
October 24 2011 19:52 GMT
#4
Spotlighted. Wouldn't mind seeing more pictures here!
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starbreaker10
Profile Joined June 2011
United States62 Posts
October 24 2011 19:56 GMT
#5
awsome!
Deadstrider
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands258 Posts
October 24 2011 19:56 GMT
#6
wow, thats amazing man, Nazgul is right!
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Darth Caedus
Profile Joined May 2011
United States326 Posts
October 24 2011 20:00 GMT
#7
You sir, are a sick nerd baller. And talented to boot!
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Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 20:02:48
October 24 2011 20:01 GMT
#8
Hey you made a blog :D

It looks awesome, little hard to tell from the pictures, though, how large is it? Can't imagine it's gigantic but I'm just curious, is all!

edit: yay front page! :D
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LXR
Profile Joined June 2011
357 Posts
October 24 2011 20:03 GMT
#9
Wow awesome work! Next you should make a sick hydra like in the kerrigan cutscene!
andycz
Profile Joined September 2011
288 Posts
October 24 2011 20:04 GMT
#10
Awesome!
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Polarexia
Profile Joined November 2010
United States383 Posts
October 24 2011 20:05 GMT
#11
Wow this is amazing. Seriously. I'd even pay a decent amount of money for something like that
aimless
Profile Joined January 2011
United States57 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-24 20:07:59
October 24 2011 20:07 GMT
#12
What are the odds that iNcontroL will want this?
straycat
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
230 Posts
October 24 2011 20:10 GMT
#13
gtfo! that's super cool!

Just imagine 300 years from now when the archaeologists excavate the remnants of the 21st century and find your Ultralisk. Who knows what interesting conjectures they'll make concerning our worship of demon lords...
Mementoss
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada2595 Posts
October 24 2011 20:11 GMT
#14
That is amazing like some professional stone sculpture you'd buy in a store or online. Great job keep up the good work. =)
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OmniEulogy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada6592 Posts
October 24 2011 20:11 GMT
#15
oh man that looks awesome! ^^
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Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
October 24 2011 20:12 GMT
#16
On October 25 2011 05:10 straycat wrote:
gtfo! that's super cool!

Just imagine 300 years from now when the archaeologists excavate the remnants of the 21st century and find your Ultralisk. Who knows what interesting conjectures they'll make concerning our worship of demon lords...


LOL

Like digging up artifacts from Vesuvius, some poor researcher will dig up some strange shrine to a peculiar four-legged tusked cow-like beast, maybe they will try and ressurect one from an elephant carcass or something like the wooly mammoth!
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DanielHetberg
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
141 Posts
October 24 2011 20:13 GMT
#17
Concerning size (it's given on the dA big image page), it's about 19 cm long x 15 cm high x 11 cm wide. Bit less than 2 kg of stone remaining of the original stone lump of 8 kg or so.
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Drazerk
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom31255 Posts
October 24 2011 20:13 GMT
#18
wow that's amazing
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
October 24 2011 20:14 GMT
#19
Looks amazing! Great job!! most have taken awhile!
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Ventil
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Sweden414 Posts
October 24 2011 20:14 GMT
#20
Amazing work. I'm stunned!
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Heyoka
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Katowice25012 Posts
October 24 2011 20:14 GMT
#21
This is super awesome
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JethroTV
Profile Joined December 2010
United States206 Posts
October 24 2011 20:14 GMT
#22
Awesome man. I carved a cat out of stone once -- it took me ages and wasn't even close to as impressive as this.
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IMPeRIuMx
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada19 Posts
October 24 2011 20:15 GMT
#23
Wow, that's amazing!!! Great job! :D
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Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Croatia176 Posts
October 24 2011 20:18 GMT
#24
made me a fan
awsome work man
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United States32048 Posts
October 24 2011 20:22 GMT
#25
this is so awesome
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lurked
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Canada918 Posts
October 24 2011 20:24 GMT
#26
Great work, and good idea providing a tutorial at the same time!

I'd pay a lot to get one as well done as this one ^^
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dbizzle
Profile Joined May 2010
United States395 Posts
October 24 2011 20:26 GMT
#27
Oh wow that is insane, I was in ceramics for a couple semesters in college, and that was hard work. My teacher talked to me about how much harder it is to be a stone sculptor, kudos to you man.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
October 24 2011 20:30 GMT
#28
That looks fucking amazing, I wouldn't mind buying that at all O_O
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acerockolla
Profile Joined June 2011
United States219 Posts
October 24 2011 20:32 GMT
#29
That looks amazing... You are very talented, my friend!
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United States17920 Posts
October 24 2011 20:35 GMT
#30
On October 25 2011 04:32 DanielHetberg wrote:
Also, if you spend 10k hours doing something, you're bound to be very good at it (link).

This is really cool and all but that theory is such a crock. There are thousands of people on teamliquid that have spent that much time playing SC and only a handful are pros.
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Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada397 Posts
October 24 2011 20:36 GMT
#31
Wow thats the coolest sc2 art I've ever seen.
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Canada263 Posts
October 24 2011 20:36 GMT
#32
amazing, i wish i can do that instead of programming lol
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United States263 Posts
October 24 2011 20:36 GMT
#33
Wow, this looks awesome! Don't drop it ^^;;
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United States258 Posts
October 24 2011 20:38 GMT
#34
So how much time did you put into this? it looks awesome btw, id love to make a dragoon or reaver like that
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Last Edited: 2011-10-24 20:42:29
October 24 2011 20:42 GMT
#35
This is insane work, if you want to sell it / make me something for a price, PM me! :D

Excellent excellent work.

On October 25 2011 05:35 Probe1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2011 04:32 DanielHetberg wrote:
Also, if you spend 10k hours doing something, you're bound to be very good at it (link).

This is really cool and all but that theory is such a crock. There are thousands of people on teamliquid that have spent that much time playing SC and only a handful are pros.



You are GOOD at it, note the operative word.

I spent shit loads of time at high school, got GOOD grades. not "pro" grades, but good ones.

I spend shit loads of time playing games, im good at games, not "pro" but good.

Dude, people are good at what they put their minds to. "good" comes on different levels, put your mum on SC2 and see if she's even remotely good. You'll understand then.

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Beef225
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada46 Posts
October 24 2011 20:42 GMT
#36
thats amazing!! You need to make more units!
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October 24 2011 20:44 GMT
#37
Didn't know Michelangelo played Starcraft.
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Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany5427 Posts
October 24 2011 20:44 GMT
#38
admirable. I would probably buy this sculpture if it was for sale.
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United States369 Posts
October 24 2011 20:46 GMT
#39
Absolutely amazing. o___o
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CurrrBell
Profile Joined March 2011
United States67 Posts
October 24 2011 20:46 GMT
#40
Totally amazing. DEFINITELY going to do this once I get some free time. I might actually take this up as a hobby if it is as easy and fun as you say it is, I love creating things.
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United States315 Posts
October 24 2011 20:48 GMT
#41
This is a super cool thread
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October 24 2011 21:01 GMT
#42
Unbelievable work, absolutely continue what you're doing now and you will make lots of money...
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October 24 2011 21:02 GMT
#43
Telling you how bloody amazing this is is worth my 1000th post, nice work!
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October 24 2011 21:02 GMT
#44
Amazing! Well done
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Profile Blog Joined December 2010
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October 24 2011 21:03 GMT
#45
This is quite impressive! Like much of the carving of the Sphinx in Egypt, just more nerd baller style.
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Brotatolol
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1742 Posts
October 24 2011 21:04 GMT
#46
Very nice work!
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United States17920 Posts
October 24 2011 21:07 GMT
#47
On October 25 2011 05:42 Capped wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
This is insane work, if you want to sell it / make me something for a price, PM me! :D

Excellent excellent work.

On October 25 2011 05:35 Probe1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 25 2011 04:32 DanielHetberg wrote:
Also, if you spend 10k hours doing something, you're bound to be very good at it (link).

This is really cool and all but that theory is such a crock. There are thousands of people on teamliquid that have spent that much time playing SC and only a handful are pros.



You are GOOD at it, note the operative word.

I spent shit loads of time at high school, got GOOD grades. not "pro" grades, but good ones.

I spend shit loads of time playing games, im good at games, not "pro" but good.

Dude, people are good at what they put their minds to. "good" comes on different levels, put your mum on SC2 and see if she's even remotely good. You'll understand then.



I'm not walking into someones blog and starting an argument but let this note my contention with your points.

Still all and all this IS an awesome sculpture
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Profile Joined February 2011
United States83 Posts
October 24 2011 21:08 GMT
#48
OMFG!! That is freakin awesome!!

I bet people would pay ca$h money for those, man. I want one!

That is soo cool, great work.

Art rules. hahaha
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Ireland7554 Posts
October 24 2011 21:12 GMT
#49
Wow, that's amazing. Well done!
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United States815 Posts
October 24 2011 21:14 GMT
#50
This is so kickass! I did some woodcarving back in highschool when I was involved in BoyScouts and I really enjoyed it so stone carving looks like a really fun project to me.
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Sweden2303 Posts
October 24 2011 21:17 GMT
#51
That´s awesome. You should do a dark templ- oh wait.
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DanielHetberg
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
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October 24 2011 21:21 GMT
#52
On October 25 2011 06:02 vol_ wrote:
Telling you how bloody amazing this is is worth my 1000th post, nice work!

Much appreciated!
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United States3111 Posts
October 24 2011 21:23 GMT
#53
I signed in just to give you 5 stars.
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Italy420 Posts
October 24 2011 21:23 GMT
#54
very nice to see this daniel , i ve been sculpting with wood when i was a kid if i ever get back to it, i will do off your example

very nice sculpture and fitting abstraction of the detail.
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mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
October 24 2011 21:26 GMT
#55
So good. Love the full work in progress pic from all angles.
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CeriseCherries
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
6170 Posts
October 24 2011 21:27 GMT
#56
yo thats pretty cool... like that looks like legitimate sculpture that could be sold in stores... awesome work
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kilergrunt
Profile Joined July 2011
United States263 Posts
October 24 2011 21:31 GMT
#57
That is crazy, I don't understand how people can do things like that. I have trouble just making simple pictures. Mad props to you.
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FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6167 Posts
October 24 2011 21:33 GMT
#58
that just awesome wow.
Great job and amazing post !!
:D
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DanielHetberg
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
141 Posts
October 24 2011 21:39 GMT
#59
On October 25 2011 06:31 kilergrunt wrote:
That is crazy, I don't understand how people can do things like that. I have trouble just making simple pictures. Mad props to you.

By the way - I can't draw or paint for crap, and I always had a C or D in arts at school.
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Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
October 24 2011 21:40 GMT
#60
Just phenomenal.
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Profile Joined March 2011
Canada991 Posts
October 24 2011 21:40 GMT
#61
This is amazing! I want i want!
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gulati
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2241 Posts
October 24 2011 21:41 GMT
#62
Dude this is so sick hahaha I wish I had the patience and wasn't such a chobo so I could make this -__-;;
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supraWman
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany453 Posts
October 24 2011 21:48 GMT
#63
That is an awesome Ultralisk! How big is it?
Solaris.playgu
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Sweden480 Posts
October 24 2011 21:54 GMT
#64
This is really cool, sounds like a lot of fun as well! =)
boon2537
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States905 Posts
October 24 2011 21:54 GMT
#65
Wow, it looks awesome. Are you planing to do any other models ?
Sinensis
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2513 Posts
October 24 2011 22:04 GMT
#66
Amazing work! You should consider taking a picture with another object beside it like a dollar bill for perspective. Also quality instructional and blog, well written. 5/5
dudeman001
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2412 Posts
October 24 2011 22:05 GMT
#67
Wow that's a pretty comprehensive guide. And the ultra is beautiful :O I'm so jelly.
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
October 24 2011 22:07 GMT
#68
This is seriously amazing
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Oathmaster
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada81 Posts
October 24 2011 22:10 GMT
#69
If I wasn't a protoss hell bent in slaughtering every single zerg in the galaxy, I'd be in love with this piece

Awesome job man, a tribute to what patience and passion can do!
Vortigan
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Denmark306 Posts
October 24 2011 22:15 GMT
#70
Awesome-o, but I think u should make the tusks sharper. U know, to make it look a little more fierce.
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
October 24 2011 22:22 GMT
#71
Cool stuff. Wouldn't this be hard to go a unit like the sentry?
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yakitate304
Profile Joined April 2009
United States655 Posts
October 24 2011 22:24 GMT
#72
Did this take you more or less than 55 seconds to make?


Seriously though, awesome job. I wish I had that type of skill to create rather than destroy with my hands.
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SeriouR
Profile Joined November 2010
Spain622 Posts
October 24 2011 22:29 GMT
#73
OMG! So awesome, great work and great guide.
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Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom435 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-25 21:08:26
October 24 2011 22:39 GMT
#74
That's pretty awesome, a dark templar made of glass next? ^^
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kmkkmk
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany418 Posts
October 24 2011 22:40 GMT
#75
On October 25 2011 05:10 straycat wrote:
gtfo! that's super cool!

Just imagine 300 years from now when the archaeologists excavate the remnants of the 21st century and find your Ultralisk. Who knows what interesting conjectures they'll make concerning our worship of demon lords...


On the contrary. This superior piece of stone art suggest, that about 2.5 million years ago, people where already playing some RTS strategy games bulls toke the role of ultralisks in modern games.
Darathor
Profile Joined February 2011
United States327 Posts
October 24 2011 22:47 GMT
#76
This is awesome! Being able to make beautiful sculptures like this is just amazing! Love the ultralisk, and if you feel like doing more, I think a zerg unit is still the best way to go.
Galactus52
Profile Joined September 2011
United States36 Posts
October 24 2011 22:55 GMT
#77
Thats simply amazing that you carved that.

You should design a whole starcraft chess set, because that Ultralisk could be one badass 'castle' piece
Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
October 24 2011 22:58 GMT
#78
impressive, i love it!
DirtySynapse
Profile Joined January 2011
United States7 Posts
October 24 2011 23:02 GMT
#79
How much would you charge if I wanted to buy one? Amazing work btw!
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AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
October 24 2011 23:04 GMT
#80
That... is insanely good.
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Profile Joined October 2010
Portugal2722 Posts
October 24 2011 23:19 GMT
#81
Amazing work, you got talent!
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FoeHamr
Profile Joined December 2010
United States489 Posts
October 24 2011 23:26 GMT
#82
Dude that thing is sick.
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cmgillett
Profile Joined March 2010
United States335 Posts
October 24 2011 23:33 GMT
#83
this is really cool, thanks for sharing
Shuray
Profile Joined July 2008
Brazil642 Posts
October 24 2011 23:44 GMT
#84
wow it looks amazing, must be really hard to work with stones, a minimal error and your efforts may be lost.
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
October 24 2011 23:49 GMT
#85
you should put the ultra on auction for charity im sure a lot of money could be raised by that little thing :3
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MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
October 24 2011 23:52 GMT
#86
O_O wow, great job on the sculpture and the blog. Both are well done in their own ways!
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LuckyMacro
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1482 Posts
October 25 2011 00:05 GMT
#87
damn dude that looks awesome.
RodYan
Profile Joined May 2010
United States126 Posts
October 25 2011 00:27 GMT
#88
Would appreciate an image next to a dollar or something to give a sense of scale.
oZe
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden492 Posts
October 25 2011 00:40 GMT
#89
You put some serious love into that thing. I suggest you keep it as a reminder that hard work is it's own reward!
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MageWarden
Profile Joined April 2011
United States95 Posts
October 25 2011 00:46 GMT
#90
I want a stone ultralisk .
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Profile Joined February 2011
United States151 Posts
October 25 2011 00:46 GMT
#91
soon as i saw it, i said to myself I WANT IT! lol great job man
redoxx
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States333 Posts
October 25 2011 00:48 GMT
#92
I want that so bad. Make a battlecruiser next!
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Rasun
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States787 Posts
October 25 2011 01:17 GMT
#93
Must have...... seriously I want to purchase one. I do not give a single flippin flyin friggin little fuck what it costs. I want one.
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Tanag
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada204 Posts
October 25 2011 01:27 GMT
#94
Wow that is some impressive work. Love the tutorial too! Amazing.
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Profile Joined April 2011
Canada256 Posts
October 25 2011 01:36 GMT
#95
I wish I had done something this productive with my time.

Awesome work to say the least;

Great detail too!

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Profile Joined December 2010
United States1155 Posts
October 25 2011 02:07 GMT
#96
Amazing, that looks really good.
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Stipulation
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States587 Posts
October 25 2011 02:12 GMT
#97
So sweet! Makes my immortal papercraft I'm working on seem insignificant.

[image loading]
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9015 Posts
October 25 2011 02:15 GMT
#98
SICKKKKKKK.
talontromper
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States258 Posts
October 25 2011 02:53 GMT
#99
On October 25 2011 05:07 aimless wrote:
What are the odds that iNcontroL will want this?


WHO WOULDN'T WANT THIS! it's bad ass
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Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia6259 Posts
October 25 2011 03:13 GMT
#100
This is one of the most amazing things I've seen!
KiNGxXx
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
7928 Posts
October 25 2011 04:39 GMT
#101
Amazing work! :O Very cool!
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Mysticesper
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1183 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-25 04:50:41
October 25 2011 04:47 GMT
#102
I almost want to extract starcraft models now, then throw them in the 3d printer here.

But that is very cool, very well done. If i was rich, I would totally pay 1,000 for one of those, maybe.
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22251 Posts
October 25 2011 05:22 GMT
#103
Simply amazing, great job!
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robin19999
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands246 Posts
October 25 2011 06:09 GMT
#104
Very nice
red4ce
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States7313 Posts
October 25 2011 06:52 GMT
#105
It better be one of those HoTS ultralisks that can burrow charge and not the lame WoL Ultralisks that do nothing but die.

Well done bro. Your sculpture is so awesome I'm using my 4000th post to tell you how awesome it is and how awesome you are.
Open_
Profile Joined December 2010
New Zealand73 Posts
October 25 2011 07:16 GMT
#106
Man, I feel bad knowing that even if I followed the tutorial, my ultra will look like a sheep or possible a cow. This is so awesome.
NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-25 07:22:34
October 25 2011 07:22 GMT
#107
I used to do ceramics/sculpture back in school, and found it really difficult to make anything worth looking at. You have insane skills :D
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Profile Joined October 2010
Saudi Arabia223 Posts
October 25 2011 07:32 GMT
#108
This is frigging amazing. I also love the SC2 badge, so cool, all nice and polished.
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Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands1146 Posts
October 25 2011 08:09 GMT
#109
That looks great, cool :D :D
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Profile Joined January 2011
Australia126 Posts
October 25 2011 08:19 GMT
#110
Wow, great job. I have tried sculpting sandstone in art at school and its uber hard, and my end result was crap. Your work, however, is really well detailed and amazing and then some :D
Czarnodziej
Profile Joined January 2011
Poland624 Posts
October 25 2011 08:44 GMT
#111
Incredible!
CutieBK
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Sweden227 Posts
October 25 2011 09:10 GMT
#112
Boss hog, man! Incredible tutorial as well Thanks for sharing
tiaz
Profile Joined December 2010
Sweden231 Posts
October 25 2011 09:20 GMT
#113
Wow... The patience.. I can't fathom how it is to have such patience.
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Zorgaz
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden2951 Posts
October 25 2011 09:38 GMT
#114
Holy, that looks so cool.

I would absolutely buy one of those ^^
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RAKIJAs
Profile Joined May 2011
Croatia1 Post
October 25 2011 09:45 GMT
#115
congrads for opening your talents in this way..
LanZ
Profile Joined June 2007
35 Posts
October 25 2011 10:16 GMT
#116
5/5 man! That's some really excellent work!
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hypercube
Profile Joined April 2010
Hungary2735 Posts
October 25 2011 10:38 GMT
#117
Nothing says "I care about you" like an Ultralisk hug.

Very nice work.
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Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
October 25 2011 10:44 GMT
#118
Would LOVE to see an SC1 reaver!
WightyCity
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada887 Posts
October 25 2011 12:10 GMT
#119
that is kool. man that thing could sell for big bucks
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Asrathiel
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Australia377 Posts
October 25 2011 12:30 GMT
#120
O_o Now THAT is damn cool...
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izen
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden136 Posts
October 25 2011 13:13 GMT
#121
amazing work! Hope to see you do some more work :D 10/10
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UltimateHurl
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland591 Posts
October 25 2011 13:19 GMT
#122
Love this! I usually paint things, my aunt was explaining how she does sandstone sculpture when I visited last, I might have to try, given this excellent inspiration :D
Markwerf
Profile Joined March 2010
Netherlands3728 Posts
October 25 2011 13:21 GMT
#123
Excellent work. Too bad I don't like the ultralisk model but I can appreciate the work put into this. If I ever were to pick up a hobby in handcraft, painting or whatever it will definately be sculpting.
rexob
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden202 Posts
October 25 2011 13:37 GMT
#124
seeing the first picture makes me think about a one-of-a-king sculpture made by some company after one specific order from a sc2fan with more money than he can spend
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Nallen
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom134 Posts
October 25 2011 14:11 GMT
#125
This is the best thing. THE best thing.
ymir233
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States8275 Posts
October 25 2011 15:28 GMT
#126
Dude so legit....now I want a baneling paperweight or something. Love the DIY guide!
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garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
October 25 2011 15:32 GMT
#127
That is freaking awesome. I'm really glad that Naz convinced you to make a blog otherwise I would have never seen this amazing work.

Truly impressive.
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Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Japan5041 Posts
October 25 2011 16:34 GMT
#128
Wow.
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E.H Eager
Profile Joined August 2011
United States227 Posts
October 25 2011 16:37 GMT
#129
This is really sweet, and definitely post some more pics!
PhiliBiRD
Profile Joined November 2009
United States2643 Posts
October 25 2011 17:17 GMT
#130
Hella pro.
ajdoj14
Profile Joined July 2011
United States32 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-25 18:02:38
October 25 2011 18:01 GMT
#131
WOW! That is unbelievable! Great work. I would love to try and make that but my lack of any artistic skills would end up with me having a couple extra paper weights.
JJ!
Profile Joined July 2010
33 Posts
October 25 2011 18:02 GMT
#132
On October 25 2011 11:12 Stipulation wrote:
So sweet! Makes my immortal papercraft I'm working on seem insignificant.

[image loading]


no bro yours is sick too
LastDance
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
New Zealand510 Posts
October 25 2011 18:20 GMT
#133
very neat, thanks for sharing.
fishuu
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States369 Posts
October 25 2011 18:20 GMT
#134
Oh maaan, this is so badass. Thanks for sharing!
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Profile Joined October 2010
United States976 Posts
October 25 2011 18:32 GMT
#135
Massive props. You've got some serious skill there =D That Ultra looks like a frickin baller.
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
October 25 2011 18:40 GMT
#136
This is pretty bad ass man. I wonder how heavy it feels.
Probably just like a real ultralisk.
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DanielHetberg
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
141 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-25 20:34:03
October 25 2011 19:23 GMT
#137
On October 25 2011 11:12 Stipulation wrote:
So sweet! Makes my immortal papercraft I'm working on seem insignificant.

[image loading]

The advantage of paper is that you can easily paint it. In the end, it will look closer to the original, and thus maybe more "real".

Making something of stone adds an artificial quality to it. We're used to it from seeing stone monuments, but think about it. No color variation, definitely no movement, very heavy. Kind of abstract.

Oh, and by the way - your work in progress looks excellent so far!
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Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
October 25 2011 20:33 GMT
#138
this is the coolest thing ever. 4.98 stars? absolutely unacceptable.
can anyone figure out how many 5/5's we would need to make it 4.995+ avg? or would it not round up to 5stars??
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Roxy
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada753 Posts
October 25 2011 20:34 GMT
#139
Epic Epicness

So pro
Props to you dude

Now kill it with a stone void ray!

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Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Portugal1008 Posts
October 25 2011 20:41 GMT
#140
Goddamn, that's one sexy Ultralisk.
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Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10324 Posts
October 25 2011 21:28 GMT
#141
Wow this is amazing!

Haha if you were that kid and sculpted something so good AND know about TL I would be very proud/impressed.

But this is really good lol, 3D is quite different from 2D art but both can look so hard =O
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Profile Joined August 2010
United States322 Posts
October 25 2011 22:59 GMT
#142
Very nice work.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
October 26 2011 00:10 GMT
#143
:O

So cool! Adding to the ever growing list of things I want to try out eventually.

I wonder if the OP realizes he could be selling these things for good money.
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Cow
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1104 Posts
October 26 2011 01:47 GMT
#144
Gorgeous! The amount of time you spent working on this really shows.
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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
October 26 2011 01:56 GMT
#145
Pretty frigging good.

One of those would look nice on my mantle with all my ivory/stone elephants.
SpoR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1542 Posts
October 26 2011 06:13 GMT
#146
Damn so much more respect for Michelangelo and scupltures. I heard that he just stood there for days or weeks just looking at the slab of marble before he even started anything.
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StrinterN
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark531 Posts
October 26 2011 13:50 GMT
#147
Simply amazing work!!
You should do something for protoss and terran aswell !! :D
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sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
October 26 2011 14:49 GMT
#148
awesome work

even a tutorial for making one

its quite a brilliant idea though
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
October 26 2011 14:54 GMT
#149
If I could make such an amazing thing I would pass it down my generations as a "symbol of my time." Amazing man.
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A x i o M
Profile Joined March 2011
United States78 Posts
October 26 2011 15:16 GMT
#150
Dear lord that's amazing.


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masterbreti
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Korea (South)2711 Posts
October 26 2011 15:28 GMT
#151
very very very awesome work. really impressed.

I wonder if maybe it could ever be painted. can soapstone like rock be painted?

Not that it doesn't already look amazing. Would be cool to see it painted and done up really well. would be a very cool model and personally I would not mind urchasing a terran or protoss figure like that.
DanielHetberg
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
141 Posts
October 26 2011 15:40 GMT
#152
I don't actually know if it can be painted, but i would guess it can be if you don't polish it to a high gloss.
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enemy2010
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany1972 Posts
October 26 2011 18:46 GMT
#153
I a million years, people will digg out this sculpture and they will wonder, what kinda animals lived on earth in the 21st century :D :D

Very, very nice!
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BAMK
Profile Joined January 2011
United States117 Posts
October 27 2011 16:50 GMT
#154
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahh! Awesome sculpture dude! Very well done ))))
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Hyyde
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States43 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-27 19:58:57
October 27 2011 19:56 GMT
#155
Do you know of a place that sells soapstone that also ships to the United States because I checked your preferred dealer and they do not seam to
Suikakuju
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany238 Posts
October 28 2011 00:22 GMT
#156
Your are a boss -.-

I kinda suck with my self made arcade stick
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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
October 28 2011 01:10 GMT
#157
Really incredible. I like how you write like it's no big deal. I got some spatial awareness perhaps... but don't hand me a rock and ask for an ultralisk because it's not gonna happen!
Azalie
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand117 Posts
October 28 2011 02:44 GMT
#158
So godlike man well done
firehand101
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3152 Posts
October 28 2011 11:33 GMT
#159
This is simply amazing, how much you selling for?
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goodpoltergeist
Profile Joined February 2011
United States41 Posts
October 28 2011 16:55 GMT
#160
Wow. This is incredible. You're very talented.
andrewnguyener
Profile Joined March 2011
United States548 Posts
October 28 2011 17:59 GMT
#161
wow great work! wish i had the skills to do that!
Zarak
Profile Joined October 2010
United States41 Posts
October 28 2011 22:02 GMT
#162
That is really amazing work man!!! With that kind of work you could make that your job! Keep working at it because you by far have one of the most intrecate peice of art ive seen
Whats a Protoss?
OGKruemmel
Profile Joined March 2011
Croatia270 Posts
October 30 2011 11:39 GMT
#163
wow just wow!
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
October 30 2011 12:47 GMT
#164
this is.... who would have time to... so amazing but... guargagh..
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Profile Joined May 2011
Norway95 Posts
October 30 2011 20:38 GMT
#165
OMFG!!!! This is by far the most epic stone sculpture i've ever seen :D GJ
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Pred8oar
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany281 Posts
October 30 2011 21:24 GMT
#166
amazing work, thanks for sharing
ThePlayer33
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia2378 Posts
October 31 2011 12:22 GMT
#167
WTF. AMAZING.

And out of all zerg units you made the ultralisk. Badass.
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AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
November 01 2011 16:25 GMT
#168
Really great stuff dude!
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