I am unduly excited about receiving a package in the mail today.
About a week ago, it struck me that trying to manipulate figures in 3D software — even those provided in my beloved Clip Studio Paint — is just too tedious. And as visual references, their proportions are always wrong and they’re too stiff-looking.
So I searched around for a portable artist’s model — but not those awful wooden things, which don’t look like anything and are horrible to pose.
Enter Modibots: Wee action figures created by a brilliant member of the 3D-printing community.
Now, if I were a parent, I’d be over the moon about being able to give my kids something to play with that’s blank, that doesn’t come with a prescripted story to confine their imagination.
As it is, the pictures made these little figures — for all their blankness — feel full of motion, character, and charm.
I placed my order, and today got a wee kit full of assemble-it-yourself parts. Just playing with them for a few minutes yielded all kinds of lively poses. These feel like the characters I draw, so I think this is going to be a huge help. I’ve finally found an anatomy reference that works for me.
Totally not toys.
As they arrived.
Removing the pieces from the frame.
Assembled!
Made a friend.
These are water-pistols. I don’t like guns, but figured these might be a handy reference at some point.
Man down!
Diver & gladiator
“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!