It’s a well-known fact that artists often have a hard-time
sticking to the brief. Such was the case for Bobby Jackson when he came to sculpt the starfire elemental
for Maze of Malcor.
Basically, a starfire elemental is just a big ball of
floating fire. Instead of that, Bobby sculpted a floating metal sphere, burning
with internal fire, and smoke pouring out of it. I love it. It doesn’t match
the description at all, but it’s just such a cool figure.
In the end, it was decided to use this figure and sculpt the
more accurate version and include them in the same pack. I think it was the
correct decision.
The starfire elemental is technically a creature, but in
truth, it acts more like a spell effect. Soon after it was released, Games
Workshop saw the model and stole the idea for their entire range of ‘EndlessSpells’. (Okay, that’s almost certainly not true, but I figure a little GW
controversy might help sales!).
It was a fun, quick paint (except for trying to paint in the
small, flaming cracks in the sphere), and it looks fantastic on the tabletop!
I agree, it's a great mini, and you've done a cracking job on it!
ReplyDeleteThat is great! This is the first one of these I've seen painted. I'm glad you guys let me have fun with this one. I was imagining a Starfire Elemental that had been captured by some long dead wizard and was now loose following the thaw. (that seemed more fun to sculpt than a blob of fire) :P
ReplyDeleteYou were right.
DeleteWhat a great model!
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is a far more interesting model than just a ball of fire.
Nice paint job, you've inspired me to paint mine!
ReplyDeleteReally great sir!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work on it Joe! Maybe this in the next iteration...Steampunk Felstad!
ReplyDeleteOooh! That's a very nice paint job. The sphere looks like something from an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral.
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