August Projects Reveal

Hey friends,

For the last few days I've been dangerously close to having a riot on my hands from artists eager to show their WIPs to the public, which means it's time to announce our August plans to everybody!

The last poll winners are hardly a secret by now, but let's recap just in case.

Poll winner 1, Gemma from Monster Hunter Wilds, is currently being sculpted by our core artist Victoria, whose last project, Orin, you've had the pleasure of seeing just yesterday. Gemma is in safe hands, of that I'm sure.

Poll winner 2, San from Princess Mononoke, will be sculpted by not one, not two, but three artists! Our repeated guest Kai is already working on the model, while Daria Lozynina, our favorite animal sculptor, is doing her best to deliver the wolf. And all that based on an amazing concept art by Kahichi, who really made it very difficult for us to pick between 4 equally wonderful options.

Moving on to unrevealed projects. First, we have Needle Knight Leda from Elden Ring's recent DLC, created by our core artist Totenn, whose last model, The Plague, is coming out tomorrow. He's got some WIPs already and have been itching to share them!

Next, we have Mercy from Overwatch by a returning guest artist Alex Gray. He's just recently finished sculpting a very neat Melinoë for us, which we expect to release next Monday, and immediately offered to work on another model. I figured, if we've got our hands on a good stylized artist, might as well seize the opportunity!

Lastly, we have Nicole from Zenless Zone Zero by a new guest artist Gabe Something. I honestly admit I was not familiar with Gabe and initially dismissed him when he asked to become our guest artist out of the blue. But he eventually won me over with with eagerness, so I gave him a chance and then quickly saw promise in his work. And thus, we've made a proper arrangement, and he has really been doing a great job so far!

And that's all we got prepared for August, but don't close the tab just yet, for I have one extra announcement!

Some of you might have come across an amazing Astarion bust by Veronika Neklyueva. Our team first saw it back in February when it wasn't even a 3D printable model, and we immediately fell in love with it. I was gathering my courage to ask her become our guest artist for several months and it has finally happened. Veronika has turned out to be a wonderful and forthcoming person and immediately agreed to work with us. We let her pick her own project, and she proposed Liilith from Diablo IV. Unfortunately, her busy schedule means she won't be able to dedicate much time to it on a regular basis, so we have settled on a release in November. Normally, I wouldn't be announcing a project that well in advance, but I'll make an exception this one time, considering the circumstances. We look forward to seeing the fruits of Veronika's efforts!

Cheers!
Des