"I’m actually kind of surprised that no one has made one by now."
October 21, 2014 9:28 PM Subscribe
I tend to spend months on a piece here and there, but once this one got in my blood, I couldn’t stop. It all started with the Cyberdemon by Reaper Miniatures my friend Chris Fields gave be back in 2004. After doing a paint job on it back then I wanted to build an environment for the little evil cyborg.-Icons of Doom
What school of art is this? Outsider?
Not really; the Doom aesthetic is well established (practically canonical, in video games) and nothing about him really says 'outsider artist' to me. He's just executing that aesthetic in the real world with painted miniatures instead of digitally, with computer graphics.
And of course by 'just executing' I mean he's really, amazingly good at miniature modelmaking. It's roughly the same skillset as putting together Warhammer 40K figures and terrain, or historically-accurate battlefields, way back in the day. Or for that matter making a miniature for practical special effects for a film. I'm not sure if I'm phrasing this to get across what I think, but this piece is as much craft as it is art.
posted by griphus at 10:03 PM on October 21, 2014 [4 favorites]
Not really; the Doom aesthetic is well established (practically canonical, in video games) and nothing about him really says 'outsider artist' to me. He's just executing that aesthetic in the real world with painted miniatures instead of digitally, with computer graphics.
And of course by 'just executing' I mean he's really, amazingly good at miniature modelmaking. It's roughly the same skillset as putting together Warhammer 40K figures and terrain, or historically-accurate battlefields, way back in the day. Or for that matter making a miniature for practical special effects for a film. I'm not sure if I'm phrasing this to get across what I think, but this piece is as much craft as it is art.
posted by griphus at 10:03 PM on October 21, 2014 [4 favorites]
"...my 6 year old son, Lucian, who wants this sculpture for a nightlight."
Now that is an awesome kid. He's not afraid of the dark; the darkness is afraid of him!
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:08 PM on October 21, 2014 [2 favorites]
Now that is an awesome kid. He's not afraid of the dark; the darkness is afraid of him!
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:08 PM on October 21, 2014 [2 favorites]
Those sure are some gross puppies.
(I call all yucky video game demons and rabid animals "gross puppies" and it has extended to all relevant wargame miniatures as well. This started, I want to say, Wolfenstein.)
posted by Mizu at 11:44 PM on October 21, 2014
(I call all yucky video game demons and rabid animals "gross puppies" and it has extended to all relevant wargame miniatures as well. This started, I want to say, Wolfenstein.)
posted by Mizu at 11:44 PM on October 21, 2014
For more Doom nostalgia, there's Lego Doom.
posted by Fully Completely at 12:07 AM on October 22, 2014
posted by Fully Completely at 12:07 AM on October 22, 2014
What school of art is this? Outsider?
I don't know if I'd call it outsider if he's working in an established fandom.
posted by sebastienbailard at 1:51 AM on October 22, 2014
I don't know if I'd call it outsider if he's working in an established fandom.
posted by sebastienbailard at 1:51 AM on October 22, 2014
IIRC the original DOOM sprites were also painted models photographed from different angles.
Romero's Head
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:54 AM on October 22, 2014
Romero's Head
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 1:54 AM on October 22, 2014
Super cool!
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:12 AM on October 22, 2014
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:12 AM on October 22, 2014
"…and the dozen bullets are real .30 ammo that I soaked in water to kill the powder inside then epoxied them tightly into the piece."
Guess again!
posted by NortonDC at 5:39 AM on October 22, 2014 [3 favorites]
Guess again!
posted by NortonDC at 5:39 AM on October 22, 2014 [3 favorites]
As many suffer from links to TV Tropes, so suffer I from the Doom wiki. *sigh* So long, productivity for today; I've got to go read up on the inner workings of the BFG9000.
posted by Mayor West at 6:20 AM on October 22, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Mayor West at 6:20 AM on October 22, 2014 [2 favorites]
1. That is the final boss from Doom II, not Doom.
2. I once had an email flame war with American McGee centered around their refusal to port Doom to the Amiga. At one point I expressed my hope that Hulk Hogan would play the cyberdemon in the inevitable movie. Sadly that did not come true.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:05 AM on October 22, 2014
2. I once had an email flame war with American McGee centered around their refusal to port Doom to the Amiga. At one point I expressed my hope that Hulk Hogan would play the cyberdemon in the inevitable movie. Sadly that did not come true.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:05 AM on October 22, 2014
I remember getting that Cyberdemon in the id box set for Christmas one year. Pretty cool little thing.
posted by resurrexit at 8:21 AM on October 22, 2014
posted by resurrexit at 8:21 AM on October 22, 2014
Just in case anyone wants to read what Mayor West is reading.
posted by griphus at 10:15 AM on October 22, 2014
posted by griphus at 10:15 AM on October 22, 2014
Just in case anyone wants to read what Mayor West is reading.
OMG. I've gone all of these years without really understanding.
posted by mr_roboto at 3:07 PM on October 23, 2014
OMG. I've gone all of these years without really understanding.
posted by mr_roboto at 3:07 PM on October 23, 2014
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