19
Mar

White Gorilla Games

Steppendogs Horde

Muasydrills Trade CO.

Cold-Blooded Heya

The Sharkfin Gang and Khat Mau

Wings of temple

Some scenery elements

The Project

Sculpture of various 3D miniatures and their scenery for the innovative three-dimensional board game ‘Tongs of Ziran“, a fully 3D-printable project developed by White Gorilla Games.

Customer needs

The client needed to develop a collection of miniatures with a high level of detail and a unique artistic style, aligned with the fantastic and mystical aesthetic of the game.

Each miniature had to reflect the characters’ attitude inhabiting the universe of Tongs of Ziran, with dynamic poses that told their story within the game.

They also requested us to develop scenery compatible with the OpenLock system so that users could assemble their own scene as they wished. Additionally, we created some objects to enrich the scenes.

Project development

We were responsible for sculpting various 3D miniatures and elements based on the references provided by the client, ensuring aesthetic consistency and feasibility for printing and gameplay.

The team at Barruz Studio sculpted five different factions of miniatures with dynamic poses and detailed expressions, reflecting the epic essence of Tongs of Ziran.

To ensure an optimal result, we proposed and tested different pose options and adjustments to proportions until achieving a final version faithful to the client’s vision.

Each model was designed to be easily 3D printable without losing quality in the finer details, as well as ensuring perfect assembly for the scenery.

Once all the sculptures were completed, we proceeded with the final scale validation and exported each 3D miniature in the necessary formats for printing.

Final result

Logramos desarrollar una escenografía que permite al jugador crear su propio marco, además de 5 facciones, con un total 25 miniaturas, que capturan la esencia del mundo de Tongs of Ziran, aportando un nivel de detalle y dinamismo que apoyan la narrativa y esencia del juego para que tanto jugadores como coleccionistas puedan disfrutar de unas miniaturas de gran calidad.

18
May

CHRONOPIA

Elfs

Bowmen
Miniaturas 3D juego Chronopia
Hero Crystal Knight
Miniaturas 3D juego Chronopia
Spearmen
Miniaturas 3D juego Chronopia
Lotus Guard
Miniaturas 3D juego Chronopia
Hero Lotus Eater
Miniaturas 3D juego Chronopia

Firstborn

Swordmen
Firstborn Swordmen
Longbowmen
Firstborn Longbowmen

Devout

Followers
Devout Followers

THE PROJECT

Digital sculpture of several 3D miniature factions for the reissue of the legendary Chronopia board game.

CUSTOMER NEEDS

The client needed the development and 3D modeling of 132 miniatures, for 4 miniature factions, that followed the style of the original game illustrations, published in 1997.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The client commissioned us to model several factions of 3D miniatures based on different illustrations and sometimes the original old hand-sculpted miniatures.

Since the original illustrations were very stylized, we designed the 3D miniatures following the original details, but with weights suitable for printing and production.

The digitally sculpted factions were: “First Men”, “Devout”, “Elves” and “Dwarves”; all with their signature style, weapons, and beasts.

When we had designed a detailed base for each 3D miniature with all its elements, we proposed several poses to the client based on their preferences, which we later finished detailing to achieve quality miniatures with a unique design.

Once all the miniatures were finished, we proceeded to carry out the last scale validation and exported each one in the necessary formats for printing and production.

FINAL RESULT

We modeled 132 miniatures, from 4 different factions of the Chronopia universe, in record time.

20
Apr

Spiderman Antenna

Escultura Digital de Spiderman Antenna
Escultura Digital de Spiderman Antenna
Escultura Digital de Spiderman Antenna
Escultura Digital de Spiderman Antenna

THE PROJECT

Private project of a 3D figure of Spider-Man with a classic suit on an antenna of a building, designed for a 1/4 scale.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

For this 3D figure, we sculpted a classic Spider-Man with interchangeable heads and hands, following the references provided.

The 3D figure is placed on a base with an antenna, which had to be of a size and thickness strong enough to support the weight of the Spider-Man figure, not split when produced, and not bend over time.

After finding the desired pose and defining the main volumes of the antenna, we work on the anatomy, trying to highlight the classic suit with a clean design.

For the high-resolution detail of the suit, it was necessary to split the body into different meshes in order to create many polygons that would support the texture of the red part of the suit, created with the NoisePlug tool from Surface Noise.

The lines of the 3D figure suit were painted in black on the white mesh to later convert them into polygroups that we cut to create a mesh with a thickness that can be subtracted with Live boolean from the original suit. In this way, we were able to add color and modify the lines to achieve the final result.

FINAL RESULT

We sculpted a 3D figure with a high level of detail, interchangeable heads and hands, and a solid and durable base.

20
Oct

Lady Knight

Figuras 3D Lady Knight
Figuras 3D Lady Knight
Figuras 3D Lady Knight
Figuras 3D Lady Knight

THE PROJECT

Creation of designs and modeling of ¼ scale female 3D figures with fantasy medieval armor.

CUSTOMER NEEDS

The client wanted to create a collection of 3D figures in medieval fantasy style with various poses and different pieces to exchange. Everything was developed by our team following our client’s needs.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Starting from an initial document with reference images and customer comments, we create each piece and dress of these 3D figures, as well as the variations of some elements.

After creating the pieces in pose A, we set up the character to be able to pose each element with a rig prepared for this specific client. We use this rig to quickly pose each figure.

Once the sculptures were finished we made the lace with holes for magnets typical of the ¼ scale statues.

FINAL RESULT

We designed and digitally sculpted a collection of multi-piece 3D figures ready for 3D printing, following our client’s wishes.

20
Sep

Steampunk lady

Steampunk lady miniatura
Steampunk lady miniatura
Steampunk lady miniatura

THE PROJECT

Design and modeling of a ¼ scale female steampunk figure.

Customer needs

The client wanted to create a unique model with steampunk influences for his private collection. All the pieces were developed by our team following his requests and needs.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Based on some reference images and customer comments, we create each piece and dresses of this figure, with the added complexity of being able to exchange several parts in the final piece.

After creating the pieces in A pose, we prepare the character to be able to pose each element with rigging prepared for this specific client.

Once the modeling was finished, we made a study of the additional pieces so that they could interchange between all of them and we created the sockets with holes for magnets typical of the ¼ scale statues.

FINAL RESULT

We design and digitally sculpt a multi-piece figure ready for 3D printing following the wishes of our client.

17
Jun

Superior Spider-Man

figura 3D de Superior Spider-Man
figura 3D de Superior Spider-Man
figura 3D de Superior Spider-Man

THE PROJECT

Internal project of a Superior Spider-Man 3D figure designed for 1/4 scale production. Model not produced or for sale.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

After studying the character of Superior Spider-Man, who is the Doctor Octopus’ mind in the Peter Parker’s body, we tried to convey the duality of the character with a dynamic and aggressive pose.

First, we made several tests of posing and composition of the 3D figure, after we worked on the anatomy, which tried to show a Spider-Man with strong muscles without being exaggerated, however we found it interesting to show muscled legs.

We needed to create the detail in the character and in the base. For the Spider-Man suit we use a non-posed base to define the parts and, once the design of the suit has been transferred to the posed model, we finish the details through “Surface Noise”.

We decided to include the Spider-Bots that give the final touch to this sculpture.

FINAL RESULT

We model a 3D figure with a high level of detail trying to convey the essence of Superior Spider-Man.

*Geek note

This project was originally intended to be able to present two other Spider-Man using the same base and thus compose a “Spider-Man trinity”.

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6
May

Labyrinth

SARAH

Miniatura Dentro del Laberinto Sarah
Miniatura Dentro del Laberinto Sarah
Miniatura Dentro del Laberinto Sarah
Miniatura Dentro del Laberinto Sarah

SARAH & JARETH

Miniatura Sarah & Jareth Dentro del laberinto
Miniatura Sarah & Jareth Dentro del laberinto
Miniatura Sarah & Jareth Dentro del laberinto

THE PROJECT

3D miniatures sculpture of the legendary Jim Henson’s movie “Labyrinth“.

One 1/10 scale miniature of the Sarah character bust and one miniature of the characters Sarah and Jareth dancing.

CUSTOMER NEEDS

The client needed to capture scenes from the movie. In this case, a miniature of the scene where Sarah is lost in the maze and meets a talking worm and another miniature in which Sarah is dancing with Jareth.

The sculptures had to be approved by the Jim Henson Company and Jennifer Connelly to obtain the commercial license.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The client gave us the fragments of the film with the scenes. We looked for all the possible references to capture Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie’s faces, their clothing and all the details of the surroundings.

The first thing we did was an approximation of the sculptures to test volumes and validate the poses with the client.

Once the 3D miniatures are detailed, we proceed to make the cuts, validated by the client and his caster.

FINAL RESULT

We model a highly detailed bust and miniature that has commercial licenses and which we hope will make you relive that moment in the film.

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7
Apr

Hellboy

Nazis

Miniaturas 3D  de Hellboy personajes Nazis

Frogmen

Miniaturas 3D de Hellboy personajes Hombres Rana

Unmensch

Monkey

Liz

Kroenen

Ilsa

Herman

Gorilla

Baba

Miniatura 3D de Hellboy personaje Baba

THE PROJECT

Sculpture of several 3D miniatures for the successful and official Hellboy board game.

CUSTOMER NEEDS

The client needed to develop several miniatures according to a style that was as close as possible to the Mike Mignola’s comic.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The client commissioned us to model several 3D miniatures based on different references taken directly from the Hellboy comics, as well as some of the miniatures they have already sculpted, so that we could homogenize the style.

It was challenging for the Barruz Studio team to sculpt 3D miniatures that were perfectly recognizable in a highly changing comic book style and, make the miniatures producibles and paintables by players and collectors.

Among the different models we have nazis, chimpanzees, gorillas, robots, monsters of various types and scales … everything!

When we had designed a simple base, we proposed several poses to the client to finish correcting and detailing the pose, making each model unique and of quality.

Once all the sculptures were finished, we proceeded to carry out the last scale validation and export each 3D miniature in the formats necessary for printing and production.

FINAL RESULT

We modeled various miniatures from the Hellboy universe, validated and licensed by Mikel Mignola, creator of Hellboy.

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27
Jul

Prada Crazy Daisies advertising

THE PROJECT

Modeling of boots, sandals and socks for advertising for Prada Milano.

CUSTOMER NEEDS

The client needed the modeling of sandals and boots of the new Prada 2017 collection to animate and use them in their advertising campaigns later.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The client sent us the sandals and the socks physically so we could do the exact modeling.

We work with models in ZBrush, exporting geometries, color maps and displacement maps. From Pleid Studio models were tested, both in render and animation, until getting the final validation of Prada.

To get the same socks looking, we scan them to get the diffuse map and a displacement map.

FINAL RESULT

We modeled boots, sandals and socks like real, prepared with everything needed to be animated.

Credits

Client: Prada Milano
Agency: 2×4 NY
Direction: Pleid
Art Direction: Juanma Mota
Animation: Juanma Mota, Ruye, Rafa García, Mario de Dios
Shading / Lighting: Juanma Mota, Ruye
Rigging: Víctor de Luis, Ruye
Modelling: Barruz Studio
Compositing: Juanma Mota
Sound Design: Aimar Molero

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25
Jul

Gohan Digital Sculpture

First head

Second head

STATUE

THE PROJECT

Private project of a digital sculpture, with interchangeable heads, of Gohan, one of the characters from Dragon Ball.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

For the development of this project we followed a concept art and several references of the anime.

Once we model both the anatomy and the base, we focus on detailing exactly the same as the references in the expression.

For the detailed phase we apply textures in all the elements of the scene, getting a digital sculpture with a high level of micro detail.

FINAL RESULT

We were able to develop a digital sculpture with a high level of detail with two interchangeable heads .

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