Challenge
Build a small figure with a distinct personality while keeping thin features durable and the model straightforward to support.
Small Gods
A collectible-development study moving from silhouette sketches to a resin-ready character system.
Overview
An internal character exercise focused on readable form at palm scale and production-aware detail.
- Client
- First Matter studio study
- Category
- Character or collectible design
- Services
- Character design, Digital sculpting, Resin print preparation, Finishing study
- Print method
- Masked SLA resin
- Materials
- Tough grey resin
- Dimensions
- Approx. 120 mm tall
Selected views
Front, three-quarter, side, and back views of the Small Gods character sculpt. 
A close digital sculpt view showing the character's recessed face slit and layered mantle details. 
A refined close view of the cleaned and matte-primed Small Gods resin print.
Approach
The form was developed at its final scale, with detail grouped into clear zones and separations planned around cleanup and assembly.
Result
A print-aware character model and a repeatable workflow for moving collectible concepts toward small-batch production.
Process
The Small Gods model prepared on a resin build plate with a structured support lattice. 
The freshly cleaned grey resin print on a stainless finishing tray beside cleanup tools.
Finishing
The last ten percent changes the whole object.
Washed, cured, sanded, and primed
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