Ooh, Pretty Colors...

So I suppose I should explain why I haven't released anything new...becasue I am obligated to explain my movements to the anonymous masses that read my blog. So I was staring at the wall the other day and realized that it needed some sort of poster or picture. Unfortunately, I have no posters or pictures to pin up on my wall, which brought about the idea of making my own! I couldn't really think of what to make into a poster, until I looked down at my television, running Tomb Raider: Underworld, and decided that to make some Tomb Raider posters. This started a project I've been working on, creating a mural of the box art from the eight released Tomb Raider games, plus a little extra. So far I'v completed Tomb Raider I-IV, and am still going strong with my colored pencils and staying inside the lines.

I tried to make a papercraft model, but my dog ate it, so I took that as a sign.

I realize that this blog has somewhat spun out of my hands and into a portal from Tomb Raider and papercraft fans alike, but if I can get away with posting about chocolate bars and keys, then I think some Tomb Raider fan art will pass :) Hopefully new crafts coming soon!

Here's what I have so far, just for kicks:






Hooray for shameless self promotion!
~Sascha

England Gold Artifact

Here's another quick update: the gold artifact from England. As Lara's exploration into the true Excalibur myth progresses, she must break into a run-down side-show-esque King Arthur museum in England. Deep below the museum lies the true grave of the legendary King Arthur, and another piece of Excalibur. These ancient crosses are scattered throughout the ruins.
I've already begun work on a lot of the suggestions from the ShoutBox, so stay tuned!

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~Sascha

Skull Key

Here's a quick update while I finish up a few models: the Skull Key. In Tomb Raider 3, Lara travels to the South Pacific where she finds a small Skull key, allowing her further access through the dense tropical jungle and deeper through her jounrey towards the Ora Dagger.

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~Sascha

Lara Stealth

FINALLY, I am able to release the stealthy Angel of Darkness Lara. As Lara's investigation into the death of her mentor, Werner Von Croy, develops, she must break into the Louvre in order to infiltrate the tombs underneath the public galleries. Starting off in the sewers, Lara advances into the public galleries and has to deal with the night guards without raising suspicion. Lara must use her new sneak technique to creep through the galleries, taking out guards and slipping past security cameras to unlock the secrets beneath.

This is easily my biggest model yet. First and foremost, note the eye in the picture. It is NOT a proper representation of the finished product. Not only have I fixed the eye in the actual template, but I used the wrong paper in developement and my superglue spilled all of the face dugin construction. still looks good though :) the model took me about a week, hence the lack of recent posting. That, plus...

POSSIBLE TOMB RAIDER IX INFO LEAKED! On saturday afternoon, possible concept art of the next Tomb Raider game was released. While Eidos hasn't yet confirmed or denied this concept art as legitimate, they have issued stern orders to take down the pictures, hinting at the art's legitimacy. I'm thrilled and you should be too ^_^. Check it out over at Tomb Raider Forums

I think that I'll start production of the models you've requested in my shoutbox now, so expect new surpirses soon!

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Enoy!
~Sascha

Dioramas!

Elso from over at Elsocraft has combined Saschacraft and Ninjatoes Tomb Raider models to make a truly creative diorama! This is really fantastic and creative use of exsisting models to make something completely new (Is that dead Lara swimming?!) This is really neat, as well as appreciated! Thanks again Elso! (He has step-by-step instructions to the diorama's recreation here)

Enjoy!
~Sascha

Amanda's Shoe

So in the process of fixing up my blog and making sure that everything looks as neat and proper as possible, a lot a feedback is required. This is one of my earlier models I;m releasing with picture instructions and a logo on the template. Let me know what you guys think! (Also, the picture quality will be improving :)

When Lara was 16, she embarked on a school trip to a excavation site in Peru with her classmates. during the excavation, an unknown entity ambushes Lara and her fellow students inside the caves of the excavation site, leaving only Lara and her friend, Amanda Evert, to escape.



Years later, Lara travels to Bolivia to examine a stone dais resembling one from her past, where she catches a glimpse of a woman bearing striking resemblance to her presumably lost friend. Returning to Peru many years later, she revisits the excavation site and the last known location of Amanda, to find a single shoe where her body should have been.



Don't forget to comment so I can start building my next big project :)

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~Sashca

Chocolate Bar

Here's a quick model to keep updates flowing while I'm working on my next big project, and I mean it's a very quick model...it's 2 pieces.

Considered the low point of the Tomb Raider series, Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness almost killed off the Tomb Raider franchise with its record-low sales figures and complaints of bugs, awkward controls, and the infamous Kurtis Trent, but all of that is for another post. Despite the low critic scores, the game holds a strong fanbase and I personally didn't find it TOO bad :)

I was always puzzled by the chocolate bar. Angel of Darkness added a new health option to the large and small health pack system with the chocolate bar, providing easy access to small health boosts over the paris portion of AOD. I never quite understood chocolate's amazing ability to heal bullet-wounds, but hey, weirder stuff has happened in this game.

PS- Special thanks to Toxicraider over at Tomb Raider Forums for all of the help extracted all of the AOD models :D

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~Sascha