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Aaron Hicks🎨

@aaronhicks.bsky.social

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🎨💾 3D Artist at Auroch Digital 🎲Dungeon Master 🎮Elden Lord 🖖Friend Of Desoto 👨‍🦱 He/Him www.aaron-hicks.co.uk

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Netflix has been my Star Trek portal for 5 years now. I'm not sure if I keep the subscription without it. Not particularly keen to join Paramount + though.

A title reads "Netflix: Recommended for you" (partially cropped). The thumbnail image is for the TV show Star Trek The Next Generation. A red label on the bottom of the thumbnail says "Leaving Soon".

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Yessss

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! Here’s a sculpt from a while back. In D&D it’s called a Grell. Delightfully creepy, fun to make, I’ll finish it someday. “It’s like all the worst parts of an octopus” #d&d #zbrush

A digital sculpt of a creature, resembling a brain with a beak and 10 tentacles. It’s rendered in a grey material and has a black outline.

A zoomed out shot of the sculpt in a white material, it has more wrinkles in this version as it’s slightly further in development.

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

So if you're in Kilika Temple, and no-clip underneath the statue, you'll be surprised to see which famous actor played Ifrit's fayth. #FinalFantasyX

Kilika Fayth Chamber from Final Fantasy X. A statue, facedown in a shrine, covered by a magical forcefield.

Close up of the statue:
A man with a large clawed glove. Posed as if drawing back to strike. His lower half is submerged in the floor. The shrine is adorned with decorative flame insignias.

The statue seen from underneath. Achieved by clipping the camera through the floor.

Left: Closeup of the statues face. Right: Robert Pattinson in "The Batman".

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

10 Halloweens ago I sculpted up the Bomb from Final Fantasy X. 4 Halloweens ago a friend of mine did a test print of it. This year I finally got around to painting it. Seeing your digital work become physical is incredibly satisfying! Learning the basics of painting models is good fun too.

On the bottom left is a reference image of a floating fire creature from Final Fantasy X called "Bomb". The creature casts fire spells, grows in size, and eventually explodes. Its reminiscent of an evil jack-o-lantern, with furrowed brow and menacing sharp toothed grin. It has two stubby little arms, its eyes are black with glowing yellow pupils. It is mostly red and yellow, with black rocky spikes protruding from the top and back of its head. Next to it is a digital sculpture of the same thing, it is white with no colour applied.

The same reference image in the bottom left. The digital sculpture is shown again, this time with some colour applied to better match the reference.

The bomb sculpture has been 3D printed in grey filament. Much of the detail is preserved, but print lines are more visible around the mouth and eyes. It is held aloft using a "flying base", a plastic transparent disk with thin column that protrudes from the center. The model rests on the column, giving the illusion of levitation.

The 3D printed model, now painted. It uses the same colour scheme of yellow red and black as the reference, with some light grey highlights on the sharp edges of the rocky protrusions. The final product is an interpretation of the reference rather than a identical replica. The model is facing the camera, resting on an assortment of small paint bottles. The flying base went back to its owner.

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I just really like the lighting in this hallway.

A gloomy hallway with pale green corrugated metal walls either side. The floor is a dark grey but softly reflects the lighting like wet tarmac. 4 windows meekly proffer cold azure light from outside. Tubular crossbeams zig zag along the ceiling, divided by stabilising girders. There are 4 lights, dome shaped, fixed to the ceiling. They emit a clinical yellowish glow, save for one that adds a streak of pink to the centre of the walkway.

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Repost of Beebul the Tortle Ranger. My first attempt at a character for print in Nomad Sculpt (cleanup & prep in ZBrush). Based on a friends excellent D&D character illustration. The final print lives at their house. She was great fun to sculpt, and very satisfying to work on an iPad.

3D render of an old D&D Tortle . She has a bow on her back and a quiver of arrows. She’s holding up a sweet in one hand and a handbag in another.

The same character but printed in grey resin at two different sizes.

Two photographs of the printed models, one showing the way it fits on the base and one showing the models wearing their hats.

Another photo showing the characters in hats but closer and at a different angle.

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Picked up these two bases on this recommendation, they're lovely!

Two books. The first is titled "How to read Buildings" and the second is titled "How to read Castles".

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Aaron Hicks🎨 @aaronhicks.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

A quick fun sculpt inspired by #swordtember Using nomad sculpt for iPad. The fake vhs look was fun to make. Gif is gonna be crunchy as hell, woops.

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