Welcome Duncan "Shadow" Louca

Do you paint, spray or brush? If so, what is the process?
When I paint stuff I give it a spray with grey undercoat and then paint with acrylic wargaming paints. Depending on the sculpt I will sometimes use an airbrush sometimes just a brush.

What type of paint do you use?
I mostly use Vallejo and scale colour acrylics and a mix of brands when I use oils.

What advice can you give to a person starting out in Graphic Design and 3D printing?
If you want to sculpt I would say don’t give up. You will have to put a lot of hours in to get good but it’s really worth it. Start small do little add-ons and conversions and work your way up to full figures. With 3d printing be patient it can take a while to learn anything and don’t be afraid to ask questions on Facebook groups. People are more than willing to help out, it’s a really friendly community.

When you’re not 3D printing or designing, what do you do in your spare time?
It’s rare for me to be away from my computer and not be sculpting, but I do like RPG’s like Pathfinder, DnD ( really liking 5th edition at the moment ) Symbaroum, Eclipse phase. Tabletop games and Reading.

Where’s your favourite holiday destination and why?
I don’t get away very often, but I would say Finland as that’s where I proposed to my Fiance.

Where do you think 3D printing will be in 10 years time?
Wow, that’s hard to know, it’s come so far in the last few years. I would guess it will become more and more accessible to people. I think it will completely change the collectable and tabletop gaming industries as more and more people start making and printing the things they want. I have the feeling we are sat at the event horizon, and I can’t wait where it’s going to take us. I suspect we are on a cusp of a creative revolution.

Where did you get your nickname “Shadow”
It was originally because a friend & I were going to start a little company together called shadow miniatures. We were going to be selling metal casts of my sculpts. The shadow part came from the work of Carl Jung, so the unconscious suppressed darker side of personality. I thought it would work well with the darker, monstrous sculpts.

We ended up not moving forward with that and I changed the Facebook page to my personal artist page, but I wanted to keep that continuity so people knew it was still the same person running the page, so changed the name to Duncan ‘shadow’ Louca.