Sculpting

The making of an Eldar Revenant Titan1.How it all began:    In an Italian board, Titans were coming out as ...

I decided to break out a box of Ogre Kingdoms Bulls that have been packed away for over a year. After a few hours, I got bored and decided to do something different....turn one into a big fat savage Samurai.

*NOTE: If you plan to vulcanize a mold for a model using sheet metal understuctures, there are steps that need to be taken so the gs doesn't delaminate during the heating process. Since this is not going to be molded, I won't be adding those steps.
Using sheet metal understructures can be a problem if you don't take measures to make sure the putty won't delaminate from the metal during the heating process of vulcanizing.
Make sure you heavily scuff the metal to give a good surface to stick ...

Objective markers. Many missions use them, but most people use counters, like pennies, or poker chips, which look VERY UGLY. ...

Sculpting a head from Milliput



Let me first start by saying that this is my first attempt at using milliput (being more used to green stuff), and also my first attempt at sculpting a whole part for a figure (As opposed to just detail) – so please be gentle!



Here’s a list of the tools I used:








 




At the top of the main picture is my preferred sculpting tool – shown in detail above. The left picture shows the straight end, whilst the right shows the bent end.



Back in the main picture below the sculpting tool is my craft knife – just a cheap 99p hobby tool, but it has served me well! In the box are a selection of interchangeable blades and pointy bits.



To the far right is the actual putty I am working on – attached to a cocktail for steadiness and to try and limit fingerprints.
Beside that is a piece of Polystyrene I can stick the cocktail stick in so I don’t have to lay it down and risk flattening detail.



At the bottom is the two-part milliput I am using for this sculpt.






As this is my first full sculpt I decided to do Inquisitor scale (54mm) as I thought that might prove easier than trying 40,000 scale 28mm.



So I decided to change the head of my (as yet unfinished) ...

This is a brief guide to how a miniature is sculpted using green stuff

First a wire frame is made to act ...

Hello fellow modellers... I did this because I know many of you would like to know how to do such work with GS... Well here goes...
Note that this isn't the definitive way on how to sculpt these robes; this is just how I do it...

In order to better understand the tutorial, here's a legend:


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1. The tools I used:
sculpting tool of some sort (actually, I don't know what that is, I just use it to
sculpt) - main tool with which I sculpt... It's the red and white one
x-acto knife or hobby knife - to cut straight edges
petroleum jelly - lubricant... Its the shiny stuff
GS of course - no explanation needed

* remember to keep your fingers and tools wet with petroleum jelly throughout the whole process...


2. The complete model to be robed and a small ...

This article will demonstrate how to create a diorama like this:




Sculpey polymer clay was used, in all three varieties: Original sculpey (white) Super sculpey (the flesh toned color), and Sculpey III (the orange and yellow color). As I mentioned in my White Tree of Gondor article, each version of sculpey has certain properties of hardness and sculptability once baked. These are the tools which I normally use for my dioramas:



Note... the wooden handle tools are used ...

EDIT-2012 Hard to imagine that I have not been back to check in on this but years have went by.

My old lessons are in fact now on the following site- I encourage everyone to check out the articles there:
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The Ten Commandments of epoxy putty.

This article is a list of tips I have learned through reading or experience to help improve my sculpting skills and technique. I am no master sculptor and only have a bit more then a year of experience with epoxy putties but I hope that what I learned will help some of you.

In this article I will refer to epoxy putty in general. Whenever a specific tip applies to ...