Best way to make saurus scales

[mistamick]

I tried to have a go at making saurus scales with tiny chunks of plasticard, but it didn\'t work. Has anyone had the same experience and can share it with me?
Thanks
Mick#

 

[philologus]

Little balls of GS flattened in place with a slight indentation in the middle.

 

[Lumpsack]

A friend of mine swears by rolling up his \"wasted\" green stuff into little sausages and cutting them into little scales for his dragon.

Looks pretty good and I suspect it\'ll work for your mini too.

 

[mistamick]

I always thought they were hexagonal if you look at them though.
Of course on mine I just did triangles. But then I\'m lazy and untalented.:cussing:

 

[Ogrebane]

I saw this somewhere but cant remember where and I dont have the link but this is for scale armour and may work here as well.

So flatten gs
Let it cure a little say 15 - 20 minutes
cut cross hatch diamond pattern in gs.
Starting from bottom use round sculpting tool and pull out each scale.
Work towrds the top.
Now another step yu can use if the edge of a blade to then shape the scales into diamond shapes.

Good luck post pics.

 

[Ogrebane]

Ok I found the pic but not the link so if this is your tute and you dont want it posted let me know and I\'ll pull it. Also I would like to give you credit but I cant remember where I got it from sorry.

Anyway here you go\'

 

[mistamick]

Thanks a lot Ogrebane!

 

[demonherald]

You could always take a press of a saurus using either GS or Sculpey/fimo.
when its hardened take a little greenstuff and press it into the mould remove and hey presto saurus skin strips.

 

[DaN]

Reptilian/Amphibian skin can come in many patterns, not just diamond or hexagonals, almost any tessalating pattern will work, depending on your taste and the figure involved

Try doing a google search for snakeskin or crocodile skin

 

[mistamick]

Ok thanks everyone.

 

[emopainterguy]

Originally posted by Ogrebane
Ok I found the pic but not the link so if this is your tute and you dont want it posted let me know and I\'ll pull it. Also I would like to give you credit but I cant remember where I got it from sorry.

Anyway here you go\'

I believe that is Ming Hua\'s (Minimaker) tutorial and I believe that it\'s been posted several times...

 

[mistamick]

I must have missed that

 

[mistamick]

Got some nice scales. Would be hard to sculpt though.