how to sculpt long strands of hair?
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Einion
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Hi Sanjay, first off, this for a mini scale? What putty will you be using?
Long (long being a relative term at small scales!) strands of hair can be approached a couple of different ways, depending on whether they\'re laying on the surface of the model or if you want them to be all or partly \'airborne\'.
Einion
Long (long being a relative term at small scales!) strands of hair can be approached a couple of different ways, depending on whether they\'re laying on the surface of the model or if you want them to be all or partly \'airborne\'.
Einion
Sculpting hair in greenstuff (No not Cedric) can be problematical. Long straight line of hair don\'t always look \"right\" when I do it.
I\'ve made lengths of plaited hair via thin copper wire stripped out of household electrical cable and that looks ok adding detail which looked far better than my sculpted attempts.
I\'ve made lengths of plaited hair via thin copper wire stripped out of household electrical cable and that looks ok adding detail which looked far better than my sculpted attempts.
hmmm
I am using apoxysculpt mixed with a little sculpey...
i managed to kinda get it. I used a broader tool, then a GW tool, then a xacto knife..to give varying depths and degrees of cuts...
it kinda worked
the hair will come from back of models\' head and be along his back.
it\'s for my toronto GD entry (which I am very behind schedule but should be done sculpt work this week).
Sanjay
I am using apoxysculpt mixed with a little sculpey...
i managed to kinda get it. I used a broader tool, then a GW tool, then a xacto knife..to give varying depths and degrees of cuts...
it kinda worked
the hair will come from back of models\' head and be along his back.
it\'s for my toronto GD entry (which I am very behind schedule but should be done sculpt work this week).
Sanjay
Einion
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Okay, so not GS. For what you\'re doing that should work fine.
The way I do hair generally is smoosh on the putty, roll and push it to about the right thickness and roughly shape it/trim it. Then I lay in some of the flow in broad strokes, switching to a medium tool for the next level of detail and finally use needles and/or a knife blade to add in the finest details and provide sharpness here and there, as well as the deeper cuts and trimming to final shape & length.
This is one of those things that\'s not really that hard, just takes a bit of practice to get \'the touch\'. Working with a sculpt you like at hand to refer to is a nice way of matching the quality and style you\'re aiming for.
I would personally never do this all with one tool; some guys do, but I think it nearly always looks better if you use a range of tool marks from a range of tools.
Einion
