Mold lines in the hair line

[Savanttheory]

How do you like to deal with this problem, especially when the mold line runs across the 'grain' of the hair. Got one right in the middle of a privateer press sculpt and it is driving me batty. Think I really need to work on my sculpting skills and just nuke it from orbit... it's the only way to be sure.

 

[Bloodhowl]

Scrape it with a hobby knife or use a round needle file?

 

[freakinacage]

Yup, I'd use a blade

 

[Pictish Mini Painting]

A new No.11 blade, a steady hand and a light touch. Scrape in one direction only, be gentle, it may take more than one pass to remove the line. Its a pest but only real way to remove such things.

 

[Einion]

Scraping along the direction of the hair is one of the ways to deal with this kind of thing (God they are annoying aren't they?) but I think it works better to pare down the convex portions first, then tackle the grooves with a knife, scraping tool, needle file* or whatever.

IME sometimes you do have to sacrifice the detail to get a mould line to disappear, and then go back in and re-establish the texture either by carving and filing or by re-sculpting with putty.

*One of the few jobs that a triangular file seems to be suited for, although a half-round or this shape () can be ideal too.

Einion

 

[Harry]

I cut a tiny square of sandpaper (2mm x 2mm) and glue it to the end of a toothpick. It works wonders for getting into areas you can't normally sand and smooth.