sculpting chainmail

[Joshua]

i googled and searched on the forums but i couldnt find anything so:
if anyone knows where a good guide for chainmail is or could give me some advice, tell me
im planing to give some of the ogres a little chainmail under their armor thats why im asking
i read the tutorial by minimaker but unfortunately i couldnt see anything on the pics and im a pretty visual person

 

[Margo]

A friend of mine wrote a tutorial on this. The thing is, the text is in Russian, but since you said you\'re a visual person, I thought the graphics would be enough for you to grasp the technique. The tutorial is right HERE.

 

[ramonlaan]

Hiya Josh,

Check out my tutorial on www.miez.nl/putty-n-paint
in the \'tutorial\' section you can find a pdf file on sculpting, and there is also a bit on sculpting chainmail. Only one addition to make on this, practice the technique (which is also illustrated) on a bit of fimo or sculpey first to get the hang of it.

Mazzel,

Ramon

 

[green stuff]

@Joshua : it\'s nice to hear that you are planning to give your best to the project .

@Ramon: that\'s a great article you pointed to.

 

[Primeval]

Originally posted by Margo
A friend of mine wrote a tutorial on this. The thing is, the text is in Russian, but since you said you\'re a visual person, I thought the graphics would be enough for you to grasp the technique. The tutorial is right HERE.

Never would have thought of that technique, looks good but more like a scalemail/chainmail/ringmail hybrid.


EDIT: Just realized that technique would look perfect on a conversion I am doing, so I plan to give it a try - thanks Margo!

 

[minimaker]

Here is a demo of a more common technique for chainmail: http://www.lyonstudio.com/Sculpting/Sculpting%20Textures.htm

It takes some practice but results are good.

To add, here is another discussion on the subject: http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?s=18cf7296d0c1ee4c5bfd8e5af10e5d28&showtopic=3912

As mentioned there, you should go for a texture that looks like mail instead of an exact scale replica.

 

[Joshua]

ok thanks for your replies, helped a lot! i read all of the articles out pointed out
i especially enjoyed the pdf since it was a great overall learning experience beyond the chainmail
im off to some chainmail training, thanks

edit: ok this is my first try i think its ok
comsidering my only sclptuing tools are knifes and needles

the small pic shows the actual size, i included it because from the larger pic you cant really get any frame of reference

 

[ramonlaan]

No worries!

I think the chainmail looks great! As Ming-Hua said, it is the texture that counts. Go and take a very close look at chainmail on metals and you\'ll see that it is often not even as good as what Joshua did here.

Keep at it!

Btw, I have once tried to do this in \'folds\', as if the chanmail had folds in it. This diod not work so nice. I then made the chainmail flat, but on a really thin bit of rolled out GS. Then, after curing I could just stick it to fresh green \'molded\' into folds. HTH

Ramon