Sculpting hair.

supervike

Super Moderator
Yeah...so, I've got a couple of conversions I'm working on, but need to change the hair-do.

I'm not really sure where to start with hair.

The first is a female, I want longish, thin hair

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And then also a very spiky medium cut mans hair cut?

Any suggestions?
 

Noddwyr

New member
I would start with a blob of greenstuff, then get in into the rough shape you want it. After that start pushing into it in the direction you want the hair to fall. Then to make sure you add depth roll out some sausages and place them about the initial blob in the same direction as the lines you made initially. (not really necessary per se but I think it looks better this way) Then leave to cure. After its cured, mix up some greenstuff with either magic sculpt or brown stuff for some added stiffness roll out sausages and place them where you want the flailing strands to be.

For the spikey hair, start out with the blob and then you can either use thin wire to position the spikes and then let cure. Or just make the blob with a greenstuff mix with magic sculpt or brown stuff and make the blob thick enough that you will be able to push in the spikes. Later you can cut and sand to taste if you dont get it perfect before you leave it to cure.

Those are my thoughts, though they might be hard to understand without pictures. I will try to find something for ya.

EDIT: Here is a good example of the first method except they use sculpey instead of greenstuff. http://www.polymerclayfan.com/sculpting-hair.htm
 
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freakinacage

Well-known member
i think with hair texture, less is more, don't make every individual strand, but capture the essence of the flow. lol how hippyish did that sound?
 

Chrome

New member
Hmm... I was going to show the pic of my rune priest on bike but now that I look at it again the quality of that pic is crap... maybe I should sit down and sculpt some hair?
 

Einion

New member
Although with practice you can learn to do this in any of the common epoxies, overall GS may be the best for this kind of detail so it's certainly a good place to start. I'd recommend getting a sculpt with hair done in a way you like and having it beside you as you work, so you can compare notes so to speak.

Some previous threads with technique tips:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?27497-Hair-on-Bald-Figures
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?28556-Free-Flowing-Hair

Einion
 

Einion

New member
Well I found this black jacket lying around in the Freakbar, had "Search Maestro" embroidered on the back and it fit well enough so... besides, nobody else seemed to want it.

Course I've added a few badges to the sleeves over the years - Grammarian; Apostrophes FTW; I Spel Gud; Brushlicking: Just Say No; Let Me Google That For You...

Einion
 
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