Sculpting help

Paandrik

New member
I don't know if this sculpt count as a miniature but I thought this were the best place to help me with my problem...

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I need some help with the smoothing and would like to get some advise.

Halp!
 

Paandrik

New member
its SS firm, and Regular water and a brush worker better then I thought it would, but Its hard to smooth out places were its hard to put pressure...
I looked on ConceptArt's forums and they use Alcohol, Isopropanol or Turperniod for their sculpts, is there anyone (here) thats used that?
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
its SS firm, and Regular water and a brush worker better then I thought it would, but Its hard to smooth out places were its hard to put pressure...
I looked on ConceptArt's forums and they use Alcohol, Isopropanol or Turperniod for their sculpts, is there anyone (here) thats used that?
aye works a treat. ca is an awesome forum for this sort of thing too
 

Paandrik

New member
I will make some tests tomorrow with SS and liquids that dissolves (that I have at home) as "Smoothing Research" test, to see if its any good.

I will test
Denatured alcohol
Mineral turpentine
Lighter fluid
regular tap water

where I brush the different liquids on a piece (one for each liquid) of SS with a different kinds of textures to see what happens to it...

Feels like I'm writing a chemistry report....

Anyway should I test uncured greenstuff while I'm at it just too see what happens?
 

QuietiManes

New member
I've used Acetone a few times. I didn't quite get the results I saw in a video that gave me the idea but it sorta worked. I'm sure you could get it to work if you take it slower than I did. What happened with me is it sort of turns the sculpey into a sludge after a while and that was somewhat problematic. Think I just overdid the amount of time and acetone...at any rate, I generally use water (spit) and a colour shaper (soft silicone tipped type of brush) or my rubber-gloved finger for really large areas. I think the trick is to work up to it in stages, like sanding, you can't go from 80 grit to 1200 grit and expect it to be mirror smooth without taking a lifetime working the 1200 grit. In other words, it's got to be fairly smooth before you get to the final smoothing stages. Having said that, you can sand it afterwards, that's always an option.

That's a cool sculpt, what scale or size is it?
 

Paandrik

New member
Freakinacage:
will test Vaseline if I have it around the house

QuietiManes:
now its 3 inches or nearly 8 cm
 

dogfacedboy uk1

New member
Vaseline is excellent without being too harsh. Also use vaseline for bonding new sculpey to baked sculpey and i believe there is also an official dilutent which is dissolves moderately to, I use this and the product works just fine, you have to be cautious to apply only in literally drops though or it will turn too mushy.

dfb
 

Paandrik

New member
Ok time for a conclusion!

The liquids I tested was:

Mineral turpentine
Denatured alcohol
Nail polish remover

Turpentine were almost to powerful and didn't evaporated as fast as the other liquids, did smudged the textures.

The alcohol smoothed the ruff textures and it evaporated fast, didn't smudge.

Nail polish remover were almost as powerful as the turpentine but evaporated quickly, did some smudging.

All liquids above: no need for power behind the brush, and left a soft textured surface.



Lip balm and elbow-grease: with the right tools it can smooth out any surface, thou it might be hard on surfaces were its hard to apply power
 

Tee999

New member
awesome sculpt Paandrik.
Also thanks for testing out the different liquids and details. Im adding them to my sculpting list.

Tee
 
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