Sculpting rocks???

[diddy lemon1]

How can i sculpt rock like the ones one the shagoth [gw] base

linky to a shaggoth

 

[mattsterbenz]

Hi,

Here is the way I would do it:

First you would want a surface to start on, rather than just having a big lump of putty. This could be I piece of cork, or anything hard to \"bulk out\" the area. Make it into a rough rocky shape.

Put a layer of putty over this, keeping the top relatively flat. Using a sculpting tool (The GW one will work fine), make long indentations along the side, similar to the shaggoth image.

Now the rock should look close to what you want, but it still will be pretty smooth.

You could use a needle and make some very delicate cracks and small holes/pits, and you could take a real rock and lightly press it into the putty in some spots to get a realistic texture.

Hope this helps!

-Matt

 

[generulpoleaxe]

as well as the putty techniques (use them myself)
you could get some woodland scenics moulds and some plaster of paris.
far quicker and cheaper in the long run.

 

[Garyo]

That\'s easy. Get a chunk of blue insulation foam. with a sharp exacto cut it into a general rock shape glue it with PVA or Sobo white glue to the base. Carve lightly around the edges to create the layered shale effect. Maybe carve partial layers off the top so it\'s not perfectly flat

Garyo

 

[Verm1s]

I remember a tutorial somewhere... but where? Don\'t have a clue. Anyway.
It involved rolling out some milliput superfine white, letting it cure, then breaking the edges off with pliers or clippers. It worked quite well for me. Shouldn\'t be too different with other hard putties, I think.

It was a little like this, only with less of a layered effect.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Oak tree bark makes GREAT rock bases. Also, the bark people decorate their yards with works well too.

 

[Stro]

Here is the link to the tut for what Shawn suggested.. http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_base_rock01.php

 

[Undave]

You know the best way to get rock texture?

Use a rock lol

But seriously, get your rough shape done in whatever material you want and then cover it in a thin layer of greenstuff or ready mix filler. Then select a suitably craggy rock (I have a lump of quartz that I like using) and simply press it into the filler to give it the same texture as the rock. Repeat until you\'ve made the filler suitably rock like.

I\'m using this method to base all my night goblins on a cavern floor type theme.

 

[matty1001]

I would buy shaggoth and cut the rock off then take it back to GW (start crying) and complain you want your money back because somebody at the factory must have used the rock for a conversion.

 

[desertdragon1964]

Originally posted by matty1001
I would buy shaggoth and cut the rock off then take it back to GW (start crying) and complain you want your money back because somebody at the factory must have used the rock for a conversion.

this is simply pure laziness in my opinion matty to even suggest it shows your imatureity.DD

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by desertdragon1964
this is simply pure laziness in my opinion matty to even suggest it shows your imatureity.DD

well i may be ugly but matty is certainly lazy AND immature!!

 

[matty1001]

Well he wanted to know how to get a rock the same as that one.
Why not just use that one!?

 

[Roger Bunting]

this is simply pure laziness in my opinion matty to even suggest it shows your imatureity.DD

Not using punctuation could be considered lazy.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by generulpoleaxe
as well as the putty techniques (use them myself)
you could get some woodland scenics moulds and some plaster of paris.
far quicker and cheaper in the long run.

And a lot of messy fun.
I\'m playing with some of those moulds and they really are fun.
Ah simple things, please simple minds. lol

 

[Theomar Pius]

A rock like that would probably be done best with a wood chip.

 

[emopainterguy]

I\'ve had some decent results using sculpy... or maybe fimo... I\'m not sure which one I have.... Anyways take enough fime/sculpy to make a blob a little larger than the rock you want. Roll it flat, then fold it over several times changing the direction of the fold every now and then (I\'m not sure how necessary that step is but I beleive it helps to create the lines of cleavage later...). Mold the fimo/sculpy into the shape of the rock you want (just a blob the rough shape, smooth is fine) and bake it. Once its done baking take any sort of tool that you can use to jab and poke the fimo/sculpy and not worry about the tool blade breaking off. You should be able to break off layers (lines of cleavage from the folding) and score lines as you go. When it breaks along a cleavage line it is very rarely smooth, you tend to get a some what rough texture that you can either file done for a more weathered stone, or amplify with a poking tool for a more craggy stone.

I hope that helps a bit, I\'m not very good at explaning these things. Good luck.

 

[Thecadian]

What about this?

rock