tips for sculpting fine details - veins, etc

[StarFyre]

Ever seen a body builder after weight lifting and all the veins popping? I want to have that type of detail on my Project Apollyon demon prince.

I am still trying to get the musculature how I like it. Plan is to try and add thin veins on arms/legs, and other fine details to the arms, legs, behind the knees, and neck areas.

Any suggestions on how to sculpt such fine details?

Sanjay

 

[Disturbed1]

Try rolling out very thin GS \"sausages\", then adjust the curvature of the veins using the tip of a Color Shaper. The Shapers should be able to smooth the veins a bit as well.

 

[Ritual]

Yeah, I\'d also use a colour shaper for this. Try to get the veins as subtle as possible. That is better than getting them too pronounced. You can always make them appear more pronounced in the painting stage if you want.

 

[mickc22]

yeah that\'s what I did on Orion (see my WIP), when you\'ve rolled them out thin enough, roll \'em thinner as they grow in between rolling them and putting them on the mini
also give them a light brush over with liquid poly-cement, you\'ll need a reasonably decent brush for this but obviously not one you paint with, and don\'t leave the brush in contact with the GS, oh, and don\'t let the brush dry out too much before touching the mini
do a practice first
steeldog did a dvd you could download, but I don\'t think he\'s website is up any more used to be www.steeldog.info

 

[DaN]

Would gel superglue also work...?
I mean - instead of using GS at ALL, you could use a detail applicator or a cocktail stick to spread the gel in the right areas...

Might be slightly harder to control though... Just a thought

 

[freakinacage]

or in that vein (har har) maybe a few layers of pva

 

[Orb]

just found this..needs translating but effectively uses a characteristic of oils to good advantage......

veins

 

[Einion]

At the kind of scales we\'re working wouldn\'t painting the illusion of details this fine be a better idea overall than trying to make them truly three dimensional? Kinda like the reverse of doing scratches.

If you do want to sculpt them Sanjay I\'ve used a very old trick a couple of time with some success - you roll out your putty into thin sausages, cut roughly to length and then pick them up with the side of a needle or a damp brush and then lay them into place on the surface of the sculpt; this can work better with MagicSculp than GS as the damp brush dissolves the putty a little, giving a bit of \'glue\' to hold the thing in place until it cures.

I\'ve never tried this at a really small scale (1/30 is the smallest I\'ve used it on, for veins on necks and temples) so I think a better method may be to smoosh a thin layer of putty into the rough position you want the vein, then cut it back bit by bit until you\'re left with what you want. Working this way will ensure better adhesion than applying sausages to the surface, which usually squish a bit and need to be cleaned up anyway.

Einion

 

[mickc22]

Originally posted by Orb
just found this..needs translating but effectively uses a characteristic of oils to good advantage......

veins

Rob, isn\'t he using a gel medium? if so I could see how that would work on a small scale mini, good idea
do you think any acrylic resin/gels that could be applied with a brush would work? I\'m thinking of one of the stiffer water effect types

 

[Orb]

Originally posted by mickc22

Originally posted by Orb
just found this..needs translating but effectively uses a characteristic of oils to good advantage......

veins

Rob, isn\'t he using a gel medium? if so I could see how that would work on a small scale mini, good idea
do you think any acrylic resin/gels that could be applied with a brush would work? I\'m thinking of one of the stiffer water effect types

well there you go..........I kind of glimpsed it and made some assumptions..........filled in my own blanks!!! doh