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Post by curufin on Mar 19, 2015 14:51:02 GMT
I have been thinking about attempting to do some sculpting for a while now. Sculpting is something that I have never really tried with any success. But after seeing Michka's Stone Giants, I felt inspired to give it a go. I bought some green stuff and dusted off some old Sculpy that I never used. I watched a bunch of tutorials on youtube and began sculpting last night. I am very interested in expanding my skill set and getting away from my 'comfort zone'. I am finding it very challenging... but fun! This is what I made:
Fur cloak, sealed scrolls, books, and a skull.
I will be continually adding to this thread as I create new things. For now (at least), I am going to be working mainly on inanimate objects to 'learn' some of the techniques. I hope eventually to be able to sculpt some minis (figures)....but that is likely a ways away...if ever. As always, I appreciate any comments, advice, critiques, or questions.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 15:27:13 GMT
Looks great for some starter sculpting. Keep it coming.
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Post by vestrivan on Mar 19, 2015 16:53:20 GMT
For the first try it looks great. I specially like the fur cloak!
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Mar 19, 2015 17:04:09 GMT
Howdy,
A mini for scale?
Kev!
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Post by voodoo on Mar 19, 2015 17:05:38 GMT
nice first go at sculpting! Cloak looks amazing! and the scrolls.....ok I like all of it.......keep it up.
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Post by tauster on Mar 19, 2015 18:15:10 GMT
Looks great, and especially impressing as a first start!
How did you do the fur mantle?
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Post by curufin on Mar 19, 2015 19:17:53 GMT
I got up very early this morning to get some sculpting in before work. Yes, Im enjoying it that much. I think it's going to take me a while to figure out working with the green stuff. I managed to make a chain shirt, a few more books, a stack of documents, and a belt. I added a mini for scale. And yes, things may be a little on the large scale... I made the fur cloak, by just following along with this Youtube video. Of course, I didn't have the special tool he was using.... so I made one. It is nothing more than a series of pins with the heads cut off soldered together and epoxied into an old paint brush handle. Once the epoxy was dry, I bent the ends and filed it to a point.
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Post by vestrivan on Mar 20, 2015 17:44:32 GMT
Great new sculpts! The belt looks nice and the documents too! And don't worry about the scale too much. Yes it is a little bit bigger, but we are not making real life replicas... (at least not all the time.. ) For the purpose of gaming, a little bit of size difference will not make such a big deal. More important is that it will give the players imaginations a nudge in the right direction...
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Post by michka on Mar 21, 2015 12:30:18 GMT
All of these look great. I love the fur cloak a lot, but that belt has me truly amazed. You have a lot more control over the green stuff the I did in the beginning. You might even have better control then I do now.
Sculpting is addicting, isn't it? As for the scale issue, I have the same problem right now. It's no accident that I've been making monsters and giants for my first projects. If you're looking for some figure sculpting videos, Tom Mason has a channel that's pretty good. There's also a video on the Learn Sculpting channel called Star Man that has a great lesson on proportions that I found really useful. Plenty more that I can't think of right now. I think the best teacher is playing with the clay/green stuff and seeing what comes out of it.
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Post by Sam on Mar 21, 2015 12:36:30 GMT
Nice looking stuff. Very resourceful, making your own tools.
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Post by curufin on Mar 22, 2015 11:35:24 GMT
I started working on some armor display stands (scale mail and chainmail). I also made another fur cloak...this time a little closer to scale and a two-handed sword.
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Mar 22, 2015 14:21:52 GMT
Howdy,
Most excellent!
You've definitely got the gift, Kev!
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Post by adamantinedragon on Mar 22, 2015 16:23:24 GMT
EXALT! Awesome work. Love the tool you made. I've been meaning to get back into sculpting again myself. I love it, but it takes so much time. For me, anyway.
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Post by curufin on Mar 24, 2015 12:00:02 GMT
Last nights endeavors: A couple of quills (probably owlbear judging from the size), a shield, a bundle of arrows, two helms, and a battered chapel-de-fer. I am still struggling with proportions and overall scale. I am finding the green stuff to be very challenging to work with. It doesn't stick to the things I want it to sick to, and it sticks to the things I don't want it to stick to. I need to spend another night watching tutorials....
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Post by michka on Mar 24, 2015 14:04:47 GMT
Love the arrows and the shield. The middle mask is damn good too. I'm still a little jealous you got this good this fast.
What ratio of yellow to blue are you using? More blue (the hardener) makes it less sticky, but harder to work. More yellow is easier to work, and will hold detail better, but it sticks to everything. And how long you wait to work with the putty is a big part as well. See, this is why I started working more with Super Sculpey. Also, proportions are a bitch for everyone.
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Post by Erasmas on Mar 24, 2015 14:31:46 GMT
Also... something that I discovered way too late into working with the stuff...
Use warm water. Keeping water in a little cup/bowl nearby where you can dip your tools or fingertips into helps immensely in keeping from sticking to everything, but I am assuming that you are already doing this part... since you are able to work with the stuff period. However, warm water is far better. Even if you have to reheat it a few times during a session.
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Post by tauster on Mar 24, 2015 20:37:25 GMT
awesome stuff, I love it! I used greenstuff for my myconid and found it a total paint in the crafter's behind to work with, so much that I avoided it from then on. Instead of sculpting, I try to make silicone&starch moulds and cast stuff I want to replicate with hotglue. But then again that's something totally different from what you do...
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Post by SpielMeisterKev! on Mar 24, 2015 20:43:26 GMT
Howdy,
Dude...My mouth fell open when I saw the quills!
Kev!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 24, 2015 21:24:46 GMT
chapel de fer ? im french and even i didn't know what that was. now i know...
nice work, those sculpts are amazing !
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2015 3:25:23 GMT
The trick with green stuff is water (and, to be honest, a lot of spit), it will not stick to wet surfaces, so keep your fingers and tools and other working surfaces wet and it improves the over all usability a lot.. also, the green stuff, when mixed together properly, will set chemically, its just a matter of time (and a little about temperature), so you could, in theory, work with green stuff underwater, it is still going to set hard after a certain workable time. The other joy of green stuff is that it adheres to itself, so you can add it incrementally to itself, building up very fine details bit by bit. The mistake everyone makes at the start is using a big wad of the stuff and getting frustrated as it deforms out of the shape they want, sticks to itself, or your fingers, and generally ends up like some kid's efforts with a lump of play dough.
Work small, keep it wet, and build it up in stages.
Also, really great efforts, I am impressed!
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