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Post by jennifer on Jan 16, 2017 4:05:54 GMT
Okay finally got a paint job I am happy with. Just applied Army Painter Strong Tone wash all over what I last did and it toned down that cocoa. After that dried I gave a VERY LIGHT dusting at the highest points of my highlight color: 50/50 Americana Cocoa + Americana Snow White. Happy enough with it now.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 16, 2017 6:14:46 GMT
well photo wise it didn't change at all. so i'd say the light doesn't do it justice as always.
my say in this is, from the photos it was already great. so i think you are just too overly critical of your own stuff.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 16, 2017 6:20:26 GMT
It looks better in person and in photo now.. look at it again. Was too dark in first photo and too cocoa/light in the second. I like it now.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 16, 2017 6:20:47 GMT
Or just use the piece as a non-connected centerpiece. I like this a lot:
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Post by jennifer on Jan 16, 2017 8:21:12 GMT
Mushroom BasesI need some bases for my hand sculpted mushrooms. I decided to go with an eroded mound look. Here's my first one with sculpey. I also sculpted one in blender and printed it out -- which I'll make available on thingiverse.com after I've painted it and mounted the mushrooms on it (just want to make sure it looks good first).
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Post by jennifer on Jan 16, 2017 9:33:05 GMT
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Post by margaret on Jan 16, 2017 18:22:09 GMT
They both look good, but I like the Sculpey ones best.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 17, 2017 7:09:23 GMT
What do you guys think of this cluster? It's on hydrostone cast eroded base I sculpted. Sculpey shrooms. White glue holding the shrooms to hydrostone.. hope this stuff holds to the sculpey. I got the little skull piles from the Water Cavern mold (Hirst Arts). I think they look cute there with the shrooms no? Was thinking some gravel between the shrooms and skulls. Anything else I should do?
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Post by jennifer on Jan 17, 2017 15:06:47 GMT
Messing around in Blender
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Post by dossen on Jan 17, 2017 15:23:52 GMT
Looks brilliant! One more thing that makes me wish for a 3d printer ;-)
Suggestion (without knowing how difficult it would be): cut the model in two where the pillar is the narrowest and make a pin on one part and a matching hole on the other. Either round for flexibility or square to make consistent assembly easy. Possibly have a thinner hole from top to bottom (through connector) for a thin wodden or metal pole for extra strength and support.
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Post by skunkape on Jan 17, 2017 17:34:17 GMT
Got to say, you're large center piece that you built from foam, toothpicks, bamboo skewers and hot glue looks fantastic! Really good size too!
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Post by kgstanley81 on Jan 17, 2017 18:07:57 GMT
With the skulls, don't know if you can do other bones to go with them, and when sand is applied have them partial buried
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Post by jennifer on Jan 17, 2017 20:40:03 GMT
Looks brilliant! One more thing that makes me wish for a 3d printer ;-) Suggestion (without knowing how difficult it would be): cut the model in two where the pillar is the narrowest and make a pin on one part and a matching hole on the other. Either round for flexibility or square to make consistent assembly easy. Possibly have a thinner hole from top to bottom (through connector) for a thin wodden or metal pole for extra strength and support. Interesting, I was thinking the same thing earlier today. But slice it up a little higher than that so there is a larger gluing area. I was thinking about the pin as well.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 18, 2017 10:05:20 GMT
Base is made of sculpey, so are the shrooms. Added coarse sand here and there. Glued shrooms to base with sculpey glue (re-baked). White dots applied with small ball end of sculpey tool. Looking for suggestions as to what I can add here and there around shrooms. Maybe some sort of growth? Would greenery be okay in a brown/tan cavern? I guess it would since this is a fantasy world I just want something to make the whole piece really POP! thanks.
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Post by skunkape on Jan 18, 2017 13:44:56 GMT
Any color other than the red, brown and white would work, though a brighter color would stand out more. You might even consider making some smaller mushrooms in either a blue or yellow color, but I think some green plants could work as well. I'd make them separate scatter terrain, either singles or smaller groups!
The piece looks very good!
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Post by jennifer on Jan 18, 2017 14:14:38 GMT
Any color other than the red, brown and white would work, though a brighter color would stand out more. You might even consider making some smaller mushrooms in either a blue or yellow color, but I think some green plants could work as well. I'd make them separate scatter terrain, either singles or smaller groups! The piece looks very good! Thanks, I need to lighten the mushroom stems.
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Post by dragon722 on Jan 18, 2017 17:11:34 GMT
You got some mad crafting skills Jennifer!!! Loving your stuff so far Keep up the inspirational work....
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Post by tauster on Jan 18, 2017 17:13:44 GMT
I'd make them a little dirtier - they look much too clean, like straight out of a book illustration. Of course this might be exactly what you wanted, it would be a good contrast to the much more realistic cave walls & grounds. So like using the Sin City style, that would work just as well if used consistently for scatter terrain.
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Post by dragon722 on Jan 18, 2017 17:20:23 GMT
Any color other than the red, brown and white would work, though a brighter color would stand out more. You might even consider making some smaller mushrooms in either a blue or yellow color, but I think some green plants could work as well. I'd make them separate scatter terrain, either singles or smaller groups! The piece looks very good! Maybe blend some plant-substance or lichen bushes to the base also may make it stand out?
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Post by margaret on Jan 18, 2017 18:09:10 GMT
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