dossen
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Post by dossen on Jan 26, 2017 15:36:21 GMT
Just going to add to the consensus here... While some are more realistic than others, each and every one of your versions of this roper has looked good. If you need to put it away for a while, do so, but I'd love to see you finish it some day :-)
I guess you could even just bake it as is and then do texture later with milliput or greenstuff or a mixture, when you know how _you_ want it - and how to achieve it.
Keep up the great work!
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Post by jennifer on Jan 26, 2017 16:14:48 GMT
Just going to add to the consensus here... While some are more realistic than others, each and every one of your versions of this roper has looked good. If you need to put it away for a while, do so, but I'd love to see you finish it some day :-) I guess you could even just bake it as is and then do texture later with milliput or greenstuff or a mixture, when you know how _you_ want it - and how to achieve it. Keep up the great work! Does Apoxie brand epoxy putty adhere well to baked sculpey? Strong adhesion and no chemical reaction over time? I know the polymer clay is nasty attack plastic saran wrap for example -- learned to wrap in wax paper instead.
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Post by dossen on Jan 26, 2017 21:28:28 GMT
I must admit that my experience is limited to milliput and green stuff as far as combinations go. And while I have been doing this hobby for quite a few years, I would quite like to have the talent you are showing off. :-)
I've never had either react noticably with anything in a bad way, but obviously I might just have been lucky.
As far as getting green stuff to bond on surfaces, my usual trick is to use a single drop of cyano acrylate glue in the center of the spot I want to put green stuff in. Then I add the green stuff on the glue, wait a few seconds, and start working the green stuff into the shape I am looking for. It works quite well on both metal, plastic and wood, so I guess baked sculpey shouldn't be too difficult. Maybe do a simple small test piece if you want to be sure?
For surfacing I like to mix green stuff and milliput in even proportions - mix the two parts of each one completely before doing the final mixing - it sculpts better than pure milliput, but holds sharper edges than pure green stuff - that's my experience at least...
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Post by DnDPaladin on Jan 30, 2017 21:29:51 GMT
no you are not, days of the tentacle is awesome !
as for jennifer... this is why i hate realism... most monsters wouldn'T even come close to reality. not considering most monsters do not even exists. again i'm gonna say this much about you... you are way too perfectionnist about your stuff.
the creature is pretty fine as is, and i can tell you... the players wont see it that way if you pop that monster on the table. dont throw it away.
i too think its a mistake to try and make perfection.
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Post by jennifer on Jan 31, 2017 3:22:05 GMT
After taking a break and coming back and physically looking at the sculpture, I'm quite impressed with the texture actually. It needs a new photo -- after a few touch-ups here and there including addition of pieces of rock at bottom of base.
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Post by Sam on Jan 31, 2017 9:40:52 GMT
Glad to hear that. Most of us thought it looked great in each of the previous pictures. Many of us have been inspired by your crafts, and look forward to what you will produce next. Hang it there.
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Post by deafnala on Jan 31, 2017 14:45:15 GMT
...I am not very talented obviously. I can't seem to sculpt a simple stalagmite. ...well I think you not only are talented, but you have the potential & the imagination to make some truly remarkable creations. All you need do is enjoy what you are doing & keep at it. The Stalagmite/Roper is a BEAUTY...love that eye. OUTSTANDING WORK!
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Post by guillaume on Feb 7, 2017 20:49:57 GMT
"Does Apoxie brand epoxy putty adhere well to baked sculpey? Strong adhesion and no chemical reaction over time?" yes but once the epoxy is on you can't bake it again or the epoxy will lose a fair amount of detail...
due to the fact that you are a beginner in sculpting and to the level of detail needed i advice you to keep going with polymere clay, switch to harder or softer clay if needed
ps: don't use a glass marble with polymere clay: it's too heavy for unbaked clay and it's need glue on baked clay making the sculpt unbakable again, if you need a spherical shape just take a ball of aluminium paper cover it with a layer of clay, roll it between your hands and bake it or add it to your sculpt "raw"
and for the barksin texturing a less "ghetto" option is to tear of a cork and use the teared side as a stamp
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Post by jennifer on Feb 8, 2017 13:35:52 GMT
I'm satisfied. I'll gloss the eye when I'm set on it. Matches the cavern perfectly of course since I used the same paint scheme. That's good. Kev, I don't see a thread for January miniature contest, but consider this my entry.
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Post by Sam on Feb 8, 2017 15:11:52 GMT
Yeah !!!
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dossen
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Post by dossen on Feb 8, 2017 15:53:02 GMT
Nice!... in an f...ing scary way :-)
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Post by tauster on Feb 8, 2017 16:23:28 GMT
Nice!... in an f...ing scary way :-) I second that. Effing scary! The eye has come out wonderful, I saved the pic just for that reason alone. The only thing I would - in hindsight - do differently, is the direction of the tentacles: I'd either point them forward * or even do a solution with magnets where I could have different sets of tentacles pointing in different directions. That would probably be an design overkill for all but the most often-used minis. * or more generally, in the creature's viewing direction , which is almost always forward) Long story short, this critter should go showcase cabinet in between the game sessions!
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Post by sgtslag on Feb 8, 2017 16:31:22 GMT
Looks amazing, jennifer! Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers!
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Post by jennifer on Feb 8, 2017 16:32:04 GMT
Thanks for the complements. I love how the tentacles as is though
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Post by jennifer on Feb 8, 2017 16:50:43 GMT
I just read that sculpey was created back in the 1960's. Did the old school gamers create a lot of their own creatures with sculpey back then? Can't help but think they did. Did they have epoxy putty back then as well?
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Post by guillaume on Feb 8, 2017 17:01:13 GMT
"Did the old school gamers create a lot of their own creatures with sculpey back then?" back then sculpey was almost unknown by the non pro and serve mostly in the toy industry, sculpey can't wistand the molding prossess for lead miniature
"Did they have epoxy putty back then as well?" yes greenstuff is for repairing pipe milliput is use to repair sink bath tube or any ceramic
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Post by jennifer on Feb 8, 2017 17:08:59 GMT
I'd love to see some hand sculpted miniatures from the 70's. Wouldn't it be awesome? Even the 80's would be good.
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Post by jennifer on Feb 8, 2017 17:20:56 GMT
What should I sculpt next? Having fun with it. I sit in front of the TV and listen to a show while sculpting. It's a bit relaxing.
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Post by guillaume on Feb 8, 2017 17:23:09 GMT
yeah unfortunatly home sculpting really started in the 90 when games workshop started to sell greenstuff and made tutorial and sculptor interview in white dwarf
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Post by guillaume on Feb 8, 2017 17:27:21 GMT
"What should I sculpt next? " a wood golem could be nice: that allow you to get familiarised with human proportion without too much detail and without being too tiny a moss troll: for the same reason a flumph : because i like flumph and there is no decent flumph mini in my knowledge
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