Hi there guys, We are a new company looking to find a sculptor to work with us on providing a range of Heroic Scale 28mm Fantasy miniatures. The idea is to...
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cubmasterchip
Jun 4, 2012 2:01 pm
Hey everybody. I'm Chip. I have sculpted large scale for masks but after sitting in with Tre Manor and Jason Wiebe at ReaperCon 2012, I thought I'd try my hand...
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Jorge
eldcx
Jun 4, 2012 2:02 pm
I'm completely new to sculpting. I just started a couple of days a go and i'm having some trouble :( . I'm using milliput superfine white and it is very...
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Andrew Abney
aabney66
Jun 4, 2012 2:44 pm
My recommendation would be to start with a good grade of plastiline, and work a little bigger than your intended goal. Â Get experience with your tools and the...
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Rob Grimley
leadbelter
Jun 5, 2012 4:41 pm
Jorge, If you want to have a go working in green stuff I'd suggest doing some conversion work first (if you have not done so already). It gives you a chance to...
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Mike Blake
mike.blakeuk...
Jun 6, 2012 11:34 am
You don’t define ‘uncomfortable’ or when the ‘cracks’ occur? Biggest mistake beginners make is trying to go too fast and working up areas that are...
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Erick Redling
erickredling
Jun 8, 2012 1:35 pm
Hi Jorge, I recomend you take a look at James Van Schaik video from miniature mentor, it gives you lots of very usefull advice about sculpting on green stuff ....
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paul snyder
incredibleto...
Jun 12, 2012 6:12 pm
I used milliput when I started as well. I do find Green Stuff easier to use for many applications. It depends on your application though. Green stuff is has a...
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Rob Grimley
leadbelter
Jun 12, 2012 6:12 pm
Hi Chip and welcome, I could go on for ages about armatures but I'll keep it short as there are many more here better qualified to give you helpful tips. Get...
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siconfin
Jun 13, 2012 6:21 am
Hello! I am starting to think about sculpting a closed spellbook for a miniature (28mm) in GS, may you give me any suggestions? Thank you! [Non-text portions...
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poshgoblin
Jun 18, 2012 8:23 am
you could also make the front and back panels on a flat surface as seperate components to fit onto the smaller box, then adding the spine after fitting the...
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Tim
mishima2511
Jun 20, 2012 8:24 am
This sounds interesting, any chance of a description on how you are doing this, or maybe a pointer to an online instructions?? Tim Gomi Designs ... ...
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Tim
mishima2511
Jun 20, 2012 8:35 am
Actually - scratch that. I just found and read an instructable. That looks a bit too hard-core for me..... I'm not into potentially lethal equipment.... ... ...
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tucholka
Jun 29, 2012 10:56 pm
The Legendary Steve Lortz carved the Bureau 13 Miniatures for my company TRITACGAMES See our Mini's there Tritacgames.com I'm looking to add a few new...
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rhawehgaet
Jun 29, 2012 11:00 pm
Hello, I am sculpting some kind of monster and I was wondering if anyone could help me with how should I make the scales? I could use advice on fish and...
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Cosmic Mastermind
lord_darkclaw_2
Jun 29, 2012 11:00 pm
... Hi Jorge, have you tried Greenstuff yet? Milliput Superfine White has it's uses but I think Greenstuff (Kneadatite by it's real name if you want to buy it...
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poshgoblin
Jun 29, 2012 11:19 pm
Greenstuff is a good place to start - milliput has it's uses, but the white superfine has it's own qualities that can make it tricky to work with -although...
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Cosmic Mastermind
lord_darkclaw_2
Jun 30, 2012 12:53 pm
... Hi Mathyoo. I cna't find a picture of it but there is a tool originally used in ancient China for sculpting fish-scale patterns. I don't know if you can...
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Stacy Hofman
suchamidnigh...
Jun 30, 2012 1:01 pm
I have carved these out of both toothpicks and orange manicure sticks......very easy to use!Stacy From: 1listSculpting@yahoogroups.com...
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minimaker3
Jun 30, 2012 6:00 pm
Hi, here is a demo for makign scale armour. Same technique can be used for crude reptilian scale (kind of like what you see with dragon figurines). Bye, ...
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Mathyoo
rhawehgaet
Jul 3, 2012 7:42 pm
I think I know what you mean, will dig into it, thanks! For my sculpture, I just spread putty and pushed lines in it, to make some kind of hexagons. It didn't...
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r_grella
Jul 3, 2012 10:57 pm
... Perhaps it's just me, since no one else mentioned it but you said here is a demo, but i didn't see a link or a picture or anything where is it?...
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minimaker3
Jul 3, 2012 11:00 pm
Hope it works now: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v490/minimaker/Mini%20sculpting-Techniques/?action=view¤t=43af.jpg...
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Cosmic Mastermind
lord_darkclaw_2
Jul 8, 2012 3:10 pm
... I love that technique, I wonder it it can be used to make mail/chainmail more realistic?...
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Sean Abel
abelmonkey
Jul 11, 2012 3:31 am
If making a larger figure, say a dragon, do you use green stuff to make the solid core or what is better to use (from a price point for example). Can sculpey,...
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Andrew Barlow
andyakb
Jul 11, 2012 12:41 pm
I’ve been making a lot of bigger pieces recently, and I have been using Terrain Putty by Kraftmark to build up my cores. I build it up over a twisted wire...
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paul snyder
incredibleto...
Jul 11, 2012 8:17 pm
You can use anything to make the core of it. I personally use the following items for larger miniatures in the following order. wire or clothes hanger for the...
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Darren
darren.webbe...
Jul 12, 2012 10:25 pm
Hi I am Darren Webber, currently unemployed but with some experience of the Business side of things. I am a very bad sculptor, and I struggle to do things like...
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minimaker3
Jul 12, 2012 10:30 pm
Hi, making chainmail is somewhat different. It's demonstrated in this movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxtlYyiqX5o You don't really need to make height...
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kcontos
Jul 13, 2012 12:20 am
Hey, Darren, have a look at this : http://tinyurl.com/874p44d Regards, KC http://fortressfigures.com/kcontos/...
