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Title: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Megatron0 on May 26, 2011, 01:33:07 pm
Well I am looking to try some sculpting BUT im having trouble finding some supplies :'O
What im looking for is the cork to hold your models on and armatures but where can i get these! is there a good website anyone can suggest?
any help would be greatly appreciated. 


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Carcharoth on May 26, 2011, 01:41:17 pm
I went to the local home-brew shop.
A quick search on ebay (home-brew corks) brought up these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20-Solid-Cork-Bungs-Homebrew-Wine-Demijohn-Airlock-Bung-/350363166658?pt=Home_Brew&hash=item519345a7c2), which are essentially what I use. Do buy more than you think you will need as it is useful to have somewhere to store all the half-finished projects...

What are you planning to try sculpting? What putty have you got? I would suggest you don't start with pure green stuff as it isn't the easiest to get the hang of.


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Brandlin on May 26, 2011, 02:00:00 pm
My corks come in a large glass protective sheath with some very tasty liquid packaging to make sure they don't dry out.

It makes the cork a little expensive but you can recycle the glass bit and my wife likes the liquid.



Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Megatron0 on May 26, 2011, 03:12:54 pm
Im not using green stuff its just silly expensive. Im using Miliput! Its alright actually and i was able to pick a fair amount up quite cheap at the Orcs nest.
Hmm I guess atm I would try and sculpt something within my skill range i.e Misshapen blobs. So voodoo dolls, creatures wearing big wooden masks. a ninja mouse?
Im just going to keep at it until something clicks! My only problem is that im really impatient! 


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Lost Egg on May 26, 2011, 03:40:01 pm
Maybe try sculpting something in a large scale, perhaps a 54mm figure. As for supplies look at the Hasslefree site, they have heads and a male armature. Small clay shapers are very useful for smoothing, you can pick them up on ebay and at Hobby Craft stores.

HN


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Carcharoth on May 26, 2011, 04:10:27 pm
I would also suggest you try sculpting something bigger - I sculpted the belan from fimo (but I gather Cernit is a bit easier to work with). Make a nice solid armature out of metal, then build a decent skeleton, then fire it before building up all the muscle and skin layers. You can get much faster results with something like fimo than two part epoxies, so less need to be patient :)


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Megatron0 on May 26, 2011, 07:37:34 pm
I ordered the corks! and some armature wire :D
But now i have to wait for it to arrive :'(
I have just been sculpting some tiki masks in the meantime. Ill add these to the models I will hopefully sculpt


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Lost Egg on May 26, 2011, 07:44:39 pm
Paperclips work well for armatures if you want to practice.

HN


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Brandlin on May 26, 2011, 11:11:59 pm
I use standard paperclips for everything. They are strong and with 0.8mm drill make excellent pins.


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Klute on May 26, 2011, 11:20:19 pm
You can get some decent deals for greenstuff off ebay. Most other stuff get from Heresy.
I love Milliput for dry sculpting (carving the cured putty) as it sets nice and hard. Green is alround my fave though and brown gets used a fair bit too. 50/50 green/brown is a nice mix to use btw.


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: TheGremlin on May 26, 2011, 11:33:26 pm
Heresy sell greenstuff at a good price. I like mixing procreate and miliput terracota. Scultping is a technical, fine art, and there are loads of techniques and methods out there.

And ditto Brandlin's comments.


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Megatron0 on May 27, 2011, 01:31:07 am
Thanks for all the advice! I might try some of that dry sculpting with the miliput! sounds like good fun!
Well When i get some stuff up i will post up some pictures...if im not to shy :3


Title: Re: Sculpting supplies!
Post by: Carcharoth on May 27, 2011, 08:00:39 am
Never use paperclips if you want models cast - cutting the models up is a nightmare. A softer wire also makes it easier to make fine adjustments to the pose.

Good luck, can't wait to see your first attempts  :)