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22/06/2017 at 13:39 #65347Angel BarracksModerator
So…. I am having a go at a simple 15mm sculpt for my fantasy range.
Is there any interest in me WIP’ing it?Certainly not as a master class or even a how to, but more of a ‘OMG this is all very scary and exciting and scary at the same time’, sort of topic!
It will almost certainly end with a ‘blimey that was a lot of learning and hard work for a meh figure’, but at least it may have some entertainment value?22/06/2017 at 13:43 #65348Victoria DicksonParticipantPlease please please. 🙂
22/06/2017 at 13:51 #65349General SladeParticipantI’m definitely interested in seeing how it is done.
22/06/2017 at 13:54 #65350Angel BarracksModeratorI’m definitely interested in seeing how it is done.
noooo, I have no idea how it is done!! 😀
But I can share how I did it (badly and wrongly!)If nothing else it may just go to show how tricky it is and why sculptors are special.
22/06/2017 at 14:08 #65352General SladeParticipantFair enough. I’m interested to see how it is done badly and wrongly (and I’ll still be impressed that you are doing it at all). I had one attempt at sculpting a figure when I was a kid. I melted down some old figures to make a block of metal and then I hacked away at that for a while. It wasn’t a great success.
22/06/2017 at 14:13 #65353Angel BarracksModeratorha ha, I have done a few 6mm but mistakes were made and lessons learned.
One thing I have accepted is that my style, if I have any, is making the sculpts detail subtle and slight.
This worked badly on 6mm, as by the time the original had been through two moulds, what was very fine detail on the master, was on a cast figure almost invisible.
15mm will hopefully stop this from happening and being about three times the size these days, be much less fiddly…22/06/2017 at 15:08 #65357Guy FarrishParticipantYes please.
I have sculpted a few 28mm figures – some absolutely ‘orrible even by my standards and a few – well okay for what I was aiming for.
I have done a 15mm figure – I am amazed anyone can get detail on these without them turning into 30mm!
So I am very keen to see how it can be done (badly and wrongly or not!) by someone else.
Thanks!
22/06/2017 at 15:55 #65360kyoteblueParticipantYes, please.
22/06/2017 at 16:25 #65361Ivan SorensenParticipantAnother interested party for sure
22/06/2017 at 16:28 #65362Gone FishingParticipantYou’re being very coy, AB. Count me as another that would love to see it.
22/06/2017 at 16:44 #65363Angel BarracksModeratorSo when I started Angel Barracks I got others to sculpt my people and I did the buildings and a few vehicles myself.
I did a few 6mm people and they made it into production but for the most part my sculpting method created details that did not translate well into a finished cast model, so others do my 6mm people for me.I recently got into 15mm and again do the buildings myself and have got a few greens done by sculptor types.
But the cost difference is notable and I have to pay the rent so need a cheaper solution.So, I am going to teach myself to sculpt.
Many years back I had a go at my first 6mm, and made a n00b mistake.
I tried to make the figure in one sitting rather than in stages.Having said that I concluded that somewhere inside of my headbox is a modicum of talent that with a lot of practice could one day turn into a marketable skill.
Here is Badlands Bob, my first ever sculpt; in 6mm:
Now, proper sculptors make armatures and all that but I want to see if I can work the material in a way that is pleasing, so rather than make dollies I purchased some from Alternative Armies.
Here is the one I selected to try on:
So I superglued it to the holding device and started applying green stuff, completely forgetting my need to stick the arms on first!!
Once this first rough layer is done I will go back and insert some jewellery wire into the dolly for the arms.I am understanding that you work in layers so I mixed up some GS and rolled it into thinish strips and applied them over the model, a bit like draping a cloth.
Then after a while as it starts to be less sticky and more workable pushed it around into a rough shape to what we have here, blending the separate cloth draped bits into one bigger piece.I have a rough idea what I want it to look like and am doing it all from my head.
I am sure I would be better if I looked at robes to see how they actually hang off people, but for now I am just experimenting with using GS.So that is where I am at the moment, more tomorrow once it has gone hard a bit.
22/06/2017 at 20:01 #65372Angel BarracksModerator22/06/2017 at 20:30 #65378Victoria DicksonParticipantThose Alternative Armies dollies look useful, I feel an order coming on. 🙂
23/06/2017 at 09:48 #65433Rob youngParticipantI have a great deal of respect for people who can sculpt – I restrict myself to conversions!
Rob Young
23/06/2017 at 10:04 #65437Angel BarracksModerator23/06/2017 at 10:09 #65438Victoria DicksonParticipantWhat tools are you using?
23/06/2017 at 10:14 #65439Angel BarracksModerator23/06/2017 at 10:41 #65441Victoria DicksonParticipantThanks. 🙂
You’re getting me inspired to try making a realistic figure for a change.
23/06/2017 at 15:56 #65468Guy FarrishParticipantYour 6mm figure seems to have more detail than my 15mm figure so I’m going to go and hide.
Enjoying watching your 15mm fig take shape.
23/06/2017 at 16:13 #65469Angel BarracksModerator23/06/2017 at 16:36 #65473Darkest Star GamesParticipantThat is looking very good!
If you are thinking of production, make sure the facial features are a bit exaggerated or as you’ve discovered they’ll vanish when molded. I’ve seen more than a few figures like that, even scifi ones from PF (he uses very shallow detail that looks great in greens, then disappears when cast).
Is that fir trim going down the front? Whatever it is it looks very good.
"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."
01/07/2017 at 10:32 #66144Angel BarracksModerator01/07/2017 at 15:22 #66176Ivan SorensenParticipantGetting a bit of star wars vibe from that guy 🙂
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