Sculpting Tips for ScumDog47

Posted by MortiS-the-Lost on Sep 21, 2009; 3:54pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Sculpting-Tips-for-ScumDog47-tp3686318.html

Scumdog47 wrote

I had a dream last night.
Bizarrely enough I was trying to model a With-hunter-style hat onto the topmost of these ogres. In the middle of the road. And the greenstuff kept turning grey...

As I woke up the idea stuck with me.

Take the Mjolnir-ogre and greenstuff one of those purtitan hats on him and, of course,  a long coat. Problem is I have some trouble working with larger amounts of greenstuff. It tends to get finger prints all over it an/or deform unless supported somehow.


Any tips or ideas?

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http://n2.nabble.com/Buncha-Ogres-td2684519.html#a3681918
Click the above to see Scumdog47’s Ogres he’s talking about

An Ogre Witch-Hunter! Now that’s awesome!

Here’s a few quick tips for sculpting that might help

+ If your using Greenstuff keep your fingers and/or tools a little wet to prevent it sticking and getting finger prints in it.

+ When sculpting cloaks or capes lay the Greenstuff flat on some tin-foil while you get it to the right shape and sculpt any details such as pockets and stitches. Then once it’s cured a little (but not fully) carefully peel it from the tin-foil and fix it to the mini.

+ A good way of supporting a large area of Greenstuff like a cape to make ‘skeleton’ for it out of car-body mesh and then sculpting over it

+ If you don’t get on with Greenstuff too well it’s also worth checking out some of the other sculpting materials out there. I use Miliputt from time to time when sculpting things like stone, earth or tree-roots. I find Miliputt useful for filling gaps and bulking out figures too as it can be drilled, filed and sanded to shape once it’s set. Our resident sculptor Robert-the-Damned uses a putty called ‘Pro-Create’ which interestingly in context to your dream is grey (but not recommended for use in the middle of a road).

+ In fact Rob will probably have some better tips than mine when it comes to sculpting and with that in mind I’ve moved this to it’s own thread to give everyone a chance to give some sculpting advice

+ Another way to go with making cloaks, capes, banners or any other large area of cloth is avoid using green stuff and use thin sheets of lead or other soft metals cut to shape. I’ve seen banners and even the sails of ship cut from the sides off beer cans. Apparently the thick foil from Champaign bottles also works well for this sort of thing.