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Messyart

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:07 am
Imma just run off a list of projects/ models/ things I'm trying to get time for..;
Daemon Prince sculpt
Metal Daemon Prince, to be turned to nurgle
Imperial guard model
Leman russ that has yet to be finished [Aim to make alt' weaponry]
Squig sculpt
Squiggoth
Vindicare from a Dire Avenger
Repairing a mates Predator models because he recieved broken ones..
An angel sculpt
An Ork dread
An Ork biker
A khornate raptor lord

To name just some of it all..
Not to mention the 48 Lizardmen skinks I aim to turn into horrors of Tzeentch, the 24 Saurus that will be divided between Nurgle and Khorne and the cold ones that I'm torn between turning to juggernoughts/ screamers.

Anyway; This is one of them, the daemon prince sculpture. I am actually proud of him, he's being rather sexy :3
Can't decide if to align him to a god, yet. Perhaps Nurg'.

Amazingly, despite using my *good* camera, many of the photos are blurry..
X|X|X|X|X|X

UPDATE
Saurus turned Plaguebearers;
X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X

Skinks turned Horrors of Tzeentch
X|X  
PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:32 am
Why not throw a warp-amp into it's mouth, would be enough to make him Slaanesh... x3 <3

It's looking pretty swell none the less!  

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:11 am
I'm looking forward to seeing all of this stuff, Messyart. You know that I'm a big fan.

As it goes, I agree with what Shinobi said. Definitely has a Slaaneshi look to it as it is.  
PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:17 am
Oh, I would like to throw in a question here as well, do you use sculpting tools with rubber/silicone thingies? If so, gots any to recommend? People always tell me to use oil with the ones I currently use, and it doesn't really work out using them for me. >_o;;;  

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:11 pm
Shinobi_8745
Oh, I would like to throw in a question here as well, do you use sculpting tools with rubber/silicone thingies? If so, gots any to recommend? People always tell me to use oil with the ones I currently use, and it doesn't really work out using them for me. >_o;;;


I have not, but I've considered buying one to try.
I use the GW sculptey tool and a cheap one I found at a market, as well as a nice sharp knife and an old broken compass..  
PostPosted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:33 am
I don't understand how you manage to get it all so smooth then! :0

I hardly ever get my sculpting projects to look smooth (luckily I mostly sculpt orky/orcy/skaveny/Chaos Nurgle stuff nowdays).  

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:33 pm
I find just being gentle and using my saliva to wet the tools help me, but smoothness is still something I'm trying to work on.
Even flat surfaces take me a long time to get right, but I do try to make sure it's at least good before I stop.

Could always get the shape and wait a bit, then start to flatten it out, it'll keep the shape better.

Since I'm here I may as well say I've decided how to turn those 45 skinks into Horrors
[mysteriously, upon re-counting, I did not have 48..]

Just got some crappy phone cam shots of the one I have started them off with;
X|X
They shall have 5 tentacles above their eyes, and at least 3 large horn like teeth in their maw.
some shall have widened maws with possible balls of fire sculpted screaming out.
Thus making them horrors.

And, if anyone is interested, I wrote out how the hell I think a race of bipedal lizards may have been turned into a new race of daemon..  
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:51 am
Dayum, that's good! eek I really need to get someone to sit down with me and explain the nuances of sculpting sometime.  

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:22 pm
Haha, cheers.

Grab a knife, grab some blu-tac or any other reusable tacky putty and some wire.

Find a piece of artwork you like.
Bend the wire to more or less that shape.
Push the putty around it and just have a go!

It's much the same as GS, you can get good detail, except it doesn't cost s**t loads, and you can simply squish it all and start over.
If you like a model you make, put it to the side and practice till you're more confident, then try to remake the whole thing in GS / milliput.

Another good tool I have is a simple rod of plastic, possibly once an Orc spear.
Cut one end to a 45 degree angle, so far I have only used it to make realistic solder affect on vehicles [for that dramatic field repair look] but it's handy for many things.

I do have a couple of PDFs about sculpting, I just put them on a hosting site if you care to have a look;
http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/101782/DWsculpting-class.pdf
http://www.filehosting.org/file/details/101786/sculpting_tut01.pdf

No idea if it'll work/ how it'll work as, never used the site before.
So if you're not too sure, could always ask that I email you them.  
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