Hateful Darkblack Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Hello folks! I've only been doing miniatures of any kind for about six months now, but I want to start showing them off. A bunch of my friends do a Crafts Night together. Some people knit, some make costumes, some do drawings... and I make and paint Malifaux minis. I don't play with unpainted minis as a self-imposed rule, so I am usually frantic to get them painted so that I can bring them into play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Here's the one of which I'm proudest right now: a custom proxy for Arcane Effigy. I built it from Fimo, baked it, and painted it with my standard paints. He's my cute little eyeball dude! Edited March 13, 2012 by Hateful Darkblack Made images smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Comments and suggestions very welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Poxo Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Oh god it's staring at me, is it staring at me? It is isn't it? Don't tell me it's an evil meteor from outer space? Not that bad of a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModollerMorgan Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Like Dr. Poxo said, not bad for a first piece, keep on working for your best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Aw, thanks. It was a custom sculpt using FIMO. Mostly bare hands, but a knife edge for scoring on the iris. What tools are good to use for custom sculpts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think I was listening to Garagehammer when they had someone on who was a sculptor. Basically, use whatever will create interesting textures and that is capable of removing the medium from the piece. He said that there are tons of kits you can buy that have sculpting tools, but just normal tools plus things you find laying around will work as well, such as a random knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiralngCadavr Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 What tools are good to use for custom sculpts? dental tools and clay sculpting tools. GF9 used to make a really nice set of them, which was probably overpriced, but I've gotten at least 5 years' use out of them, so I'm fine paying extra for someone else to collect all of my supplies for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 This set here from Colour Shapers and available at Dick Blick (yes thats the real store name) are the ones I use and recommend. Along with the standard metal modeling tools you'll have a pretty good start (though as was recommended above having a few scraps of interesting textures is also a good idea). Also Reaper makes pewter armatures (like these here) that make scratch building models a lot easier (since you can focus on the bling instead of the body). Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Dental tools are great for sculpting, also clay shapers and colour shapers (the rubber tipped things, colour ones are softer than clay ones, and really nice for fimo). Also, you can make some from bent, filed and shaped 1-2 mm wire and a pin vice. That's still one of my favourite tools for doing stuff like chainmail. It really comes down to finding stuff you can see how you'd use, and playing with it. If you find you need something that tool can't provide, get another that does. I typically use three or four different tools, with the rest that I have used for specific unusual purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 One last tip for working with scuplting mediums (Green/Brown stuff mainly), vegitable oil works wonders for helping keep the metal tools from sticking to the green stuff (as well as finger prints). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hateful Darkblack Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wow, fantastic advice! Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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