"Starting Sculpting?" Topic

Can anyone point me to some good links on sculpting figures and also vehicles?

Thinking of having a go at 28mm figs. Found one article which descibed a technique of piling green stuff on to a wire armature, is that thes best technique? Are figures normally made in the actual scale or scaled down from a larger one?

I guess its pretty difficult to make a living at it but was thinking of pursuing it as a side line – helpful advise welcomed. The intention would be to have a go at stuff which is not currently that commonly available.

Best thing I can suggest is to go join 1stSculpting yahoo group here link and ask the very same question.

I'm not a sculptor, but from what I garner it is far easier to start with dollies (or even naked figures, Bronze Age has some nice ones for sculpting). There are many manufacturers of dollies, EBob, Hasslefree, Reaper, etc.

Figures are usually sculpted in the actual scale, albeit about 10% larger to account for shrinking during the mold making. (It seems to vary a bit depending on the exact process used.)

Depends on the medium you're using.
A plastic master can be sculpted at any size you feel comfortable with.
Metal figures, on the other hand have to be sculpted at the production size- which is why we see a lot of er…mis-shapes and 'detail cramming' with smaller scales.
The armature and clay method seems to be overwhelmingly the modus operandi of sculptors.

I have a short list I keep for just such an occasion.

1listsculpting – already linked by Germy.

Ebob:

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Putty & Paint:

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The sculpting section at Conceptart (miniatures sometimes turn up there):

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Tutorial section at the FoD (with more links):

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Prophet Minatures (if you can put up with his sense of humour):

prophet-miniatures.com

A couple of useful Reaper links:

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reapermini.com/TheCraft/27

Even GW, to an extent:

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And a great little shop to get stuff from…

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I'm trying my hand at sculpting too. I've only done a couple of things and am still very much learning. Translation: My figures suck big time. But I'm enjoying it and showing improvement. I'm going to buy some various sized dollies one of these days. Here's some links I have saved.

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isculpt.org
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clayalley.com/sculpting.htm
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paintingclinic.com
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Good luck dude.

I am enjoying head/face/headgear/hair/shield/arm/weapon swaps and mods with proper rebuilds of hands and stuff at the moment to get to grips with the properties of green stuff.

I intend to get more creative later down the line but at the moment i seem to have a negative amount of free time.

All the links above are good, also try putting green stuff in as a google search, loads of returns when i did it (including some of the above).

2 recommendations:

The book Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapes by Burne Hogarth. Brilliant anatomy drawings and explanations of how fabrics behave.

Cob up your wire armature with chemical metal/car body filler. This will help whatever putty you use to adhere.

Here's a tutorial I put together a while back which you may find useful.

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