discussion A hand at sculpting ;oh child

[monica]

well from time to time i do like to try my hand at other things,
it may work,out or my be a bust,:confounded:
what I,m trying to do is a figure from the movie,kick ass ,of hit girl,120mm,
so made a start on her,with a wire arbitrary ,then foil,then add the sculpey premo,one my simple shape and base ,
is set,can start ,to add the clothing,so not ,to concurred ,about how she is real look,as long in my size,
some will be done with green stuff,and the other with ,the premo,:rolling:
well this is what I,m hopping will happen,if not I,can only cock it up,so to say,
do hope you like my idea,:relieved:

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Monica,

Very brave of you to sculpt a figure from scratch. It's coming along well. I have only tried sculpting figures once in 1/35 scale and it was for the Shizuoka show. I was pressed for time if not I would have done it better. At the beginning it looked like disaster. This was my final effort...

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It's the two little kids in the middle. The rest are modified kit figures.
And this was when i thought they were disasters...
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Hope these give you encouragement.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[monica]

very nice going with the,two wee ones,do like them,
I find the hardest part being the face,s ,well done on them,:smiling::thumb2::thumb2:

I did these some time back,made the two bear cubs,and the zombie hunter girl,which was fun,
the top one is from an old pic,I saw,,as to me these,s wheels look like panzer wheels,

 

[monica]

well days end for this one,:flushed:
don't think its ,oh so bad,as it dose fix into ,what i was using,maybe the body a little long,?:sad-face: but think i can get away with it,
was going to try and do the head,/face in sculpey ,but think ,I will use green stuff for the face,hands and boots,so thinking.
well I,do hope you like the progress so far,just won,t to get a feel for things,:relieved:

 

[Jim R]

Hi Monica
I think sculpting figures is the hardest thing to do so well done for giving it a go. What you have done so far is excellent. I know some people use resin heads as that part is so difficult but you look to be doing fine. I love the two bears :thumb2:

 

[monica]

Hi Monica
I think sculpting figures is the hardest thing to do so well done for giving it a go. What you have done so far is excellent. I know some people use resin heads as that part is so difficult but you look to be doing fine. I love the two bears :thumb2:

ta for the kind words,Jim,Have have been going over that in my head,all day,with heads and hands if i had someone to make them ,then make a mold,
in 1/35 you can find hands and heads easy,I real don't know what scale this is,to look,never been good at that type of math :face-with-thermometer:
I know a guy,I see from time to time,I call him the master,as he is just great at everything,he dose work for Nic,at eureka miniatures,his name is costa,[ if spelled right ]
great guy as well,
so glad that you like them had fun making them,:smiling:

 

[yak face]

Hi monica , its fantastic that youve decided to have a go at your own figures, im sure youll do a fantastic job. Looking forward to the progress , cheers tony

 

[rtfoe]

Monica,
The bears are great and so is the progress of whats her name from the Kick Ass movie. Sometimes I give a name to my figures rather than figure one or two for easy reference and describing in the post.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[monica]

Hi monica , its fantastic that youve decided to have a go at your own figures, im sure youll do a fantastic job. Looking forward to the progress , cheers tony

cheers Tony ,glad your liking her so far,can only give it a go,:smiling:

Monica,
The bears are great and so is the progress of whats her name from the Kick Ass movie. Sometimes I give a name to my figures rather than figure one or two for easy reference and glad that you like these,s two,did enjoy making them,

 

[papa 695]

Good on ya to give it a go Monica, i hope you can pull it off. But knowing you I know you can.

 

[monica]

Good on ya to give it a go Monica, i hope you can pull it off. But knowing you I know you can.

ta so much ,Ian,I,m quit happy so far with her ,don,t think,she looks oh so bad,'
next the gloves,boots and head, a little tricky that one,but can only try,lol,:smiling:

 

[Guest]

I did these some time back,made the two bear cubs,

The bear cubs look great :smiling:

 

[monica]

ta,Blair ,happy that you do like them,:smiling:

 

[Guest]

Sculpting is always something I fancied having a go at.

Good progress so far

 

[monica]

Sculpting is always something I fancied having a go at.

Good progress so far

ta,Jay,glad your liking it so far,
I think,I just need to keep at it,and will get better,so far ,Im happy with it,to me dose not look so bad,

 

[SimonT]

Looking pretty good so far

Sculpting people must be one of the hardest things there is

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I've made a few attempts - this chap is 1/9 and totally scratched. The rifle came out fine but the chap has a few issues

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Olga a toon type figure about 40mm high - much easier as not real

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This is the start of a 1/6 Mujahideen fighter bust with AKM over shoulder - the AKM is a doddle, chap not so much

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These two in overalls were intended to be painting a 35th tank in whitewash but never got finished

Very frustrating but as you say the more you do the better things get

 

[monica]

that's nice work for the size/scale Simon ,you did in green stuff.think i will try that as well,
well done ,:thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Good for you Monica.:thumb2:
There nothing like pushing your skills. The more you try the better you get.
John.

 

[monica]

Good for you Monica.:thumb2:
There nothing like pushing your skills. The more you try the better you get.
John.

ta John,yes thats the way ,I,see it as well,why not have a bit of fun as well,:smiling:

 

[SimonT]

Thanks Monica - I shall look forward to seeing your figure progress :thumb2: