Prince of Spires wrote:
I would love to see you do a pump wagon next. I really like that model and I bet you'd do an amazing job on it. Or anything elf related of course. That's always fine
That was some work... and I have already two that don't get used so it is unlikely I'll do more.
Those were sculpted from scratch, rather than cast. Unfortunately at the time I was too busy with the job and could not be bothered to document it, the same for the making of my giants.
Azaam wrote:
Really looking good ! I love how they look wild and I think your paint scheme helps a lot in that.
How is it to paint that much skin ? This is not something we're really used to on High elves ...
I'm interested in your molding and casting process. Would you mind sharing it ? Maybe on a separate topic to keep your blog more painting related.
I recently started to play with resin and I'm waiting for the silicone to arrive to start to make some molds. At first it was mainly to reproduce the bases I designed and that will be 3D printed by a friend but then I started to see the potential in it so I guess I'll try more complex things.
Thank you.
Painting O&G skin is not a problem at all.
Being green the expectation of realism is somewhat reduced compared to pink-skinned species and it contains less detail than clothing!
The casting process is very non-digital. I would be interested in hearing about your ventures in 3D printing.
I will start a separate topic but basically I use a thermoplastic material ("Bluestuff") that is moulded against an object when hot. When it becomes cold it is a hard rubber that can be removed and the negative can be filled with putty. For flat objects the process is straightforward.
For simple 3D objects one casts the first side, then when it is cold the other side with a new portion of Bluestuff. The two parts must match, they get filled with putty and put under some pressure while the putty cures overnight.
The technique does not work with 3D objects that have multiple in/out surfaces, like assembled horses (they have to be taken apart).
In terms of putty depending on the task I use Milliput or a mix with green stuff (when the item needs some flexibility to get out of the mould without breaking).
All models need cleaning with a hobby knife and some smoothing with sandpaper/files, milliput works better than green stuff for that so I almost never use pure green stuff.
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