My first foray into sculpting...

[REX-203]

Well, I finally had access to a little bit of sculpey, which I've been wanting to try to sculpt something for a long time. So I tried sculpting the head of my TF fan character, Rex, to use on a Glyos body.

I didn't think it came out TOO bad at first, but I ended up burning him pretty badly in the oven. lol Hopefully when I paint it, the damage will be concealed a little better. I might try to sand and fix some of the details as well. But yeah, as of now he looks pretty rough...

Anyway, here he is, for the very first time in glorious, tangible 3-D. Please try not to laugh too hard! lol







Okay okay, go ahead and laugh anyway. LOL

[OJA]

Battle Damaged Machina Rex. ;D Cool.

[magengar]

That head looks more like a "Tiki God". ;D

But, hey, you're trying out your first sculpt,
so, things like this accidental burning are to be
expected. For your first effort there, you did
quite alright.
Sculpty is pretty expensive. Try practicing first
with ordinary modeling clay so you can use
various sculpting tools to develop your techniques.
Keep practicing so you can get better at it.
Before long, you'll be sculpting some awesome
stuff with fine detail.

Next time, use a timer with a ringing bell
and set it for the amount of time the sculpt needs to
sit in the oven... when the timer counts down to "0"
it will ring its bell. Or, use some kind of Stopwatch
to keep track of time- set it to count down and
you'll be fine. This will help prevent leaving the
sculpt in the oven too long.

Kick azz, bro!

zozo-Magengar

[acturus]

Its a good first try.

Keep at it, watch out to sculpt the proportions even on each side, you might also want to do the head in different piece like on the top of the head. nad use an exacto knife to make the hard corners sharp after you have cooked it, and of course a timer is your friend but let the piece sit in the ove so it cools down slowly and you dont get cracks.

[chachipower]

thats weird I also took a stab at sculpey today. Except I made a very primitive mold of Daitarn fists to make repros. first 20 tries were uneven and the second to last came out good enough to use...although it wont shoot. I hope I get better so I can make other things like missles etc.

good job by the way, I havent tried to actually sculpt anything yet, probably would not be anything near as good as yours

[REX-203]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I haven't had a chance to fool with it again, but I plan on trying to clean it up a bit, either with a Dremel tool or an exacto blade. I definitely plan on giving it another try sometime though. It was fun!

[magengar]

Keep it up. Once ya get goin, it becomes addictive
in the long run.

My first time ever sculpting anything was the head
of Johnny Sokko's Giant Robot, using a powder form
putty that's sold in hardware stores by the can...
I forgot the name of the putty ("Joe's Rock Hard Putty",
or something like that); it's dark-beige colored,
add water and it hardens in a few hours (rock-solid
in 48 hours)- plenty of time to sculpt with it.
The can's label is red/tan.

Anyway, regretfully I can't remember if I packed the
Giant Robot head away or tossed it out- it was almost
two summers ago. It was a very good attempt for
my first time.
Someday when I have more leisure time I'll try
it again doing other robot parts... I'm fiending
to get into sculpting stuff. ;D

zozo-Magengar

Feb 8, 2010 23:28:41 GMT -5 REX-203 said:

Thanks for the feedback guys. I haven't had a chance to fool with it again, but I plan on trying to clean it up a bit, either with a Dremel tool or an exacto blade. I definitely plan on giving it another try sometime though. It was fun!