rise of the Phoenix (sculpting stuff space elf)

i will post sketch and photo went i start drawing and start sculpting..i wanted to start yesterday but hey there hoot load of stuff to sculpt if i don't finish them i don't get pay and no money for new codex ..
do know my Space elf that i am basing off some company will have not thing in common beside being space elf walking armor, i going to sculpt them to my liking . yes i am evil like that will up date later this or the next day.
p.s: will start with the Screaming banshee

here a sketch

I'm watching and lookin forward to the finished product =)

by the way does any one have a pile of marines helmet ? i don't care which chapter..

you can press mold quite a bit if you don't need whole part of it... I would assume you need those as part of trophy kind of thing for you space-elf-fire-bird-lord right

trophy no but a huge pile of them for Basing will do nice if the alien pillar make her looks TO flipping tall and can't get cover save

yup...press mold press mold~~ you won't gonna need the whole helmet for basing (or pillar), save you the effort to cut hard plastic too =D

or cost it in resin ... truth be told that its a huge wast of resin , to get a few helmet

and so that how things started

and there we have green

dude, question, how do you keep the green stuff surface so smooth?
I tried plenty of water, but can still see ... errr... i dunno how to describe.. gap between green stuff, this normally happen when i sculpt something, like hand, when i realize, opps, the left hand is shorter than the right one, so i add abit more gs to left hand, but never get to smooth it out like how u did the leg above (nice one, btw)

Also, you mind showing the sculpting tools that u r using?

there is this leagendery way to get super smooth green stuff surface .. whic i don't do. you spite on it yes spite .. works better then just H2O.
then there is Vaseline use only very little of it as you only want to smooth it and not make it unable to stick. and there the is what i use Clay sheaper as green stuff can't not stick to it so you have smooth result .. only problem is its not cheap and a little hard to find .. paying for shipping is what make it expansive. and yes spiting really do work .. comform by most Top sculpter that i can't name right now

Thanks man!

LOL, I definitely don't want my minis to smell like my cigarette flavored spit (it might stain the gs too,haha), but vaseline is something new to me, let me see whether I can get some, I vaguely remember I saw it in one of those Guardian outlet (failing that I *guess* I might be able to get some durex brand lube... err... for sculpting purpose)

I think I will look for Clay Shaper and the sharp hook like tool (the "use a lot" one), where do you find the tool at the most left hand side? (the one beside clay shaper?) it serve the same purpose with clay shaper? (as in to bent/push gs to a certain curvy shape, right?), the most right hand side one, beside caliper and the brush, the thing with a spoon shape loop, what is it's name ah? I see some tutorial online it is quite good for using it to sculpt the brow area and fur on the cloak, lookin for it for quite awhile already...

Anyway, thanks alot man, now I know what should I look for to use for sculpting..LOL, at the moment my "sculpting" tools consist of : one needle (as in sewing needle), and an old hobby knife... LOL)

limp83 wrote:

at the moment my "sculpting" tools consist of : one needle (as in sewing needle), and an old hobby knife... LOL)

do know that what you really need to start ..that the most basic tool by the way i put the needle in an art knife handle ..for easy handleing

no lub where use just metal tool and the clay sheaper for smoothingout

wow dude... this is awesome

bro, do you take commission job?

i do but have to check waiting list and see how big is the sculpt i did sculpt a big black ork warboss and a Marauder for some one here

i've sent you a PM.

Revliss wrote:

i do but have to check waiting list and see how big is the sculpt i did sculpt a big black ork warboss and a Marauder for some one here

Yup that's me, and I want to use your service again.

one of the part that matter the most to most player just got done

now you know this is an female space elf and not just an space elf

Wow..

dayyyuuummmm... Rev.. this is seriously nice man!

and i have not started detailing yet