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Freakin' awesome. I wish more artists would reference living reptiles and not only the imagination.
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Thank you very much for all of the awesome comments everyone!!! I really appreciate it!!
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very impressive texturing I commend you for all that detail. I'm actually really curious how you go about making all the little bumps for the scales, sculpture is one medium that continues to baffle me. Care to offer some insight?
I must say that I ADORE the folds of the skin on the neck they flow beautifully and so realistically. overall a charming character that could certainly play many roles from either villain to cute sidekick. a beautiful character design.
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Thanks!!!
I sculpt one scale at a time!!
It is very time consuming, but really is worth it in the end. I lay tiny balls of clay down, then blend them together with small burnishers and pick tools. I blend that with a paint brush doused in alchohol. The keep working at it until it is smooth with a nice texture to it.
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O: wow one at a time is really impressive. patience is a virtue and im sure you've got to have some to do that haha. seeing as I'm not one to sculpt really, it's very interesting to hear how it's done and I get to stash little tid bits of techniques for later use should I need them. x3 I actually would have never thought that alcohol would be used in something like this and I'm curious as to why that's used and not something else?
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Alchohol really knocks it right down, smooths out tool marks and stray clay flakes. Lighter fluid is also good, but I like using 91% alchohol much better. Water can be used for clays like WED and Aves or Magic Sculpt apoxy, but not for sculpey.
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Astounding textures and detail! I love the reptilian realism you've achieved!
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Wow! That is absolutely amazing! I am in awe of the detailing that you have done. Even the teeth have texture. And the skin on the neck folds so realistically.
Super talent!!!
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Fantastic work, it's clear you've put a lot of time and effort into this, I've not seen anything like it before. Nice one! ^=^
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how long did this take you? and how big is it?
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The bust took 5 hours to sculpt. It is 4" tall without base from the neck to the top of his horns.
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eww. did you use wire as a frame? or is it all sculpey?
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Yes, I did use armature. I always start with an armature with sculpey. I could get away without armature is it were WED or Chavant, but armature really is needed for sculpey. I built an armature, then I bulked out most of the shape with aluminum foil. The sculpey itself is no thicker than 3/4" or so in any one spot. This way is can bake more evenly, and really cut down chances for the clay cracking after it baked.
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Do you think it would be possible to use epoxy putty instead of foil for bulking?
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You could, but with a few drawbacks. Foil is cheap, epoxy (I use Magic Sculpt) can be expensive. Also if you use epoxy, be sure you are positive with your sculpts pose, size, proportion, etc. With foil, you are free to move the armature to reposition if you like, but once epoxy dries it would made modifying your sculpt really tough. The best thing to do when using foil, when you have it on as you like it, then glue it. Then it wont move around on you, or fall apart.
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What sort of glue? Hot glue?
BTW, thank you for all of your help. It's very edifying.
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I just use zap a gap, and the spray kicker with it, which dries the glue instantaneously. Good stull, you could probably use hot glue though (I think, not positive though).
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Wow. It must have taken you a long time to make. It was worth it. It is amazing to look at
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Thank you very much!!!!
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This is really cool. What type of material is that?
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Thank you. I used super sculpey.
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Wow. I've used that before, and I could definitely not make something so detailed. This is really, really awesome and you should feel awesome.
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