I wish I had a camera right now
By
Aerones,
Posted on: 2007-12-06 13:07 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
So I is not cookie dough anymore?
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So I is not cookie dough anymore?
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You is naked cookie dough on a wire stick figure with bewbies and legs and arms and facial features.
It ceases being cookie dough when I stick it in the oven for about 45 minutes @235 degrees or so and airbrush your leotards on.
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oh not just a wire stick figure, a wire stick figure with aluminum foil to flesh it out a little n stuff.
Your brains are foil. At least you dont have to worry about those wierd Xrays from the government
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What?!? 
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*Decommissions Brainmessing Satellite* 
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What?!?
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*Decommissions Brainmessing Satellite*
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I'm just practicing. Dirtwolf is my first guinea...errr practice form.
Super Sculpey is way different to work with than earthen clay that's for sure..and i havn't worked with Earthen clay in YEARS....so this whole action figure sculpting is an adventure.
Coming along rather nice. My DAD complimented me on it and my DAD doesn't say jack squat about anything, complimentary or derogatory.
lol.
So hold your horses on pulling that comission....I have two more practice runs to do...heck I have ALOT of practice to do before I even dream of offering out comissions. I'm still on very very simple forms. I won't even dare touched winged or armored ones as of yet....
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...I meant the aluminum foil would interfere with the brainwave signals the satellite I had commissioned would produce. 
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bewbies
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This thread is now relevant to my interests.
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bewbies
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This thread is now relevant to my interests.
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I still need to make them a bit bigger. N stuff.
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bewbies
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This thread is now relevant to my interests.
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I still need to make them a bit bigger. N stuff.
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Cant wait to see 
Dont forget the glasses.......opps
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runs out of thread.
Camera is gonna be here in a few hours. Mabe my then I'll have the eyes sculpted out and the hair added.
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My awesome-sense is getting me all a-tingle....
Hope it comes out great!
Then you can do fur? 
heheeeeee
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So I is not cookie dough anymore?
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You is naked cookie dough on a wire stick figure with bewbies and legs and arms and facial features.
It ceases being cookie dough when I stick it in the oven for about 45 minutes @235 degrees or so and airbrush your leotards on.
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... I want cookies now.
I just had to rip your head off and re-stuff it with tinfoil. I made a grave error on the size of it, and it was one humungous coconut...really didn't scale right at all...
It's amazing what one sees in a work when you get a nights sleep.
@MrsAlphaOne
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I just had to rip your head off and re-stuff it with tinfoil. I made a grave error on the size of it, and it was one humungous coconut...really didn't scale right at all...
It's amazing what one sees in a work when you get a nights sleep.
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eww coconuts...
Ok here's one picture...
My camera isn't the greatest, and neither was the lighting...I need NEED To buy some tools, so we're heading to a craft store tomorrow to see if they have any.
So this is still a rough WIP..
Side
the whole pose I'm trying for is her doing the splits, blocking a blow with her katana, and getting all pissed and doing some sort of yell at her attacker n stuff.
Right now it just looks like she's waiting to give a ...well you know.
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What?!?
>.>
<.<
...
*Decommissions Brainmessing Satellite*
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I'm just practicing. Dirtwolf is my first guinea...errr practice form.
Super Sculpey is way different to work with than earthen clay that's for sure..and i havn't worked with Earthen clay in YEARS....so this whole action figure sculpting is an adventure.
Coming along rather nice. My DAD complimented me on it and my DAD doesn't say jack squat about anything, complimentary or derogatory.
lol.
So hold your horses on pulling that comission....I have two more practice runs to do...heck I have ALOT of practice to do before I even dream of offering out comissions. I'm still on very very simple forms. I won't even dare touched winged or armored ones as of yet....
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If you find super sculpey too soft to work with or mushy there are a few things you can do....
<ul type="square"> [*]Roll the sculpey flat with a rolling pin or one of the plastic rollers and then place it between 2 sheets of clean copy paper and place a book or two on top of it to help leech out some of the "oil". It's not really oil it's excess plasticiser that was put in to prolong the shelf life. [*]Buy a small packet of fimo and mix in a bit to stiffen up the sculpey. As they are both polymer clays that must be baked the more firm fimo recipe will stiffen up the sculpey and keep the workability of the sculpey intact. For an easier to see clay mix black+white fimo with sculpey to get a greyish color. [/list]
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Ok here's one picture...
My camera isn't the greatest, and neither was the lighting...I need NEED To buy some tools, so we're heading to a craft store tomorrow to see if they have any.
So this is still a rough WIP..
Side
the whole pose I'm trying for is her doing the splits, blocking a blow with her katana, and getting all pissed and doing some sort of yell at her attacker n stuff.
Right now it just looks like she's waiting to give a ...well you know.
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On Tools: These are all inexpensive to get/make. Usually far cheaper then a craft store.
<ul type="square"> [*]Visit your dentist and see if they have any dental tools that they are throwing out and ask if you can have them. The fine tooth picks work well for sculpey. [*]Buy a few sized nitting needles from Walmart or other cheap store and cut them in half if needed for easy handling. The blunted round tips are great for pushing/shaping clay. Size 8, 10 and 14? are good (if 14 is the pretty small size). [*]Make a loop out of some piano wire or a thin jeweler's saw blade by bending in a loop and then crimping into some small brass tubing or gluing to the end of a paintbrush handle or even a popsicle stick. Use a fast setting glue to hold in place then add some 2 part epoxy and let set for a firm grip. These can be used to rake/carve clay. [/list]
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Love what you're doing here! Can't wait to see more shots of your sculpture.
Here are some reference images that may help you out...
Proportions Comic Book Female
Loomis Proportions
Heroic Proportions
Realistic Proportions
Marvel Sue Storm Proportions
Basic Wire Armature pics (these do make it tougher to work on the figure for posing but do add some great strength. Your figure being on the ground as it is may not need them. The wires are then wrapped in foil to basic proportions, well a bit thinner to leave room for clay)
Simple Wire
Skeleton w/wire
Armature with Foil cores
Girls doing the Splits
Right Angle
Left Angle
Standing
Direct Side View - Front Body
Direct Side View - Back Body
Mostly Naked Back View - Good feet position
EDIT:
Parrying (couldn't find alot of images for some reason)
Jedi Parry (note blade should be angled other way so foe's blade doesn't slide down and take off your hands, for a passive parry.)
Ninja Head On
Ninja Parry
Attack & Parry
Good Parry
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"Once the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote" -Kosh
Good camera or not, I have found that clay is very unphotogenic so I wish you well in finding a good pose/lighting for your figurine.I tried out clay awhile back and man did the pictures come out horrible.
Also sculpty is really difficult to get good detail with, but when I tried combining clays for my next project, the thing cracked.
I need to take a class or how to properly work with clay.
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Good camera or not, I have found that clay is very unphotogenic so I wish you well in finding a good pose/lighting for your figurine.I tried out clay awhile back and man did the pictures come out horrible.
Also sculpty is really difficult to get good detail with, but when I tried combining clays for my next project, the thing cracked.
I need to take a class or how to properly work with clay.
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You have to kneed the clays together well and not layer them on your model too thick to prevent cracking. Some cracking with sculpey is almost inevitable. I'll see if i can dig up some info on a better way to cook it to prevent that kind of thing.
Cracks can be filled with crazy glue and lightly sanded or a better bet is a 2 part epoxy clay like Aves or Magic Sculpt. No cooking needed for repairs.
To kneed the clay easier roll the different types into tubes, then twist the tubes together and roll into a ball. flatten out and repeat by breaking the new ball into 2 parts and making new tubes. Also you can't mix different types of clay and have them work. IE water based clay and sculpey, you need to do polymer clay to polymer clay.
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"Once the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote" -Kosh
The clay was kneaded, and only polymer was used. Sculpey was used over my wire base to make the frame as it were, since I have an easier time widdling it down to the proper shape after its baked.
In fact my first sculpture using only sculpey never cracked.
I think it had something to do with the wire frame+plus a layer of sculpey+a more expensive and smoother clay. They probably settled differently and cracked from the pressure.
Shame too, since that technique let me get a far more detailed and flesh like finish.
Thanks for explaining how to fix the cracks though. I was afraid re-baking it would just makes things worse, so it has been sitting half done on my desk.
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The clay was kneaded, and only polymer was used. Sculpey was used over my wire base to make the frame as it were, since I have an easier time widdling it down to the proper shape after its baked.
In fact my first sculpture using only sculpey never cracked.
I think it had something to do with the wire frame+plus a layer of sculpey+a more expensive and smoother clay. They probably settled differently and cracked from the pressure.
Shame too, since that technique let me get a far more detailed and flesh like finish.
Thanks for explaining how to fix the cracks though. I was afraid re-baking it would just makes things worse, so it has been sitting half done on my desk.
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From what I've read there are plenty of sculptors that multi bake sculpey and a few who do the removal technique that you do.
I've also read that to get sculpey to stick to baked sculpey easier you can rub a small bit of vasoline onto the cooked sculpey and then wipe it off leaving a very thin coat. This seems to make the baked sculpey much more tacky and doesn't interfere with baking from what I've read.
Here is some info from a Pro on baking sculpey:
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I wanted to post these picture's as there has been alot of debate on forum's as to what is proper baking, and what Super Sculpey should look like, what temp to bake at etc....
So here is my full proof plan on baking Super Sculpey and what to look for and how I do it.
First keep in mind, not all oven's are the same and all vairy greatly on how they bake Sculpey clay's, I have used many different type's of oven's with varying result's.....I highly suggest useing a seperate oven Thermometer to gauge if your oven temperature is true to what the dial is set at.
First my guide:
1) I start at 225 and leave the sculpt for an hour.
2) I raise the temp to 250 for another hour.
3) I raise the temp again to 275 for 2- 3 hours or until the Super Sculpey has truned a dark caramel or even as dark as a redish brown brick color.
4) I shut off the oven and leave the sculpt to completely cool down before removing the sculpture.
5) If you are baking a rather thick sculpture use the same method above but raise the temperature slower and in smaller incraments.
I use this method above and have baked sculptures with NO CRACK'S and even better the clay is hard as a rock. I have noticed a huge difference in dremeling the clay and how strong the clay is compared to a weaker baked Super Sculpey. Yesterday I dropped a hand on the floor and the sculpture bounced, no crack's or damage happened to the hand, normally it would of cracked or worse shattered if it had not been baked properly.
You don't want to burn your sculpture and over do it, as it can crack from over baking so you do need to keep a good eye on it, I would'nt recommend baking any darken then what Im showing.
Heres the pictures......hope this helps out!
Casey Love
unbaked Super Sculpy:
Properly baked Super sculpey: (im holding a piece of un-baked SS next to the baked sculpt for ref.)
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"Once the avalanche has started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote" -Kosh
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bewbies
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This thread is now relevant to my interests.
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I still need to make them a bit bigger. N stuff.
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He-hooters? Eww.
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Hubby took our camera with him, and it wont be back till tomorrow. So
Because...
DIRTWOLF'S SCULPT IS ABOUT %60 DONE!! AND I WANNA SHOW IT OFF!
Hmm I see a web cam.. BRB
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