ENWorld Sculpting Project #1 The Wizard's Lab (complete)

[pogre]

Out of curiosity, why use sculpey or greenstuff instead of wax?

I've never used wax.

As for the industry, naturally wax does not hold up under vulcanization.

For RTV I don't think it would be a problem - but I do not honestly know.

 

[nyrfherdr]

Deltadave:
The other reason for using a permanent medium, is that it is permanent.
I sculpt individual miniatures for my own enjoyment and use. They would not stand up to painting and gaming if they were made of wax.

Sculpey, Green stuff, Magic Sculpt, Apoxie Sculpt and others provide that permanency for me.
(the side benefit is that they could be used to replicate if I choose to ever do that.)

In addition, a lot of sculptors have to ship their work to be cast. I'm not sure how a wax sculpt would hold up in shipment.

Just some ramblings from the nyrfherdr...
Game ON!
Nyrfherdr

 

[nyrfherdr]

Pogre et al,

I've boxed up and shipped my sculpts (The wizard with a mechanical arm) and his mechanical assistant. I neglected to photograph the final wizard green. It's too late now since it is in the mail.

I'll take a photo when I get it back.

Game ON!
Nyrfherdr

 

[D'karr]

I returned late last night from a last minute trip home and I'm definitely behind on my sculpting project. I'll try my best to send this off by the deadline. It will be very tight.

All the accesories are completed. The table stands at 10% completed and the Warforged wizard is at about 30% completed. There will be some wacky sculpting going on over the next few days.

Before I send this off I'll post some pictures of everything.

 

[Alf]

Deltadave:
The other reason for using a permanent medium, is that it is permanent.
Nyrfherdr

Well - not quite. None of my soccerplayers survived the mastercasting completely intact but then again now I've got the masters so that's OK. I'm supposed to get casts in the mail today (nudes - next step is I'll dress them up and do faces - two for each figure).
Yay my first professional casts!!

I had a discussion with a professional sculptor sculpting only in wax and she said she had no problems shipping. Must have been another type of wax than what I've tried. I don't use it because I find it fiddly to work with. Then again I might not have tried the right type of wax.
I believe some twenty to thirty years ago waxsculpting was much more common.

On the gnome: Doing 1 x 1 mm Kanji in magic sculp/FIMO mix did unfortunately NOT stick but came of once it dried so I'll have to try another way. Otherwise more or less finished (turtle familiar added - peeking out from under the robes. Doing the turtle face in 0.5 x 0,3 mm was a bit of a hassle ). I find the left hand (holding the bottle) a bit to big but will leave it at that or I'll never be done. I'll post some pics later.

 

[deltadave]

So you use the masters made from greenstuff in play? I assumed that you would cast them in pewter first, then prep and paint. If that is the case, no wonder wax isn't a good medium of work... kind of hard to paint and gets melty if handled too much.

 

[D'karr]

So you use the masters made from greenstuff in play? I assumed that you would cast them in pewter first, then prep and paint. If that is the case, no wonder wax isn't a good medium of work... kind of hard to paint and gets melty if handled too much.

Not all of us have the skill/talent/patience to make good castings of our work. So making unique pieces is sometimes all we can do.

This is my first sculpting project so maybe my next one will be learning how to make good molds for casting.

 

[D'karr]

Down to the wire. I guess I'll be working late tonight to finish this sucker off.

 

[Alf]

I'm awfully sorry but I got sidetracked. Had so much fun doing faces that I left the gnome aside for now. I'll still finish him and cast him though. Unfortunately not in time for this
I'll try to donate him. Since I feel uncomfortable accepting money for anything with a daoist or buddhist connotation (because I am zenbuddhist - a belief that owes almost as much to daoism as it does to buddhism) I will donate him to any company who would accept him under the provisions that all profits go to emergency relief, starvation relief or similar efforts.
Otherwise I'll just see to that he gets cast and handle the sales myself (under the same conditions) but I really wouldn't want the hassle.
I'll keep in touch with you all about what happens to the little guy.

 

[Dog Soldier]

I don't belive I'll be getting my golem finished for this. :\ I spent my spare time working on a mini for a minature exchange over at the Reaper Minis msg board.