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Post by armorguy on Feb 12, 2016 11:00:14 GMT -5
I thank you Leon ! You focus too from time to time...cool but I wasn't expecting something else from you !
Btw. I'll make a pic tomorrow, can't wait to show me buddies what I've been doing.
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Post by dierk on Feb 12, 2016 12:45:16 GMT -5
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Post by kaytermarram on Feb 12, 2016 13:32:07 GMT -5
Yap, exactly the way. Man, I am CURIOUS!!
Frank
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Post by armorguy on Feb 12, 2016 15:51:16 GMT -5
Hi guys, this is the basic shaped head without details and with a lot of work ahead.  Tomorrow more progress. Best regards ! AG. |
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Post by Leon on Feb 12, 2016 16:43:55 GMT -5
Now that is impressive looking for the basic shape Guy!  Waiting to see the finished head.  |
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Post by nicusi on Feb 12, 2016 17:06:36 GMT -5
Hey, incredible what you've done there, Guy!!!
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Post by adt70hk on Feb 12, 2016 17:30:13 GMT -5
Guy
A top, top job!
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 12, 2016 17:57:37 GMT -5
Ok Guy, where'd you get the giant hand to use as your scale reference? I hadn't realized how small, relatively speaking, this guy was until now. Makes all of the details you've added even more impressive! The head/face in this teaser looks pretty cool! |
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Post by bbrowniii on Feb 12, 2016 19:02:37 GMT -5
Just reviewed the whole thread. WOW! What a great bit of sculpting!
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Post by kaytermarram on Feb 13, 2016 8:31:19 GMT -5
STOP! Stop before you are going to paint! We really should think about casting this one. HELL, this is so cool! To tell the truth, I was a bit nervous because the whole figure came out so great and leaving the most important part for last... you know what I mean (have done the same several times and sucked sometime with it). But here, absolute awesome, great! CAST IT!! Or leave it as a master till you know, HOW to cast the way it would look great as a casting. There might be some casters out there who can do it. Love the little rascal!
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Post by armorguy on Feb 13, 2016 11:52:41 GMT -5
Hi guys, here are two pics of session two and three, I hope you like it.   Frank, thanks a lot for this really big compliment. In the future I want to learn to cast but I think this figure is 100% learning proces too, maybe the next figure I don't know. Still a whole lot to do before I can call this fella done. Ihope you stay tuned, best regards ! AG. |
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 13, 2016 12:15:18 GMT -5
Very impressive Guy! He's got a lot of character even unpainted and that's saying something! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2016 16:44:30 GMT -5
Is he going to have a helmet? A shell would look good.
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Post by adt70hk on Feb 13, 2016 17:55:01 GMT -5
Fab-u-los-o!!!!!
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Post by armorguy on Feb 14, 2016 12:38:41 GMT -5
I'm thinking of making a helmet once the face/head is done. First more faceworks and it seems he's not happy with it...I want to accentuate the typical toad skin beginning with the chubby chin. I started with printing the foil I use, followed by adding Magic Sculp for the bigger pests. This is great fun.  Best regards ! AG. |
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Post by kaytermarram on Feb 14, 2016 13:06:00 GMT -5
You should do MORE PICS, Detailpics, pics of the skin!. Absolute stunning till now (as I mentioned a ton of times before!)
Frank
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Post by Leon on Feb 14, 2016 14:56:51 GMT -5
Excellent work Guy! I love the facial expression and toad skin. As Bill said....He has a lot of character. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Feb 14, 2016 23:55:16 GMT -5
WOW! Catching up here... I can't believe this is really your first attempt at sculpturing. You are truly a natural in this department... everything looks great!
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Post by adt70hk on Feb 15, 2016 7:59:35 GMT -5
Ok Guy, where'd you get the giant hand to use as your scale reference? I hadn't realized how small, relatively speaking, this guy was until now. Makes all of the details you've added even more impressive! The head/face in this teaser looks pretty cool! I had completely missed just how small he was until Bill's post above. I had visions of it being at least twice the size of what it actually is, so even more hat's off to you for such a stunning job on something so small!!! WAY TO GO!!!!!! Karma on its way!!! By the way, as Bill's already also commented on, I've loving the realism and not to mention the versatility of the hand you used for scaling purposes. How long did it take to put it together? The WIP thread for it must be pretty in depth!!! Keep it up!! Andrew |
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Post by nicusi on Feb 15, 2016 8:36:59 GMT -5
Details, details, details! Really, great post!
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Post by armorguy on Feb 16, 2016 11:48:09 GMT -5
Nicolae, it's all in the details you know... Andrew, the figure measures +/- 72mm. The hand is 1/1 scale and its owner is an ugly mofo LOL ! Andy, thanks my friend, I take all the time that I need to make it look moreless acceptable. Leon, the toad skin is abolutely fun to do, I made a couple of rounded toothpicks for the job, it's all a matter of DABBING DABBING DABBING... Frank, here's an update of today's work, I dryfitted the right hand to show the global picture of the figure. Still a WHOLE lot to do but I think it's going in the right direction now...   More soon, best regards ! AG. |
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Post by wbill76 on Feb 16, 2016 11:58:43 GMT -5
Dabbing effort is paying off AG! Definitely has the gritty look and feel now to go with his build. Nice!  |
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Post by dierk on Feb 16, 2016 12:12:45 GMT -5
Still can't believe this is your first attempt at sculpting! When Mr Toad fell out of the ugly tree he hit every branch on the way down - but in a good way |
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Post by kaytermarram on Feb 16, 2016 16:08:54 GMT -5
Absolute fab! You should really rethink your idea of NOT casting him... I would buy one asap!
Frank
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Post by armorguy on Feb 17, 2016 8:34:05 GMT -5
Bill, after these pests were added to the figure I worked a super thin layer of Magic Sculp over them and now the skin looks like I want it to. Thanks my friend, I'm happy with your supportive words after each update.
Dierk it is my first sculpt effort I swear. I have to admit that since I was a kid I LOVE to play with clay and stuff. Being well prepared and informed is a big plus so that's what I did. It takes a long time (months already !!!) but I don't like to rush things and I think finishing this one will still take me two weeks or so.
Thanks my friend !
Frank, really, I don't want to dismantle the whole figure, I'm so glad with the result so far and it would surely be damaged while breaking it up. I will defo try to sculpt separate parts when I do my second project, so casting will be easy to do and a figure won't need to be ruined. For the casting I will have to ask you how to do that, are you experienced with it ?
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Post by adt70hk on Feb 17, 2016 8:50:30 GMT -5
Simply brilliant!!
'nuff said.
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Post by kaytermarram on Feb 17, 2016 9:09:46 GMT -5
Guy, if I were, I would have asked you long before and PRESSING you to send me the finished figure! I can cast, of cause, but my knowledge is not the way a profesionell should work. And this thing here cries out for pressure casting and vacuum chamber! I know some guys who cast but recommending them would not be the way because if anything goes wrong, you could say, stupid German, were is my frog!
I think, casting should be handled by profs and guys who know their way! Maybe we should check out Johns tut, when he is going to cast his Stormtrooper. Whith the toadman, you have to chop of both armes with a microsaw and maybe double his body, simple molds should work here. But maybe someone has a better idea!
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Post by k1w1 on Feb 17, 2016 9:15:00 GMT -5
About once a week I have a little peak to see how this is coming along. You are doing a great job on this ! Looking forward to seeing him all painted up.
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Post by armorguy on Feb 17, 2016 10:05:39 GMT -5
Guy, if I were, I would have asked you long before and PRESSING you to send me the finished figure! I can cast, of cause, but my knowledge is not the way a profesionell should work. And this thing here cries out for pressure casting and vacuum chamber! I know some guys who cast but recommending them would not be the way because if anything goes wrong, you could say, stupid German, were is my frog! I think, casting should be handled by profs and guys who know their way! Maybe we should check out Johns tut, when he is going to cast his Stormtrooper. Whith the toadman, you have to chop of both armes with a microsaw and maybe double his body, simple molds should work here. But maybe someone has a better idea! Frank Frank my bud, I would never say stupid German, where's my frog but I have to admit that I said in the past, and I quote : "Bloody Dutchman, where are my Normandy houses ?In the past I've built two Normandy houses for a diorama and suddenly there was this cheesehead Dutchman who wanted to cast them. We had a gentlemen's agreement but in the end there was only one gentleman left : me. He never bothered to do what he promised before : sending me the casted models so I could proceed with my diorama. I lost two houses in 1:35 scale, entirely detailed, almost two (you read well !) two years of work. My diorama project ended upon a shelf forever. One of these houses were finally braught on the market and the other one was never casted due to "casting problems". I never received a casted house. That said, Frank, you're a great guy and you're the one who got me sculpting, so no stupid German curses. My next sculpting effort will be "castable" (I think that isn't even a word ?). I would be proud to send you my first casted model my friend ! |
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Post by kaytermarram on Feb 18, 2016 4:56:59 GMT -5
My heart is with you, bro, after reading this! Gentlemen´s agreements are good, when all who are involved ARE Esquires and Gentlemen, but today, they are hard to find I guess! When you have finished Toady letz see what cool paintjob he may receive and I am sure, he will be a gem in your collection (my first sculpting effort goes down the drain, so...). Hope you can finish him soon and add a Base which pleases him (maybe something swamp like, with lots of plants?). And I stay tuned for your next adventure!
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