[QUOTE=krten_2x 4b;18439087]thats funny, you painted like it was one of those £1 toys you get in poundland :D[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm no painter :(
why didnt you get someone else to paint it then?.
I don't even know anyone who could've painted it, besides the receiver did appreciate my own efforts over the questionable quality of the outcome (although she's propably just wanting to be nice).
In any case, I like to do stuff myself and I didn't feel the model was finished until painting. So I tried and hoped I'd learn at least something, maybe get better results next time.
Maybe I should've picked some other paints too or do something about the glossyness and all. I shall now report back to my corner of shame.
It's all a learning curve, the more errors you make the better you become, to be honest it turned out nicely.
Aww. Shame you didn't just leave it as the model, instead of painting. Everyone learns from their mistakes though I guess, and I'm sure your painting will become as good as your sculpting in time.
You did a great job. I think whoever receives it as a gift will appreciate it for all the good effort you put into making it.
I may be a little late to the party, but if you can get your hands on it K'NEX is a really good tool for making skeletons. You just have to experiment with the pieces a bit to get the right shape, but once you do it's very sturdy.
I'm not sure what happens when you bake it though, although I've never had any problems.
Check a toy store or walmart or something if you think you could put it to good use.
Wolves don't have the shoulder structure to bend their front legs out to the side like that.
Yeah, I pretty much accepted all this as something to learn from, knowing that I wasn't that experienced in the first place. But you guys have been pretty awesome, considering the internets can be a cruel place.
[QUOTE=KarlHeinrichMarx;18481854]if you can get your hands on it K'NEX is a really good tool for making skeletons.[/QUOTE]
That sounds pretty cool, but I don't suppose they are sold in Finland and they seem pretty expensive for using as skeletons, while metal wire is easily just as poseable and way cheaper. But if I did get my hands on some, I'd propably fill my apartment with bridges and cranes and stuff... And about baking them, I didn't find anywhere what the pieces are made of precisely, but my guess is that they're propably PP or A/B/S, both of which can easily hold the 130 °C baking temperature of Super Sculpey.
Edit: Well, well. It seems the pieces are actually made of POM, aka polyacetal, which is stiff as hell and has very low shrinkage and dimensional stability. It's pretty expensive, but mostly used for precision parts, anyway. A pretty good choice for the K'NEX sets and how the beams have to fit snugly in the joints. If it helps to get an idea of what POM is, it's used in those quick snapping thingies on backbags, money belts, bicycle helmets and so on. Just in case anyone is interested in plastics :(
And the thing about wolves' shoulders is likely true, but I forgive myself for that, since my main source was the Twilight Princess promotional poster, where Link has his front legs spread out quite far apart. Besides, he kills monsters by snapping his tail at them.
PS. I just spent 2 hours waiting for a tow truck, sitting in the rain by the road. Missed the Christmas party, too. :(
[QUOTE=JaFFamus;18487360]And the thing about wolves' shoulders is likely true, but I forgive myself for that, since my main source was the Twilight Princess promotional poster, where Link has his front legs spread out quite far apart. Besides, he kills monsters by snapping his tail at them.[/QUOTE]
Well I guess that's okay then, it just looks weird to me.
Well you did a good job, I find sculpting pretty hard, but I think you just took something too difficult to start with. Something smoother with large grooves and a bit of texture ... like a turtle? fur is hard to make and hard to paint.
Also, you could hang around a comic shop and see if there are any pro miniature model painters, they have pretty rocking sock techniques like spraying everything black first so you can create 3-dimensionality by leaving the deepest grooves black. Then building the lighter colours up on the higher parts ... :S
verynice imma sculptor as well and this is great
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