Here is the outline of another of the classes I’ll be giving at Gencon and a picture of a 1/48 (35mm) figure I can’t say anything about.
1. Making small scale heads.
Why is there air - Ooook! Akkkk! Irrrp! … It’s yours - That’s just like my cat - 200mph
A: Representation and Perception of Features
Because I very rarely look like myself - You decide what color it should be
1. The limits of realism in scale
But what energy - exactly like that, but different - Pig Latin - Frog soup
2. Perception
I’m not shouting, I’m passionate - Balloon animals - mixed signals - Swimming, drowning, whatever
3. Structure and surface
‘Ow d’you cook it then - Falling water
B: Miniature portraits
Character portraits and individual portraits.
1. Fine tuning caricature
Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose
2. How the client sees himself
That’s not my butt - A picture is worth a thousand words or about 1/2 a Turkish lira
C: A brief introduction on general epoxy manipulation
Epoxy es nae fer pissin aboot, Jimmy - One big thing
1. Using epoxy, specifically Kneadatite.
I like Kneadatite - All you need is love, and some bits of wire (& if you are old, bifocals)
a. Time and planning.
How to eat an elephant - This looks like a good place to stop - symmetry in motion
b. Make epoxy’s peculiarities work for you.
Turn that frown upside down - It doesn’t matter I’m going to use it as a hammer - I’ve never seen anything like it
D: Techniques
Then bite their kneecaps - H. M. Womblebug - I can only see it’s eye
1: Thickness of epoxy
Ground effect - better living through chemistry - That’s close enough
2: Planning layers
It will look fine when it grows out - I shot the man working the machine - drink me
E: Demonstration of a method using the above principles
Postscript
The shoulders of guys of above average height.
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Wendy
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#1 2007-07-11 05:30 (Reply)I wish I could go...I'm working on a boy that's about 24mm tall.
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Manfred
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#2 2007-07-11 14:25 (Reply)Me too... sadly there's a little pond called atlantic ocean in my way ...
The female is beautiful. -
Darren
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#3 2007-07-12 10:25 (Reply)Hi Tom, fantastic figure. Unfortunately I won't be able to go to Gencon either.
I'm just starting out in sculpting. I was wondering if you (without going into too much detail - I'm sure you don't have much spare time) could quickly point out how you get the Greenstuffs perculiar properties (particulary the memory thing) to work for you. Thanks. -
Timothy Holly
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#4 2007-07-14 03:41 (Reply)Cannot wait till these unidentified minis become available....i can wager a guess but, I will hold off
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Tom
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#5 2007-07-14 10:00 (Reply)It’s difficult to do it briefly. It is perhaps easier to explain by looking at the problem inverted, what would be ideal in a material for micro sculpting, or to be specific modeling as opposed to carving in micro. Then look at the character of epoxy and develop strategies to negate characteristics when you don’t want them. For example, when I don’t want ‘memory’ I apply thin sections or stick on small details after the epoxy is set. Most of the time I use the memory to speed up sculpting.
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Tobias
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#6 2007-07-22 15:34 (Reply)Hi Tom,
I'm going to attend Gen Con and I was wondering if any of the 1/48 WW2 minis will be released by then and available at the con?
Many thanks, kind regards,
Tobias -
Tom
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#7 2007-07-23 05:34 (Reply)No, the problem is, as usual, in the molding. We were trying to make these in metal as well as resin and the metal master sets just proved too time consuming to prepare. We are trying to work around the hitch but this has resulted in delay.
