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Offline DrCr4nK

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Here's my start..
« on: Mon, 26 October 2015, 18:43:33 »
Ever since I saw a Bro through Reddit, I've been hooked.  I lurked here a little while, and finally made an account.  Here's the next step.  Let me know what you think!  I'm still learning so be gentle... Also, my camera sucks...  :D115054-0115056-1115058-2

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 26 October 2015, 19:04:29 »
This little piggy looks damn fine.

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 26 October 2015, 19:06:12 »
Well there's no question what it is even with the glary pictures - that's a great start!  I do have a couple of things you might like to consider:

Can you press this cap on a board with a key in front of it or does it touch it?

You have done a great job of keeping it narrow enough to not touch the caps next to it, but as a sacrifice the nose looks quite narrow rather than having a flat top.  This combined with the front being much higher than the back might not make it the easiest/most comfortable cap to use (hard to be sure without having one here to poke...)


Overall it's a very promising first sculpt, I'm looking forward to watching your progress :)
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Offline DrCr4nK

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 26 October 2015, 19:41:23 »
Well there's no question what it is even with the glary pictures - that's a great start!  I do have a couple of things you might like to consider:

Can you press this cap on a board with a key in front of it or does it touch it?

You have done a great job of keeping it narrow enough to not touch the caps next to it, but as a sacrifice the nose looks quite narrow rather than having a flat top.  This combined with the front being much higher than the back might not make it the easiest/most comfortable cap to use (hard to be sure without having one here to poke...)


Overall it's a very promising first sculpt, I'm looking forward to watching your progress :)
Yeah, it's a little low.  As a result, I'll have to mount it on a taller profile key, or just change the sculpt height.  This was a trial run, and I'm going to use it to see how creating a cast works.  Just tryin to learn sumptin..   I want to be able to doubleshot the apple red.  I'll update this thread on the progress.  Thanks for your input!  :D

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 27 October 2015, 16:21:47 »
Love the look of it and it being a pig leaves alot of room for variation.

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 October 2015, 17:58:49 »
So this is just the sculpt, right? It looks really good! What material did you use? (if I am allowed to ask)

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 October 2015, 18:01:51 »
Wow!  Looks good.  I'm a "Boar/Pig" in terms of the Chinese Zodiac Calendar!  MUST HAVE!

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 October 2015, 18:06:39 »
So this is just the sculpt, right? It looks really good! What material did you use? (if I am allowed to ask)
Some stuff called Fimo I think?  Just a polymer clay that I can bake in the oven.  Thanks for the kind words!  :D

Offline DrCr4nK

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 27 October 2015, 18:08:50 »
Wow!  Looks good.  I'm a "Boar/Pig" in terms of the Chinese Zodiac Calendar!  MUST HAVE!
In my initial sketches I turned out a Boar first.  :D  I'm hoping I can get a doubleshot out of it so I can color the apple in different ways.  Still some work to do to him, but I really appreciate the kind words!  Thanks!

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 11:39:12 »
So, I worked on a newer sculpt today utilizing a few suggestions.. :D  115971-0
Also tried capturing a stem in my material.  That didn't work out so well.  115973-1
And I slowly shuffle on..   :D

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 12:12:36 »
Cool design!! I'm always reminded how talent-less I am :P

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 12:55:35 »
Very cool.

Not really my style but those are some quality sculpts nonetheless :thumb: keep it up!


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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 03 November 2015, 20:11:23 »
I really like that pig! I would totally buy one if you ever have a sale! Keep up the good work!
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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #13 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 13:06:00 »
Decided to not sculpt another pig today.  Don't know that I'm satisfied with the latest pig, but we'll see how it looks after it's cleaned and cast in resin.  Anyway.  I sculpted a new cap today. 
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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #14 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 13:08:55 »

He looks kind of like a wooly scotsman to me... damned scots, they ruined scotland!
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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #15 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 13:11:20 »
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He looks kind of like a wooly scotsman to me... damned scots, the ruined scotland!
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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 13:48:46 »
Really promising progress, good job! I love these types of detailed artisians.

Offline DrCr4nK

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #17 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 15:10:55 »
Really promising progress, good job! I love these types of detailed artisians.
Thanks, man!  I'm gonna have to find a different polymer clay to use.  When I bake this it loses some of the fine detail... Sucks.

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #18 on: Thu, 05 November 2015, 22:58:38 »
Have you made a mold yet? I've been having issues getting the stems in my mold to come out  :(
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Offline DrCr4nK

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #19 on: Fri, 06 November 2015, 05:35:25 »
Not yet.  I tried with the clay I'm using just as an experiment.  I'm not very hopeful for that stage.  I'll really be able to test all of that when I can afford the material.  I had never sculpted before, and I wanted to see where that took me. 

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #20 on: Sat, 07 November 2015, 15:33:10 »
I'm really happy to see you documenting your progress (successes and failures). It takes a lot of courage to show your mishaps so good on ya. Keep it up. I have had limited success with casting so feel free to ask me any questions!


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Offline DrCr4nK

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Re: Here's my start..
« Reply #21 on: Sun, 08 November 2015, 16:12:34 »
I'm really happy to see you documenting your progress (successes and failures). It takes a lot of courage to show your mishaps so good on ya. Keep it up. I have had limited success with casting so feel free to ask me any questions!
Thanks, man!  I'll be trying my first cast this next week.  Assuming I get my materials.  Long weekend will be great for it.  Probably will have many questions needing answering..  :D