Finished sculpting first figures [1/72]

[FBMinis]

For this diorama:

Sculpted with Magic Sculpt (I recommend it to everyone wanting to convert or create their figures from zero!):

http://fbminis.blogspot.com/search/label/FB72005 Vw Typ 157 Kubelwagen

...and:

http://fbminis.blogspot.com/search/label/FB72011 - Inspectors

Cheers C[ ]

Francisco

 

[megroot]

i think i gonna quit modelling.
With my old eyes it's difficult to see 54mm eyes but in 1/72 i cannot believe it can be sculpted.
Awesome work.

Marc

 

[Ray]

Francisco,
Truly amazing, I hope to never sculpt another 1/72nd ~ scale figure again mine, even at their best, could never compare favorably to yours. I doubt my eyes would put up with it now anyway.

Very nice to see your work, though I could have wished, for my ego, that you had not. lol


Ray

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Superb!

I did not realize at first that this was 1/72. I was certain they where 1/35.

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[darkeye]

very good work mate. good detail and finish on such a small scale. so well done.


how are you twisting up your armature? could you demonstrate please? never seen that method before!


all the best -- tim

 

[tomapaul]

Very good eyes!
Are those the tools you use for sculpting?

 

[ookami]

wow!!, great work on that small scale, and incredible to bew the first one you do.

 

[Black Army]

WoW!

Excellent work in this scale!

Congrats!

 

[FBMinis]

Thank you very much for your words, I really appreciate it, particularly coming from other figure sculpting enthusiasts.
Indeed, I've only used those toothpicks and a scalpel for the job, it suites me fine...and it's cheaper
To make the armature, I hold a strand of copper wire vertically between my left pointer and thumb; pick another 2 strands with the right pointer and thumb and place them onto the other one, perpendicularly, like a cross; then I roll them around, like when you're winding and old wrist watch, ending with something like:

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...then I just trim the edges!

I've ended up molding these figures with silicone and cast them with polyurethane resin. Here's the result:

Cheers,

Francisco