Fisherman Bust

[fsdesimone]

Ken: Thank you, but no it won't. It was just done for the heck of it and as a change of pace from the other stuff I was working on.

Kenneth: It did turn out pretty smooth, but remember this is larger scale so that's a lot easier to smooth out than the small stuff. If it were, say, 90mm I don't know if I could have gotten the finish as clean! The steel wool probably made the biggest difference. Oh, and Alan told me to scrub it with a toothbrush and toothpaste to remove minor blemishes, so I think that helped as well.

Gray: What's stopping you?

Francesca

 

[slaj]

Francesca ,again fantastic stuff.I read you use water to smoothen MS down and that it tends to bead up.That is very true.In fact that's why I use alcohol. Much much better. You should try it.

Stephen Mallia

 

[fsdesimone]

Originally posted by slaj@Jul 16 2004, 02:51 PM
In fact that's why I use alcohol. Much much better. You should try it.

Stephen Mallia

The alcohol beaded up too! Were you using regular Isopropyl? I know it comes in 70% and 91%... is one better than the other?

Anyway, someone told me that handcream is a good smoothing agent. Haven't tried that yet though... because I tend to heat the figures in a crockpot to dry the putty, I thought that might cause a problem the way vaseline does.

Francesca

 

[Johan]

although I'm a little nervous about the yellow of the slicker...

Well, first let me congratulate you on that fisherman - well done, although I'm not a sculptor myself I see you've done the folds etc. in the clothing real well.

As for painting the yellow, I'm always nervous about that colour too . Do you paint in oils? Then I'd suggest something like Cadmium yellow with Titanium white added for opacity, over fe. a base coat of acrylic Vallejo 953 matt yellow (3 - 4 thin coats should make up a nice base coat). Shade with burnt umber, highlight with base + more titanium white.

Hope this helps,

Johan

 

[Manfred]

Francesca,

wonderful work !

I love those folds and the clothing layers, the big buttons too



Can only comment now since my XP Pro went belly up at monday but is back to "workable" again thanks to a mate.

 

[slaj]

I use nearly pure Isopropyl alcohol. It does bead up slightly but surely not as much as water. I never tried hand cream. Probably waiting for someone to assure me it works since I too heat the figures up in the crockpot

Stephen Mallia

 

[Guy]

Might want to try a "Test Blob" of your medium in the crock pot to see what it does with the hand lotion on it.....while you are at home to monitor it....IMHO

 

[Alex Lopez]

Hello Francesca, Exelent!! you liked my Bela Lugosi ears... Well I love ALL parts of you Fisherman bust, its almost perfect, or perfect?
Congratulations, Alex.

 

[fsdesimone]

Originally posted by Alex Lopez@Jul 17 2004, 04:42 PM
Hello Francesca, Exelent!! you liked my Bela Lugosi ears... Well I love ALL parts of you Fisherman bust, its almost perfect, or perfect?
Congratulations, Alex.

No no, I liked your entire Bela Lugosi sculpt! It's just that I have a very hard time with ears so when I see how well other people do them I am always impressed .

 

[fsdesimone]

Originally posted by slaj@Jul 17 2004, 12:07 PM
I use nearly pure Isopropyl alcohol. It does bead up slightly but surely not as much as water. I never tried hand cream. Probably waiting for someone to assure me it works since I too heat the figures up in the crockpot

Stephen Mallia

I'll give the alcohol another try. And I'll experiment with using the handcream and crockpot. I'll let you know the results.

 

[Alex Lopez]

Originally posted by fsdesimone@Jul 17 2004, 05:10 PM
No no, I liked your entire Bela Lugosi sculpt! It's just that I have a very hard time with ears so when I see how well other people do them I am always impressed .

I was joking Francesca I know that you liked my all bust, thanks... and I agree, the ears are one of more difficult parts to modeling, but thats ok in your fisherman, I"m impressed whit the CLEAN of your sculpture too...
Alex.