Hi guys, my new work in progress

[Piranha]

First step:

 

[Piranha]

Some more body

 

[Piranha]

adding hand and head:

 

[Piranha]

And one more

 

[georges64]

Hi Piranha,what's the scale and what putty do you use ?Looking forward your sbs.

georges64

 

[georges64]

..sorry I saw the scale after I post the above post
georges64

 

[Piranha]

Hi georges64
I use "Polirem"-it's local Russian epoxy putty for car repairing

 

[fsdesimone]

That is cute - well, as cute as an ugly ork can be!

Francesca

 

[Piotr Czyz]

Zdraswujtie!

Nice job on this one, it so small compraing to the other scales. Tell us something about your sculpting tools it that scale.

Regards,
Piotr

 

[Piranha]

Thanks, dudes
I dont really know what to tell?
I use all tools that i can find in my home! I ussualy use toothsticks and some (2) dentists tools(i don't really know their names ) I'm newbie in sculpting at all (it's my fourth figure i ever made) so i have no special tricks and secrets! Just sculpt in my free time on my kitchen ))

 

[minimaker]

Hi,

very nice sculpt considering it's your fourth and the type of putty you're using. Good expression, anatomy and pose. I've got the impression you can visualize ok so it's now a matter of refining the techniques.
I do think you should find yourself a different putty for surface details though as the putty you're using seems quite crude (like many DIY putties). What you can do is to use the garage putty for fleshing out the mini and for instance kneadatie bleu/yellow (green stuff) for the surface.

As to tips and techniques, if you're intrested, there is a yahoo mailinglist for 28mm sculptors and we have a large list of resources (websites, book and suppliers) over there: 1listsculpting I've also put part of the list here:
cool mini or not thread
There are also some tutorials on my photosite:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/minimaker3/my_photos

@Piotr: general note about sculpting tools in 28mm. The most common commercial tools are wax carvers and rubber tipped clay shapers (I love those). In practise you will see that many people have made their own tools, modified existing tools or have just pressed anything suitable into service. It's quite fun if some sculptors come together as they all have different stuff. I've put examples of tools on my photopage here: examples of tools

Bye, Ming-Hua

 

[Piranha]

Thnx, Ming-Hua Its a great pleasure to read such words
Concerning green stuff - I agree that its a good putty for finishing miniatures, but i preffer to use knife finishing details on my mini so the knedatite is perfect for sculpting but now so good for scratching (it's quite soft after polimerisation) But i'll try to make new work from green stuf later
Also i would like to thank you for such a good resourses and liks! I've already start to descover materials from it (sorry for my poor English)

 

[minimaker]

Hi,

in that case I have another tip for you. It's possible to mix different putties (even polymer clays) to obtain specific properties and I think you'll find a mix of milliput (or another fine "hard" putty like A&B, grey matter, Tamiya, Aves, Magic sculp) and
green stuff well suited for your style of sculpting.
You can simple mix up both and mix them together. The resulting mix will become rockhard like a hard putty and during sculpting you have more the feel of green stuff. More feedback from the putty since you feel more resistance, it stays together better and very good for fine details. The final mix is also somewhat stronger than pure hard putty.
I tend to chance ratios depending on what I make. More hard putty when I'm making weapons or machinery (say 30% GS) and more GS when I work on a figure (say 50%+ GS).
Here is a very nice smooth figure done with a GS/Milliput mix by Steve Buddle: Sorceress

Bye, Ming-Hua

 

[Piranha]

Thank you again, Ming-Hua!
I think it's a very usefull tip for me! I'll try to use this mixture