Its an even smaller world............

[frank h]

Hello there
A short while ago I was introduced to the world of the 30/32mm "Mini"
Thanks Rob, The amount of detail on these things is amazing
So having purchased a few Together with a wealth of information off the web
and studying other sculptors work I made a start.

First an inverted Y shape starting from the feet, I found this pretty
revolutionary as I have always started with the the head and then lost
interest as my efforts at heads came to nothing.

So here I am sculpting anatomy onto a 30mm twist of fuse wire
stuck on a wine bottle cork without the safety net of being able to use a stock head
inthe event of it all going horribly wrong.

The starting point

 

[frank h]

Hi,
Having got the wire shape to the correct size I then covered it in Magisculpt
put in basic anatomy then refined it with a scalpel blade/sand paper

Then faced it off with Kneadlite (Duro) Ilove using this stuff it goes on a bit
at a time and smooths out beautifuly if you mix more yellow lot less blue
and the working time is longer

When it came to the head after no end of attempts I finaly found a basic shape
which after carving here and there and adding putty for nose and lips
seems to be good enough at this stage.

The subject is a fantasy one Girl with a big sword, It is based on a Larry Elmore
drawing.
All comments wellcome

Frank

 

[jitch0t]

keep it up Frank! it's always amazing to see someone sculp but at that scale it turns almost incredible! nice job!

 

[Roc]

Hey Frank,
I also ,love those little 30mm figures.
They are a pain in the neck to paint, I can immagine how difficult and demading they must be to sculpt.

Keep up the good work, looking forward to the next step.

Roc.

 

[Anders Heintz]

She is looking great Frank! I think you did a great job on the face, must be tedious in this scale! Keep it up!

 

[RobH]

Hi Frank

Glad to see the progress on this lady!

The face does look good......braver than me, still chickening out on doing my 30mm head!

Keep it coming!

:lol:

Rob

 

[Kamil Feliks Sztarbala]

It looks great!! sculpting face in that scale is ipossible.. Keep us updated.. BTW, i'm going to sculpt smth like this- some weeks ago i've buy some figures of fiannas- from battle figure system- confrontation.

 

[RobH]

Hi Kamil

I have one of those Fiannas primed and ready to paint!

Rob

 

[frank h]

Hi
Thanks to every one for their kind words of encouragement
I shall post more as I get further along this really is a fun project.

Rob, Kamil,
I think those Fianna's are terrific, mine arrived from Stormtroopers
yesterday.

Frank

 

[frank h]

oops...........don't know what happened there with the pic.......

Frank

 

[Kamil Feliks Sztarbala]

I'm affraid to start painting them... but it is very good inspiration to sculpting

 

[RobH]

If you're interested I can give you very good links to SBS painting of these figures

Rob

 

[jitch0t]

Originally posted by RobH@May 9 2004, 09:58 PM
If you're interested I can give you very good links to SBS painting of these figures

Hey Rob, i'm interested! My girlfriend wants me to paint one for her... maybe i can make her learn to paint it by herself :lol: :lol:

 

[RobH]

Hi Daniel

Here's some:

Here's one;
http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php?go=art...=date&levels=99

Go to the tutorials section of this site
http://www.headblast.de/

And the Tips and Tutorials of this site:
http://www.jenova.dk/

Oh, and this one is perfect; Jennifer Haley wins Golden Demon competitions all the time!
http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php?go=art...=date&levels=99

Sometimes hard to believe these are 30mm

Rob

 

[Kamil Feliks Sztarbala]

ok, thats great.. but we've forget about Frank's figure.. Frank, whats up with Yours small pretty?

 

[jitch0t]

Thanks so much Rob!

The coolminiornot links doesn't seem to work, i'll try to find them from the homesite

 

[frank h]

Hi
Still struggling and enjoying every minute of it. The trouble with
those Fiannas I got, is they are so well sculpted.

So using them as reference, attempted to modify the head,
not a good idea, after some time lost it all. What you see in the pic
is a re-sculpt minus the eyes

Still as I said this project is really enjoyable.

One thing about sculpting in a small scale,every movement of the sculpting
tool makes a difference.............good or bad.

Frank