Leggings
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garyjd
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Thomas, What is your project? There are different styles and varying methods of doing them. All too often leggings on figures tend to be way too loose and end up looking like oversize cloth tubes slipped over the legs. I try to place as little material (putty) on the thigh (front & back), calf, and shin areas. The areas that have a bit more material are the back of the knee and ankle, along with a small amount on the lower back calf. If you're not sure, start off making them tighter and add additional bits of putty here and there until they are built up enough to where you are happy with them.~Gary
quang
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If you mean the cloth strips wound around the bottom of the legs over the trousers, we call them 'putties' (or puttee) over here. :lol:
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garyjd
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Okay. I guess you can disregard that. I thought you were doing an Indian or other subject that would be wearing full length leggings.~Gary
Einion
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If you're going for putties you can sculpt them in putty but remember they're wound on, not little tubes (possibly too obvious but there are a number of commercial pieces done the wrong way!)
You can make a strip of something and wind it on if sculpting seems like it might be a little tough to pull off. I've seen it done in lead foil or possibly aluminium foil and you could even try a type of plastic (maybe that untearable stuff they make some luggage tags out of now - I've kept some to try for this sort of application) and maybe even paper. You need to form the underlying leg fairly accurately to get the final shape to look right; if the material you use is a little thick make the leg skinny to compensate.
If you're going to wrap then I think it's best to use thinly-rolled Kneadatite as this doesn't require glue to fix it in place and it stretches to sit snug to the surface, replicating the look of the tight binding better IMO (it's unbeatable for wound bandages as there's nothing thinner). It's tricky though - you have to mix the putty, maybe flatten it a bit to begin with then let it set for a while (roughly half the working period is about right) then roll it thinly - but not too thinly, it will stretch a bit - let it nearly complete curing, cut the strips - a little wider than final width, again because it will stretch - and then wind them on during the last short period where it's still just workable but won't easily get fingerprints on it. You have maybe a half-hour window to work in, max, so you don't have to panic but cut lots of extras as it's easy to screw up :lol:
Einion
You can make a strip of something and wind it on if sculpting seems like it might be a little tough to pull off. I've seen it done in lead foil or possibly aluminium foil and you could even try a type of plastic (maybe that untearable stuff they make some luggage tags out of now - I've kept some to try for this sort of application) and maybe even paper. You need to form the underlying leg fairly accurately to get the final shape to look right; if the material you use is a little thick make the leg skinny to compensate.
If you're going to wrap then I think it's best to use thinly-rolled Kneadatite as this doesn't require glue to fix it in place and it stretches to sit snug to the surface, replicating the look of the tight binding better IMO (it's unbeatable for wound bandages as there's nothing thinner). It's tricky though - you have to mix the putty, maybe flatten it a bit to begin with then let it set for a while (roughly half the working period is about right) then roll it thinly - but not too thinly, it will stretch a bit - let it nearly complete curing, cut the strips - a little wider than final width, again because it will stretch - and then wind them on during the last short period where it's still just workable but won't easily get fingerprints on it. You have maybe a half-hour window to work in, max, so you don't have to panic but cut lots of extras as it's easy to screw up :lol:
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Dan Morton
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Einion - Thanks for the discussion of putties and wound bandages. I think I'll try the Duro method later. I have a project in mind and that might look really good. For gauze bandage, have you ever tried using the X-pattern on small metal tools, like hand drills? Just press the pattern all over the "bandage" and it looks pretty good in 120mm.
By the way, I use a paper sticky (one sided) tape for putties. It has the advantage of sticking nicely and it looks like rough fabric. It's a common type of map tape or handicrafts tape. I found some at Hobby Lobby. It even comes in about the right width to simulate putties for 1/16th or 1/15th scale.
All the best,
Dan
By the way, I use a paper sticky (one sided) tape for putties. It has the advantage of sticking nicely and it looks like rough fabric. It's a common type of map tape or handicrafts tape. I found some at Hobby Lobby. It even comes in about the right width to simulate putties for 1/16th or 1/15th scale.
All the best,
Dan
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