More Fimo Stuff

[frank h]

Hi All
Getting to grips with this Fimo stuff (last posted head went nowhere)
See what you make of this one.

Step 1

 

[frank h]

Another view

 

[frank h]

Here is the second stage,
This stuff is so soft that I could not work any more without baking
although not a bad thing as these basic forms were achieved with an
alcohol dampened brush.

Stage2

 

[frank h]

Here is another view
Will post the next stage which will be buiding up on the shapes created
so far.

Frank

 

[quang]

Guess I'd go down town and buy me some Fimo!

Anyway

Q.

 

[gordy]

looks good, is there a choice of colors?

is it difficult to keep the putty from deforming when you work in the details since your working with large soft areas?

 

[frank h]

Hi Quang , Gordy,
Adding to large areas is a problem, things like a nose tends to deform
when you try to get beyond the basic shape

I find trying to plan it so that I can refine basic shapes after baking seems to
work. I will try Sculpey when I can get hold of some.
In the meantime this is OK.

Frank

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Frank!

I think you are doing great! How is Fimo once baked? Does it chip or flake easily?

 

[frank h]

Anders
Just tried carving some, seems OK no crumbling,
I wanted to avoid carving on this build up.

Good to know it will if I have to

Frank

 

[garyjd]

Frank, Nice job on the head. What I try to do is build up a rough nose/shape on the form my final sculpt will go on. After baking you can carve it down, as you just need something to support the material. Doing a complete nose in a larger scale is hard to do without some support for the bridge. You're coming along well with what you have so far.~Gary

 

[frank h]

Thank's for the encouragement Gary.

Working with this material is new to me.
I do like being able to walk away when I get a problem area
and being able to pick it up again.

Frank