Question about FIMO

[Hudson]

Not sure anyone actually works in fimo when doing sculptures, but I've been wondering if someone knows this,
is it possible to work in layers like Gary is doing with his confederate medic?
I mean make a skeleton of a sorts, bake it and put on another layer.

 

[garyjd]

Originally posted by Hudson@Mar 2 2006, 04:42 PM
Not sure anyone actually works in fimo when doing sculptures, but I've been wondering if someone knows this,
is it possible to work in layers like Gary is doing with his confederate medic?
I mean make a skeleton of a sorts, bake it and put on another layer.

Kenneth, I do not see why not. I'm sure Fimo and Sculpey are not that different from one another.~Gary

 

[Hudson]

I'll try and see what happens, we get nowhere by being on the safe side right?

 

[RobH]

I know most of the Rackham 30mm figures are sculpted in fimo, and it's very common amongst the french sculptors.

Seth Nash may be able to answer this.....although I believe he does as much as possible before baking:

Here's an article about a sci-fi figure Seth sculpted in Fimo for Hasslefree miniatures - it may have some useful tips:

Seth's Sculpt

hope it helps

Rob

 

[Hudson]

Thank you.

 

[seth]

Hello

ears burning and all that

baking fimo and then working over it isn't realy a problem, if you're using classic then you will probably have a few problems getting it to stick to the already baked parts, this can be overcome by brushing a very small amount of vaseline over the area that you want to stick putty to. Make sure that you use it VERY sparingly though.
also depending on the size of the figure that you are doing you may find that a 15 minute bake is a bit too long, I generally bake at 130 degrees celcius for 10 mins.

If you are in doubt as to wether or not your piece is baked then roll a small ball of fimo and attach it to the cork/base that you are sculpting on. That way you can prod the ball to see if it is cured rather than your sculpt. After a while you will get the hang of it. Baked fimo doesn't have to be solid when you first take it out of the oven, if it has an almost rubbery quality to it then you will find that once cool it will be cured.

sorry if that was a bit partonising, and I hope that some of the above helped


cheers
seth

 

[gryknght]

The answer is visible on the main/sculpting page right now. Thomas Barse's thread on his Akitsuki figure:

Akitsuki - Some sculpting steps...

 

[seth]

kind of, Thomas does the entire torso while the fimo is still wet, including all of the scroll work. Then adding fimo over miliput and tamiya epoxy for the detailing of the arms and head-dress. Working the figure while it is all wet is a better way of using fimo but it takes a bit of practice.