Wednesday 26 September 2012

Slave to Darkness: Green stuff and guitar strings!

Mini update this evening. I had a staff meeting today so didn't have much time to devote to working in the Realms but I have made a little progress with my first attempt at sculpting.

By sculpting, I mean actually making a bodily part rather than just repairs or filling in joins.

Let's have a quick look then...

Obviously this is work in progress but here is my attempt at making a pinhead attribute. Is it small enough? Its kind of hard to tell from the photograph but I think so!

The beginnings of a face of a beast of Nurgle. Blue, now you can see what the guitar strings are for! 
Additionally, I received two new leadites to join the collection.

At last another one of the Jes Goodwin ogres at a reasonable price. I am very surprised this one got missed!
So what do you think of my sculpting? I am new to working with greenstuff in this way so any hard earnt tips would be welcome!

Orlygg.

6 comments:

  1. I think the sculpting looks really good, and the guitar strings are inspired.

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  2. Agreed! Genius use of Guitar strings...Instant Dreadlocks! If you need anymore I have TONS...haha.

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  3. Ah I've already got that Ogre lined up for my chaos warband - that'll be why he went cheap ;)

    Nice work with the green stuff - pinhead looks good, although I keep thinking of Hellraiser!

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  4. For the pinhead why not take the head off a 1/72 or 15mm figure?

    The Nurgle head looks great!

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  5. Your sculpting is very good. I've got noway near enough confidence (let alone skill) to try anything like this!

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  6. "So what do you think of my sculpting?"

    Pretty snazzy.

    "I am new to working with greenstuff in this way so any hard earnt tips would be welcome!"

    Firstly, visit minisculpture.co.uk

    A tip I'll give you straight off: the putty in the pics looks fairly turquoise, which indicated a lot of blue in the mix. This isn't so bad if you want rounded shapes and edges, but can be a bit stiff, and quickly gets stiffer. For more malleability, and smaller and sharper details, mix a bit more yellow in. Polymeric Systems (the manufacturers of green stuff) nowadays recommend a mix of 1.5 parts yellow to 1 part blue as a standard mix, on the GS product page.

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