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Wehrkind wrote:http://www.posemaniacs.com/

Awesome, thanks for the link.

Glad to be of service!

I might just upload some pics to Google+ and share the folder. I think your email server would explode otherwise :-P


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In fact... if I can find it, in one of the boxes of modeling stuff I have like 20 color chart references of Vallejo colors and mixes for shade/base/highlight progressions tied to various pictures. I should really put those up with the color progressions in the comments.

If I get around to that, I will cross link them here. Probably be as useful for me as you lads

I have an idea for a Schoolgirl tank...

The desu-imator.

Also, I like what you are all saying about eyes and such. But even a woman with amazing eyes, lovely lips, a nice butt (this for me is like eyes for Vik), great legs, flat tummy, and a nice rack...if she has a bad temperment, or is bitchy....or if she can't hold a decent conversation...the deal is off for me.

Nothing much to show update wise, we had nice weather this weekend, so my wife kept me out of the house for most of it.

well jake... the butt it is sure a thing of great importance to me too

as for the conversation issue... i am totally with you on that one... and non bitchyness is a must (thank the lords i am rather blessed with that by my wife^^) but all that is rather CC in the get to know your future better half... the long distance combat is won my mere visual features^^ and these have to be checked before you get into CC

hey boobs and butts can get better with surgery, personality definatly cant, and faces (for the most part) cant either... although im also big into hair color, my favorite being dark brown with a red glow

hey RW... keep your hands off my girl^^ hair is a perfect match with MRS. domm...

as for plastic surgery on butts? thank you sir but no sir!

well i dont want plastic surgery but it got the point down with what i was saying... speaking of which did i tell you guys im heading to germany?? yea it wont be long.. just have to visit someone.....

RW have fun in Deutschland! I am jealous! Try to have a jager schnitzel for me and take a picture of it!

I got the clear resin yesterday! Yay! However, it takes 24 hours for a "soft" cure, and 72 for a "hard" cure. So this is going to be a slow process.

I don't know if it will be feasible to sell them....they will be more of a novelty item that I might throw in with other orders. After I get some done for Dave that is.

Unless...I do like Vik suggested, and just sell them in regular resin. People can paint them however they want. I don't know. We'll see. :shoulder shrug:

In other news, I have been asked to alter one of the Spiked Helmet Skull Masks. The client wants the spike removed, and visors added to the mask, sort of like a Vindicare Assassin visor. So, I have worked on that a bit, not done yet, but soon.

The pirate is coming along....slowly....he has two arms now, I don't remember if I said that before. The captain head is attached, and I will add hair to it shortly. I just need to work on a sabre holding hand and a hook hand, and add details.

The Heresy Investigator is sitting untouched for several days now...I need to work on her.

Other than that, I have gotten a few things cast, but I have not had much free time at all in the last 5 days or more. Hopefully that will change soon.

Sorry no pics, soon I hope.

RSJake

I'll buy enough to make it worth your set-up costs, don't worry

I was actually sitting here thinking about the molds. The one I have made so far for 5 of both types of bottles doesn't seem to work too well with this thick, clear resin, so i might try to do them differently, and if I do, I will make a mold with like 48 or more bottles. Make it worth the wait.

I should make little crates to carry them in!

That would be cool!

Well, once I make a castable Nuka-Cola machine..you'll be able to sell the bottles along with the machines

Love the steampunk weapons you did. Just manged to go through all the stuff I missed. How have you got on with that war walker?

Sounds good Dave!

Thanks Tipios! The war walker is still moving along, but slowly. I just don't want to take more picstures for updates of "Hey, look! More rivets!"

I am getting close to having the leg sections done for one leg. Still a ways off, but closer. Then I will cast it, and be able to stand it up on a pair of legs! I think that will be the only way to see for sure how tall this thing will be!

Cool, can't wait

I like pics of moar rivets

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Also, I got the peg leg and one arm done on the Pirate body. I did something naughty....I didn't use any kind of armature or anything! I wanted to see what this Magic Sculp stuff would do. It worked pretty well! It had a lot of give in it while I was sculpting, but that was expected with no armature....but it came out exactly like I wanted it to! It even stayed where I left it before it was fully cured....I think GS would have sagged.




RSJake

Is it possible to get some advice on how you achieve the peg-leg? I am looking to achieve something similar but have no idea where to start to get a wood grain effect.

Any help would be much appreciated (And Vik pointed me in your direction...)

Cheers

Alright Dave, I'll see about snapping a few pics. (I wonder how long it will take for the term "Snap a picture" to become obsolete?) (or has it already?)

@alphaomega - Well, For this peg leg, I drilled a hole in the leg, and glued a thin copper wire for "armature". Then I just stuck a glob of Magic Sculp (GS would work too), and made the basic "conical" shape I was looking for, and used the egde of a sharp sculpting tool to press the wood grain randomly around the leg. Not too deep, because realistically, at this scale, you wouldn't even see the grain unless it was extremely weathered, and worn. Which I susspect an old Sea Dog would have a weathered peg leg.

I don't have pics of the actual process, sorry. I am horribly bad about taking pics while I'm doing something...

I'm hoping the wood grain shows up on this well when painted, but only time will tell.

I hope this helped. If you still have questions, please ask away!

RSJake

RW...in germany...??? and do you guys know what a jägerschnitzel is? it is just a thick slice of an even thicker sausage...wrapped in breadcrumbs...it isn´t really yummy if i may be so bold...actually i consider it to be of inferior gourmet value...

if you want something typical german try a hamburger schnitzel...that is a slice of real meat with breadcrumbs and on top a fryed egg... not that i like that too^^ but it is a bit better^^

the idea to mix dave´s nika cending machine with jakes bottles...that sounds very good...and making some small crates to go with... that would be excellent!

That is great advice thanks RSjake, I just needed a few pointers and that has given me more than enough Thanks very much.

@ alphaomega
As RSJ said the REAL grain would not be visable in this scale, so what can be sculpted is actually a bark texture or signs of erosion with results in cracks and weathering in places where the wood is less dence.
Speaking of second case one should try to consider the type of wood and the type of slice or polish made. For example, if such a peg was made from a small solid log by polishing to a conus shape it would bear a horizontal circular grain pattern but the one made from a brick would most likely bear vertical gain with picture dependent on wood type.

Not that any of this is imperative for sculpting but never it hurts to study the material you're imitating.

Well Vik, I learned a long time ago, not to ask too many questions about what I am eating...I usually don't like the answer. Unless I'm making it of course, but then I don't tell others what they are eating.

But I loved the jägerschnitzel when I was there! The mushrooms and brown gravy were awesome! Oh, there were much better things I had at local's homes, but whenever possible, I ordered it. At least it is better than a Big Mac!

*edit* (found a picture)
I mean how does this NOT look good?


And never before had I had mayonnaise on french fries, or should I say "pommes frites"? But you can bet I still do!

@alphaomega - You are quite welcome.

@storag - you said it much better then I did! Thank you for the clarification. Sometimes I don't use wurds gud!

well...that one looks like a real piece of meat under all those breadcrumbs...

what i meant looks sadly like this...:



and might taste even worse... i bet this is why someone clever invented mustard in the first place^^

and mayo and pommes... yummy^^ i actually am a big fan of greasy food^^ after all fat is a taste accelerator^^


well and when i cook i tend to be quite clean and acurate about it... my plates have to be very clean and the meat and all veggies have to be peeled at its best... if we go eating outside (not as often as we would like tho...) then i am fully capable to complain about it... see i come from a line of food retailers and have learned to treat meat of veggies the right way... so i am pretty chosy when it comes to food^^ well it might be a bit of a strain to go shopping with me^^ but it is for sure a benefit for the family^^

Yeah....not sure what you have pictured there. Does not look yummy.

I just found a Jagerschnitzel recipie online that calls for the use of Pork Steak pounded very thin, fresh mushrooms, and a gravy made with beef bullion. And a reciepie for a side of Spaetzle. I can't wait to try this out!

I should make a cucumber salad to go with it! Yumm! Not sure if the Kid would like that though...Oh well.

i think that sounds like a tasty combination! use an old bottle or if you have (probably a rolling pin) to thin out the meat... be careful with the pounding of the meat or you get a very dry shoe sole...


and the cucumber salad with youghurt...that will be tasty as well and i bet all kids love this...

Dam it, I was just about to go to bed, but now I'm really hungry!!!! stop posting picture of food!!!!!

lol guys, no im not lucky enough to go to germany (yet) i was just poking fun at the fact that vik said his wife had the same color hair that i like.. he said something along the lines of, stay away from mrs.vik ... i guess my joke failed ;(

Viktor von Domm wrote:ibe careful with the pounding of the meat..

^^ didnt catch that one

I'm always careful when I pound the meat....

Yeah, sorry RW...the joke failed...but it got us talking about food!

And I am making Jagerschnitzel for dinner Saturday! Yay!

well your welcome for that then