http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/68.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net 40k, one of the things that hooked me was the ease of conversions. A head swap here, and arm swap there, and oooo you made that little space marine sit on a toilet! neat! I desperately wanted to try my hand at interesting conversions, and i thought "hey! what better way than by learning to sculpt.

I went and got some greenstuff.

Things didn't go well for me at first. I felt like a 5 year old at kindergarten. there i was trying to make things smooth and hide the join line, and all I was getting was FAT sausages and FINGERPRINTS! well, back to the drawing board. if at first you don't succeed, ask google. There was some help there. nothing i could really work with though. Mostly it was people selling how-to vids or pics of finished products or wips.

I should'a just asked google for sculpting tools... but the ones that i already had weren't doing what i thought they should, and so i got frustrated and stopped.

If that's where it ended i wouldn't be here and you wouldn't be reading this.

The other day I was browsing Les's how to paint vids (thanks BTW Les, you have a fantastic radio voice) and i was surfing off them on youtube. I chanced upon a video of this guy sculpting a fantasy giant, like converting it. He was working so fast, and you could see the green stuff wasn't giving him any problems what-so-ever. It was like the tool was an extension of his mind, making the green stuff fluid and yet pose able. I knew I had found the key right away! In my haste to tell someone about my discovery, I lost the video.

But i remembered the tool.

I hope you enjoy

transcription in case the picts no work: so i went and bought me these babys. I got 5 for $40 can @ opus. these are paint shapers. this is the tip that i use most. $40 is too expensive and why waste it on a try when you could make it for cheap! get you a pencil with an eraser, or as in this case: just an eraser. cut you off a piece of that eraser in the shown manner then make another cut that will make your eraser into a workable point. here we see the tool beginning to take some shape. a little trim off the edges and woila! instant sculpting tool. try it out for yourself! the soft rubber eraser isn't so great for sculpting but a hard rubber eraser would be GREAT!
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219539.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219539.page GMT
Not bad at all.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219680.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219680.page GMT will be good for jobs like you have illustrated but could be tricky getting to awkward places on a model

Know I am wondering if I can convert some of my knacked out old brushes to hold the eraser well enough to be able to apply some pressure.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219709.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219709.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219798.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2219798.page GMT
those little green stuff monsters are hilarious, i love them!! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2232773.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2232773.page GMT
http://www.dickblick.com/products/colour-shapers-tools/

They now have a set of extra-firm. I can attest the frim tips are good, but I've always wished they were a little stiffer. New stocking stuffer for the man of the house...?

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2239632.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2239632.page GMT Stiffer ones? I'll have to check that out. And the eraser idea also looks interesting.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2240491.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2240491.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2240828.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2240828.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2249596.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2249596.page GMT sometimes i forget to ask google if i can get a better price. 10 euros beats 40 dollars anyday.

i must repeat my mantra: if you don't know, ask google!

good tips I'll look into those clayshapers further. Thanks guys!!
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2256831.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2256831.page GMT GS tools and like 4 white erasers that are getting too dirty to use. Time for some tool-making. Thanks a bunch.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2256923.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2256923.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2379833.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2379833.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2396421.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/333226/2396421.page GMT