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Any tips or tricks that you all can share with me would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone knows of sites that sell bits that might help out in my project, I would love to have a link. By bits, I mean anything that is vaguely mayan/aztec and any fake gems that are about the right size for dragon eyes, scales, etc. Thanks for the help guys.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3445213.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3445213.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3445418.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3445418.page GMT too rough, but they take a few rounds of drybrushing beautifully, which is exactly what you want, here).

For making the thing, I might actually try my hand at traditional subtractive sculpting using a block of laminated foam insulation boards as my base. Mesoamerican sculpture tends towards deep relief, possibly wrapped around a block (as opposed to the common conception of sculpture "in the round"), so sculpting this way shouldn't be as difficult as one might initially expect. Hop on Google image search and check out some reference pics.

For gems, head over to a dollar store - I'm sure you can find some dirt cheap toys or kid's jewelry that has a few gems you could pry off, if not loose plastic gems, themselves (plenty of girly craft kits floating around that might have something useful).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3446956.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3446956.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3447117.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3447117.page GMT
An alternative is to paint the finished statue with thinned PVA glue, and scatter fine grade sand on it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3447711.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/403952/3447711.page GMT WD, Ogre Kingdoms. The new Ogre Steed has been depicted with horns that look so much like flint its a fantastic paintjob. Also a few months ago was the new Tomb Kings edition, and the Necrosphinx is brilliantly done in a blue-ish marble effect.
Hope this helps.
Huffstar.
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