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Published: 2007-01-24 06:37:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 2422; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 47
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Mantoid: Like my third sculpt EVER. Based on a vague and somewhat suspect drawing of a friends. Corn Boy of the Four Horsemen said "I Like it", so it has survived my hate stage and now lives as a testament to the learning process.Related content
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I have to ask, Do you bake it all at once or do you bake in stages.
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It completely depends on the piece and how it is assembled in the first place. Accessories I tend to bake separately, and of course action figure prototypes are broken down into parts I bake individually.
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Brilliant. reminds me of a creature in Fiest books called a Cho-jar. ever heard of it?
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Thanks man, actually I have not heard of it. But my wife works in a book store so, I'll order it in and take a look.
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The book is called Magician and its the first part of a trilogy. brilliant books. Marvel commics are doing a commic version at the mo. Magicians apprentice vol 1 is already out to buy but its only the 1st section of the book. but great work though...
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I like this! 
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Thanks 
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Oh yeah, no probs baking thorns.
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ah right, thats pretty smart, i never expect to have to cut my stuff afterward, may be good to keep in mind. I knew they were thorns form something, but i couldn't figure what, they held up to the baking process alright though?
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It looks excellent to me. You make working with sculpey easy.
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Nice sculpt man, reminds me I need to get my clay game up
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Thanks, and thanks for stopping by.
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this looks a bit like a sketch i drew up aboutt 3 months ago lol... looks excellent anyways
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Thanks, yeah, this was very much a sketch for me.
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Hey thanks. And thanks for keeping up with me.
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no problem
everyone needs a devoted fan lol
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I think it's amazing! Nice organic flow and excellant detail. [don't you hate how sculpey gets those micro fractures tho!]
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NO joke, I hate that, I'm mixing Primo in now and that helps somewhat and also makes it somewhat flexable. But what looks like fractures on this one are actually some textures I cut in.
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Oh, sorry, I should have blown it up more to see that. I actually built an special oven to heat my figurines more evenly at the exact temp, and I STILL get microfissures. You can also mix black and white Fimo together and mix that with the pink to get a nice gray tone. Makes all the defects stand out so you don't miss anything. At least thats what other people have told me. It's all pretty much the same formula, I've never heard of a bad mix. Me, I bought a whole bunch of Sculpey Promat in white and black before they quit making it. Hard as a tire, but it can be softened down with sculpey diluent.
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I heard that stuff was cool, too bad it's off the market now. Yeah, I mix to gray now myself, it's just too hard to see detail in pink. And Primo has more flex once it's baked so it's a win win situation, not perfect though, I wish they had a polymer that baked to the consistency of the Apoxy Sculpt, then life would be perfect, for me at least.
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Actually, if you're going pro, most people are going to the hard waxes. The heating pen is expensive, but you get the ultimate in detail. I do plan to move over after I finish the two in my scraps. I'll never give up on sculpey, but to many friends have told me about the benifits of wax.
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Yeah, I interviewed with McFarlane last summer, they insisted I get used to 'Castilene', I bought some, but Sculpey works WAY faster. After talking it over with the Shifletts I'm in no hurry to switch, both Clay Moore and Randy Bowen make a fine living using polymers for statues, but the action figure industry just won't have it. I do plan working on those skills more though.
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o_O! Awesome designing skills and concept! ^^ Me likey!
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Thanks for stopping by.
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