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This work is already waiting in the foundry to be moulded into bronze, final work will be posted after a week or so.Examples on screwed up plaster casts of these works [link] were used in this tutorial.
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This was super interesting. Way harder than I had imagined though.
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I wish you will be one of this artist I saw on exposition in France for example we had the "Japan expo" where you could find fan of mangas, video-games, movies, there are stands of artist if you had one of this I swear I would buy all your works! You are so fantastic KTVL !!!
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Loving the long nails as you hold Kain's coin 
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that is very interesting work. it makes me defiantly want to try. how much dose it cost you to get it cast?
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yes, it looks hard, but it's actually a fun work to make a coin. Price is depends on the foundry's pricing and the value of metal, I'm taking my works to a foundry that's specialized on artworks and statues, so making a coin is a bit expensive field of art.
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thats cool i will have to try it some time... although im pretty sure there is no foundry around here making the cast would still be fun lol
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I won't be trying that any time soon - but it is awesome that you did a tutorial and posted it here. Fascinating to read, and you have a good sense of humor
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I won't be trying that any time soon - but it is awesome that you did a tutorial and posted it here. Fascinating to read, and you have a good sense of humor
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I guess this tutorial was a bit scary 
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You know, there is a little trick to avoid bubbles. you need to gently tap/knock on the mold while you are pouring in the mix for the negative mold. you just need to do that for 5 minutes or so
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Thank you, I tried that, both the gentle and harder ways of tapping till the plaster hardened, but bubbles love getting stuck in the carves of the text
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Well, i never had that problem... we prolly used different brands
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This is fantastic! Y'know, I've been wanting to produce a couple of custom Power Ranger coins for my old toy Power Morpher. I might try this method... but the hard part would be getting the edges and connection point t work, y'know?
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Hope this tutorial will be helpful
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holy christ-on-a-cracker (stolen from someone else on dA)
that's just about the longest tutorial i've seen here lol
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Hehe yes, it's not a quickie speed work to make a coin
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I would never have the patience lol
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Looks like a lot of work, but the result is beautiful! I saw you even got a DD for it, big congrats!
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Yes, it's not a speed work at all 
And thank you so much!
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Thank you
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Hehe I'm glad you like it
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wow such alot of work!!!! you did an awesome job!!! I must try this sometime!
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Thank you so much! Hope you'll have the mood to try this sooner or later
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likely later than soner as I got a TO DO LIST longer than my arm
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Hát ez überbrutál, hogy nagyon szépen és kultúráltan szóljak.
Nekem nem lenne türelmem hozzá, az biztos, ismerem magam annyira, de nagyon tetszik! 
Amin nagyot röhögtem az a 'Bubblus Maximus' rész volt...nem vagy ép. 
Más ami felkeltette a figyelmemet, az a körmeid hosszúsága. Elképesztően szépek és erősnek látszanak ahhoz képest hogy ilyesmikben pacsmagolsz egész nap vagy festesz! Nekem a szakmám hazavágta a körmeim, kénytelen vagyok műkörmöt felrakni magamnak (természetesen a magam stílusában alakítom ki őket)...
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Köszi szépen
Csak egy részét és a folyamat részleteit kísérleteztem ki, a munka nagy részét körvonalakban elmagyarázták a főiskolán, sok mindent elszúrtam, amire rájöttem, pontosan hogyan is kell csinálni.
(Diplomamunkának 10 érmét csináltam, még amikor technikát kellett választani, ezt zártam ki elsőnek, főleg hogy korábban nem csináltam érmét, viszont a mintázás tanárom volt az egyetlen, aki a fantasy témáimat elvállalta)
Azóta viszont teljesen elfelejtettem hogyan sikerült megoldani a buborék problémát, annak idején is azzal szívtam sokat, hogy a figurák öntése sikerült, a szöveg viszont teljesen ratyi lett. Szerencsére Kain elsőre sikerült
Hehehe a hasznos intó mellett a természetes hülyeség is utat talált magának ebben a tutorialban
Már vagy tíz éve ilyen hosszúnak hagyom a körmeimet, túléltek már egy építkezést, vegyszereket, most meg ezt a kénmájas trutymót.
Az szerintem tök jó, hogy nem kell műkörmöshöz járnod és a kész mintákból válogatnod, hanem az egyéniségednek és hangulatodnak megfelelően magadnak is meg tudod csinálni őket
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This is just WOOOW! Thank you, it's really interesting to see how you work (nice fingernails btw).Also your writing stile is great, you make a perfect teacher! And i didn't expect the coins to be so big, thay're more like medalions? I have some experience with similar work (dental technician`s work) so i have a few questions. This plastiline for sculpting is NOT clay, right? Obviously this is a stupid question, but just to make sure, because i haven't heard of it before. And then- you use soap foam for the insulating coating. Doesn't it work with the stuff that is made especially for this( i forgot the names- there's an oily pink fluid and another thing that's called waterglass or something), because it doesn't take so long to do it? Or is there a specific reason to use the soap( maybe the other stuff blocks the little details, i don't know)?
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Thank you!
Perhaps medallion is a beter word on them, here we call both the currency coins and the medallions "coins" I was not sure which is the best definition on them in english.
But a lot of people thinks they're tiny coins like real currency, but that'd require copper etching technique.
Your work is very similar, only the size is different
Yes, plastiline is not clay, it won't dry on air, and remains the same soft material. Also not the same as the plasticine kids using at school, that stuff is oily, and gets hard on air.
I heard of the pink fluid stuff too, but never used it. All that's important about the coating layer is to make it as thin as possible because of the details. I didn't even made the positive cast in plaster for the smaller commissioned coin, simply stuffed modelling clay into the negative, but it won't work with a big coin, clay loves deforming when peeled off the negative cast.
I also heard some people making their casts with special plastic, but that's not worthy to buy for only one coin work.
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You are really talented. I wouldn't even be able to go through step one.
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Thank you! But it's not as hard as it seems at first look
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Yeesh I'd be terrified to have a go at this
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Not as scary as it looks, still easier than the waxed fabric work (that really needs nerves)
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