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Second and last part of the sculpting tutorial, next time i will make one of how i make my doll eyes.I might got some spelling mistakes going on in there XD
Armature tut:
1st part of sculpting tutorial:
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I never worked with a-oxide sculpt nor do i know what it is or how it works (never heard of it before) but if it is like any other air dry clay (i assume it is something like magic sculpt /apoxy sculpt) then i don't see why you wouldn't be able to use it instead of milliput.
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I have to say, that hair is amazing!
And I want to correct you on one thing: Milliput is not "air drying", it is a two part epoxy, which dries because of a chemical reaction between the two parts. Air has nothing to do with it, it even hardens submerged into water!
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Ah alright thanks for clearing that up then
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Wow, thank you so much for this tutorials. They helped me a lot?
Is it possible that you do another for coloring sculptures? Or can you tell me what paint you use? The simple acrylic ones?
Β am afraid of messing up my sculpture with the color, any tip would be kind ^^Β°
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you can use cheap acrylics if your a hobbyist or just starting out, how ever when you want to sell it is advisable to use artist grade acrylics as they have a much better light fastness and are better pigmented (more pigment, less fillers) i use pastel dust and mica powder a lot too to paint my sculptures with
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Have you made one of doing dolls eyes?
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No not yet, but i may do a vid tutorial on them at some point on my youtube channel
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Thank you for all 3 tutorials. I plan on starting out with small, simple figures, then moving up into working with armatures. I sculpted many things back in high school, but that was decades ago...>.> I appreciate the time and effort you put into these tutorials.
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your very welcome! Have fun sculpting :3
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Thank you for this tutorial It's great! ^^
And It's really nice to see your first scoulpting ever made xD It get's less intimidating to try then haha
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what clay do u use for your beautiful sculpture?
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Polymer clays, usually i use a mix of super sculpey and sculpey firm, for thin/fragile parts i use apoxy sculpt (air dry clay)
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Great tutorial. Thanks. It was also nice to see how you started out and how far you have come. Gives me hope for myself.
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ah theres hope for you :3 aslong as you enjoy what your doing and keep practicing you should be fine
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Wow, this is so f***** helpful
But I still have one question: How do you grab your final sculpture to put it into the oven? I always - ALWAYS - have the problem that I want to grab my sculpture, I grab it, and then it bulges in. ItΒ΄s so nasty 
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When i do them in parts i grab the armature side or the already baked side :3 When i do a piece in whole i usually make the base out of air drying clay so i can handle it while sculpting further and eventually to put it in the oven.
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Okay, thank you! IΒ΄ll keep this in mind, this is really helpful 
(Sorry, I meant this icon here: xD)
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What kind of clay do you use for sculptures such as these?
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i use sculpey clays (polymer clay) and apoxy sculpt (airdrying clay) but i did mention some of it at the 1st part of this tutorial
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I saw that right after I posted the comment-- haha thanks!
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This is freaking fantastic. I love you. OMG.
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Your welcome :3
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Amazing tutorial, seriously...one of the best I've seen!
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I really, really appreciate that you included one of your first sculpts here. It honestly makes the whole idea of learning to sculpt less intimidating. Though as I keep looking at tutorials I'm realizing my choice of original sculpey may not have been the best lol. xD
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Well we all start of somewhere and improve from there
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True. It's amazing how long it lasts. xD I actually got it a couple years ago and it's still good.
Trying to make a little dragon, though I forgot the wing armature (oops OxO lol), so it'll be a wingless dragon. xD
Hope to someday get as good as you~ <3
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you will :3 just keep practicing and have a lot of fun
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Thought I'd share something I discovered. I realized that if I shove needles through a piece of cardboard, and then put tiny pieces (like eyes or claws) on the needles and dry them with a hair dryer it makes them easier to put on the rest of the model~
You've probably already discovered this buuut. Thought I'd share, just in case you hadn't, or in case you have a better technique.
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Thanks! Usually i make my eyes out of resin which cure in a mold and teeth and claws out of air dry clay which cures hard without baking (which i shove into the piece after they are cured) but your idea can work just aswell
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thank you for this great tutorial!
I have two questions:
when you do the pre-bake, do you keep the ''real'' baking temperature and just bake it half the time it should be?
Do you know if it also works good for the soft sculpey?Β
Which kind of paint do you use (very liquid or with higher viscosity)? How do you do to dont ''fill'' the texture on your sculpting when you paint it?
thanks a lot!
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Thanks!
Now onto your questions, when i do my pre-bakes i bake the sculpt for about 10 or 15 minutes between the 110 and 130 Celsius degrees, basically these pre/in between are just to harden parts that are finished so i cant smudge them out when i progress after, so it doesn't need a very long and thorough bake.
As for painting i use acrylic paints, (you can even use the very cheap ones you can buy from supermarkets) but i use acrylics from the brand amsterdam which are more lightfast and better in pigment quality (as you can imagine you cant sell stuff that will fade out to soon or is of bad quality XD) also i use pastels and mica powders a lot to paint my sculptures with, as for keeping the texture and avoid visible strokes of piled up paint, i either airbrush the acrylic paints on or i thin them with water and use a soft brush and just keep layering until it looks even and without patches, when you work with pastels you just dust them on and fixate each layer, with this technique your textures/details wont go lost either, just basically don't slap to mach paint on it at once, just keep the paint thin and in small quantity on your brush, it will take a lot longer this way but the result is worth it
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ok, thanks a lot for taking the time to respond!
I really want to try sculpting, your gallery is very inspiring!Β Β
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no problem
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this is nice, thank you very much!
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Thank you, thank you SOO much!
I have been trying to learn hw to texture my sculptures for a long, long time!
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Thank you!! These three tutorials are the best tutorials on sculpting I've ever seen! Well explained and even includes the tiny details! Thank you so much for sharing this! Now I have something to go on when I get my clay~ This is a big help! Thank you!!
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your very welcome^^ i hope you enjoy your sculpting experience
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I will with the help of this tutorial : D
Thank you!
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Mission impossible, btw. Can i use this clay, its kinda for beginners:www.google.hr/url?q=http://www⦠that is gray clay
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i am not familiar with that brand of clay but as far as i know you can use any kind of clay, it's just the quality varies a lot in different types and brands of clay, some are very durable after baking and some are very brittle, also in use and texture clays can vary a lot, some are stiffer or softer then others, i use super sculpey and firm because the ss is very easy to use and the firm to mix with to add additional strength to the sculpt once baked. (Tho i use Apoxy sculpt for really fragile parts or to reinforce things such as legs and tails) but i guess you can best start of with a cheap clay when you are beginning, get a feel to it and if you dont like sculpting after you havent wasted to much money on premium materials.
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