Sculpting Tips - Q&A

[freakinacage]

I'd pour some plaster into a box the right size and then carve out the blocks with a blade/pointy thing

[Roger Theloger]

OK who sells Wax 5's and similar.. is cheap and posts very quickly.

Please?

Specifically left and right of these

[Vermis]

You'll have better results searching for a 'Zahle' wax carver than for a 'wax 5'. The one on the right is called a LeCron, too. (Though a Hylin is a similar option)

Check the list of dental tools and wax carvers here, particularly the more medical-sounding business names; although it's been a while and I don't know how many are still current or how many I've missed that google didn't. If all else fails search for Zahles and LeCrons on ebay - there's usually something on it, and I picked up a couple of good examples for a good price there, meself.

[freakinacage]

Ebay....

[Roger Theloger]

Thanks guys

[Klingsor]

Does anyone carry this sort of toy at Salute? It would be nice to see the cute little shivs before buying.

[Bartholdy]

I could use a little advice on sculpting hands. I'm quite fine with sculpting hands holding other objects, or knotted fists, but something like a hand reaching, fingers spread, or pointing has proven really difficult. I can't use an armature, as the fingers are way too thin for that, and I can't figure out how else to do it. Do any of you have some golden advice on that? I've been searching forever, and I haven't found anything on the subject yet.

I mainly sculpt in Sculpey Firm, but I use some epoxies under certain circumstances too.

Thanks in advance.

[sjoerdo]

I know Ebob or Woody once psoted a tutorial on how he sculpted the hands on his William Wallace miniature.

he used very thin wire to set out the structure of the fingers and then sculpted over the wire...

[freakinacage]

Yup, very thin wire. And now would be the time to use epoxy putty..

[Vermis]

Get a link for the Ebob walkthrough here, among other stuff.