Abomination: rough sculpt so far

[Medved]

Hang around here and we might get you into mini versions of all of those :icon_wink:

and nag you lots to make you sculpt a 1/6 version of Kyrie  :icon_wink:

[Custom_Hobby]

WOW, now thats a good idea!

[Agentmolar]

Wow, how did i miss this thread.

Top work, i can see why you are a licencee.. welcome aboard Randy

[zazeem]

What are you using to sculpt with? Your work is exceptional!

[Custom_Hobby]

He uses:

Yes- Super Sculpey.

[Custom_Hobby]

The abomination is finished and ready to be ordered.

Abomination by Bowen Designs $220

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Sculpted by Randy Bowen

Price: $220.00

Shipping: $25.00

Release Date: December 2008

Dimensions: Over 13" tall

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[zazeem]

How do you cast them after you make them from super sculpey?

[Bungle]

Is super sculpy soft? oven or air drying?

two ways if you want it in metal.

make a RTV mould, cast it in XML resin, then vulcanise the resin casts.

or use a low temp low pressure rubber, but sharp edges etc can crumble.

[Custom_Hobby]

Mr. Bowens statues are cast in cold cast porcelain.

[zazeem]

hmm cold cast porcelain you say? how exactly are these made and cast?? i would love to try this scale as a fantasy line of collectible statues. Are there companies who cast them once you make them? i can not find any information as far as casting companies :/

[Bodhi]

Is super sculpy soft? oven or air drying?

Super sculpy is oven drying. A polymer putty. It's the second material I ever used (after bloody awful Cernit) and it's an excellent material for large scale sculpting such as this. Green stuff would definitely be FAR to expensive to use. I prefer mixing super sculpy and Fimo but I've never used Super sculpy soft. Perhaps it has the same properties as the super sculpy/Fimo mix?

Zazeem: I think you have to check for forums that deal with garage kit sculpting. I think you'll find information there. It's a world closely related to the 28 mm miniatures world but yet those worlds seem to interlap surprisingly rarely (as in this case). If you check such groups you'll be amazed and awed at the sheer number of exceptionally skilled sculptors working in larger scales (I was) I read Gael Goumon stating that he didn't consider himself skilled enough for doing it  :icon_eek: For me personally I agree (I'm not that is, Gael Goumon CERTAINLY is). Working in larger scales - at least for me - is HARDER than working in smaller scales, not the other way around.

[mnordgren]

There is a big forum called the clubhouse which is mostly about garage kits. I wonder why they're called garage kits anyway?

I haven't tried sculpting in larger scales very much, but i agree miniatures are easier in many ways, it's much less time consuming. Larger scales puts more demand on realism.
OTOH when you do larger scales it's easier to use the (IMO) more user friendly polymer clays. But still there's the issue of baking them correctly which intimidates me somewhat. I've tried using super sculpey for miniatures but I find it too brittle, so I've given that up.

And I must say that sculpt is amazing!

[zazeem]

so how does one make molds for these big super sculpey figures?

[Bungle]

I presume RTV.

Like for resin.

[Hawkins]

how big is the sculpt? it looks huge.