Kitty-N New Redux

    Hey there internet lands.  My last post hasn't been in a good long while and since then I've had some inspiration to start posting again.  Earlier this month I had a panel at San Japan called "Let's make an anime figure."  It was my first time with something like this and I really liked the whole experience.  I'd like to try this again but want to talk about maquettes and stationary figures as opposed to garage kits.  (Perhaps that's too niche for right now. *shrugs shoulders*)

  So these next series of posts will be a kind of tutorial so my next panel will be a bit more cohesive. LOL

SO LETS GET STARTED!

Right here is a particularly new product from SuperSculpey.  This is SuperSculpey Medium and it is AMAZING in my opinion.  It's the right mix of softness and firmness.  It holds its shape even when I'm holding it in my hand and blends easier than SS firm.

Next up you need to make an armature.  You can use steal wire or aluminum, but I prefer aluminum because it's more pliable and I'm not killing my hands bending it this way or that.  When making your armature it's always important to have some form of reference image.  I use a skeleton image that's scaled to 6 inches and use that.  When making the armature you can make it as simple or complex as you like.  The blue wire wrapped around the silver wire is just a smaller gauge of aluminum wire and helps the clay grip to something.

When you are satisfied with the armature it's time to add on some kind of epoxy putty.  (This step isn't entirely necessary but I like that it bulks out certain parts of the armature as opposed to aluminum foil).  I use Aves brand Apoxie Sculpt.  In my hand is the head but I've used a different kind of "wire" here.  This is called a brass tubing.  They come in many different sizes and a couple different shapes.  This is a circular tube and it fits snugly into the silver wire so that it doesn't wiggle and move around.  (Also called telescoping)

So that's it for Part 1 and I'll see you next time for Part 2. Bye~

Trying a Waste Mold

  As an experiment I decided to make a waste mold.  I didn't have any wax sprues lying around so aluminum wire was the way to go.  With this set up it should cast well but I won't know until I actually cast something into the mold.

(I did not have enough silicone to fill the entire mold.  *sigh* Gotta wait till next time to fill up the mold  all the way)

Weiss Part 2

Hey guys so I'm back from Korea and wanted to continue where I left off.

Here is the second/ third attempt working on Weiss and I did this maybe a week before I left.  She's shaping up nicely but I can't work on here anymore for the moment because I have to get ready for a convention next month.  

Also bonus:  Her weapon!!

Can't wait for season 2 next month.  I just wish I could finish her by then.  Oh well.

Weiss Part 1

   I know in the last couple of months I like to start things but then don't really finish them.  It's not that I don't want to, it's just that fully completing a figure from monster clay takes a lot of dedication.  This includes buying silicone to make waste molds, casting in wax, and buying a wax pen to finish it up, then I have to make a master mold with the wax pieces, then cast in resin.  As you can see it's a very expensive and time consuming process.  Please be patient with me as I continue to practice and be able to become confident enough to go further in this process.  ^^;  So yeah…

This is Weiss Schnee from Rooster Teeth's RWBY.  I watched it today at a friends house and it was really good.  I know McFarlane toys already has their line up of RWBY figures, but I still wanted to take a crack at it.  You know-different pose and what not.

I did this in like 4 hours but towards the end I kind of slapped together everything to get a sense of how everything would look.  Proportions are pretty good so far, but I need to keep a sharp eye on the head.  I'm going for a really specific look that's most common in a mature bishoujo face- like an almond shape with smaller eyes, etc.

I'll work on her for a few more days, but just an FYI  I will be going on a 4 week vacation to S. Korea. So if you see I haven't posted figure stuff in about 4 weeks I'm not dead. LOL  But seriously most likely I will post a few more times before I go.

TTYL

Kitty-N Pt. 2 and Bunny Girl

Hey what's up?  Trying to finish these two pony sculpts and with the down time I've been working on Kitty-N some more and a new sculpt.

I changed up the head quite a bit but I'm not sure if I like it.  IDK will mess with it some more.

A risqué bunny girl I started to do for fun.  For here I wanted to do like a semi-reaslitic look just to get a feel for it.  It's a bit difficult but I like it.

Kitty-N redux

   I can't really do much on my Viola sculpture because I'm waiting for an alcohol lamp so I went out and bought more wire and started a new figure.  This is a re-do of something I did last year.  If you couldn't tell from the heading, yes it is Kitty-N.  This time I used monster clay and let me tell you again.  This stuff is amazing.

 Front

Right

Left

She's still very rough but I managed to do this in a few hours mainly because her costume is so simple.  Over the next few days I will continue to work on her pose and smooth her out.  I can't wait to make a mold of this.  Till next time.

Edit:  Viola update

New Project.

Hey people out there in internet land.  The convention I'm attending is today so once it's over I can start sculpting again. (Actually I started one last night :p )

This is my second time trying to sculpt this particular character but I'm using monster clay and not super sculpey.  So far I'm really impressed with this stuff.  

(P.S.)  Since this pic was taken I've done some more work on her. kukukku)