As promised, I would upload when I finished the latest project. A fairy dragon! This is the most I’ve worked with green and probably the smallest mini I’ve made to date!
Onto painting!
Also, @ekaitz_zarraga
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@KARiley40 OH! Really cool.
Some tips:
Don't be afraid of cutting the greenstuff with a sharp blade when you don't like the result or just as another way to achieve the shape you want. You always can add some putty on top of that.
What kind of armature did you use?
The overall look is great, the shape is well defined and the proportions are great. The only thing I'd say about it is the details are not very clean but it doesn't really matter at the moment and you'll improve with practice.
@ekaitz_zarraga Just a tiny bit of wire. Yeah, some of the details were hard to get smooth without losing texture. I have some tiny filing tools and might give those a shot at cleanup. Also hoping paint helps hide a few things!
Thanks a ton for the help. I need to start building small minis, rather than all the huge ones I tend to focus on. Only way to improve is to practice.
These are some of the miniatures I made:
http://www.puttyandpaint.com/index.php/kaditx
The skeleton army are 15mm tall. For those I use mostly 3 or 4 tools:
- A gum brush, also called clayshaper. With conic shape.
- A dentist-like modeling tool. A standard metal tool
And a couple of tools I made by myself gluing a needle in a brush handle.
One is a needle, the other is a needle with the tip cut diagonally and the other one is a piece of steel wire i made flat with a hammer and made some angle on it.
@KARiley40 The gum brush is really cool for detailling. It's relatively thick (number 0) but for miniatures of any size it's really useful because the tip is really thin. As it's made of gum, it doesn't leave ugly marks on the miniature and it's really useful for cleaning.
It's hard for me to explain the tools but I'll send you pictures later if you want.
@ekaitz_zarraga Yeah, I've collected a few different kinds of tools over the years, but I'd love to see yours.
Found these really cool silicone tipped ones a few years ago and I like them, but I only have two tiny ones atm. Need to go get some more.
Mostly, just need to keep practicing. Yours look great too, love the dwarf!
@KARiley40 These are some of the tools I use the most.
I use some more but you'll see by yourself which do you prefer.
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@KARiley40 Most of the smoothness you see in the dwarf is achieved with the gum brushes.
With some water (or saliva in my case!) and the gum brush you can get very soft finish but they are also very useful for modeling.
I use the gum brushes a lot.
@ekaitz_zarraga Oh wait! Those gum brushes are what I have. Didn’t know the name of them. I just need to get more.
