I really appreciate your attempts at bringing new techniques to foam work. I like your quirky humour. I'm glad you're back at making videos. I enjoy them tremendously. See you on the next one!
I love your videos as they are very entertaining and informative. And unlike most videos you don't feel the need to give us your life story and blah on about totally unrelated things. I think your texturing techniques here are great, how on earth did you even come up with those ideas? I think they can be easily adapted for use on other projects. Keep on making your videos, I enjoy watching every one of them. Thank you, have a nice day.
Thanks for the super encouraging comment, and yep, I do try to keep it to the point. Sadly, the RU-vid algorithm rewards those who make longer videos, so often they get dragged out just for that reason. Have an amazing day:)
Thanks for the vids. :) Love the look of the airbrushed shell. Would love to see videos adding straps, as well as making the plastron. *Encouragement, encouragement*
@@LostWax well I look forward to seeing the next texture or application that you stumble upon. You’re such a great teacher and I appreciate that you don’t move so fast that I have to rewind and play over and over just to understand what concept you’re trying to convey
That brown turned out great! You should seal with a varnish and then do a dark wash to get all those crevices. It'll protect all your hard work too. I appreciate how basic this video is. No advanced techniques or tools required. It's refreshing.
I actually love the brown one best but their all cool! Would love to see a video of you making the front uh breastplate whatever it’s called thing and the straps! But also get some rest, I can wait😅
You have great artistry Chris (as well as amazing practical/engineering/design skills)… the paint jobs really bring the shells to life… and the different techniques each give distinct looks that are customisable to suit personal choice. Another fantastic video (and you still have the most relaxing voice of any RU-vidr 😊).
I love that you used different texture techniques and painting! Would love to see how you do the breastplate as my daughter was asking if I could update how she wears her shell. Also, I think one of my cousin's kids may want a turtle shell in the future.
@LostWax I have two canvas straps set up like backpack straps. There is an orange band on the bottom of the shell that can stabilize the shell around the waist, but the back of the shell is not concave, so having the band on causes discomfort. Not using the band works better while losing some stability. It also pushes the bottom border back when she sits, causing damage.
@@sabrepinkt Hmm, thanks for that! Are you saying the concave-ness of the shell makes it uncomfortable- or that is not concave ie flat. It's good if I can figure out what not to do before I spend a bunch of time on it:)
@LostWax the back is flat. I think I should have built a pad into the bottom or reduced the measurements. I can message some pics of it if you would want.
I, for one, would absolutely love to see the front plate as well. I immediately bought the pattern for the shells. I just want one for my wall...and maybe my son....and wife. Either way, I'm going to buy the foam today. I love this channel. You go into so much detail and make the creation of these seem possible for regular folks. As you go on, the end products just get better and better.
Love these finishing and painting ideas! i think we could also try something with foam clay. In my country that latex thing is expensive lol I wonder if we could blend the between scales with foam clay. Thanks for the content as always!
I love your tutorials so much and have already purchased your templates. I’m building two bowser shells for my son and me for some custom BowserLorian costumes 😉 But what „dry brush“ did you use in the video? It‘s the only brush I don’t own for this project.
Would it be possible to draw the pattern on the shell, then take your knife and follow the pattern making a VERY shallow continuous line. Then hit it with the heat gun?
Yep, that would work, though you'll still have the seam lines showing where you glued the 4 pieces together, as well as the shell being kinda floppy without the reinforcement of the plates on top.
Thanks for the videos, and get some good sleep! You requested to see in the comments if people were interested in the other half (the belly / the plastron) of the turtle shell. Yes please! And just to make things even cooler, would you consider doing the sides (in between the carapace and the plastron) as well?
