How To SCULPT a MINIATURE 

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Your ventriloquism act with your Canadian accent was superb.

We don't think you're garbage, Bill. I've watched a few of your videos twice, which makes you recycling. Nice work!

Adding petroleum jelly to the clay to soften or smooth it will affect the strength of the clay so that is probably why it is cracking and crumbling. Use clay softener to soften the clay or isopropyl alcohol to smooth fingerprints away.

I hear Cosclay is flexible after baking, People used it for thin and fragile parts like capes so it doesn't brake. Awesome work!

Hey man, I use that stuff too. Let me share the baking trick with you. So, put the mini in the oven while its cold, start heating the oven with the mini inside once it's up to temp (whatever your clay requires) Bake for the duration you need (time*x-per 1/4 inch of thickness, usually 15min) Then, turn off the oven and let the mini cool down in the oven, you can crack the oven open if you like, but let it cool in the pven at least 30min. Lastly, sculpey is good, but Fimo is better. ❤

love how Bill dodged the whole "alOOminum/aluMINEEum" debate by just calling it "tinfoil".

Class Bill.seeing ur sketches turn into minis is great,its a yes to more of this from me anyway.Also learning more about the lore of your world is really interesting too.

i think that beeing able to create something is sacred , no matter how they may look to you , for someone else they may look like inspiration , ik we can be perfectionists and everything , but something that is not perfect is perfect , as little or small it is or a drawing or a sketch any small sculpture or craft is important because they preety much will be someone's everything , their happy experience , thank you man

Absolutely love these, all of the pieces you make just have such stories built into them, would totally love to see a film based in your universe! Actually really love the spaghetti one, the coloring and the eyes are so cool! And hey, the bits that fall off just add to the story haha!

Brilliant work !!! Taking inspiration from all your content! Thank you so much for sharing!

cool sculpture Bill. I've been interested in making little sculptures for a while but never knew how to get started, thanks for the info 👍🏻

I think your amazing. What you do with trash and rubbish is amazing. And definitely love your sculpting videos, your toy repurposing videos. You've inspired me to get some dinosaur toys and kit bash them with the collection of 30 minute mission mechs that I have. I think your work is amazing and every video of yours has inspired a new idea for me. Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing with us your awesome imagination. Cheers!

I have always wanted to make to sculpt a miniature i came ac across this video and i instantly clicked on it its probably the best sculpting video ever!

Love the minis. Definitely inspired me to try sculpting my own.

Great work, man. We should do a build off some time

Great mini's Mr Bilbo :D. Looking forward to seeing the bead bot builds from the Patreonoids, :)

Great stuff Bill! Your minis turned out great Fish guys my favorite one.

Hello Bill. I think you're great. I love your recycle builds!

Fantastic work as usual, and I hope your fish friend can work through his issues. He really is a good looking fish beast.

I love them! Triclops fish man looks so happy to have a giant hammer 😁

Just recently found your channel, haven't seen everything yet, but everything I have seen I've loved. More sculpted stuff, more builds, more bots! Love it all! Keep up the great work!

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The tentacle one is indeed quite interesting. Thanks for sharing this one with us Bill. I learned about extruders. I call it a good day. :)

Good work. I sculpt wargames miniatures myself. I tend to use Beesputty over super sculpy for miniatures. Green stuff and magic sculpt too. They are more workable and give for finer details. Beesputty and cosclay or great for working over a longer period of time.

This is the little reminder to subscribe, takes 2 seconds from you and mean the world to bill (probably) I’ve watched all his videos and even sculptured my first space marine out of trash coz of this channel (can’t afford models) I’ve recently been able to play with my friends as an orc. Because of bill. You are the biggest inspiration to me right now. Hope to share my creations with you someday

These are awesome, Bill! Did you condition your clay enough? It can get brittle if the polymer components aren't mixed extremely well. But I'd recommend Cosclay anyway, especially for small sticky outy bits, that stuff cures flexible!

Nice! They look great. Love Blinky the three eyed fishman.

Nickname for you could be. Recycling Bill. Now that’s cool lol. Great sculpting!

I love these wee dudes. At that scale, cosclay may be more resilient as it's bendy after cooking. 🙂

Great backstory on triclops fish man

I have two tips for better baking results. Bake it for 45min and get a seperate thermometer from the one in the oven. Your oven is always laying about the temp. They are cheeky ovens. Still a bit sad that you did not do a tentacle/spagetti whip Thanks for fun live streams and a good video as always.

So cool! Great sculpt!

Thickness and the material of the wire you use matter when it comes to making armature, for bits bots something flexible and thinner is better, but for something meant to be solid I found a thicker steel wire (about 0.8mm diameter) gives a stronger structure that's less prone to bend after you put your sculpting material on it, just be weary that you won't be able to bend it by hand as easily, in fact if like me you have big dumb fingers it can leave a bit of a mark if you try to do that. Though my experience with armature is mainly with greenstuff, don't know how it'd work with polymer clay, in this regard I wanted to ask, do you use your kitchen oven for "cooking" the clay or do you have an oven made specifically for these things?

We all like a bit broccoli in our live 😄 The beginning of a scary army... Love it 💜

Great work man! If you have problems with brittle parts you should try ‚ green stuff ‚ - I use for tiny figures and parts . No baking needed and he tiny parts keep a nice flex in the finished state and don‘t break off ...

I really like the Triclops Fishman, just too cute.

Great work! I'm just tentatively branching out into sculpting now, how did you do the scaly texture?

I sometimes keep your streams on when Im sculpting, it helps my brain lighten up. Thank you for your creative content but ESPECIALLY your dry humor

I'm a first-time visitor from the Crafman channel and I love this video... EXCEPT... I'm desperately hunting for the brightness setting on my monitor to try to turn it on the highest setting so I can see your work more clearly (and it's giving me fits). LOVE your comedy style! I shall check out more of your content.

These guys are really cool, I always love your style. Super sculpey firm is less brittle than original if cosclay is too expensive/hard to get hold of for now (know the feeling), I like a 50:50 mix of the two although if you prefer it softer then clay softener or baby oil works like others have suggested

Mr. Broccoli is still my favorite, but they all are pretty cool. Your variety of creations become more and more educational for me. You make it look so easy and that motivates my to follow. Thank you.

Love your work, congrats! Your soundtracks...awesome!

I like the sculpting vid here. New ideas to try out

Hi Bill, quick question, where do you get the really thin armature wire? I've been to craft shops, art shops, even hardware stores and the smallest stuff they have is only 1/16. I'm thinking the only way I can get thinner is if I order it on line (and I hate doing that). Thanks very much for any info dude, have a good one 👍🏻

Knabill or is it Studbill? Either way, they have merged, and achieved their ultimate form!

Love the figures, another great video!

This is SO helpful. And, side note, you’re adorably charming.

You should be either an actor or a stand up comedian. I would gladly tune in just to watch you make a ripple in water. Love your loft. Subbed.

I just subscribed because you were so convincing

The blue was my suggestion good choice Bill haha

I think the spaghetti man is my fav, dont tell the fish guy...

Very strange that your minis break this easy. I never had this problem with any polymer clay I used. Do you preheat the oven? If you preheat, the material can get thermal shock, and when you put it in the cool oven it can overheat until it gets to the adjusted temperature. So maybe you need to put something under the mini that helps to equalize the heat. Also you can try to leave it in the oven until it cools down. But that is ridiculously long time. The sculpts are great! My favorite is the spaghetti monster. But Arnie Fishman is cool too! Do you know where can such people be found besides Innsmouth? Maybe in some sewers? :D

Excellent sculpting! Love your vids

you are shaping up your own tabletop game universe, a post apocalyptic world where everything is rusty, theres robots, mutants.. you need a name for that

Yeees, more clay sculpts please!

Hello Bill, been wanting to do my own mini's for a while. And watched your video before this time so no cockups hopefully. Had super sculpy and fimo for ages but never had the balls to give it a go. You are an inspiration. When you say 'tin foil' do you mean aluminium foil? Also, is the armature wire aluminium as well? And what were the bead eyes made from for fish man?

more of these too!

I caved in and subscribed.... great stuff fella

Bill is talking about solidarity.

The third wall break at 1:12 was priceless. So good in fact that i didn't bother with the build. Was probably good tho.

Good sculpt and very entertaining voice overs. New subscriber.

Im going to steal that "ten seconds to subscribe" bit. Sorry its just brilliant

Ok so usually i miss out on premieres because im sleeping (night shift and all) but Bill im going to be real honest here. I missed this one because I was shopping for a unicycle. Anyway sculpting minis is the bane of my existence so cheers to you for making some.

I know we've had our differences Bill, but I quite like Triclops Fishman, very good sculpting job, you should have him 3d scanned into an STL file for the Patrons. I still won't forgive you for what you to to my dad and his petroleum jelly but it'll help

Lol well done Bill. My hand made minis are all out of proportion, I just can’t figure out the mini scale with my fat fingers yet you’ve given me lots of tips to try! (That last bit was a Dad joke. You’re welcome)

I love the type of humour in this channel. Liked, Subscribed. But man, that's why I avoid super sculpey. It's just too much to care about. DAS is the go for me. Air drying, much cheaper (duh) and as long as you can divide your work to stages and constantly care about watering a part that you're working on, you're fine.

Maybe try cos clay 🤔 sculpey is so brittle! Especially on tiny details. Cos clay is sort of rubbery after its baked 👍

I like the intro

Love and appreciate your humor! haha

The fishmehn came out great! You should give Greenstuff or Cosclay a go for things like the spaghetti monster, way more durable...though Greenstuff is it's own beast to learn to use

Sorry I missed your last live stream , I broke down on the Coventry bypass 👍👍👍

Great work man

Don’t forget He-man and Conan the barbarian (also Arnold) that gave us muscle dreams too! I love watchin you build stuff, but it doesn’t hurt that you’re handsome too 😊 -said Studson And I agree!

These turned out great!

Que genial te quedo la miniatura

I did enjoy the episode, thank you

i just subscribed - it took up a lot of my precious time & it was a real bugger to do - i really do hope ur gonna repay my effort with a bunch more vids about fiddling with bits of plastic junk & squashy stuff

those little heat guns are the best hey? i love mine lol use it constantly

Try "Apoxie Sculpt" if you want an almost indestructible result. Rock hard... Green stuff is great too. Stiff and slightly rubbery resilience when cured. Super Sculley is always a bit fragile and doesn't take a lot of handling too well. Keep up the dad jokes :)

Your triclops Fishman reminds me of Castlevania 3 and the Cyclops with a big hammer, Insert dad joke

I know you like your blue fish man best but I really love the nosey parker you made on stream.

Neat!

bill your not trash and you inspier me to make stuff im bad at english by the way

For a first attempt I think they came out awesome! Second and third attempt should have been better, try harder Bill 😁

Nice mini's! Maybe covering them in UV resin or something will make them less brittle. No idea if that works, just trying to add my brain to this

😅 I half expected to see a hand mirror sneak up in front of him @7:54. 😂

I accidentally started another video about setting micro diamonds while yours was playing...and the two were oddly synchronized. Like mythological "Dark Side Of the Moon" and "The Wizard Of Oz" synchronicity. I thought you were obscuring the bit about you using real diamonds instead of "beads" as a joke. Until you got to the part about the new tool, and the b%tt crack. Yeah. It still sort of fit mind you, because he had started excising around a piece. Anyway, came here from The Crafsman. Cheers!

So u seem pretty good at sculpting and painting smaller minis . d&d 2nd addition in the humanoids book there is a new species of huminiods called surials. There dinosour like races, there are a few dif kinds of them they are all basicly large humanoids maybe a smaller giant size in scale would u ever consider sculpting them .d&d never released a miniature line of this race of dinosaur humanoids I would b very interested in acquiring a like 5 of each of the different kinds of surials

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Love your stuff Bill. Only 2.53 into the vid - hate to break it to you, but the bunch of sticks/resilient people metaphor aka "fasces" (bunch of sticks in Etruscan/Roman times) was Il Duce/Mussolini's iconography- hence fascism. Are we witnessing the birth of a new bead-dominated age?

Cool ! Now make a whole army !

Way to go, Bill

Have you ever tried a two part epoxy putty? Like Green Stuff or Milliput?

You deserve more subscribers.

Well that was awesome and I am wondering why you didn't use isopropyl alcohol instead of petroleum jelly

they look amazing!!!!!! these videos and livestreams genuinely inspire me to get off my ass and make stuff so thank you (ps does anyone know if i can order things off the uk amazon from an american account?)

Poor Spaghetti Steve is falling to pieces 😢 Excellent sculpting, Bill! Loved it

Bill è il meglio

For reasons related to being an awkward bugger, I'd like to see more videos where you combine trash/kitbashing with clay/putty sculpture So there