Wow, this is such an awesome video! I just ordered some super sculpey tonight, very excited to get it. Can't wait to dive into your channel further, thank you!
Amazing! Very talented, I'm starting sculpting too, mostly wanting to create creatures never seen before, and this was so nice to watch. Learned a lot. Thank you.
I've been using sculpy for almost a decade but I never knew about using mineral spirits. I thought all the smoothing down had to be done by hand! These videos are very helpful, thank you for your tutorial.
Nice work. I appreciate the close up camera focus. I just started posting Sculpey tutorials on my channel and I find ensuring good focus to be difficult.
+Josh Foreman Cheers dude, yeah that can be tricky. I got myself some macro tube extenders for my DSLR which let you get in really close. Maintaining focus can be difficult though. I should use a tripod more than I do!
They never come out the way we expect them to prior to sculpting, do they? lol Looks good man, I really love the way you shaped the ears and his forehead. It gives it a real menacing feel to it
Just been checking out your website & love the work. The Dracula bat has always been a fave of mine too & you have rendered that just great. Inspirational to a fellow sculpter as is your own work. I'm just getting used to Sculpey & have burnt a few test pieces as my oven just has numbers 1 to 5. Doh!! Ive worked it out now though. I see you also play an SG. Extra points for that. I have fractures up & down my spine at the moment & my left hand has gone weird due to nerve damage so I cant play mine now until I get my back fixed. I am hoping it will come back anyway? It will kill me if I cant play guitar anymore man! Been playing since I was 10. 42 now. Nice one.
Cheers dude. Yeah I love the bat creature. I'm halfway through a new version as it happens. Sorry to hear you've been unwell. Yeah I do still play guitar but not as much as I used to. I try and split my time between guitar and sculpture, I always seem to spend more time on sculpture though!
Question about copper material. I made a copper stand base for my skull using a soldering method with a torch. But I don't like to see the solder part between the two parts (tube not pipe). So one going on top of the other, not inside the pipe. The question is, can I use something strong to joint the parts, like a liquid glue for copper?
Really enjoyed this video, I have learned so much! Love the trick with the white spirits too, makes a big difference to the texture and level of finish. One question.. What's the music in this video?! Loved it. Sounds a bit like Fallout 4's main theme?
Thanks for watching! Yeah the music is nice isn't it? It's some royalty free music I bought called 'Epic Hollywood Trailer' www.premiumbeat.com/royalty_free_music/songs/epic-hollywood-trailer
I know this may be strange or a little different but I seriously need some help!! I want to make a sculpture but using those wooden anatomy models you get for references to get your drawings in proportion. I hope you know what I mean? I’m wondering if the wood, springs, screws etc will be damaged in the baking process if I used it as the skeleton for my polymer clay sculpture? Do you know? Your advise would be hugely appropriated! 💓💓
Hi. You should be OK. Sculpey doesn't need to be baked at a super high temperature so I think a wooden anatomy model would probably be OK. If in doubt, do a test first ;) You might find the sculpey cracks abit but you can always fill that in and cover with paint.
I've just got into this and bought some super sculpey clay but I'm a beginner just playing around with it at the moment but want to do something similar to what you do, have you done any tutorials for beginners or people who want to learn? Haven't checked your videos yet but i'll be sure to check them out. I liked your original sculpture though it turned out very good.
Hey buddy, just wanted to make you know, Ikea sells now for 5 bucks a rotary base for pottery making, but I use it for little pieces like the ones you do too and it's pretty cool. Check it out if you don't have one already :)
Love your work! Just a FYI, your web site seems to have some issues with all web browsers. It seem that it's seeing your site as a potential hack, perhaps talk to your hosting company to get this fixed. It would be a shame if other can't see your stuff because of this stupid browser issue.
Another note, you are using https for security purposes, this need to be fixed from your hosting .gridhost.co.uk. This is a known issues with allot of webs site where the certificate is not certifying correctly.
Sorry to be a pest, but I think it is very important you know this. If you are not selling anything on your web site, it's not necessary to use https, there for a certification is not needed. If you are worried about someone stealing your content like text, images or anything currently on your site it still can be taken. Secured website like yours are only needed if you plan on selling stuff in the near future where credit card transaction will be done. So if you don't plan on selling anything through here, it's best to have this removed. I'm not to familiar with protocols for hosting companies in other countries likes yours but it's not necessary and this can cause allot of your fan base not to visit your site. Hope this info will help! And yes...one last note. If you need this https certificate because for some reason you are getting hacked often, change your hosting company.
For eyes see here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EI6w5NaUY-w.html I get my tools from here and also make my own tiranti.co.uk/product-category/modelling-tools/
I tried to sculpt with "Sculpey", I found the whole process to be overly stressful and totally disappointing. I now sculpt with air dry clay, slow and messy, but so worth it.
What do you do when you've finished your sculpt? Do you normally cast it or leave it to dry? Im a monster clay fan but want to cut out the casting process and make ones offs so been looking at wed and sculpey!
Bethan Leigh Clarke Sculpting to make a finished piece can be tiresome, aggravating, and very time consuming. Sculpting well with air dry clay takes a long time, but when dry, I can carve, tool, sand, and make molds, from my prototype. All mediums tend to take awhile to master, and I like to use air dry clay for the majority of my sculpts, but use blended Sculpey for making detailed parts like heads and hands. After I finish refining my air dry clay prototype, I make a mold, then pour toy wax to make a cast to further refine and achieve a truly professional look. Using a wax pen is the best for professional finishing results. You should check out a video on YT of Tony Cipriano, on his professional figure making process, he's great at sculpting. He makes awesome collectables for DC and Marvel Comics. Also, learning tricks at manipulating specific sculpting mediums is key, like for instance, using saliva, in combination with finger tips, to smooth Super Sculpey. I know it sounds gross, but it works great, just make sure you don't directly touch your fingers to your mouth when using this method. Though Super Sculpey is supposedly safe, I've heard contrary opinions about the product if ingested. You can work air dry clay into an amazing sculpture on its own, it just takes patience and determination. Some advice though, don't twin figures, meaning, don't have your figures with both legs and arms straight. Have one leg bent, and one straight, and have one arm bent, and one straight. And constantly look at reference pictures of the subject when sculpting. Hope this helps.
Hi. You're not the first to ask that - it's called different things in different countries. It's this stuff - mineral spirits if you're in the US en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit
