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Arrakai

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PostSubject: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptyThu Aug 26, 2010 11:12 pm

I got realy inspired when I saw Ana´s beautiful custom animals. It grew even more with HKHollinstone, Yurumi and the rest of your fantastic customs.

So, I got out and bought some clay and paint....

I just have to ask... How do you do it???? The clay is hard to work with, you cant get the animals to stand, as the legs just bent, because the clay is too soft. When you try to do the ears, you totaly flatten the head etc etc etc... No Mad

It says that practise maks perfect, right? Hope that there are some thruth in that Rolling Eyes

Been modeling all week, and this is what I have accomplished. Embarassed

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actually pretty happy with this one :)
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some more;
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Thats all I had time to do so far. Just have to keep practicing Laughing Rolling Eyes
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptyFri Aug 27, 2010 7:00 am

I'm not an artist myself but you made good attempts Anna !
I will not talk about technical advises, the sculptors here will do that soon I'm sure, but for me you have the most important things : ideas, imagination and you've got a cheek ! cheers
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Anna they are soooooooooo adorable, gorgeous! sunny You did a fantastic job! cheers
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptyFri Aug 27, 2010 10:54 am

They would be great characters for an animation show!
The rabbit(called him BoBo)is so cute!The cat and mouse are also very creative!
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Arrakai

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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptyFri Aug 27, 2010 11:44 am

Wildheart wrote:
They would be great characters for an animation show!
The rabbit(called him BoBo)is so cute!The cat and mouse are also very creative!

Laughing Great name for the rabbit, he ate to many carrots and passed out Razz

HKHollinstone wrote:
Anna they are soooooooooo adorable, gorgeous! sunny You did a fantastic job! cheers

Thanx Very Happy First I tried to make some realistic, but when I failed, I got irritated and made some more comic instead, like the rabbit

Kikimalou wrote:
I'm not an artist myself but you made good attempts Anna !
I will not talk about technical advises, the sculptors here will do that soon I'm sure, but for me you have the most important things : ideas, imagination and you've got a cheek ! cheers

Thanx Kiki Very Happy After a week of sculpting, it feels like all my ideas have run dry, but maybe if I wait some days I´ll get more of them What a Face

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A koala with a cowboy hat or a boomerang in his hand!
A penguin with glasses!
A platypus!
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Arrakai

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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptyFri Aug 27, 2010 1:24 pm

Wildheart wrote:
A koala with a cowboy hat or a boomerang in his hand!
A penguin with glasses!
A platypus!

Great tips. I´ll try that out Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptyFri Aug 27, 2010 3:34 pm

Arrakai wrote:
I got realy inspired when I saw Ana´s beautiful custom animals. It grew even more with HKHollinstone, Yurumi and the rest of your fantastic customs.

So, I got out and bought some clay and paint....

I just have to ask... How do you do it???? The clay is hard to work with, you cant get the animals to stand, as the legs just bent, because the clay is too soft. When you try to do the ears, you totaly flatten the head etc etc etc... No Mad

It says that practise maks perfect, right? Hope that there are some thruth in that Rolling Eyes

Been modeling all week, and this is what I have accomplished. Embarassed

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actually pretty happy with this one :)
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

some more;
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Thats all I had time to do so far. Just have to keep practicing Laughing Rolling Eyes

wonderful work!
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 1:17 am

They are definately cute. The only thing I can tell you is that most people use a wire frame and that way the legs don't bend or fall off and the ears have something to stick to and the face has a basic shape. I have never tried to do it, but I hope to soon. I think your are very cute. I especially like the sitting up fox and the rabbit.
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 1:49 pm

aandmkw wrote:
They are definately cute. The only thing I can tell you is that most people use a wire frame and that way the legs don't bend or fall off and the ears have something to stick to and the face has a basic shape. I have never tried to do it, but I hope to soon. I think your are very cute. I especially like the sitting up fox and the rabbit.

Hmm, thats a good tip. Any special kind of wire? Or will any do? Have to go buy some of that.

Thanx Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 7:49 pm

Arrakai wrote:
aandmkw wrote:
They are definately cute. The only thing I can tell you is that most people use a wire frame and that way the legs don't bend or fall off and the ears have something to stick to and the face has a basic shape. I have never tried to do it, but I hope to soon. I think your are very cute. I especially like the sitting up fox and the rabbit.

Hmm, thats a good tip. Any special kind of wire? Or will any do? Have to go buy some of that.

Thanx Very Happy

I'm not sure. That would a question for Ana or Harriet or Phil or Danny. They are the specialists in that area.
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 8:22 pm

I saw wire used for trees,and it was normal one,covered in a glossy coloured plastic wrapping!
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 8:26 pm

What type of clay do you use?You know any sites that sell it and send it to Romania?
What type of paint do you use?
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 9:37 pm

Wildheart wrote:
What type of clay do you use?You know any sites that sell it and send it to Romania?
What type of paint do you use?

The clay I use is called "cernitlera" You can buy it at any hobby store here in sweden.
dont realy know if there are any site that sells it, since I didnt buy it on internet.

I use ordinary acryllic paint, in tubes. the ones I got is called "duncan".

I´m not realy an expert on this stuff, just learning my self. Like amy said, the best persons to ask are the experts, like Ana, Harriet, Phil or Danny.

Sorry if I couldnt help you Embarassed
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySat Aug 28, 2010 9:39 pm

Ty for the info...The search beggins!
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PostSubject: Re: My first attempt of a custom   My first attempt of a custom EmptySun Aug 29, 2010 8:55 am

Arrakai wrote:
I´m not realy an expert on this stuff, just learning my self. Like amy said, the best persons to ask are the experts, like Ana, Harriet, Phil or Danny.
Well, actually, I don't use wire because the clay I use doesn't stick to it. But the clay is reasonably strong, so I don't really need wire. The clay I use is called Mungyo "sculpt dry", it's quite expensive about £5.00 for a packet or 1kg, but I really like using it. So I'm of no help to you in using wire either Rolling Eyes
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