Ampersands stuff

[Seb]

Was good, just returned to New Zealand from the Caribbean great see Ampersands work again. Been browsing madly to catch up with everyone!

Visiting the thread again, really digging the jagged sword lad. Favourite piece of the mob.

[ampersand]

lol thanks man.. glad you like them.
you gonna be creating anything anytime soon?

[Seb]

Soon man, awaiting my gear to arrive from Australia to move into a new flat

[Harry]

I have visited this thread many times in the past.
Just enjoyed it all over again ...full of HeroQuesty goodness with a great big dollop of inspiration.
Just thought I would take the time to post now I am no longer just lurking here.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

I would like to see a tutorial on your blog or on here about advanced sculpting for faces. I can only find the basic stuff, which is all well and good, but I want to get mine to the next level but don't know how.

[ampersand]

I have visited this thread many times in the past.
Just enjoyed it all over again ...full of HeroQuesty goodness with a great big dollop of inspiration.
Just thought I would take the time to post now I am no longer just lurking here.

thanks very much kind sir. ive seen some of your stuff floating around also..which also look very cool. you should start a thread for your stuff..everyone loves seeing new figs here

I would like to see a tutorial on your blog or on here about advanced sculpting for faces. I can only find the basic stuff, which is all well and good, but I want to get mine to the next level but don't know how.

wow i wouldnt even go as far to say im 'advanced' in the skills of sculpting. but my method is fairly simple and involves cocktail sticks. lots of them
put a tiny ball of green stuff on the tips and let them dry. this gives you a good base to start practicing making heads. on the 3 figures ive made i never once sculpted the head on the model..i made it first and then pinned it in and added hair etc later. this allows you to get neck positioning and head height lined up better.
but yup back to the cocktail sticks...so you have lots of cocktail stick with solid balls of greenstuff dried on them. of which i would suggest you just practice.
i basically scoured the internet for every single tutorial i could find to aid me. and i tried varied styles and merged what worked best for me.
ontop of this i studied anatomy and facial expressions etc as much as i possibly could throughout this learning process

this one here probably closest suits how i go about making heads
http://www.brother-vinni.com/articles/sculpt-archer/sculpt-archer.htm

but i also use some of the techniques shown here
http://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,sculpting.php?id=662

i also picked up methods from this dudes tutorials regardless of him never answering any of my questions
http://www.patrickkeith.com/

and this tutorial will come in very handy also
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30346089/Sculpting-Tut01

the above pretty much cover everything i do. however i cant recommend enough about research and practise.
you may also find this helpful as its chocca full of tutorials of allsorts
http://tutofig.com/

[Diggin]

Nice tutorial, especially the first one, i read it and already i feel like a pro! Now to try it out for real.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

Thanks that's a great help, I have been using the scribor technique, but it is a bit basic... their tutorial head looks like Bruce Willis!
Your right about doing the head last though, its the same with drawing, that you end up trying to fit it all around the head rather than giving the body the time it deserve.
I will go through all the tutorials now and see what I can learn.

[ampersand]

Thanks that's a great help, I have been using the scribor technique, but it is a bit basic... their tutorial head looks like Bruce Willis!
Your right about doing the head last though, its the same with drawing, that you end up trying to fit it all around the head rather than giving the body the time it deserve.
I will go through all the tutorials now and see what I can learn.

they will definitely help. i just realised i didnt actually finish my method.

but basically all those cocktail sticks with dried balls of green stuff then allow you a base to apply put and it will stick in place. dont expect your first head to be perfect. but instead just create a few at a time. completely independant of the miniature. each time look at the last and figure out what you need to improve on...but keep all of those heads no matter how good or bad...they will always have uses later. be it statues or for dwarfs (covering them with mostly facial hair) but ontop of that it provides a healthy reminder of how you improve through practice

[Baylor_OgreBane]

I have started doing something similar to that as practice.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2930

This the level I am at at the moment, I just want to get better. Your barbarian is the goal I am aiming for.