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This is a commission for a girl and her significant other. Each figure represents one of them. They unfortunately have to spend a lot of time apart, as they live in different areas. The idea behind this sculpture is that they each look good by themselves (so each person can have one) but when they come together they complete each other.
The fox is about 5" x 3.75" x 3.5". The cat is 5.25" x 3.5" x 2.5". They are both made of sculpey over an armature of aluminum foil and wire, and painted with acrylics.
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The fox is about 5" x 3.75" x 3.5". The cat is 5.25" x 3.5" x 2.5". They are both made of sculpey over an armature of aluminum foil and wire, and painted with acrylics.
art © Rah-Bop
Category All / All
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 1200 x 1043px
File Size 269.2 kB
haha - I still love them XD
Things should be going better this year - There is the (scary) but nice possibility of our living together in the near future, so we'll see how life, jobs, and tolerant parents of our living at our respective homes goes. She graduates soon, so everything's up in the air ><
I think i'd personally prefer to stay here for a little while longer but... We shall see ^^; (saving up as a back-up just in case)
Thank you again!
<3
Things should be going better this year - There is the (scary) but nice possibility of our living together in the near future, so we'll see how life, jobs, and tolerant parents of our living at our respective homes goes. She graduates soon, so everything's up in the air ><
I think i'd personally prefer to stay here for a little while longer but... We shall see ^^; (saving up as a back-up just in case)
Thank you again!
<3
I must say, i'm very, very impressed with your sculpting. How do you usually approach baking your sculptures? I know it's dependent on the amount but personally the instructed amount of time didn't produce the best results for me. I'm curious what you usually go by.
Why thank you!
I really try to beef it up as best I can with aluminum, so the actual sculpey coating itself is fairly thin... rarely thicker than 1/4". So usually what it says on the package works out for me, though I err on the side of too much, because baking it hot and fast gives the best strength. If the sculpey gets a little charred, it's fine (as long as it doesn't get bubbly) since since I'm going to paint it anyway, but if it doesn't get cooked enough, it stays kinda soft. I had some issues with my earlier sculptures cracking and breaking as they aged because I didn't bake them well, so now I have a habit of baking somewhat aggressively for durability's sake.
I really try to beef it up as best I can with aluminum, so the actual sculpey coating itself is fairly thin... rarely thicker than 1/4". So usually what it says on the package works out for me, though I err on the side of too much, because baking it hot and fast gives the best strength. If the sculpey gets a little charred, it's fine (as long as it doesn't get bubbly) since since I'm going to paint it anyway, but if it doesn't get cooked enough, it stays kinda soft. I had some issues with my earlier sculptures cracking and breaking as they aged because I didn't bake them well, so now I have a habit of baking somewhat aggressively for durability's sake.
I've been using super sculpey because it's the easiest to get, but it's very soft and it's easy to squish it by accident. I hear Super Sculpey Firm is pretty good, but if you don't want to have to buy special sculpeys over the internet, you could always just try leeching super sculpey. I hear that works well, too, but I haven't tried it.
Yeah, I did notice super sculpey is a lot softer than the rest. I haven't used firm yet, but luckily I can easily get a hold of it for fairly cheap or the same price. I imagine it would be like the bad box of super sculpey I got ( which was a lot harder, soft enough to mold, but not enough to loose it's shape with soft touches). It did good for me so I imagine the actual sculpey firm would be good too XD Hopefully it bakes the same way too.
BTW, do you file/sand the final bake for final touches? I'm curious how well baked Sculpey fairs when it comes to the usage of sand paper or a file.
Thanks for the marvelous advice!
BTW, do you file/sand the final bake for final touches? I'm curious how well baked Sculpey fairs when it comes to the usage of sand paper or a file.
Thanks for the marvelous advice!
I went through a phase where I baked everything very lightly so that the final product was soft, and after baking I carved the sculpture with a blade. The effects looked really cool at the time (I thought) but, as I mentioned earlier, they had the unfortunate result of breaking apart and cracking later in life. Now I bake the everloving crap out of them and they are difficult to carve and sand, but still possible. If you have a dremel or something I imagine it would be less tedious than sanding, but since I have very little patience for sanding (which shows in my work to my detriment, I think) I do everything I can to avoid it. XD
No problem! I hope I could help at least a little.
If you don't mind me asking, where can you get cheap sculpey firm?
No problem! I hope I could help at least a little.
If you don't mind me asking, where can you get cheap sculpey firm?
Ah, I'll keep that in mind. And here I was worrying sculpey had a limit lol. Thanks for your help.
As for Super Sculpey firm, I personally get it at my college's bookstore(Sheridan), so I'm not sure how much help that is. I get it for around 20, or relatively the same price as super sculpey.( if I remember correctly.) I haven't really seen it around at other stores, but I might have spotted it at a Curry's Art Supply store. I think some may carry it.
As for Super Sculpey firm, I personally get it at my college's bookstore(Sheridan), so I'm not sure how much help that is. I get it for around 20, or relatively the same price as super sculpey.( if I remember correctly.) I haven't really seen it around at other stores, but I might have spotted it at a Curry's Art Supply store. I think some may carry it.
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