Friday, February 29, 2008
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Photo: A whole bunch of retro-futuristic robots
Photo link. You can buy many of these from the Builder's Studio store. And here's an interview with the creator of all those robots.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Warhammer 40K: Looted Space Marine Dreadnought transformed into Orky Killing Machine
Excellent step by step photos here showing how "jamsessionein" started with this concept art
and these pieces
and created this
and these pieces
and created this
Customizing Idea: George Washington as the Hulk
Art by Chris Haley, larger version here.
Relatedly: America's greatest presidents as the Fantastic Four.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
What kind of saw should you use to cut up miniatures?
Go here for a discussion of various brands, including a endorsement of Hasegawa's Tritool series micro saws: "You can actually split the fingers on a Marine's hand apart from one another without destroying the hand with these little gems!"
Monday, February 18, 2008
How To: Lots of ideas for modeling spider webs
For example: "You could simply find a material such as thick glue. Position some wire where you want the web to go. Then drip the glue over the wire and paint it pale looking as though it is spider web."
Link.
Link.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
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Finally, I won't sell user information to a third party.
Thanks very much for visiting my site.
The merits of mixing Super Sculpey and Sculpey 3
A useful discussion here, including the suggestion that you buy a pasta machine to mix.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Customized Action Figure: Iron Man/M.O.D.O.K. Mashup
Zero G used a mixture or Super Sculpey and Milliput, around a core of aluminum foil.
*Buy MODOK toys at eBay.
Airbrushing tips
Here's some useful tips on selecting and using an airbrush. For example:
Next, comes the paint. What type? Laquer, enamel, or acrylic? The choice is yours. If you can't vent off really well I don't recommend lacquers... they're deadly stuff to get into your lungs and the thinner itself is deadly also. It can cause sterility, death, blindness, etc... not recommended stuff.
