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Areyouabuddingadventureroranestablishedonethatcan'tfindaminithatrepresentsyourcharacter?AreyouaDMlookingfortheperfectminitorepresentthatincrediblebossmonsteryoujustcameupwith?Notaproblem!Followthisguideandyou'llbeonyourwaytobringingyourcharacters/monsterstolifeatatinyscale!
I'mnotaprofessionalsculptorandIhavenoarttrainingsothisguideiswrittenfromexperienceandpracticesothereareprobablybetterwaysofdoingmanyofthethingsIdointheguide,feelfreetosuggestthem!
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Step1:Materials
Therearemanymaterialsyoucanusetomakeminiatures,themostfamousisthenotoriouslyexpensive"GreenStuff".IoptforthemuchlessexpensivesculpeywhichhasmanymoreusesthanGreenStuff,butunfortunatelymakesaslightlymorebrittleminisoyou'llneedtobecarefulwiththemwhenyou'reusingthem.Anyways...ontothelist!
AnIdea:Thiscanbeintheformofawrittendescriptionbyaplayer,yourimagination,adrawing,etc.
SuperSculpey:Iuseacombinationofregular(beige)supersculpeyandthefirm(grey)variety.They'lleachcostyouabout20bucksatahobbyshopsoifyou'reonaverytightbudgetyoumayjustwanttouseoneofthem.Eachkindhasitsprosandcons.Theregularkindisextremelysoftandstickywhencomparedtoitsfirmcounterpartwhichcanbegreatwhenmakingpartsofaminithatarethinoraddedonlatersuchascloth,pouches,etc.Ontheotherhand,italsohastheproblemthatitismuchmoredifficulttosmootheoutatsmallscales.Thegreykindisgreatbecauseit'smuchmorerigidwhileyou'resculptingandcanmakesharpandsmootheedgeswithease.Unfortunatelyitdoesn'tstickverywelltotherestofyourclay.SometimesIevenopttomixthetwoclaystogetherforanintermediateconsistency,whichmaygiveyouthebestofbothworldsinsomecasesortheissuesofbothdependingonwhatyou'remaking.Onasidenote,Youcanmakealotofminiswithasingleblockofsupersculpey.IhaveyettogothroughhalfablockandI'vemadenearlyadozen.
Wireforarmature:IusetwodifferentkindsofwireforministhatIsimplyhappenedtohaveonhandwhenIstartedmakingthem.Thefirstisathick(1mmdiameter)steelwireandthesecondisextremelyeasytofind"twisttie"wire.Everyhouseholdhastwisttieslyingaround,ifyouremovetheplastic(orsometimespaper)layeraroundthem,youhaveahandyandbendywire!
Pliers:Evenifyou'reonlyusingtwisttiewire,twopairsofneedlenosepliersmakeitmucheasiertobendthewireasyouwantit.Fingersareoftentoobigforsmallbendsforarmsandlegs.
Sculptingtools:Becauseyou'llbemakingsomethingextremelysmall,regularsculptingtoolsaren'talwaysthemostfunctional.I'vebeentoldthatdentistrytoolsareprettyuseful,butIoptedtomakemyowntoolatafractionofthecost.Allyouneediswoodbranch,aneedle,aflattenedoutpaperclipandsomeepoxyandtadaa!Youhaveanexcellenttool.
Anoven:Iuseatoasteroventoconserveenergy.Allitneedstodoisgoto130Celcius(275F)andbeatleastafewinchestall.
Acrylicpaint:Thepaintneedstobeacrylicifyou'repaintingsupersculpey.Oilbasedpaintswillseepintotheclayandmakeitevenmorebrittleorevenmakeitdissolve.BecauseIliketohaveavarietyofcoloursImainlyusetheprimarycoloursandblackandwhiteandmixthemtowhatevercolourIneedatthetime.Ialsohaveafewotherpaintsonhandsuchassilverbecauseitwouldbeimpossibletomixthat.
Smallpaintbrushes:Youcanbuyatinypaintbrushforacoupleofdollarsatmostartstores.IboughtafewdifferentkindstofindoutwhichkindsIprefer,SofarthecheapestnylonbrushIcouldfindisthebestforme.
Aflat,welllitworkspace:Iusemydeskandafluorescentlight.Ifyouhaveanincandescentlightbulb,keepitfarawayfromtheclay.Becausethisprojectcantakealotoftime,thelightbulb'sheatcanmakeyourcreationmeltandsagsoafluorescentbulb(orifyou'refancyanLEDbulb)thatgenerateslittleheatisoptimalforusewithpolymerclay.
MagnifyingGlasses:IhavetriedacoupleofdifferentwaystomagnifytheminisasImakethem.FirstItriedmakinganarticulatedstandforadollarstoremagnifyingglass,it'ssomewhatuseful,butIt'dneedmanymorearticulationstobeperfect.NextItriedamagnifyingheadset.It'salsosomewhatuseful,butkind
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Time,patienceandpractice:I'vemadeabout1012minissofarusingthemethodsI'mabouttodescribeandIfeelthatIlearnsomethingnewwitheachone.Theycanbeextremelytimeconsumingtomakeattimesorextremelyfasttomakedependingonyourlevelofinspiration,concentrationandskill.Myfirstminitookabout13hourstomake,butIamnowabletomaketheminunder6hours.Myadviceistotakeyourtimeandstopifyougetfrustrated.Skilltakespracticetodevelop.IfeelthatI'mgettingbetteratmakingminis,butthatdoesn'tstopmefromproducingsomethingsubpareverynowandthen.
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Step2:MakingaBase
ThefirstthingIdowhenImakeaminiismakeabase.ThetypicalD&Dminihasabase1inchindiameter.Largermonstershaveabasethatisamultipleofthatsuchthatitfitsonagridwith1x1inchsquares.
1.Pickupapieceofsculpey:Thefirmvarietyisthebestforbasesbecauseit's
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easytosmootheoutafteryou'vescratcheditduringthesculptingphases.
2.Workituntilit'ssofterandthenrollitouttoacoupleofmilimetersinthickness,
3.Usesomethingthat's1inchindiameterasaguideforthesize.IusedtouseaCanadian25centcoin,butnowIusepillboxwithaholeinthebase.
4.Cutofftheexcessclayandsmootheouttheedges:Flippingitoverbeforesmoothingisoftenhelpful.
Step3:MaketheArmature
1.Iusuallybeginthisstepbycuttingapieceofthethickerwiretoareasonablesizefora3cmtallmini(alittlemorethan5cmlong).Moreisbetterthanlessbecauseyoucancutofftheexcess
2.Usethetwoplierstobendthewiretothedesiredshapeofhalfthebody.WhatImeanbythisis,bendthewiresuchthatyougetaleg,thetorsoandanarmoutofit.Thisisthemostimportantpartoftheminibecauseitactsasthemainskeleton.Thethinnerwirecanthenbeattachedtothethickerwiretomake
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theotherarm,legandweaponifneedbe.
3.Stripatwisttie:Scrapeitabitwiththepliersanditshouldremovetheplasticorpaperthat'simmediatelyabovethewire,youshouldthenbeabletograbthewireandripitoutoftherest.
4.Twistthewireintothedesiredshapeusingpliers.Youmaywanttowrapitaroundthetorsoafewtimestosecureit.
5.Posethearmature.
You'llnoticethatIdidn'tmakeanythingforthehead.Iusuallyjustmaketheheadoutofregularsupersculpeysoitbindswithoutaproblemanddoesn'treallyneedthearmaturetobesecured.
Step4:StartSculpting!
Here'swhereyoustarttogetcreative!It'stimetosculpt!
1.Startbyputtingsomesculpeyatthejointsandtorsotosecurethewireinplace.Regularsupersculpeyworksbesthere,butyoucandoitwiththefirm
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2.Moveontocoatingtherestofthewirewithasthinorthickofalayerofclayasnecessaryforyourmini.
3.Startshapingtheclaywithyourtools:Flattenitwiththeflatsideofthetoolandsmootheitwiththeneedle.Youcanalsoworkindetailsusingthesharperedges.
4.Addclothing,armor,etc.Itendtodothisbyworkingthearmorandclothinginmyhandsandthenslowlyworkingtheedgesintotherestoftheclayusingtheflatedgeofthetool.Thisworksbestwhencombiningtwopiecesthataremadeofregularsculpeyoroneofeach.Firmsculpeyismuchmoredifficultandyoucanduseregularsculpeyasabindingagentbetweenthemandovertheedgessinceyou'llbepaintingitafteranywaysyoudon'treallyhavetoworryaboutthedifferenceinmaterialorcolour,oncethey'rebakedandpainted,it'llshouldbeprettyseamless.
5.Makeonelastcheckbeforebakingthatthewireisallatleastunderabitofclay.Itcanoftenstillbeseenthroughregularsculpeybecauseofitsslighttransparencyandyoucanstillcoverthewirewithpaint,butit'sbesttokeepitascenteredaspossibleintheclay.
Step5:BakeandWait!
Preheatyourovento130Cor275Fandputtheminiintheovenonaplatefor15minutes.Makesureit'snotaplasticormetalplatebecauseit'lleithermelt,catchfireortransmittoomuchheattotheclay.Oncethisisdone,settheplateouttocool.Another15minutesshouldbeampletime.
SometimesmyclaygetsabitburntintheovenduetothefactthatIuseasmalltoasteroven.Abitofbrowningdoesn'tseemtobeanythingtoworryabout,butkeepaneyeoutifyou'reputtingabiggerminiinasmalleroven.
Step6:Sanding!(Optional)
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SometimesIfeelthatabitofsandingisrequiredoncetheminiisoutoftheoven.Iuse#400metalsandingpapertodoit.Itworksespeciallywellforregularsupersculpeybecauseit'shardtosmootheitoutbeforebakingandhardtoseetheimperfectionsbeforebaking.
Sandingcanleavelittlebitsofdrysculpyordustonyourmini,soit'sagoodideatobrushitoffonceyou'redone.
Step7:Painting!
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I'mnoproatpaintingsoIdon'treallyhavemanytipsforthissection,butheretheyareanyways:
1.Basecoatscanbeuseful:Ifyourminiisgoingtobemostlylightercoloured,Istronglysuggesttodoabasecoatofwhite,especiallyifyousculpteditmostlyoutofgreysculpey.Thiswillallowyoutoputlesscoatsofpaintandmakeforgottenareaslookmoreacceptable.Ifyourminiismostlydarkercolours,youcanpaintitblackforthesameeffect.
2.Iusuallystartbypaintingthebaseblack.Thisisn'tnecessaryifyouwanttomakeamoreelaboratebase,butithelpsmefigureouttheedgesofthesculptureandthebasewhilepainting.Bytheendthereareallkindsofcolourssplashedonthebasewhicharetheneasytocoverupwithafinalcoatofblack.
3.ifyounoticeholesinyoursculptureduetobubblesburstingduringbakingorsomething(thisrarelyhappens,butI'veseenitbefore),youcanfilltheholewiththepaint.Sinceitdriesupleavingarubberfilm,it'lloftenevenoutimperfectionsifyouputglobsofpaintonthem.
4.Manydetailsyousculptedcanbemadeclearerandmoreobviousbyusingpaintproperly.IntheminiIwasmakinginthepictures,Ifeltthattheloinclothwasn'tobviousenoughandcouldleadtoconfusion.Liningitwitharedbordermadeitmuchmoreobviousanddelimiteditnicely.Similarly,addingsilverbuttonstothemanypouchesontheminimakesthemstickout.
Step8:MakeMore!
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Ifyouenjoyedmakingyourmini,makemore!I'vemadesomeforalltheothermembersofmyD&Dgroupincludingtheirnewcharactersaftertheydiedandalternateversionsofmycharacterwhowasrecentlyzombifiedandaflamingsphere.Hereareafewwiththehopesthattheyinspiresomeofyou!
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Thankyousomuchforwritingthissothatitsunderstandableandusefulforacompletebeginnerlikemyself!:)
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Wow!Greatjobexplainingeverystepwell!Iattemptedtocreateamini,butthemodelingclayIhavehasalmostcompletelydriedup.Thismademostofituseless,andtheclaythatwasn'tcompletelydrywouldn'tcoalesceintoaball.Ididendupmakinganarmature,usingapaperclipandapieceofcopperwire.Icouldn'tgetthecoppertowraparoundthepaperclipnicely,sowhen(andif)Igetbetterclay,Iintendtoreplacethepaperclipwithanothercopperwireandsolderthemtogether.
Thiswouldn'tactuallybeforaD&Dcampaign,thoughIdoDM.Irunagameovertheinternet,whichdoesnotuseminis.Ijustthinkthey'dbecooltomake.
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WhynotjustusetheCanadianQuarterasthebase.
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) purecajn
I'vebeenawayawhileitseems.Incaseyou'restillcurious,Ididn'tusethequarterasabasebecauseIfindthatitdoesn'tlook'finished'.Also,afterseeingafriendofmineattemptit,Inoticedthatthesculpydoesn'tstickrightsandisbrittle.thismayhavetodowiththeheattransmission.
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nicejobmanImakealotofminiaturesmyselfyoursInstructableisinspiring
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Lovingthisinstructable!IhavetakenyouradviceandIamcurrentlywaitingonsomeSuperSculpeytoarrive,butinthemeantimeIhavebeendoingsomepractisepieceswithcruddydollarstore,airdryclayIhadaround.Iamslowlybetterunderstandingthelogisticstothearmatureandmakingthepositionslookright.Iwillpostpicturesofcompletedsuccesses!
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Thanksforyourcomment,Ilookforwardtoseeingtheresults!
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I'vebeenworkingonmakingminisforallofthePCsofmycurrentcampaign6ofus!Abigundertaking,hahah.SofarIhave3fullypainted2morearenearlydone,andoneisprimed.They'rebiggerthanstandardminissinceIfeltIneededmoretoworkwithintermsofgettingdetailsright.Biggerthanthat,IhaveaminiImadeofaWarhammercharacterformybrother'sbirthday.=]I'vefoundthisInstructablereallyhelpfulthanks!I'vealsobeenlookingintotutorialsonpaintingtechniquesforministhathavebeeninvaluablesincepaintingmyAvengerontheleftthere,hahah.
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Ack,didn'tlinkthepicturesin.Ohhwell,Imageshacktotherescue!
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Ireallylikewhatyou'redoinghere.IwasscratchbuildingD&DmodelsfromDASairdryingclayin1982.Crumbs30yearsandstilldoingsimilarthings.AtthetimeIcouldn'taffordthemanufacturedminis,somademyown.However,whatIwouldsaytoyouis...ifyoucanpossiblyaffordthebestmaterialstoworkwith,thenyoushouldgetthem.Yourworkisactuallyworthit.Whenyoulookatallthehoursyou'vespenthere,inplanning,armaturebuilding,sculptingandwritingtheInstructible,andtheentertainmentvalueyou'vehadfromthosehours...theactualcostofgreenstufffortheentertainmentvalueperhour,isprobablyverysmallindeed.Greatsetsofdentist'stools(they'renotrealdentist'stools,they'resteelcopiesofthestainlesssteelonesyourdentistuses)areavailableonebayforabout6UKP,that'sunder$10USD.Andthey'llstillbegoodforusein30yearstime.PutthemonyourChristmaslistinanycase,alongwithacheappairofmagnifyingglasses(searchebay).Ihadagoatsculptingingreenstuffacoupleofyearsago:http://www.lgtilley.co.uk/hind.htm
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) Periwinkle1
Thanksforthekindwordsandforsharingyourexperience!
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Youhaveagoodthinggoinghere,keepatit!FromeverythingI'veread,you'lleventuallyhitaceilingwithwhatsculpycando,afterwhichyou'llneedtoswitchtothegreenstuff.Apparently,ifyouwantthebestdetailsinyourminis,greenstuffisthewaytogo.Ipersonallydon'tknowaboutthismyself,butyourinstructableisveryinspiring!IthinkI'llhavetogetsomesculpyofmyown!
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Thanksforthecomment!It'sactuallysurprisinghowmuchyoucandowithsculpy.SinceIpostedthisinstructableI'vegottenquiteabitbetterandamnowabletodoalotmoredetailedworkthanpreviously!Practicereallydoeshelp!SofartheonlylimitationI'veencounteredwithsupersculpeyisthebrittleness.Afewofmyminishavesufferedsomedamagewhendroppedafewtimesfromatable.IexpectthatgreenstuffisprobablyalotmoreresilientandmaybeI'llgiveitatryifIhavetoomuchmoneylyingaroundforsomereason:P
Thrasym(/member/Thrasym/) GreatAssGoblin
Thereisnoreal"upperlimit"fordetailsatthisscaleusingpolymerclays.MostoftheRackhamConfrontationmastersweredonewithit.Theonlyreal"limit"isthatitneedstobebaked.
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Yes,butIunderstoodthatsculpysoftensatinybitasitheatsup,removingfinedetails.PerhapsI'mwrongonthis,butit'swhatIrememberwhenIlastusedsculpyaverylongtimeago.
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Sorry,IknowI'mlatetotheparty,onlyfoundInstructablesrecently.
Ifyoueverpickupthesculpeyagain,itcertainlydoessoftenupquitea
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bitbutgenerallythedetailswillnotbelostordeformed.Dependsonthe"details"though,ifitisalongthinunsupportednoseorfingerorstrandofhair,forexample,itmightcollapse...butthat'soneofthemainreasonsforthearmature.Asidefromcompletecollapseunderitsownweight,thedetailsshouldremainintact.
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Theseareawesome!Doknowofanyothertypesofclaythatwillwork?
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) Appollo64
Ihaven'ttriedanyotherclaysforthisapplication.AfriendofminetriedtomakeminisusingFimo,butitapparentlydidn'tturnouttoogreat.Fimoalsotendstoexpandwhencookedwhichisanunwantedpropertywhenyouworkwithsmallthingswithfinedetails.
"GreenStuff",asortofexpoxycompound,issupposedtobethebestmaterialformakingmodificationstominiaturesandsopresumablyyoucoulduseittomakeanentiremini,butit'squiteexpensive.
Ithinkthemostcosteffectivematerialfortheresultissupersculpey.Hopethishelps!
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Greenstuffisaverypopularputtybutdoesn'tstanduptothehypewithmanyofthemoreexperiencedusers.Aswithallartsandcrafts,yourownknowledge,experienceanddesiredendresultwillplayalargepartinhowyougetonwithanymedium.Forexample,greenstuffhaslotsofmemory,makingitgoodfororganics,butbadforhardedges,weapons,electronics,etc.So,yaknow,usewhatworksforyouandtakealladvice,mineincluded,withagrainofsalt,mostcompaniesliketopretendtheydon'thaveanycompetition,buttheydo.")
Afriendlyalternative(bothintermsofcostandeaseofuse)isMagicSculpt.I'dhighlyrecommendanyonestartwiththat.There'salsoApoxieSculpt,ProSculpt,thelistgoesonandon.
Ifyoualreadyhavegreenstuff,youcantrymixingitwithaputtythatisalsoprobablylocallyavailable,calledMilliput,togetsomethingalittlemoreuserfriendly,easytouse,onlyworthdoingforthedetails,nouseinbulkingoutanarmature.
Youcangetmostoftheseputtiesfarcheaper,especiallygreenstuff,ifyoulookonline,consultlocalforums,etc.EBayisgenerallygoodatofferingatleastveryclosetothebestpriceonlineformosthobbysupplies.Justmakesuretoonlysendyourmoneytoareputabledealer,asalways.
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GreenStuffisVERYexpensiveforthequantity.ThoseofuswhohavebeeninMiniatureWargamingforawhilelearnthatcustomizingminisisgreat,andGreenStuffisthebestbyfartodoitwith,butforabout$20for2sticks,whichisenoughtomakemaybeasinglemini,thenIdecidedtogotothemodellingclayinstead.
Anotherideawouldbetomakeasingleminiwithyourclayandthenmakeaplastermoldofit.Youcanthenmakeplastersopiesofyourminienmass(IdidthiswithWarhammer40KTyranidHormagauntsandgotsplendidresults.)
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atminiwargamingtheysellgreenstufffor$17CAforahundredgrams
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lunius(/member/lunius/) desmondtheredx
yeah,butthentheykillyouonshipping..It'snearly$15UStoshiptome,pluswhateveritcosts..
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) lunius
ThanksforthecommentsLunius.IdefinitelyagreeaboutthehighcostofGreenStuff.
I'veactuallybeenlookingintomakingmoldsofsomeofmyminisandjustpouringinresintomakeplasticminis.FromwhatI'veheardandread,siliconeisidealforthissortofthing.
Plastersoundslikeitwouldworktoo,butIdon'tknowhowwelldetailswillshow.I'vealsoneveractuallyhadtohavemorethanasinglecopyofaminibeforeIstartedDMingandhavebeenalittletoobusytotryitmyselfasofyet,butI'lldefinitelylookintoplasterthough,soundscheaper!Anytipsonselectingaplasterforthejob?
lunius(/member/lunius/) GreatAssGoblin
gotoyouirlocalDIYstoreandtelloneofthepeopletherewhatyouplantousetheplasterforandseeiftheycangiveyousomegoodplasterandideas..
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thisisapdfaboutpaintingrpgminicharacters
miniwargaming_painting_ebook1.pdf(/files/orig/FEC/YVER/GTZK8HWW/FECYVERGTZK8HWW.pdf)4MB
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SUPERAWESOME
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Anywaytodothisfast?
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watifuhavenotwistieties
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) gunman15
Afterabitofexperimentationwithotherwires,Icansaythat20+gaugewirethatyoucanoftenbuyinrollsatyourlocaldollarstorewilldothetrick,they'realsoeasiertousethantwistties!Thanksforaskingthequestion,Iprobablywouldn'thaveinvestigatedthiswithoutyourcomment!
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noproblemiwasjustasking
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orusesmallpaperclips..Officestorescarrythemforlike$2for150.
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madeoneofthesetoday,tookawhiletogetitrightbutiwasreallyhappywithit.greatinstructable,thankyou
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) daximos
Gladtohearitwentwell!Thanksforcommenting!
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Flamingspherelooksgreat.youhaveagreateyeforflames
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Thanks!
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That'sgreatsculptingforsomeonewithoutanytraining.IwasthinkingoftryingmyhandatsomethinglikethisandIwaswonderingifyoucandoitwithoutthearmatureoristhatnecessary,isitforsupport?
GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) ChrysN
Thanksforthekindwords!I'vetriedmakingaminiwithoutthearmatureandIfoundthatitsags,especiallyarmsandlegsbecausethepressurefromthetoolisenoughtopushthetinylimbsoutofshape.
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