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Post by Branjita on May 22, 2014 11:35:16 GMT -6
From like $8 to $109 in 5 years is a huge increase. I'm kind of bothered by it  |
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Post by Adrenaline on May 24, 2014 21:10:09 GMT -6
Has it actually sold for $109? Could be an exaggerated toywiz-like price.
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Post by Branjita on May 24, 2014 23:21:54 GMT -6
hmm, there's one on Amazon for 70 something
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Post by Branjita on May 25, 2014 22:59:27 GMT -6
I really don't enjoy sculpting clothing wrinkles, I don't understand them.
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Post by Branjita on May 26, 2014 22:30:15 GMT -6
ok... that skirt is taking a lot of sanding. the heads were bad enough... I'm a couple of hours into them now
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Post by ssj2dakota on May 26, 2014 23:13:19 GMT -6
The folds in the skirt do look great now!
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Post by Adrenaline on May 27, 2014 9:12:58 GMT -6
Sculpting clothes with a thick layer of apoxie is pretty simple, but with a thin layer like you have....tough. The one thing I understand is that the folds should all be evenly displaced and congruent, as well as being straight, to avoid making them look wrinkled. Otherwise, the figure will look odd IMO. Wrinkles and folds are two different things. Folds are natural bends created either from movement or the sag or weight of the clothes itself. Wrinkles are when you sleep in your clothes lol and don't iron. The alignment of the bends should always begin with an indentation and then follow with a fold, then indentation, then fold, then indentation, etc with each following fold being barely thicker than the previous on clothes below the waist and each following fold being barely thinner above the waist. And finally, it always end with a thinner fold because that represents the restricted 'hangage' of clothing, specifically over a boot or belt. They're easier to do before the apoxie dries. On my Yemma, they're unfortunately too symmetrical on his sides, but that's because I did it after the apoxie dried as oppose to doing it before, on the folds around his ankles. You'll see in a couple of days when I complete him.
For your Krillins, everything looks fine right now. Sanding really helped.
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Post by Branjita on May 27, 2014 9:49:13 GMT -6
I didn't realize how much I improved the Krillin in red/orange's head.   The bottom half of Krillin's robe I nicknamed "skirt" is actually pretty thick. Or it was before I sanded it. It still needs a lot of sanding. I only understand sculpting things like that by roughing them out and then reducing them by sanding. In other words, carving instead of sculpting. It's hard for me to process how to sculpt something like that all at one time, especially when it is kind of floating on top of other things (delicate). I think you sculpt different from me. When it's something like this, I put everything on as one blob and then try to push and pull the stuff into position. I think you build things up layer by layer. I imagine you would start with an unwrinkled skirt, and then roll a sausage of apoxie, put it on, and use that as a wrinkle, and then add another. That doesn't work well for me, but I need to figure it out, because having to spend 2 hours carving and sanding is an inefficient use of time IMO, and I'm still not finished, I only have that one part of the skirt done well, the rest needs a lot of work. When I was sculpting, I used pics from the anime as reference. Not the exact pics below, but these are already on DBZ wikia, so I don't have to upload them... Pictures like this are confusing, as it's difficult to figure out how his skirt could even possibly be like that. I know this is his classic look, but it makes no sense. Figuring out how to integrate this front view into sculpting the back side of him or sides of him didn't make sense. That third overhanging part that's on the left doesn't actually have a source.  So I sculpted it more like this.  When I was sanding, I used this as reference. I still don't understand clothing sculpting after all of these years customizing. I find it a lot more difficult than sculpting a head from scratch or armor.  Based on that pic... when sanding, I made my indentations kind of like how a kid draws water.  I've looked on youtube for a how to video for sculpting clothing, and nothing exists that I have seen. Not anything that is actually difficult, like flowing dresses or anything with heavy folds. Blue jeans and stuff like that is easy because they have creases and hard edges, it's the stuff that is more like blankets that is difficult. I still have to sculpt the light yellow sleeves on that Krillin. I'm surprised nobody said anything, as I forgot to do them. |
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Post by Adrenaline on May 27, 2014 10:37:03 GMT -6
I figured you were going to add those sleeves at some point.
The way you think I sculpt is actually the way I sculpted most of Yemma because I had to add sections and pieces at a time, since he was so big....it resulted in a very long process that I didn't like. The way I ALWAYS sculpt is one chunk, even it out with it's base, then push-in the ridges to make folds with a knife. I don't like adding pieces because it becomes a separate task, having to wait for the underlying layer to dry. No thanks. After sculpting slacks-type of pants on Yemma, I actually enjoy sculpting pants like Goku's more. The more folds, the easier because you can kind of do it your own way, as long as they're in appropriate spots (joints, above and below the waist, and above the boot) The straighter the pants need to be, the more difficult.
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Post by Branjita on May 27, 2014 11:02:10 GMT -6
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Post by Branjita on May 27, 2014 17:53:53 GMT -6
This is more like my catch of the day, but I bought this maid figure to make Lunch, and I think it will work. It better work... I can't believe I spent $7.50 on it. I don't plan on working on this for a very, very long time.
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Post by ssj2dakota on May 27, 2014 19:54:48 GMT -6
I don't see any picture.. Might just be because I'm on mobile though.
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Post by Branjita on May 27, 2014 20:32:17 GMT -6
I probably forgot lol. Here it is.
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Post by Adrenaline on May 28, 2014 7:17:15 GMT -6
With some shoulder broadening and a lengthened dress, she should come out great.
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Post by Branjita on May 30, 2014 16:59:27 GMT -6
This is going to be awesome. I started this, but won't probably work on this more for awhile. I have other things I want to finish first. GP Tien has too short of legs. I knew this, which is why I got GP Goku legs from PGV at the same time. I was going to put this Popy head on him, but I had no idea it was so large. Nevermind. His forearms are also too short. I don't know if I showed this previously, but I put my favorite set of arms into the Yamcha torso. My favorite character deserves my favorite arms.... plus the torso originally had arms like these so no engineering necessary.  So I boil and popped Tien, and put his torso on the Goku legs. I found the Goku legs to be basically impossible to boil and pop, so painting them will be a challenge! I popped the hands off, and will be sculpting new wrist bands. The hands are just barely glued on right now to the peg they were held on by (for this pic only). I'm very pleased with the appearance of his skin, so I will not be repainting it, and the arm extension will entirely be green wrist band. I'll maintain all of the original articulation and he will be epic. This will be my Dragon Ball Tien for my DB collection display. The awesome benefit of these Goku legs is that they have ankle articulation, and Tien's original legs did not. I may also make it so the boots are articulated (swivel). Cutting the boots off will help me sculpt and paint the yellow leggings better anyway.  I was going to use the old Tien legs for a Gogeta custom, but I don't think they are wide enough and I don't care to have a super articulated Gogeta. If you aren't familiar, Giochi Preziosi legs spread so the character can pose better than Jakks or Irwin figures... or so they can ride horses... whatever. I think I may go through the horrible struggle of splicing the hips and upper thighs into my DB Yamcha custom. That way he'll be able to do the Wolf Fang Fist pose. But this will require a lot of engineering, and dremel usage. Not going to be easy. I also won't be able to use the current belt/skirt. I'll have to use something different made for wider hips. |
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