Hey SanShou,
Try covering the head with saran or aluminum foil (I use foil) and sculpt over it. Have to be careful in peeling it off, and you'll need to do some shaving/sanding inside the helmet so it goes on and off easily.
Chest emblem I designed on my laptop and printed out, but you could...
Second crack at Hawkman in the 12" scale. Everything hand made on this one: helmet, wings, mace, boots and costume. Wings are bendable but only gently.
He's up on Ebay if anyone's interested: https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130449452011
Custom order using DCD's 13" figure as base. Costume hand-sewn, sword outsourced from Monkey Depot, some facial re-painting, replaced DCD weird feet with heeled shoes.
Maybe, but online etiquette's not a new concept. Most seem able to grasp it. Sure anyone has the right to be "tough, rude, blune and overly critical," but the rest of us have a right to tell that person he's behaving like a d_ck.
Community's are like that, even online ones.
Might be the same guy from the DC Boards who was slamming customizers there. Either way, honesty and politeness aren't mutually exclusive. Real 'grown ass' men know this.
To other customizers (or customers):
If you charge a deposit on a custom order (I just started doing this after being burned twice), do you return it if the customer changes his mind/asks for unreasonable changes in the finished product?
My instinct is to return the deposit... A new customer...
Hey thanks.
Jester: The gold cloth is straightforward 4-way stretch gold lame (pronounced lamay... there's usually an accent egu over the e). Very stretchable.
Have to update the site, but all the pics are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/21242421@N04/
They're broken into sets along the right hand margin. There's a few pages of sets now I think, so click "More Sets" when you reach the bottom of the margin.
Hey thanks. Most of the figures are commissions -- you can email me at [email protected].
I'm not big on giving recipes, but if you need help with anything give me a shout and I'll try to give advice, for what it's worth.
Again, thanks.
Just finished these. Raven's cloak has a wire through the hem for posing, new booted feet from BBI, handmade costume etc. I know Hawkeye's not DC, but he's there too. Just have to add the bow and arrows (they're back home at the moment) :
* more pics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/21242421@N04/
Just finished these using DCD's 13" figure as base (with some molding and rebuilding). Cyclops' Xs are now decals, though shown as painted here in the pics (paint looked too messy).
Tried going with all-metal for this at first (red sections at least) but ended up using molded leather instead. Molding the leather takes a lot of time and patience (there's a whole process to it) but it gave a cleaner look while still looking solid enough to represent armour. Have to use real...