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Amazing, the only bad thing is now my figure looks like ****
Amazing, the only bad thing is now my figure looks like ****
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If anyone wants to see Hunky's masterpiece in its full glory, head over to the Legolas Image Thread right now... and don't forget to breathe!
If anyone wants to see Hunky's masterpiece in its full glory, head over to the Legolas Image Thread right now... and don't forget to breathe!
Darren Carnall
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Thanks guys, the support you get from this forum is amazing. Lifts you up when you're feeling a bit down about a piece that you think you could have done better on (although I always think that after I've resculpted or repainted a piece)
As Mudshark kindly said, lol, there's more pics in the Leggy image thread, but more still on my blog (link below) with a full list of just exactly what I changed on the head.
To answer your question Gruff, the hair pieces are glued into the head. They can be removed with firm, patient, carefuly force. (and a few swear words)
With Aragorn I didn't know the shape of the heads, so I started off cutting it off with a sharp craft knife, but when I was about 1/2 way through, i noticed that as I was pulling I could head the glue cracking and coming undone, so i put the knife down and used something blunt and tried to lever it off whilst pulling and twisting/wiggling it.
Eventually it came off. Same with Anakin/Legolas. They are glued on... but they're still separate pieces.... so they can come off
Just be careful not to pull on any thin pieces that might stretch or rip
Right..... I've got 2 Obi-Wans and 3 Anakins to paint, some Anakin/Obi/Leggy heads to cast... a World War One 1/6 portrait to sculpt..... a James Coburn head to mold and start sculpting..... Boromir to resculpt/paint...... Ripley to carry on sculpting......and a ton of other things
So quit talking to me!!
Seriously though, thanks guys.... really means a lot
Darren
Thanks guys, the support you get from this forum is amazing. Lifts you up when you're feeling a bit down about a piece that you think you could have done better on (although I always think that after I've resculpted or repainted a piece)
As Mudshark kindly said, lol, there's more pics in the Leggy image thread, but more still on my blog (link below) with a full list of just exactly what I changed on the head.
To answer your question Gruff, the hair pieces are glued into the head. They can be removed with firm, patient, carefuly force. (and a few swear words)
With Aragorn I didn't know the shape of the heads, so I started off cutting it off with a sharp craft knife, but when I was about 1/2 way through, i noticed that as I was pulling I could head the glue cracking and coming undone, so i put the knife down and used something blunt and tried to lever it off whilst pulling and twisting/wiggling it.
Eventually it came off. Same with Anakin/Legolas. They are glued on... but they're still separate pieces.... so they can come off
Just be careful not to pull on any thin pieces that might stretch or rip
Right..... I've got 2 Obi-Wans and 3 Anakins to paint, some Anakin/Obi/Leggy heads to cast... a World War One 1/6 portrait to sculpt..... a James Coburn head to mold and start sculpting..... Boromir to resculpt/paint...... Ripley to carry on sculpting......and a ton of other things
So quit talking to me!!
Seriously though, thanks guys.... really means a lot
Darren
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Darren Carnall
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guys, just a quick favour. I've been messing around with the layout of my blog and I added a third column over on the left. But I want to make sure it works alright on other people's monitors. (I've got a 19" widescreen)
could some of you click on it and just tell me if it fits on your screens and if it looks alright? Thanks, appreciate it!
Darren
guys, just a quick favour. I've been messing around with the layout of my blog and I added a third column over on the left. But I want to make sure it works alright on other people's monitors. (I've got a 19" widescreen)
could some of you click on it and just tell me if it fits on your screens and if it looks alright? Thanks, appreciate it!
Darren
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works fine for me and I don't have a widescreen. great work!
works fine for me and I don't have a widescreen. great work!
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Blog works great for me, Man that looks WOW!! I'm going to have to buy a legolis and get a head from you!!!! WoWW~!!!!! Let sideshow see that!! I would have bought that if the head looked like that!! pm sent!!
Blog works great for me, Man that looks WOW!! I'm going to have to buy a legolis and get a head from you!!!! WoWW~!!!!! Let sideshow see that!! I would have bought that if the head looked like that!! pm sent!!
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Your blog looks great Darren! I really love that chat option on the side. I need to add that to my blog. (which I used to update fairly often but now it just sits there, neglected).
Your blog looks great Darren! I really love that chat option on the side. I need to add that to my blog. (which I used to update fairly often but now it just sits there, neglected).
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ok thanks for the help guys, good to know it works on different screens.
Pix, I can't even remember where I found that now, i was looking through blog sites, that give out templates and stuff... .and there were a couple of these things. Chatbox... i think was one of them. Anyway, it was a case of copying the HTML and pasting it in, then changing it to suit my needs (height, width etc)
I really like it though, a handy way for people to just drop a message when they can't be bothered doing a full email to say something. Plus, it lets visitors to my site know just how much people think of my work
Darren
ok thanks for the help guys, good to know it works on different screens.
Pix, I can't even remember where I found that now, i was looking through blog sites, that give out templates and stuff... .and there were a couple of these things. Chatbox... i think was one of them. Anyway, it was a case of copying the HTML and pasting it in, then changing it to suit my needs (height, width etc)
I really like it though, a handy way for people to just drop a message when they can't be bothered doing a full email to say something. Plus, it lets visitors to my site know just how much people think of my work
Darren
galactiboy
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Yep, works great on my screen as well.
Yep, works great on my screen as well.
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Hi guys and girls, I just received my very own Hunky Artist Anakin sculpted and painted head... and it is ab-so-lu-tely FANTASTIC!!!
I'm giving him (Anakin, not Hunky Artist, mind you )some water treatment now, but as soon as he's all dried up and used to his new face, I'll post up some pics so you can enjoy Darren's artistic skills..
Hi guys and girls, I just received my very own Hunky Artist Anakin sculpted and painted head... and it is ab-so-lu-tely FANTASTIC!!!
I'm giving him (Anakin, not Hunky Artist, mind you
)some water treatment now, but as soon as he's all dried up and used to his new face, I'll post up some pics so you can enjoy Darren's artistic skills..
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Cool L. Vic. I can't wait to see your pics!
Cool L. Vic. I can't wait to see your pics!
Lord Vicious
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Ok, here are some first pictures; I'm sorry that some are blurry; but I'll try to take some better ones tomorrow in daylight.
For now... feast your eyes on this bad motha*****a :maul
Ok, here are some first pictures; I'm sorry that some are blurry; but I'll try to take some better ones tomorrow in daylight.
For now... feast your eyes on this bad motha*****a :maul
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Looks pretty awesome! Congrats.
Looks pretty awesome! Congrats.
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Bravo!
Bravo!
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Darren, what paint type (oils, acrylics, enamels, etc.) and color(s) do you use to repaint your headsculpts?
I saw your posted pic of Aragorn, Anakin, Legolas and Obi Wan in the "Aragorn" thread in the LOTR forum section and was really impressed by the skin colors.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Darren, what paint type (oils, acrylics, enamels, etc.) and color(s) do you use to repaint your headsculpts?
I saw your posted pic of Aragorn, Anakin, Legolas and Obi Wan in the "Aragorn" thread in the LOTR forum section and was really impressed by the skin colors.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Thanks guys, and thanks for the cool pics and generous words Koen. One thing that struck me looking at your photos is just how different these things can look in different lights, and on different photos. Colouring, shape, everything can look different from one picture to the next. Koen's Anakin is the one to the right in this next photo, you could easily think they were different heads made by somebody else painted by somebody else. Amazing how different they can look, lol
I spray the heads with white primer, and paint with acrylics. Straight from the tube, mixed with water or flow enhancer (helps thin the paint down without having it dry out quickly like it does with water)
White primer....
As for the colours, that's a tricky one, as I mix my own (a by-product of my usual painting work I guess). I start with a pale flesh mix (straight from the tube this one.... called Flesh Tint) watered right down, given a few coats over the face. Just one coat and it's too thin, you can still see the resin underneath, very see through. So a few coats.
After that I mix my own flesh colour, using acrylic Miniature paint in a small glass jar "Tanned Flesh"l. I mix this with white, red, brown, yellow... whatever is needed to get the colour I'm after. This is then thinned down and given a few coats over again.
Hopefully by this point the surface is completely covered, but looking a bit flat and bland
(like this pic)
Then I take the Tanned Flesh colour (or my own mixed version) and without watering it down, put it on the brush, nice thick paint, then rub it all off onto a tissue. So barely anything comes off anymore. Then I go over the face and drybrush over parts i would like slightly darker, tanned, shadowed, rosy cheeked..... anything like that.
This adds some variety into the face but often looks a but harsh. So i then mix up a pale version of the base coat again, and thin it slightly... and do the same drybrushing over the whole thing... only its not so dry, slightly wet but not runny paint. This smooths out any shadowing I put on.
Then I can do things like bags under the eyes, fake shadows under the cheekbones, shadows around the mouth and stuff. paint watered down VERY thin, almost pure water, and painted on where needed... sometimes rubbed off with my finger to get the blend.
I hope some of this helped.... I've no idea, lol
Thanks guys, and thanks for the cool pics and generous words Koen. One thing that struck me looking at your photos is just how different these things can look in different lights, and on different photos. Colouring, shape, everything can look different from one picture to the next. Koen's Anakin is the one to the right in this next photo, you could easily think they were different heads made by somebody else painted by somebody else. Amazing how different they can look, lol
I spray the heads with white primer, and paint with acrylics. Straight from the tube, mixed with water or flow enhancer (helps thin the paint down without having it dry out quickly like it does with water)
White primer....
As for the colours, that's a tricky one, as I mix my own (a by-product of my usual painting work I guess). I start with a pale flesh mix (straight from the tube this one.... called Flesh Tint) watered right down, given a few coats over the face. Just one coat and it's too thin, you can still see the resin underneath, very see through. So a few coats.
After that I mix my own flesh colour, using acrylic Miniature paint in a small glass jar "Tanned Flesh"l. I mix this with white, red, brown, yellow... whatever is needed to get the colour I'm after. This is then thinned down and given a few coats over again.
Hopefully by this point the surface is completely covered, but looking a bit flat and bland
(like this pic)
Then I take the Tanned Flesh colour (or my own mixed version) and without watering it down, put it on the brush, nice thick paint, then rub it all off onto a tissue. So barely anything comes off anymore. Then I go over the face and drybrush over parts i would like slightly darker, tanned, shadowed, rosy cheeked..... anything like that.
This adds some variety into the face but often looks a but harsh. So i then mix up a pale version of the base coat again, and thin it slightly... and do the same drybrushing over the whole thing... only its not so dry, slightly wet but not runny paint. This smooths out any shadowing I put on.
Then I can do things like bags under the eyes, fake shadows under the cheekbones, shadows around the mouth and stuff. paint watered down VERY thin, almost pure water, and painted on where needed... sometimes rubbed off with my finger to get the blend.
I hope some of this helped.... I've no idea, lol
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Hi Darren, they do look different, but that's just because my crappy digital camera can't do it justice
I've posted some better ones (I hope) in the main Star Wars forum..
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Hi Darren, they do look different, but that's just because my crappy digital camera can't do it justice
I've posted some better ones (I hope) in the main Star Wars forum..
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Thank you for the excellent tuturial, Darren. Truly appreciate it. Still can't get over that close-up shot of the eyes. Amazing detailing in such a small area.
Thank you for the excellent tuturial, Darren. Truly appreciate it. Still can't get over that close-up shot of the eyes. Amazing detailing in such a small area.
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latest Obi-Wan commissions. These'll be finished tomorrow, then just need clear coating. They were like this last week...
and now they're a bit closer. (still more layers to go, but mostly there.... ignore the nasty bleaching out flash photography)
(now I need to go back and repaint my original figures... 'cause I can paint much better now )
latest Obi-Wan commissions. These'll be finished tomorrow, then just need clear coating. They were like this last week...
and now they're a bit closer. (still more layers to go, but mostly there.... ignore the nasty bleaching out flash photography)
(now I need to go back and repaint my original figures... 'cause I can paint much better now
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