Painted Model

Not as smooth a finish as I'd liked but have no idea how to achieve one with acrylics.

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Sculpey Sculpting

Taking a break from the animating for the meantime, as have a few other bits of work going on, but thought I'd find time to have a bit more of a go at modeling with super sculpey, so thought I'd make

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First Test

Short clip of the first bits of test animation completed, several issues raised: Shaky first half - the second half was just as shaky but managed to stabilise it in After Effects thankfully. Watch the light change, not entirely sure

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Lights

White/blue moonlight            +          Orange/warm streetlightcombined: Feedback always welcome

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Dandy Hands

Back to standard plasticine hands, not too shabby after all, but just a bit delicate, so will have to be careful manipulating them. A light wash of brown and green acrylic makes them blend into the rest of the body pretty

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Hands Everywhere!

So, the casting worked much better than anticipated, and with a little trimming, the hands were useable and looking good! However, as they dried further, they got darker and darker, until they were a deep orange and completely mismatched skin-tone. Having

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Mold Making Part 2

Right, next steps, adding a pliable wire skeleton to the hand mold: A couple of drops of red and yellow ink to the latex to give it a slightly more fleshy tone. No idea if this will work or not. Fill up

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How-to: Stop-mo Hands Mould

Making the original hand in sculpey around a firm metal tool for support: Setting the mould in place in a sealed box, and choosing what to use as markers so the two halves fit together well, two polystyrene balls chosen. Once first

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Lorries and Swappable Bodyparts

Finishing up some final parts of the set, the lorry back and the last bit of paving. The set is as good as done now, except for a splash of blood here and a bit of dirt there. Next major concern

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Tiling and Tires

Now moving onto making the back of the lorry that'll be visible blocking off one of the streets: And tiling some of the roof of one side of the street:

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Lights and Mistakes

First big mistake: spent a while making a nice shutter door out of paper and painted it, only to realise it was entirely the wrong scale and look incredibly out of place. In the bin with that: Next I thought I'd

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Distressing Actions

Task for this morning was to get most of the detailing on the first wall done: Pretty pleased with it so far.

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