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That's interesting. So your heat gun is probably around 1,200 to 1,500 watts?
It's only 300W but because of the narrow nozzle it's ideal for Flat or smaller scale full figures . I know they are available on Ebay.

This is what happened when I last tried using a regular oven.

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I must admit it was entirely my own fault due to mistakenly mixing a grey type of plasticine with the grey Super Sculpey clay. :frown:
 
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The Krampus is a creature from central European folklore that is half goat and half demon. It punishes children who behaved badly during the year and is often depicted with St. Nicholas. There are many variations in appearance , but Krampus always has cloven hooves , horns and a demonic face . I made the Krampus out of epoxy putty and painted it in acrylics. The Santa Claus is a pen and ink drawing I did many years ago from the famous Nast illustration.

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Excellent work on the Krampus, those eyes would scare anyone, child or not!
Exceptional work on the pen & ink drawing, how long did it take you and what size are they ?
 
Excellent work on the Krampus, those eyes would scare anyone, child or not!
Exceptional work on the pen & ink drawing, how long did it take you and what size are they ?
The actual drawing is about 7x5 inches. I went through a drawing phase several decades ago but lost interest. If you look up Krampus images there are ones out there a lot scarier than mine.
 
As a change from making military figures I decided to sculpt from scratch a Super Hero figure.
I chose Robin from the Batman comics mainly for the challenge and because I liked the typical super hero stance.
Made using Magic-Sculpt ( an epoxy resin ) and painted in acrylics.
Measures approx 6" high.

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Here's a couple of Crimean War Flat figures I sculpted and painted in acrylics.
They are approx 5 inch high x 1.1/2 inch wide.

Officer Scots Fusilier Guards. 1854
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Corporal 93rd Highlanders. 1854
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Great job ! I've done a few Highlanders and I know the painting can be a challenge. The sculpting and the painting are first rate.
 
I've painted a tartan a few times. Once on a rather large (90mm) figure. It took me forever to paint it. All those lines, where they must be a certain width and how they lie over folds in the kilt drove me crazy. To solve the problem of shading i first painted the kilt in it's underlying color, shaded that, then painted the lines with just a touch of shading on them. But I would rather avoid tartans if possible.
Good looking figure R. Britt, as always so well done. Again, I look at how Great Brittan supplied their troops with a uniform and think it must have cost a small fortune to do so.
 
I know I've said this before, but it's simply amazing that you can take a 3d figure and convert it to 2d and still have all the detail.
Is it easier in sculpting a flat figure rather than one in 3d? If not easier maybe it's faster?
Whatever the answer I think we are all in amazement of your talent.
 
I know I've said this before, but it's simply amazing that you can take a 3d figure and convert it to 2d and still have all the detail.
Is it easier in sculpting a flat figure rather than one in 3d? If not easier maybe it's faster?
Whatever the answer I think we are all in amazement of your talent.
Much easier and also faster for quite a few reasons. A 3D figure can be viewed from any angle , so much more preparation and research to do , also usually when building a 3D figure that you want to reproduce it has to be engineered so that it can be broken down into parts for casting.
 
I know I've said this before, but it's simply amazing that you can take a 3d figure and convert it to 2d and still have all the detail.
Is it easier in sculpting a flat figure rather than one in 3d? If not easier maybe it's faster?

Much easier and also faster for quite a few reasons. A 3D figure can be viewed from any angle , so much more preparation and research to do , also usually when building a 3D figure that you want to reproduce it has to be engineered so that it can be broken down into parts for casting.

Here's an example showing the extra work involved in the making of a full 3dD figure. This was one of a range of comical figures I made called 'Mini-men'
This one I named the 93rd Highlander and it consisted of 10 parts

@Booner, notice the Sutherland Highland Tartan, which I might add I avoided as this one was painted by a friend. :smile:

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Here's an example showing the extra work involved in the making of a full 3dD figure. This was one of a range of comical figures I made called 'Mini-men'
This one I named the 93rd Highlander and it consisted of 10 parts

@Booner, notice the Sutherland Highland Tartan, which I might add I avoided as this one was painted by a friend. :smile:

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I really like that . Hope to see more in the future . Your flats are first rate.
 
Figure modelers are well aware that all German Infantry models should be pointing and smoking a cigarette, so of course when I decided to sculpt one in my 'Mini-men' series I had to do the same.:sneaky:
I built the original in Super Sculpey and divided it into 9 pieces for ease of casting. It consists of a Body, 2 Arms, Equipment and the Base. ( note all the cigarette butts ):D
Height is 3 inches.

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