Whom amongst us has attempted the feat of scratch building a mini from nothing more than some cheap (like anything is really cheap these days) arts and crafts supplies a YouTube video and a little gumption?
I've begun crafting a PC which I couldn't find nor was willing to pay custom prices for and wondered how many others have attempted the same.
What was your motivation? Like me you couldn't find what you were looking for or maybe making your mini was a creative outlet? Just curious.
Weather your talented or talentless don't be afraid to share.
It's not complete but once I figure out how to post photos I'll share my little creation.
"Their" not "there" for the title. Should proof read better. I'm guilty of "your" instead of "you're" ALL the time as well... I'm human.
Use the Insert/edit image icon or type in the bbcode. The rules state that the image must be small enough not to disrupt the screen layout. Also, use a 3rd party to host the image.
I've noticed that most people hide the image in a spoiler, so do that. That is the ! icon.
As for real sculpting, I've never done it but it looks fun. I think they use wire to create the shape and then build up clay around the body and limbs of the wire, right? However hard it is with clay, it's probably much harder starting from scratch with Blender, so it could be worse :)
Whom amongst us has attempted the feat of scratch building a mini from nothing more than some cheap (like anything is really cheap these days) arts and crafts supplies a YouTube video and a little gumption?
I've begun crafting a PC which I couldn't find nor was willing to pay custom prices for and wondered how many others have attempted the same.
What was your motivation? Like me you couldn't find what you were looking for or maybe making your mini was a creative outlet? Just curious.
Weather your talented or talentless don't be afraid to share.
It's not complete but once I figure out how to post photos I'll share my little creation.
"Their" not "there" for the title. Should proof read better. I'm guilty of "your" instead of "you're" ALL the time as well... I'm human.
I made what I think was a really cool snow golem out of superglue and baking powder from a great tutorial by black magic craft just search black magic craft snow golem on YouTube and it should come up.
BTW, if you have any questions about miniature building/painting ask me as I'm quite experienced with it.
Not great for macro photography but looks good sitting on a tabletop. Picked up some crafting skills and kept me occupied. Overall good experience but doubt I'll do it again. Well unless I learn 3d modeling... which might happen next month.
Thank you. Never posted my first attempt. Your words will ring true once you see my first attempt. The mount is Play-Doh air dry clay and the PC is wire from twist ties and hot glue.
Really cool! Those look really great, and I'll bet everyone at the table will appreciate the work! I also find scratchbuilding and sculpting can be a good way to bring homebrew ideas to life.
I also scratch build and sculpt miniatures. Going through the plastic dinosaurs and other toys at a thrift shop can get you some great bases to start from. I haven't got any pics of those on hand right now, but I've scratch built a dragon, and a tortle artificer. Using some wire, some old plastic mesh, and lots of super glue and baking powder, I scratch built this bone naga (no idea how to cross post from Instagram).
The skull was a little wooden bead - I think from some potting soil medium? And then I built up the jaw and fangs from air dry clay. The bones were bits of the mesh offcuts from a DIY project - the mesh had a kind of hexagonal shape that sort of looked like ribs, which inspired the build. Loads of superglue and baking powder to stick them to the wire body.
The aardvark is all polymer clay. I used some old cloth pressed onto the clay for his hat and cloak to add texture there!
I need to get better about documenting the process of each build I do so that I can show the step by steps like you did above. I hope you do try doing some more hand-crafting, even if you get to 3d modelling in future.
Whom amongst us has attempted the feat of scratch building a mini from nothing more than some cheap (like anything is really cheap these days) arts and crafts supplies a YouTube video and a little gumption?
I've begun crafting a PC which I couldn't find nor was willing to pay custom prices for and wondered how many others have attempted the same.
What was your motivation? Like me you couldn't find what you were looking for or maybe making your mini was a creative outlet? Just curious.
Weather your talented or talentless don't be afraid to share.
It's not complete but once I figure out how to post photos I'll share my little creation.
"Their" not "there" for the title. Should proof read better. I'm guilty of "your" instead of "you're" ALL the time as well... I'm human.
What materials are you using?
Clay, two part putty, wire... tears.
Never sculpted, never made a mini, zero art skills. It's definitely rough going.
How do I post photos?
Use the Insert/edit image icon or type in the bbcode. The rules state that the image must be small enough not to disrupt the screen layout. Also, use a 3rd party to host the image.
I've noticed that most people hide the image in a spoiler, so do that. That is the ! icon.
As for real sculpting, I've never done it but it looks fun. I think they use wire to create the shape and then build up clay around the body and limbs of the wire, right? However hard it is with clay, it's probably much harder starting from scratch with Blender, so it could be worse :)
I made what I think was a really cool snow golem out of superglue and baking powder from a great tutorial by black magic craft just search black magic craft snow golem on YouTube and it should come up.
BTW, if you have any questions about miniature building/painting ask me as I'm quite experienced with it.
Let's see if this works.
https://i.postimg.cc/GpxXTff9/IMG-20221225-222655027-HDR.jpg
Guess that worked. Let me try a few more. Feel free to post your creations. Sharing is caring!
https://i.postimg.cc/85kMVbMx/IMG-20221231-024730114.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/657Rw01G/IMG-20230105-220423509-HDR.jpg
Trying a different host site. Original pics were so compressed they looked bad. These look WAY better.
https://ibb.co/tcB72WB
https://ibb.co/DLTxCsB
https://ibb.co/TMc8BNW
Not great for macro photography but looks good sitting on a tabletop. Picked up some crafting skills and kept me occupied. Overall good experience but doubt I'll do it again. Well unless I learn 3d modeling... which might happen next month.
Quite an improvement over the first attempt. You're really coming along!
Thank you. Never posted my first attempt. Your words will ring true once you see my first attempt. The mount is Play-Doh air dry clay and the PC is wire from twist ties and hot glue.
https://ibb.co/vsztNMd
Wow what an improvement! Arguably, your materials need to be excellent in order to match your growing skill level.
Really cool! Those look really great, and I'll bet everyone at the table will appreciate the work! I also find scratchbuilding and sculpting can be a good way to bring homebrew ideas to life.
I also scratch build and sculpt miniatures. Going through the plastic dinosaurs and other toys at a thrift shop can get you some great bases to start from. I haven't got any pics of those on hand right now, but I've scratch built a dragon, and a tortle artificer. Using some wire, some old plastic mesh, and lots of super glue and baking powder, I scratch built this bone naga (no idea how to cross post from Instagram).
Thanks you. Was hoping people would share. The skull and individual bones were mesh? For your aardvark wizard you used clay or something else?
The skull was a little wooden bead - I think from some potting soil medium? And then I built up the jaw and fangs from air dry clay. The bones were bits of the mesh offcuts from a DIY project - the mesh had a kind of hexagonal shape that sort of looked like ribs, which inspired the build. Loads of superglue and baking powder to stick them to the wire body.
The aardvark is all polymer clay. I used some old cloth pressed onto the clay for his hat and cloak to add texture there!
I need to get better about documenting the process of each build I do so that I can show the step by steps like you did above. I hope you do try doing some more hand-crafting, even if you get to 3d modelling in future.
Bumping, hoping I inspire someone to tackle this feat. Share your creations.
... I finally got to play as this character and it's been awesome. More people should play Grung.