in the future you can use a ball of tinfoil as the base to build off of, then you won't get as much cracking, looks like it's all solid sculpey. most people use a base of some kind.
i dont know how tinfoil reacts when you bake it with sculpty, good chance the model cracks open like this. or you should punch a hole into the middle so the air that is traped in the foil can escape, that way it probably wont break. but ey, i dont have exp. with baking, specialy no sculpty
any chance you used some material to fill up the model?
you should try using tools, even a kichen knife does the trick. with that you can carve away clay to make things symmetrical, or create hard edges, ect.
Yeah I use foil to bulk out, and have a few sets of tools. Thing is this sculpt has been through many versions and baked a few times. Now I'm just tryin to finish him up for the sake of not quitting on something. The cracks etc are no big deal. I have some Aves epoxy sculpt to fill those. I'm just tryin to get the face right then it's all good from there. I really should not have put that front view pic up. The flash killed all the detail since it seems you guys sculpt have you ever looked at www.willowproducts.com
This will prob be my last clay sculpt. I've been dying to move on to wax so I just ordered 3 lbs of his 360 wax. looks lke fun stuff. Well, thanks for the input. I hope to have something real to show soon.
As far as baking goes. I have baked my clone sculpt 4-5 times already and have not had one crack. It is bulked up with tin foil and the key is to bake it at a certain temp for so long turn it down and bake it again for a long while and then just let it cool in the oven for the rest of the evening or a few hours.
I do it to lock stuff in. It could tend to be a bad habit, but as I'm still learning I'll decide that as it comes. I think that is actually part of the reason I'm moving on to wax. You have limited time to work before it hardens on it's own w/o heating it back up. So it automatically locks detail in. Another thing I may do with wax is kind of apply the ol' "base mesh" technique to it. Like make a waste mold of a generic male and female head, then cast in wax for the detailing etc.. Only prob with wax is the fact that I had no idea wax pens cost so much jesse, I also frequent http://theclubhouse1.net/forums/index.php
another good sculpting forum.
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I dont get it, why do you guys do multiple bakes?
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My sculpt is a lot of hard detail and I didn't pick up any of the extra firm sculpey that I would normally use so by baking a piece here and there I can then add another piece that doesn't destroy the other detail.
I can also use my new dremel pen tip to add fine detail that needs to be hard edged.
It's just a personal preference really EQ..but by doing it this way as well I can make variation pieces like a different arm or accessory.
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any chance you used some material to fill up the model?
you should try using tools, even a kichen knife does the trick. with that you can carve away clay to make things symmetrical, or create hard edges, ect.
im using a potato knife for almost everything.
www.willowproducts.com
This will prob be my last clay sculpt. I've been dying to move on to wax so I just ordered 3 lbs of his 360 wax. looks lke fun stuff. Well, thanks for the input. I hope to have something real to show soon.
For some awesome tips and work check out http://www.statueforum.com/index.php
Basically like polycount but for sculptures.
As far as baking goes. I have baked my clone sculpt 4-5 times already and have not had one crack. It is bulked up with tin foil and the key is to bake it at a certain temp for so long turn it down and bake it again for a long while and then just let it cool in the oven for the rest of the evening or a few hours.
http://theclubhouse1.net/forums/index.php
another good sculpting forum.
I dont get it, why do you guys do multiple bakes?
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My sculpt is a lot of hard detail and I didn't pick up any of the extra firm sculpey that I would normally use so by baking a piece here and there I can then add another piece that doesn't destroy the other detail.
I can also use my new dremel pen tip to add fine detail that needs to be hard edged.
It's just a personal preference really EQ..but by doing it this way as well I can make variation pieces like a different arm or accessory.