DNF Sculptures: Octabrain By DavoX "WIP of my sculpture"
#151 Posted 16 January 2014 - 03:47 PM
<imagines tons of picture content>
MrBlackCat
#152 Posted 17 January 2014 - 08:36 AM
I'm going to make a silicone copy of it and then I'll be able to bend it in different directions to make the remaining molds from the same tentacle.
This ensures that all tentacles are symetrical and the exact same lenght. Plus it won't have a weird shape in some parts (You can't really tell from the previous tentacle screnshots but they don't have a perfectly cilindrical shape unfortunately)
Believe me, it's for the best, and the quality of the final product will be much superior because of this.
This post has been edited by DavoX: 17 January 2014 - 08:37 AM
#153 Posted 17 January 2014 - 01:10 PM
As you can see the shape is very weird and it's flattened on some spots.
So, let's do them again!
Materials:
Epoxy putty, aluminium wire, pliers, plastiline, wire, base, etc....
Straight armature wire with small wire around it, to avoid clay slippage:
I insert the armature wire into a disposable pvc pipe attached to the base:
Put some epoxy putty inside of the pipe to keep the armature wire attached to it as straight as possible:
Basic shape with the plastiline. This time I'm trying to make it as cilyndrical as possible.
After that I start to add rough detail:
I start to smooth out the surfaces:
Now I make some little balls of platiline to make the suction cups:
Finished:
Now I'll make a mold for this, and then make a silicone copy of the tentacle, this way I can use the same tentacle in different poses to make the other molds. And this will ensure that all tentacles will be the same lenght and shape.
#154 Posted 17 January 2014 - 06:50 PM
(Hehehe)Like I said... as long as you don't start thinking of changing engines, I will stay comfortable.
(Keeps repeating "Its just a few tentacles don't panic...")
MrBlackCat
#155 Posted 18 January 2014 - 06:49 AM
The tentacles will still be static, I won't make them out of silicone. Just this one so I can pose it to make the resin ones.
#156 Posted 21 March 2014 - 05:03 PM
Oh... how did I get here...
Well, while I am here. How's it goin?
Any updates?
You aren't adding a new feature you saw on someone elses sculpt are you?
MrBlackCat
This post has been edited by MrBlackCat: 21 March 2014 - 05:09 PM
#157 Posted 23 March 2014 - 04:03 PM
#158 Posted 23 March 2014 - 06:20 PM
MrBlackCat
#159 Posted 30 March 2014 - 05:25 AM
#160 Posted 30 March 2014 - 05:44 AM
Mold making can be a pain for sure. I have made probably 30 to 50 silicone molds over the years for things I could not make other ways. There can be lots of issues. More often than not I used two half molds and put more time into making my connection "manually" rather than trying to get two or three part molds to work well. I have only successfully made one, three part mold ever and only like 10 two part molds... lets just say "such error, much waste".
My typical method was stuff like this... Remember in the Matrix (first) when Neo and trinity went in to the building to get Morpheus and they needed "guns, lots of guns"? Well the action figures DID NOT come with "lots of guns"... so the mold making materials came out.
I just touched them to a belt sander to flatten them, glued the halves together and painted them.
Images of typical one sided molds.
Now I have "Guns, lots of guns" for Neo and Trinity.
MrBlackCat
This post has been edited by MrBlackCat: 30 March 2014 - 05:49 AM
#161 Posted 01 April 2014 - 02:56 PM
#162 Posted 06 April 2014 - 06:27 PM
#164 Posted 22 July 2014 - 04:38 PM
#165 Posted 23 July 2014 - 01:51 PM
Whining In Disappointment?
(ok, not really)
In the words of a great man from a galaxy far, far away... "I have a bad feeling about this..."
MrBlackCat
This post has been edited by MrBlackCat: 23 July 2014 - 05:21 PM
#166 Posted 03 March 2015 - 05:39 PM
MrBlackCat, on 17 January 2014 - 06:50 PM, said:
(Hehehe)Like I said... as long as you don't start thinking of changing engines, I will stay comfortable.
(Keeps repeating "Its just a few tentacles don't panic...")
MrBlackCat
DavoX, on 18 January 2014 - 06:49 AM, said:
The tentacles will still be static, I won't make them out of silicone. Just this one so I can pose it to make the resin ones.
MrBlackCat
#167 Posted 07 March 2015 - 11:06 AM
MrBlackCat, on 03 March 2015 - 05:39 PM, said:
MrBlackCat
I think this is well and truly dead
#168 Posted 05 May 2016 - 02:50 PM
Steveeeie, on 07 March 2015 - 11:06 AM, said:
MrBlackCat
(Note that I am pretending I didn't realize that last post was over a year old...)
This post has been edited by MrBlackCat: 05 May 2016 - 02:51 PM