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Macharius tank sculpt
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:25 pm 
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I'm going to have a go at sculpting a Macharius tank for Epic. I'm starting out with a Basic Block of Sculpey? and working from there. You may recognise this pic from an earler thread:

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 Post subject: Macharius tank sculpt
PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 1:29 pm 
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Next I got a pencil and marked my Basic Block of Sculpey? with the shapes I wanted to carve out. I've not tried modelling this way before, so cross everything you've got and wish me luck...
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 2:32 pm 
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 2:41 pm 
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 5:02 pm 
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Okay, I've spent the last couple of hours with a Dremel and some sandpaper, and here's a pic of what it looks like so far.
I'm pretty pleased, to be honest. I think this will be a good base to sculpt on to.

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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 5:07 pm 
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Looks great !  :D

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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:31 pm 
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looking good so far.  I admire the straighness of your edges, as I find working with anything which isn't already straight edged (i.e. not Green Stuff!) makes getting clean edges nigh impossible...

Good luck with this, I'll keep watching! :) :cool:
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 1:42 am 
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Looking very good!

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:49 am 
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Looking nice! I'll be watching this. :p

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:03 am 
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Nice work so far. Keep us posted :cool:

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:24 am 
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Good grief - great work Reaver. Now I'm really curious to see how you go about doing caterpillar tracks.

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:27 am 
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Looking good! :cool:

What are the properties of sculpey like? plaster-ish? plastic-like?

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:25 pm 
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What are the properties of sculpey like? plaster-ish? plastic-like?

Once it's baked, it's quite plaster-ish, and can be a bit crumbly when you carve it. It sands quite nicely though.

The big question is how well other things will stick to it. I know plasti-card will superglue to it, but I'm not sure if GreenStuff, Milliput, or even unbaked Sculpey will stick to it. If they don't, then this project is over!
Fingers crossed....
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:16 pm 
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Looking good so far.

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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:25 pm 
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Incredibly slow progress, I'm afraid... I can feel the words 'long-term project' heading inexorably toward this thread.

I couldn't get Sculpey to stick to the sanded / carved block, and have been forced to use Green Stuff instead, which I despise! :angry:
I've mixed it 50/50 with Milliput to get rid of some of the 'chewing gum' feel of GS.

Anyway, all I've managed so far is one track / side panel.
Here it is:

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