All About Pointy Things
This first entry in the Tools of the Trade series will discuss brushes, toothpicks, sharpies, and hobby knives. Click the title to read all about it.
Tagged: sculpting
And in this corner, The Clay Extruder!
A few weeks ago I had half an hour to kill at my local craft store, so I started wandering around the store, aisle by aisle. Usually I am looking for new materials to use in dioramas, but since I currently have everything I need for my new dioramas (more info coming soon!), I thought I would explore some new customizing tools. In the clay aisle, I came across what looked like a solid metal syringe (pictured above). It’s called a clay extruder, and it’s main function is to (surprise!) extrude clay.
Tough Customs: The Diva
As you might have seen, I made a set of Fifth Element customs for CustomCon 27, including Korben Dallas, Leeloo, Zorg, and Diva blah, the star of this article. She was definitely the most challenging minimate in the set, and I took some pictures of her during her creation, so I could show you exactly how she was created.
Video: Custom Minimate From Start to Finish (Part 1)
Over the weekend I had a rare occurrence of some free time, so I decided to start a video series on making a custom minimate from start to finish.
Learning the Art of Molding and Casting
As you might have seen on my Facebook page, or over at the Minimate Multiverse, I am working on molding and casting a series of Minimate-sized dioramas. The first one is pictured above, and I will have at least 4 more dioramas ready to order in the next two weeks. This is a project I have had in the works for a few months, and most of that time was spent ironing out all of the kinks in the molding and casting process. I wanted to share part of that process with you today.
