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The lizard I painted like some amazon ones I saw in a book.Related content
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Some are being sold as kits. This one here not .
Thank you !
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Would you show me some links?
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I can give you some emails of the producers who sell the kits.
Interested ?
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I finally have time to post more detailed impressions of this piece. I must say that in my opinion, the excellence of this work far exceeds the professionally marketed statues of Red Sonja that are currently available. The others are unconvincing as the women appear to be too frail to even lift a sword, let alone wield it. They seem to be posing for a camera that does not exist. Your piece seizes a viewers attention as an exciting yet violent moment in time that forwards the narrative. I agree with others......this statue should be made available as a kit.
My experience in modelling is with styrene plastic, resins, and all variety of paint. I would like to give this type of modeling/sculpture a try. I have looked at all the comments about your work in an effort to get a start. What websites and threads would helpful to me? Basic tools?
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There are a series of DVDΒ΄s about this. Gnomon workshop with sculptor
John Brown. Exellent!!!!
Explains everything in every detail imaginable.
About 7 dvdΒ΄s ,each with the length of a movie.
Try to find them, it is worth it!
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que boas a tuas pecas gosto muinto 
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Γ minha segunda profissΓ£o...Obrigado.
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que bom, podes olhar o meus trabalhos? gostaria uma opinion de voce? eu faco isto sin ayuda alguma... he trabalhas pra uma companhia? o pra uma revista?
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Oi
NΓ£o trabalho para nenhuma compania ou revista.
Nenhuma proposta ate hoje, se bem que estou divulgando ha pouco tempo. Quem sabe?
Dei uma olhada na sua galeria.
OpiniΓ£o? Grande pintor e desenhista !!
Fiquei maravilhado.
Esculturas:
Tente esculpir algo mais dificil,como por exemplo
[link]
Esta sim seria um espetaculo! ( e nΓ£o por causa
do dragΓ£o...)
Mulheres sΓ£o o maior desafio para um escultor.
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Vielen Dank!
I sculped her not thinking about the possibility of
kit making.I learned about GKΒ΄s only a short time ago. A fantasy sculptor I am only about 2 years,
and as hobby only.
But I hope that will change;the next figure ;a comission;I will try to cast.I am researching the
know how.
Producers found the Sonja statue too difficult to kit successfully.
Congrats on your fantastic well executed Kits!
Alles gute!
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how much for this? Interested in trading art?
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No kit release ?
Now I'm said .....
Well, some things about sculpting, mold making and casting:
If you wanna do a kit out of your sculpt, you've to think about the right places for
the cuts (for mold making) during the sculpting process.
The parts has to be mold friendly (no traps for air bubbles, no harsh undercuts) and
customer friendly (as you've to think about, how to paint and where can the
joints be hidden easily).
About mold making, you can learn a lot here:
[link]
My -personal- opinion:
Let the pros do their job, or: A cobbler should stick to his last.
Some sculpters can cast, some not - and do not accept that.
Thus some great sculpts ends in bad castsed kits ....
A great loss occurs - just for saving a few $
Further more, "gravity cast" (just pooring resin in a mold) is really not up to date
any more.
State of the art ist pressure casting, centrifugal casting
(both best done under vaccuum, to get rid of tiny air-bubbles. As some resins effervesce.)
Conclusion: Casting is not that easy as it looks like !
Either you have your kits casted under your own responsibility/name/company
(then you have to invest money and time)
or you sell your sculpt to a company and let them do the commercial work.
However you decide, you should have the casting to be done in the US (if it isn't
-by far- cheaper to do so in Brazil): Cause of the shipping costs to US, as the US is THE main market for such kits.
Well, I don't wanna give up on the Red Sonja:
Have you asked pros about the possibility to do a kit out of it ?
Maybe you can ask Mark Brokav from Earthbound Studios or Ken Ellis from Solarwind
or Kent Kidwell from Kidwell Concepts for !
Curious to see your next work and -maybe- your professional career as sculptor
and/or kit-producer.
C ya next time
Rainer
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Thanks a lot for all the info!
Few are so forthcoming .
Not among them are the "producers".
Many (including Kent Kidwell) are difficult to reach.They dont accept
emails or PMΒ΄s in forums.
I tried.
One showed interest in kitting Sonja;(met him in Statue Forum)
but after some talking I became repulsed by his lack of manners.
Lucky me to not depend on such people.
My real job is sculpting teeth in a phrosthetics laboratory.
The molding and casting I will try to learn out of curiosity
Comissions ; and new approaches to sculpting
ways to get it done.My lab is a great
help.Pressure casting is something I intend to do.Maybe also rotocasting.
Thank you again,and hope keep in touch!
PS:You are german? My father also.
I speak german;a little rusty but OK.
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This tremendous piece shall (MUST !) be released as a Garage-Kit !
Kowtow my dear, kowtow
No joking: Is it planed to be released as a Garage-Kit or as a Prepaint ?
You surely wouldn't leave us here, without a chance to get our hands on her ;o)
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God damn, this pieces shall (MUST !) be released as a Garage Kit !!!
Kowtow ,my dear, kowtow.
Without joking:
Is this planed to be released as a kit or as a prepaint ?
You surely would not be so unkind, to leave us without a chance to get her ;o)
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If I would start again,she would lean more over the
beast.More struggle!
Thanks!
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Thanks;just the reaction I was hoping for!
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Obrigado!
Finalmente estou fazendo e terminando o seu kit.
Gostei como vc bolou os encaixes.
Γ pintar e juntar depois;fica perfeito.
Otimo aprendizado.
Vc conhece o eduardo do dimclay?
Vende silicone extraordinario;e resina tambem.
Na kim possible fiz umas pequenissimas modificaçáes no cabelo.Vou te mostrar.(Achei legal)
Espero que goste.Fiz mal?
Abraços
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colors of the lizard are fantastic.
u know i grew up with snakes and lizards and all kind of animals
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hehe. for sure mate. ur makings are always great.
btw: my sisters name is sonja
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Nice!
I have one too.Just one .You?
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brother and sister, weirdos. k but im too *hehe*
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And end in an x rated film.he he he
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really cool, I like the blood spatter from the sword. a great paint job as well, what kind of paint do you use?
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The dragon with acrylic paint(water based).
She with a more resistant one .I dont know the name in english.With a smelly solvent.Used also
in plastic kits;airplanes etc...Synthetic email??
Literal translation of the portuguese.
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oh yeah, my dad keep telling me 'bout that stuff, he just calls it model paints.
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