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Teagle In reply to everythingstaken [2011-10-19 09:41:25 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but not these ones.
I made a radioactive dead astronaut, 'the glowing skull' and a few others.
The spray can was really hard to clean though, so I couldn't get that many made. It just blocked and went crusty.

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everythingstaken In reply to Teagle [2011-10-20 23:20:05 +0000 UTC]

Wait, you spray painted them in glow in the dark paint? I've experimented with luminescent materials before and it's a bit of a pain in the butt. My favorite so far has been that nasty puffy paint stuff. I mixed it with acrylic paint; I'm sure clear acrylic would work really well, but I used a really opaque white.

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Teagle In reply to everythingstaken [2011-10-21 10:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you get a nice even coat then.
I hate those little expensive tubes of GITD paint, it has a chalky finish, and most of the time i have to mix it with a light colour and it still looks cheap and tacky.
It's a slow burning hobby that I always do in the background of other work that's slowly evolving. I really need to make custom casts next.

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everythingstaken In reply to Teagle [2011-10-21 11:49:38 +0000 UTC]

That would be awesome!

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Teagle In reply to erin-harrison [2011-10-17 16:30:07 +0000 UTC]

I'll try and find some photos of a snakeman I did, he had a tattoo of his own face on his chest.

I need to get some more figures, I've had a request for a Bat too. I'd love to make a lizard man.

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Teagle In reply to laresistance [2011-10-14 21:11:33 +0000 UTC]

I almost very did a very quick one to go along with these, might do in the next few days!

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laresistance In reply to Teagle [2011-10-15 08:10:15 +0000 UTC]

that would be most awesome !!

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Teagle In reply to Papposilenos [2011-10-13 17:07:11 +0000 UTC]

Those knock off wrestlers and MOTU toys you can get from discount shops.
I use them because there isn't too much articulation, joints are hard to paint.
If I can find a good sturdy WWF figure, I'll use that too.

I use milliput for the head, it's a little like sculpey, but air dries and is very tough.

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Papposilenos In reply to Teagle [2011-10-13 22:36:15 +0000 UTC]

Ah, gotcha! Yeah you couldn't use sculptey because I imagine cooking a figurine in the oven would melt the plastic. And the joint thing makes total sense. Really cool concept though! Anything in particular that sparked the initial idea?

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Teagle In reply to Papposilenos [2011-10-14 01:00:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yeah, I stumbled across miliput after using 'green stuff'.
It all started when I had a load of spare MOTU toy parts, and made hybrid action figures.
The weird muscley figures where what inspired me to start drawing wrestlers too.

I still feel guilty when some people think I made them from scratch. I need to make some of my own sculpts up one day.

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Papposilenos In reply to Teagle [2011-10-14 12:56:20 +0000 UTC]

Ah! green stuff, I'm aware of that. Isn't that what they use for those little Citadel models, like Warhammer and stuff to make conversions and things?

I know the guilt thing too, I used to make stuff out of colored sculptey and people would compliment me on how even and steady my painting was... and I had to be like... umm, yeah I didn't paint it. Not the best feeling in the world.

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Teagle In reply to Papposilenos [2011-10-14 21:10:58 +0000 UTC]

yeah, that's the stuff!
Milliput is an alternative used by a lot of desktop game players, because Games Workshop is such a ripoff.

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Papposilenos In reply to Teagle [2011-10-15 16:39:15 +0000 UTC]

yeah they are, man their stuff is expensive!

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