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I wanna learn something new. Where would I start to learn to do these? Books, forums, info sites?? I saw some breathtaking ones on ebay and thought, I wanna try to do that!
like sculptures or drawings…
I’d like to have some sculptures to paint…but the only ones I’ve seen are kind of ugly….
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47656461/?qo=21&q=by%3Awhippetluv&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
a faun I made…but it fell today and broke in a zillion peices…so upsetting. The arms are too long, but otherwise I was fairly happy.mature content filter on.
only way to change it is to log in. sad to hear that it broke even if i cant see it.
Enchantments makes “dragonflutters.” They’re not fairies, but they’re cool too. You’d have to ask her for details on manufacture.
I do/did. I took a break from them because they are pretty time consuming and noone beats FITA or Pixiewillow. They ate just like…. raised with polymer and sculpting since the were born… and blessed with time and patiende… ohwell.
here’s some I did in the past :
http://cathuman.com/ebay/wildfae2.jpg
http://cathuman.com/ebay/angelfaenews.jpg
http://cathuman.com/newart/untameablemidnightwiprastas.jpg
http://cathuman.com/newart/T-rexdreamsss.jpg
http://cathuman.com/newart/mistoandvics.jpg
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21356349/?qo=180&q=by%3Aakeyla&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/17531286/?qo=223&q=by%3Aakeyla&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
ttp://www.deviantart.com/deviation/8973279/?qo=2&q=+come+with+me+akeyla&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
http://cathuman.com/newart/lughchesla.jpgI posted some that are not fairy but run under ooak, mainly for things like wings or fur or even the polymerclay process called “millefiory”.
It depends what you want to know, be warned in advance that this is a difficult medium to handle, I know this because I saw FITA’s works (the lady that earns 11 grands for a sculpture, atleast back when ebay was better) was floored and I tried and I was really frustrated. Hard training and patience is mainly needed. She makes it look so easy.
human anatomy is nasty, handling the clay without getting moons/dust even more. You will need delicate tools and special hair, special oilcolors, special polymer for wings and tons of time and nerves. You will need to know about armature and the properties of polymers and any other media working with it or being in it (some armatures melt or blacken)I suggest you go to patriciarosestudio.com and check up one of her free tutorials. get yourself some super sculpey and white premo, mix them to get skin color and give it a try. When you feel you want it I’d recommend buying Patriciaroses DVD on making faes or asking on the OOAK forum (forgot addy). You can also buy pressmolds for fairies by patricia. I dont know quite what else to suggest but to say give it a try and feel free to ask back, I dont have tuts but if you need to know something I can try to guide you via email.
Sounds stupid to say but I know way more than what my works suggest, tried a lot, experimented a lot. failed. smoked house and mahself.
I know parts of this reply are discouraging, but please do try, it is fun. I am just giving you a realistic insight of my experience. Doesnt mean you will fail as miserable as I did (burned it, crumbled it, smooshed it, all in one mutilated fae) when i made my first one 😉greets
Aky
those are cool…I like the cat ones and the mermaid…
I saw someone did some of those once…and sold them for a ton of money…
don’t remember who it was though…
I have done a few. What I do is sculpt them in sculpey until I’m happy with the way they look, then I bake them and sand them smooth. After all that, I cut them apart wherever I think is convenient for molding. Then I make a mold of all the pieces in plaster. After that, if all the molds are successful, I cast all the pieces in resin and assemble them like a model kit.
Then prime and paint. I do wings the same way except I cast them out of clear casting resin and use transparent paint (it gives them a really pretty stained glass effect).
I will try to find some pictures of them, they come out very good. The faces are usually the hardest thing, for me anyway, because they are small and detailed and I like to make them as realistic as
I can. If you have the natural ability to sculpt it will be fairly easy, otherwise… practice practice practice.*giggles* no prob basil 🙂
I do to much as that people could remeber what I do. Like… I once made lamps out of foils and glass pearls, like the salt cristall ones.this is the forum I talked about:
http://ooakguild.com/index.php?name=ForumsFITA, as in the big polymer artists has her page here:
http://faeriesintheattic.com/gallery.htmlunfortunately her old pieces are gone, she made some dragons too, though I like her human pieces more. I remember her selling a SELKIE sculpture for a full 10 grands. Her auctions go “only” for one tenth these days however.
She’s here on ebay (my fav of her lates figures)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300099976274She keeps her procedures secret, I still dont know how she gets the skin to not moon (polymer does that). It is rumored that she uses ProSculpt (expensive polymer, said to moon too) mixed with something else. SOmething. We’ll, try and try and experiment 😉
oh, moons are these:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/3907926/?qo=248&q=by%3Aakeyla+in%3Ascraps&qh=sort%3Atime
if you look close you can see the slightly white blotches, they appear beneath the “skin” and are highly annoying. And dont look to close, those mermaids are like… 4 years old…
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