Help? D:

[Scaleeth]

[Scaleeth]

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get glass eyes.. kind of like the ones that are in Windstones. Possibly ones with a little more detail in them? I have looked just about everywhere, but I cannot seem to find any. D: Please help? I want to use them for my sculptures. 🙁

[Shawna]

Try a taxidermy supply…they have some neat eyes.

Kyrin

[lamortefille]

Talk to purplecat. She has some way cool eyes for her sculpts!

[Akeyla]

vandykestaxidermy http://vandykestaxidermy.com/ has a good choice and good shipping. Although they are a bit on a costy side if you just order a few and you use them for just random sculptures.
More detail ones are even more costy. Unless you have a specific animal you want to base on (ex fox eyes) you can also have Van Dykes do eyes for you, for exact your wishes. But thats costy. I paid 28$ for a custom pair of human eyes once.
Van Dykes offers blanks, meaning, clear eyes to color yourself.
I also recommend checking your local craft stores, they offer teddybear eyes which come various colors (blue, green, brown, red, yellow). My first sculptures all have teddy eyes. If it werent for the color limit I’d have to admit that I like them more, the color goes through the glass and isnt just painted on the back like with many taxidermy eyes. YOu can edit said eyes, I sometimes add fine lines on the back to have a more lively iris or I even add glass pellets to create a new light effect.

Another option is using pre-hardened balls of clay or glass balls or even iron balls. These can be colored as you wish and varnished.
another option is to do them yourself. I used to make them:
http://cathuman.com/fall2007/wipdesk1.jpg

Get a ball of clay and press a rounded pointy object (I use the wooden tip of some of my bigger paint bruses) to create a shallow crate. color it and place a drop of clear varnish on the top, or even resin. Just keep in mind that some varnishes darken when exposed to heat, so be careful with polymer.

hope this helps 🙂

[KoishiiKitty]

Scaleeth wrote:

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get glass eyes.. kind of like the ones that are in Windstones. Possibly ones with a little more detail in them? I have looked just about everywhere, but I cannot seem to find any. D: Please help? I want to use them for my sculptures. 🙁

what type sculpting do you do? 😀
i have no idea where to get eyes eather.

[Scaleeth]

Oh, awesome! Thanks everyone! Koshii, there are a lot of nice eyes here. 😀 http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/category/1/

I like to sculpt dragons, but I am not all that great at it yet.

And Akeyla, I LOVE your sculptures! I’ve seen lots of them on DeviantArt. 😀

[KoishiiKitty]

oh cool! I hope we will get to see them?

[Necron99]

Scaleeth wrote:

Oh, awesome! Thanks everyone! Koshii, there are a lot of nice eyes here. 😀 http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/category/1/

I like to sculpt dragons, but I am not all that great at it yet.

And Akeyla, I LOVE your sculptures! I’ve seen lots of them on DeviantArt. 😀

i use this place for tusks and they are the cheapest around ..price wise not quality, they have a huge sellection of eyes. Just sign up and they will send you a free catalog

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