I used the the flattening method. I bought a silicone cooking sheet b/c green stuff won't stick to it, put the green stuff on it and then roll it will a rolling pin until desired thickness. I then use an exacto to cut my desired shapes. I've used it several times now on several of the customs I've posted. Works great! Really appreciate it. Of course I'm always here to help if I can.
Hey, I meant to answer but looks like I never did. Glad it worked for you. What did you try and what did you make with it? (or tell me later after you post it) You keep this up and a year from now I can't wait to see what you come up with! I hope you don't mind if I ask you for ideas now and again too when I get stuck.
Thanks man. Got a couple of other lines I'm going to work on and then I want to revisit MOTU with Stinkor and Fisto. I know odd choices but I think they would be really fun to make.
That armor is incredible! I do that technique, but I'm going to order a silicon baking sheet so that the green stuff won't stick at all. I haven't tried the bent plastic one though. I'll have to give it a shot.
One idea if I need completely flat thin pieces (maybe you do something similar?), press some greenstuff between two plastic pieces (such as cut up blister packs) and roll something cylindrical over the top until you get your desired thickness of greenstuff between the sheets. Later you can remove the plastic and cut your desired sizes. I’ve also done this with bent pieces of plastic to make angles and corners. The 3 chest and abdomen armor pieces on this guy for example, were all made by pressing greenstuff between pieces of transparent bent plastic (except the collar):
This tip won’t help with Teela of course, (not that you needed it.)
I also talked about casting with hot glue in my WIPS thread. For pieces that all need to look identical, I just love the way greenstuff presses into the cavities of dried hot glue. If you plan it right it also comes out easily. I could tell you more about that if you want.
Let me know how those work out. I only know the few things I’ve tried and will share more when I get a chance. I like thinking about these kinds of puzzles. Great work on Teela’s Head by the way!
Yes same here. I have to use water constantly. My biggest issue is it wanting to stick to my sculpting utensils when I'm trying to carve details etc. I've learned lots of tricks with it like cutting the shapes etc before putting it on the figures and sanding really helps once it dries. I'm always interested in learning new tips and tricks. So, any ideas are welcomed. I'm going to buy some silicone based sculpting tools as well as a metal set I've been looking at to see how they work out.