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[Blackened]

Hey guys i am int the battlegini series still now that the ball started rolling with my buddy Eric Nilla, this is the backside shot of what is slowly forming as some sort of space jet aparatus. I want to do industrial design ,which mean perfect cirlcles, straight likes and make it look like it came from a factory. But do it with apoxie and a knife. Heres what i got so far, any tips? I know i can mash up together kits customised from plastic models like tanks ans jets but i want to keep this challenge as sculpty as possible

 

Also title, it's *design not desing, we just had a massive earthquake and my dyslexia peaked.. haha

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Edited by Blackened, 17 November 2014 - 04:57 PM.

[imperfecz]

They make a lot of cool shapes in styrene for architectural design that you can find at most model shops. Only thing with that route is if you're using sculpey, you won't be able to bake it, the heat would warp it.

[stoffhimel]

looks pretty good, but it doesn't really scream space jet thing to me. Something you can do is use manufactured item to make the shapes, such as pens, pencils and other assorted objects. not as part of the sculpting but as a references and to press in to get the nice circles. A  drill would be usefull for making perfect hole every time. also you can research this like struts and rocket bells, or after burners. Industrial locations would also be a good thing to google for ideas. places like steel mills and refineries have a lot of heavy equipment in them that you could crib some ideas from. spaceships and jets would also be good for this. Lastly, you can probably sand your creation after you have cured it, removing all of the lumps and making some of the edges nicer.

[Blackened]

yeah i am working out the kinks, this is my rough thumbnail, i'll post some more progress with these things

thanks (also this is apoxie , i shape it, let it sit, then carve it out)

thnnxxxx

[imperfecz]

Oh yeah, you can use styrene with apoxie...... I do it all the time. Aves?

[redjarojam]

Styrene is good. Also if you have shops for gaming miniatures and such in your area they have all kinds of great stuff.


Like hex rods or round rods for rivets and nuts/bolts. When im not on my phone I can post links to rivet tutorials and such. Or just google warhammer rivet tutorials haha.