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[TomB]

Fish..reference last thread on plastic conversions....used a couple of horses as shown...tested one in frypan for reacation to heat...was okay... removed horse's head and baked sculpey head onto horse...worked well.....painted and glossed and added rider.....have added pic of all sculpey horse and rider.....sure saves times using the plastic horses......have 10 to 15 cartoon horse's and pirates to make for a church charity......cheers Tom

 

[fishead19690]

Tom I love your cartoon figures and your horse looks better then the Armies in plastic horses. I never liked those horses, your cartoon heads look more realistic then the ones they come with.:rolleyes2:
Some of the plastic horse out there are REALLY poor looking and those A.I.P. horses are up there with the worst of them.
I like the TSSD and Italeri horses the best out of what I have seen so far.
I,m really surprised the horses didn,t melt when you baked that clay???^&confuse You should look into some 2 part putty for stuff like this in the future, I don,t think a smaller figure will survive the heat???
Check out Ebay, You should be able to find some for cheap. And Ebay should have mold making supplies if you ever want to try your hand at making a mold of any of your creations.
Great stuff! Keep posting, I love seeing your figures!^&cool

 

[TomB]

Tom I love your cartoon figures and your horse looks better then the Armies in plastic horses. I never liked those horses, your cartoon heads look more realistic then the ones they come with.:rolleyes2:
Some of the plastic horse out there are REALLY poor looking and those A.I.P. horses are up there with the worst of them.
I like the TSSD and Italeri horses the best out of what I have seen so far.
I,m really surprised the horses didn,t melt when you baked that clay???^&confuse You should look into some 2 part putty for stuff like this in the future, I don,t think a smaller figure will survive the heat???
Check out Ebay, You should be able to find some for cheap. And Ebay should have mold making supplies if you ever want to try your hand at making a mold of any of your creations.
Great stuff! Keep posting, I love seeing your figures!^&cool[/QUOTE
Fish...this putty you mention...is that the putty you use on glass window frames ?....that plastic horse was very strong plastic...had to hacksaw the head off....very heat resistant ....tried the molding bit...an awsume stuffup....not knowing any better I ended up with 10 AIP horse's....I will use them up eventfully....I wanted some decent horses to save me making them..takes forever....anyway I am happy I can convert the AIP one's.....ref smaller figs...if I do anything with them..I would baked the sculpry bits and clue them to the plastic...the smaller plastic figs would melt I am sure.....who is TSSD and what brand make the Italian horses...my local hobby shop may stock them...now I have set up a COD with them I will make use of it......will post some pirate figs when I get a couple done...cheers Tom

 

[fishead19690]

I,m not sure where to find Knedtite where you are but I,m sure if you check Ebay in your area you should be able to find some.
Here is an Ebay link to some here in the states so you can see what I,m talking about.
This stuff kicks on it own after mixing one to one so no need to bake! just mix the yellow part into the blue till it turns all green and your ready to sculpt.
This stuff works great for converting plastic figures. Here is a link!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Stuff...349?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a79a45295
TSSD is Toy Soldiers of San Diego and Italeri is a company in Europe somewhere? They have a few different mounted sets and there horses look pretty good.

 

[TomB]

I,m not sure where to find Knedtite where you are but I,m sure if you check Ebay in your area you should be able to find some.
Here is an Ebay link to some here in the states so you can see what I,m talking about.
This stuff kicks on it own after mixing one to one so no need to bake! just mix the yellow part into the blue till it turns all green and your ready to sculpt.
This stuff works great for converting plastic figures. Here is a link!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Stuff...349?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a79a45295
TSSD is Toy Soldiers of San Diego and Italeri is a company in Europe somewhere? They have a few different mounted sets and there horses look pretty good.

Fish..thanks for the info...I aint into Ebay but my grandson is....if I can ever find him at home I will get him to sort it out.....sounds interesting... though I am firmly into sculpey it would be worth a try.....cheers Tom

 

[fishead19690]

Fish..thanks for the info...I aint into Ebay but my grandson is....if I can ever find him at home I will get him to sort it out.....sounds interesting... though I am firmly into sculpey it would be worth a try.....cheers Tom

Tom when working with that Sculpey stuff do you have to sculpt the whole figure all at once or can you come back to it and add more detail later? And how do you do it without ruining all the work you have already done? Do you have to sculpt so far and bake it and then come back and add more sculpty?
I always ruin all my good work trying to do to much at once, I,ll have something just the way I want it and then try and add more work and and swash all the detail. The good thing about the green stuff that I like is I can work so far and then let it harden and come back and add a bit more.
How do you go about your sculpting? All at once or in stages and if in stages do you bake each stage???

 

[TomB]

Tom when working with that Sculpey stuff do you have to sculpt the whole figure all at once or can you come back to it and add more detail later? And how do you do it without ruining all the work you have already done? Do you have to sculpt so far and bake it and then come back and add more sculpty?
I always ruin all my good work trying to do to much at once, I,ll have something just the way I want it and then try and add more work and and swash all the detail. The good thing about the green stuff that I like is I can work so far and then let it harden and come back and add a bit more.
How do you go about your sculpting? All at once or in stages and if in stages do you bake each stage???

Fish....Jn stages...do a bit ...bake...do a bit bake....take's forever but if the bit your adding to aint firm it gets buggered up......I start with the head and torso...add the legs,..do all the detail...the arms are last...I always have trouble with the arms....I avoid like heck firing a wpn from the shoulder......though now I got a few of the plastic soldiers I can see how they are firing from the correct position and the right arm is not tucked into the side... you can bake sculpey almost forever....the only downside is the more you bake the colors fade...I like to use the natural colors so I dont have to paint...superglue works well with sculpey and it paints well....take it out of its packing and it wont dry out....sometimes you get some that is rock hard...add veg oil or Vaseline and work it into the sculpey and it will soften...same applies to fimo...Fimo is better but it is much more expensive...hope this helps...cheers Tom

 

[TomB]

Tom when working with that Sculpey stuff do you have to sculpt the whole figure all at once or can you come back to it and add more detail later? And how do you do it without ruining all the work you have already done? Do you have to sculpt so far and bake it and then come back and add more sculpty?
I always ruin all my good work trying to do to much at once, I,ll have something just the way I want it and then try and add more work and and swash all the detail. The good thing about the green stuff that I like is I can work so far and then let it harden and come back and add a bit more.
How do you go about your sculpting? All at once or in stages and if in stages do you bake each stage???

Fish....Jn stages...do a bit ...bake...do a bit bake....take's forever but if the bit your adding to aint firm it gets buggered up......I start with the head and torso...add the legs,..do all the detail...the arms are last...I always have trouble with the arms....I avoid like heck firing a wpn from the shoulder......though now I got a few of the plastic soldiers I can see how they are firing from the correct position and the right arm is not tucked into the side... you can bake sculpey almost forever....the only downside is the more you bake the colors fade...I like to use the natural colors so I dont have to paint...superglue works well with sculpey and it paints well....take it out of its packing and it wont dry out....sometimes you get some that is rock hard...add veg oil or Vaseline and work it into the sculpey and it will soften...same applies to fimo...Fimo is better but it is much more expensive...hope this helps...cheers Tom