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Title: Broken Pots
Post by: snitcythedog on September 22, 2020, 02:25:33 PM
Just a quick tutorial as I needed some for a build. 

How to make broken clay pots. 

Take a resin or plastic pot, or a bead that you are using to simulate a pot and use insta-mold/blue stuff/omyaru to make a one sided mould of the top, bottom and a side. 

Use milliput/aves epoxy sculpt/magic sculpt to fill the mould and take a brush handle to push it to the sides and top of the mould. 

You want it thin on the sides but not too thin.  If the putty is slightly translucent when holding it up to a light it is too thin.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LslOWCMwfyI/X2oHXMMxyAI/AAAAAAAADfc/r4pWwDCb_LIGDjjklXaZz--IfNjEbMk8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1785.jpg)
Wait for the putty to set for 24 hours so it is completely cured.  De-mould and start clipping and cutting each piece.  Try to make it look like natural breaks and glue in place.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnw76hXccOs/X2oHipUdxYI/AAAAAAAADfg/uFx6WMpvz44q4F9S32L0LwovSYLZrefggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1786.jpg)
I will probably superglue some broken egg shells on this pile too just to bulk them out.

Edit:  I forgot to note.  The original pots are the most excellent details from Crooked Dice.
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: gamer Mac on September 22, 2020, 02:30:01 PM
Very nice work :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: CookAndrewB on September 22, 2020, 06:25:52 PM
That is a great idea, and pretty perfect for that little bit of leftover epoxy I seem to always end up with.
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Andym on September 23, 2020, 08:49:56 PM
Great idea! 8)
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Cacique Caribe on September 25, 2020, 07:38:27 AM
Genius.  Pure genius!

Dan
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: ancientsociety on September 25, 2020, 05:07:41 PM
Amazing
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: OSHIROmodels on September 25, 2020, 05:24:39 PM
Very effective  8)
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Hammers on September 28, 2020, 08:43:55 AM
Another way of doing this, which I have done in the past, is  to take a miniature light bulb, and with some care crack it.  You can paint it in  terracotta before or after.
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: YPU on September 28, 2020, 10:03:01 AM
Simple method, great results!  :D "make the break look natural" is the trick I'd wager, and not necessarily easy.
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Sangennaru on September 28, 2020, 10:04:10 AM
Very smart way to proceed, well done!
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: snitcythedog on September 28, 2020, 01:31:27 PM
Thank you all for the comps. 
Quote from: YPU on September 28, 2020, 10:03:01 AM
Simple method, great results!  :D "make the break look natural" is the trick I'd wager, and not necessarily easy.
Cutting directly with a hobby knife is enough to start a natural break.  Not breaking off too much is the real trick. I suspect that the putty would have shattered if I waited for two days worth of curing before I cut them.   
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: FreakyFenton on September 30, 2020, 01:26:08 PM
Amazing stuff! Thank you for sharing!
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: snitcythedog on October 02, 2020, 03:43:05 PM
Quick update with a finished picture.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qSXV8Wl2lBo/X3dICiqjXoI/AAAAAAAADfw/Rpgli4CmiUocu9v9UvDWrxbC35YvgW0sgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_1809.jpg)
Hope you like.
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Golgotha on July 17, 2022, 08:06:49 PM
What a cracking idea - love it...
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Digits on July 17, 2022, 10:40:28 PM
Very effective….love it!
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Daeothar on September 14, 2022, 09:09:34 AM
Quote from: Golgotha on July 17, 2022, 08:06:49 PM
What a cracking idea - love it...
lol

This method will be saved for future reference for sure...  8)