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Title: Broken Pots
Post by: snitcythedog on 22 September 2020, 03:25:33 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 22 September 2020, 03:30:01 PM
Very nice work :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: CookAndrewB on 22 September 2020, 07:25:52 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 23 September 2020, 09:49:56 PM
Great idea! 8)
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Cacique Caribe on 25 September 2020, 08:38:27 AM
Genius.  Pure genius!

Dan
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: ancientsociety on 25 September 2020, 06:07:41 PM
Amazing
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 25 September 2020, 06:24:39 PM
Very effective  8)
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Hammers on 28 September 2020, 09:43:55 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 28 September 2020, 11:03:01 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 28 September 2020, 11:04:10 AM
Very smart way to proceed, well done!
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: snitcythedog on 28 September 2020, 02:31:27 PM
Thank you all for the comps. 
Quote from: YPU on 28 September 2020, 11:03:01 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 30 September 2020, 02:26:08 PM
Amazing stuff! Thank you for sharing!
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: snitcythedog on 02 October 2020, 04:43:05 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 17 July 2022, 09:06:49 PM
What a cracking idea - love it...
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Digits on 17 July 2022, 11:40:28 PM
Very effective….love it!
Title: Re: Broken Pots
Post by: Daeothar on 14 September 2022, 10:09:34 AM
Quote from: Golgotha on 17 July 2022, 09:06:49 PM
What a cracking idea - love it...
lol

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