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Title: Sculpting Tools
Post by: Darkoath on January 11, 2011, 10:44:17 PM: Was thinking about trying my hand at a bit of sculpting...

Any recommendations for a nice starting set of tools?

Darkoath
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 11, 2011, 10:51:03 PM: I'm no where near an expert but dental tools are the way to go and I also made a couple of my own (as I've heard a lot of the pro sculpters do :) )

cheers

James
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: Roebeast45 on January 11, 2011, 11:24:39 PM: GF9 has a nice starter set:
http://www.gf9.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=256

And I find these very useful for blending muscle groups:
http://www.happyscrappinscrapbooking.com/rlrd90-p-royallangnickel.html

Dulled Xacto knives and sharpened H pencils are often useful as well.
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: SirAlban on January 11, 2011, 11:55:16 PM: Clay shapers changes my live: :-*
http://www.colourshaper.com/cs002.htm (http://www.colourshaper.com/cs002.htm)
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: Major_Gilbear on January 12, 2011, 08:54:22 AM: Not much of a sculptor myself (mostly conversion work!), but I found the Royal Sovereign Clay Shapers to be super-useful.These are basically like brushes, but tipped with shaped silicone instead of bristles. Get the black-tipped ones though, as the grey / white tipped are pretty soft. I found the smallest sizes (Size 0) to be the most useful, and last time I checked most decent art shops (both online and brick-and-mortar stores) carry them. Also, Amazon had some over Christmas too I think.

Other than that, some fine dental tools and a couple of sizes of X-Acto blades are all I use really.

For doing rivets on models, fine brass tube or mechanical pencils are often handy too.
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: TheShadow on January 12, 2011, 09:08:33 AM: i picked up a set of 12 wax carvers from ebay for £6 - pretty much the same thing as dental tools for sculpting, plus i dropped lucky when lidl were selling a pack of clay shapers for £2 !!
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: Donpimpom on January 12, 2011, 09:53:19 AM: I have no idea about sculpting, but I have a maybe helpful anecdote.
Once, talking about modelling tools with two miniature makers they said the tool they most frequently use is the lancet.
They use other for details, but at the end of th day the biggest part of the time they where using the lancet.
Lancet i would say is the bottom of this pic http://wargamesfoundry.com/tools_and_modelling/modelling/any/any/sculpting_tools_tool043/
On that conversation one of the sculptors was a Perry twin ( I don't remember if Alan or Michael) so i think it's a comment to keep in mind.
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: rob_alderman on January 12, 2011, 10:12:46 AM: Quote from: TheShadow on January 12, 2011, 09:08:33 AM
i picked up a set of 12 wax carvers from ebay for £6 - pretty much the same thing as dental tools for sculpting, plus i dropped lucky when lidl were selling a pack of clay shapers for £2 !!

Those Lidl clay shapers are a wee bit big for my liking.
Title: Re: Sculpting Tools
Post by: bandit86 on January 12, 2011, 11:18:08 AM: One tool that I like (and I am not a sculptor) I got at CVS it's a cuticle stick. Clear plastic rod with a rubber tip on one end and a tapered shape at the other. Works great for sculpting and smoothing out the surfaces. (And cheap)
(http://i56.tinypic.com/6nshee.jpg)