Some 15mm Arabs (sculpted by me)

[max]

I use militputt as i bought some a while ago to get into sculpting and i still have loads. I use a sharp needle for poking the holes as my mum and sister do sowing so i borrowed one of theirs' 

Chain mail can be different sizes, but from the table the differences can't really be seen. I just poke the holes and see what happens, sometimes it's neater and smaller, other times it's s a bit scruffy.

[Alan maguire]

Max.... Have you tried other putty's? like greenstuff, procreate? do you use water when you work with milliput?

Im sure your mum n sister wont mind will they? haha!...

The 40 figures you did , where they plastic or metal?

[Alan maguire]

There´s quite a few How to´s about chain mail, like this one
http://miniaturetim.blogspot.de/2011/09/pushing-around-green-stuff-chain-mail_6199.html

Paul.... have you done any sculpting? or thinking of doning some?

[max]

I've only tried miliput for the moment, i might experiment with others some time. I use water when i work as if not the miliput sticks to your fingers and tools.

All the converted minis were plastics, much easier to cut apart!

[Alan maguire]

Max.... Yeah mixing milliput leaves it on your finger tips, im guessing that milliput standerd you used?
when you mix milliput superfine white its even worse for covering your finger tips , atleast when i did it it did .
Water makes a big difference and great for getting a realy nice smooth finish.
have you tried cutting an arm or a leg off a figure and resculpting it?

[max]

Standard, yes.

So far i've only sculpted add-ons, or a covering for an arm or body with new armour or clothing. I haven't tried doing something completely new, i always have a plastic 'skeleton' to work from.

I often cut down a plastic body and cover it in a breastplate, or chain mail hauberk. I might try that some time, but for the moment i have plenty of spare parts to use as a base!
I've done a couple of tries making my own figures, but i'm never happy with proportions, hence the reason i only convert existing figures. Maybe one day ??

There are some examples of stuff i do on my blog, and i will be sharing some more things here soon.

[Alan maguire]

Max... sounds like your getting hands dirty as they say soo cool ...
Any pics of the figures you've done that you mentioned with regards to proportions?
how can i see your blog?

[max]

The sculpts i did might be around somewhere but i did them a bit ago and maybe thrown away during one of the 'cleaning workspace' operations.

My blog is scyldandseax.blogspot.fr. I did have it in my signiature but it's disappeared 

[Alan maguire]

Max... ok cool, no worries, 

[Alan maguire]

Max... found ur blog i think? is this it? 
Scyld and seax

A blog about my wargames from the south west of France* , I have saved it in my bookmarks so i hope it's yours  ......

[max]

That's the one. The profile pictures the same, i did it so people will recognize me.

[Alan maguire]

Max... Looks cool... sooo if i was to sculpt some medievals you'd be the man that could advise me on uniforms, weapons etc ?

[max]

You could ask me, but i don't know everything so if you ask me a vague question i might not know the answer.
Someone on this forum might though!

[Alan maguire]

Max..... ok cool, sounds good, i have no expectations