prophetic_joe Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) So I posted about wanting a cool swashbuckler for a current character I have. I needed one with a different head and body and while I have someone on line to do a proper conversion for me I also started trying to do my own. I have my Vampire KS and I saw a couple figs in there I could use. Or thought I could use. The two minis I chose were one that was basically this guy here but with a full hood. He appears in the KS vampire package image as the first fig on the top left. And then the trouble showed up with this guy. See now in the green here you can see very distinctly that he is wearing goggles and has mutton chops. These aren't really super visible on the white plastic bones figure. However I chose him for another reason as well, he is a futuristic mini and i don't play future games. So I needed to make this with the above two. and remember the first was just the body the actual head wore a hood. So I took the heads off both figures and attached the timekeepers head to the fantasy body. Trying to tame what I thought to be just a massive set of bangs and sideburns proved to work really really badly so I decided to remove the hair and ears completely and start fresh with Green Stuff. I also added a pulled down hood to the back and made his sword a rapier. Edited June 3, 2013 by prophetic_joe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetic_joe Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Ok so you can tell from the above pics that I had a bit of work to do. I had to make some gloves, make the vest, add some crotch, add the leggings. Well I worked on that a bit last night. I Also fixed up the sword. I did the tutorial to replace floppy swords from the craft section, using a safety pin but I didn't think it worked great so I fleshed it out with green stuff too. Anyway here he is all done and primed up Overall I don't think it is too bad for my first green stuff adventure. Feel free however to give me any tips or criticisms you feel would benefit me as i continue down this road into mini addiction. Edited June 3, 2013 by prophetic_joe 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suden Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Nice job, he looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanael Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 The mods you've done look fantastic! But I have to ask, what are you using for primer? Looks like your primer coat has globbed over some detail, especially on the front of his armor. Still, really nice job on the hair and the retracted hood. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetic_joe Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Hey thanks for the compliments guys. The primer I used was a spray on Krylon primer. I think I prefer the brush on primer actually because I don't get it globby like that. I am not great with spray paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetic_joe Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Well painting it now and I am really not liking how it is turning out. First the primer really being as dark as it is a hinderance and the globbyness is causing a lot of trouble for me. I also realise that I need to learn color much much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendertroll Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Well painting it now and I am really not liking how it is turning out. First the primer really being as dark as it is a hinderance and the globbyness is causing a lot of trouble for me. I also realise that I need to learn color much much better. This tends to happen to me whenever I have something specific in mind for a mini. If I'm just basing my paintjob off of the mini itself, then it usually turns out pretty well, but if I start out with an image in my head, I'm almost always unable to get my painting to live up to that vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mourningcloud Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 doing some thread necromancy here; the next time you do this kind of conversion where you are doing sword hilts or other metal parts, use brown stuff instead os green stuff. I sculpt small parts decently well, but I could not have avoided the lumpyness that you got. However, if you used brown stuff, you could just sand it smooth with a jewelers file/emery board, thereby removing all the lumps and giving it the exact shape you want. Green stuff is not nearly so easy to sand as is brown stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3r_n3rd Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 doing some thread necromancy here; the next time you do this kind of conversion where you are doing sword hilts or other metal parts, use brown stuff instead os green stuff. I sculpt small parts decently well, but I could not have avoided the lumpyness that you got. However, if you used brown stuff, you could just sand it smooth with a jewelers file/emery board, thereby removing all the lumps and giving it the exact shape you want. Green stuff is not nearly so easy to sand as is brown stuff. Brown stuff = Milliput or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted December 28, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 28, 2013 Something else. It's the same as, but different from,green stuff. It's a 2 part epoxy that you can use for sculpting; it's commonly used to sculpt things that need a harder edge like armor and weapons. There's also grey stuff, but I don't know what that's used for. And that's all I really know, hopefully someone more adept at sculpting will come along and provide some more detail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Actually, it occurs to me you could probably use craft wire for a swept hilt like the one in your picture. You can get that from the hardware store or craft store like Joann's, shape it with a pair of pliers (small marks won't matter because the primer will cover them up,) and glue it on. I'm thinking about 18 gauge will probably be right. Hrm. I may have to try that myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Actually, jewelry wire can be used for both the handguard and bell of the sword - a few turns of wire in a spiral shape will create a decent base shape for greenstuffing over. I'd go with 24 gauge wire for the bell and 20 for the guard. Thinner wire allows you to add greenstuff without increasing the bulk of the object too much. I sometimes use five-minute binary epoxy glue as a sculpting medium when I'm filling out really tiny armatures since until it sets completely, it's still fairly flexible even after it's too hard to freely push around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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