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**This is an animated .gif so you must "FULL VIEW" it to see what the hell I'm talking about!!!**

This is just a quick sculpting tutorial I threw together to preach about the wonders of Super Sculpey and heat guns. Super Sculpey is a heat-activated polymer clay that stays soft and workable until you bake it in your home oven. But by using a heat gun you can sculpt features and quickly "flash" bake them on the spot without having to constantly run back and forth to the kitchen.

So when doing really fine detail work, it really helps to be able to quickly bake certain features so you can work right next to them and not have to worry about mushing them on accident. So here I go thru a few stages of blocking in the features of a face and I'm using a heat gun to set those features in between each step to lock in the details.

1.) The basic shape of the eyes is done and the top row of teeth is sculpted. Then I hit it with the heat gun.
2.) The lower row of teeth is sculpted, and then I hit it with the heat gun.
3.) The lower eyelids are sculpted, and then I hit it with the heat gun.
4.) The upper eyelids, the brow structure and the top of the head are all sculpted and detailed, then heat-gunned
5.) The lips are sculpted and the jaw and neck are given some detail and then the whole piece is thrown in the oven for a full bake.

While this isn't the most intricate tutorial ever made, hopefully it'll help pull back the curtain about my process of sculpting details.

Oh by the way, this piece is 1/8th scale so this head is just barely bigger than a quarter coin. I'll share more of this piece as it draws closer to completion.

Hope this helps guys! ;)
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YOU'RE A GOD!!!



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~GlamouringAsMortal Mar 5, 2011
So, I watched this tutorial a few times, read the description ... and then I hit it with the heat gun.

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~Attila518 Dec 18, 2010
locust?
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!justinlover1 Sep 17, 2010
that looks like max on resident evil 2

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~putra666 Aug 12, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
thanks for tutorial man, it's so helpful for beginner like me :handshake:

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~florp1 Jul 22, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
what did u use to make the guy?

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~No-Sign-of-Sanity Jul 23, 2010
Super sculpey polymer clay
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~monkeybananafling May 15, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
FSSSSSSSSSS..... Its scary...

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~retax Jan 18, 2010
what material you use to sculpt??
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~No-Sign-of-Sanity Jan 18, 2010
Super Sculpey polymer clay.
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