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Areyouabuddingadventureroranestablishedonethatcan'tfindaminithatrepresentsyourcharacter?AreyouaDMlookingfortheperfectminitorepresentthatincrediblebossmonsteryoujustcameupwith?Notaproblem!Followthisguideandyou'llbeonyourwaytobringingyourcharacters/monsterstolifeatatinyscale!

I'mnotaprofessionalsculptorandIhavenoarttrainingsothisguideiswrittenfromexperienceandpracticesothereareprobablybetterwaysofdoingmanyofthethingsIdointheguide,feelfreetosuggestthem!

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Step1:Materials

Therearemanymaterialsyoucanusetomakeminiatures,themostfamousisthenotoriouslyexpensive"GreenStuff".IoptforthemuchlessexpensivesculpeywhichhasmanymoreusesthanGreenStuff,butunfortunatelymakesaslightlymorebrittleminisoyou'llneedtobecarefulwiththemwhenyou'reusingthem.Anyways...ontothelist!

AnIdea:Thiscanbeintheformofawrittendescriptionbyaplayer,yourimagination,adrawing,etc.

SuperSculpey:Iuseacombinationofregular(beige)supersculpeyandthefirm(grey)variety.They'lleachcostyouabout20bucksatahobbyshopsoifyou'reonaverytightbudgetyoumayjustwanttouseoneofthem.Eachkindhasitsprosandcons.Theregularkindisextremelysoftandstickywhencomparedtoitsfirmcounterpartwhichcanbegreatwhenmakingpartsofaminithatarethinoraddedonlatersuchascloth,pouches,etc.Ontheotherhand,italsohastheproblemthatitismuchmoredifficulttosmootheoutatsmallscales.Thegreykindisgreatbecauseit'smuchmorerigidwhileyou'resculptingandcanmakesharpandsmootheedgeswithease.Unfortunatelyitdoesn'tstickverywelltotherestofyourclay.SometimesIevenopttomixthetwoclaystogetherforanintermediateconsistency,whichmaygiveyouthebestofbothworldsinsomecasesortheissuesofbothdependingonwhatyou'remaking.Onasidenote,Youcanmakealotofminiswithasingleblockofsupersculpey.IhaveyettogothroughhalfablockandI'vemadenearlyadozen.

Wireforarmature:IusetwodifferentkindsofwireforministhatIsimplyhappenedtohaveonhandwhenIstartedmakingthem.Thefirstisathick(1mmdiameter)steelwireandthesecondisextremelyeasytofind"twisttie"wire.Everyhouseholdhastwisttieslyingaround,ifyouremovetheplastic(orsometimespaper)layeraroundthem,youhaveahandyandbendywire!

Pliers:Evenifyou'reonlyusingtwisttiewire,twopairsofneedlenosepliersmakeitmucheasiertobendthewireasyouwantit.Fingersareoftentoobigforsmallbendsforarmsandlegs.

Sculptingtools:Becauseyou'llbemakingsomethingextremelysmall,regularsculptingtoolsaren'talwaysthemostfunctional.I'vebeentoldthatdentistrytoolsareprettyuseful,butIoptedtomakemyowntoolatafractionofthecost.Allyouneediswoodbranch,aneedle,aflattenedoutpaperclipandsomeepoxyandtadaa!Youhaveanexcellenttool.

Anoven:Iuseatoasteroventoconserveenergy.Allitneedstodoisgoto130Celcius(275F)andbeatleastafewinchestall.

Acrylicpaint:Thepaintneedstobeacrylicifyou'repaintingsupersculpey.Oilbasedpaintswillseepintotheclayandmakeitevenmorebrittleorevenmakeitdissolve.BecauseIliketohaveavarietyofcoloursImainlyusetheprimarycoloursandblackandwhiteandmixthemtowhatevercolourIneedatthetime.Ialsohaveafewotherpaintsonhandsuchassilverbecauseitwouldbeimpossibletomixthat.

Smallpaintbrushes:Youcanbuyatinypaintbrushforacoupleofdollarsatmostartstores.IboughtafewdifferentkindstofindoutwhichkindsIprefer,SofarthecheapestnylonbrushIcouldfindisthebestforme.

Aflat,welllitworkspace:Iusemydeskandafluorescentlight.Ifyouhaveanincandescentlightbulb,keepitfarawayfromtheclay.Becausethisprojectcantakealotoftime,thelightbulb'sheatcanmakeyourcreationmeltandsagsoafluorescentbulb(orifyou'refancyanLEDbulb)thatgenerateslittleheatisoptimalforusewithpolymerclay.

MagnifyingGlasses:IhavetriedacoupleofdifferentwaystomagnifytheminisasImakethem.FirstItriedmakinganarticulatedstandforadollarstoremagnifyingglass,it'ssomewhatuseful,butIt'dneedmanymorearticulationstobeperfect.NextItriedamagnifyingheadset.It'salsosomewhatuseful,butkind

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Time,patienceandpractice:I'vemadeabout1012minissofarusingthemethodsI'mabouttodescribeandIfeelthatIlearnsomethingnewwitheachone.Theycanbeextremelytimeconsumingtomakeattimesorextremelyfasttomakedependingonyourlevelofinspiration,concentrationandskill.Myfirstminitookabout13hourstomake,butIamnowabletomaketheminunder6hours.Myadviceistotakeyourtimeandstopifyougetfrustrated.Skilltakespracticetodevelop.IfeelthatI'mgettingbetteratmakingminis,butthatdoesn'tstopmefromproducingsomethingsubpareverynowandthen.

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Step2:MakingaBase

ThefirstthingIdowhenImakeaminiismakeabase.ThetypicalD&Dminihasabase1inchindiameter.Largermonstershaveabasethatisamultipleofthatsuchthatitfitsonagridwith1x1inchsquares.

1.Pickupapieceofsculpey:Thefirmvarietyisthebestforbasesbecauseit's

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easytosmootheoutafteryou'vescratcheditduringthesculptingphases.

2.Workituntilit'ssofterandthenrollitouttoacoupleofmilimetersinthickness,

3.Usesomethingthat's1inchindiameterasaguideforthesize.IusedtouseaCanadian25centcoin,butnowIusepillboxwithaholeinthebase.

4.Cutofftheexcessclayandsmootheouttheedges:Flippingitoverbeforesmoothingisoftenhelpful.

Step3:MaketheArmature

1.Iusuallybeginthisstepbycuttingapieceofthethickerwiretoareasonablesizefora3cmtallmini(alittlemorethan5cmlong).Moreisbetterthanlessbecauseyoucancutofftheexcess

2.Usethetwoplierstobendthewiretothedesiredshapeofhalfthebody.WhatImeanbythisis,bendthewiresuchthatyougetaleg,thetorsoandanarmoutofit.Thisisthemostimportantpartoftheminibecauseitactsasthemainskeleton.Thethinnerwirecanthenbeattachedtothethickerwiretomake

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theotherarm,legandweaponifneedbe.

3.Stripatwisttie:Scrapeitabitwiththepliersanditshouldremovetheplasticorpaperthat'simmediatelyabovethewire,youshouldthenbeabletograbthewireandripitoutoftherest.

4.Twistthewireintothedesiredshapeusingpliers.Youmaywanttowrapitaroundthetorsoafewtimestosecureit.

5.Posethearmature.

You'llnoticethatIdidn'tmakeanythingforthehead.Iusuallyjustmaketheheadoutofregularsupersculpeysoitbindswithoutaproblemanddoesn'treallyneedthearmaturetobesecured.

Step4:StartSculpting!

Here'swhereyoustarttogetcreative!It'stimetosculpt!

1.Startbyputtingsomesculpeyatthejointsandtorsotosecurethewireinplace.Regularsupersculpeyworksbesthere,butyoucandoitwiththefirm

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oneaswell.

2.Moveontocoatingtherestofthewirewithasthinorthickofalayerofclayasnecessaryforyourmini.

3.Startshapingtheclaywithyourtools:Flattenitwiththeflatsideofthetoolandsmootheitwiththeneedle.Youcanalsoworkindetailsusingthesharperedges.

4.Addclothing,armor,etc.Itendtodothisbyworkingthearmorandclothinginmyhandsandthenslowlyworkingtheedgesintotherestoftheclayusingtheflatedgeofthetool.Thisworksbestwhencombiningtwopiecesthataremadeofregularsculpeyoroneofeach.Firmsculpeyismuchmoredifficultandyoucanduseregularsculpeyasabindingagentbetweenthemandovertheedgessinceyou'llbepaintingitafteranywaysyoudon'treallyhavetoworryaboutthedifferenceinmaterialorcolour,oncethey'rebakedandpainted,it'llshouldbeprettyseamless.

5.Makeonelastcheckbeforebakingthatthewireisallatleastunderabitofclay.Itcanoftenstillbeseenthroughregularsculpeybecauseofitsslighttransparencyandyoucanstillcoverthewirewithpaint,butit'sbesttokeepitascenteredaspossibleintheclay.

Step5:BakeandWait!

Preheatyourovento130Cor275Fandputtheminiintheovenonaplatefor15minutes.Makesureit'snotaplasticormetalplatebecauseit'lleithermelt,catchfireortransmittoomuchheattotheclay.Oncethisisdone,settheplateouttocool.Another15minutesshouldbeampletime.

SometimesmyclaygetsabitburntintheovenduetothefactthatIuseasmalltoasteroven.Abitofbrowningdoesn'tseemtobeanythingtoworryabout,butkeepaneyeoutifyou'reputtingabiggerminiinasmalleroven.

Step6:Sanding!(Optional)

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SometimesIfeelthatabitofsandingisrequiredoncetheminiisoutoftheoven.Iuse#400metalsandingpapertodoit.Itworksespeciallywellforregularsupersculpeybecauseit'shardtosmootheitoutbeforebakingandhardtoseetheimperfectionsbeforebaking.

Sandingcanleavelittlebitsofdrysculpyordustonyourmini,soit'sagoodideatobrushitoffonceyou'redone.

Step7:Painting!

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I'mnoproatpaintingsoIdon'treallyhavemanytipsforthissection,butheretheyareanyways:

1.Basecoatscanbeuseful:Ifyourminiisgoingtobemostlylightercoloured,Istronglysuggesttodoabasecoatofwhite,especiallyifyousculpteditmostlyoutofgreysculpey.Thiswillallowyoutoputlesscoatsofpaintandmakeforgottenareaslookmoreacceptable.Ifyourminiismostlydarkercolours,youcanpaintitblackforthesameeffect.

2.Iusuallystartbypaintingthebaseblack.Thisisn'tnecessaryifyouwanttomakeamoreelaboratebase,butithelpsmefigureouttheedgesofthesculptureandthebasewhilepainting.Bytheendthereareallkindsofcolourssplashedonthebasewhicharetheneasytocoverupwithafinalcoatofblack.

3.ifyounoticeholesinyoursculptureduetobubblesburstingduringbakingorsomething(thisrarelyhappens,butI'veseenitbefore),youcanfilltheholewiththepaint.Sinceitdriesupleavingarubberfilm,it'lloftenevenoutimperfectionsifyouputglobsofpaintonthem.

4.Manydetailsyousculptedcanbemadeclearerandmoreobviousbyusingpaintproperly.IntheminiIwasmakinginthepictures,Ifeltthattheloinclothwasn'tobviousenoughandcouldleadtoconfusion.Liningitwitharedbordermadeitmuchmoreobviousanddelimiteditnicely.Similarly,addingsilverbuttonstothemanypouchesontheminimakesthemstickout.

Step8:MakeMore!

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Ifyouenjoyedmakingyourmini,makemore!I'vemadesomeforalltheothermembersofmyD&Dgroupincludingtheirnewcharactersaftertheydiedandalternateversionsofmycharacterwhowasrecentlyzombifiedandaflamingsphere.Hereareafewwiththehopesthattheyinspiresomeofyou!

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SarahN1(/member/SarahN1/)

Thankyousomuchforwritingthissothatitsunderstandableandusefulforacompletebeginnerlikemyself!:)

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Wow!Greatjobexplainingeverystepwell!Iattemptedtocreateamini,butthemodelingclayIhavehasalmostcompletelydriedup.Thismademostofituseless,andtheclaythatwasn'tcompletelydrywouldn'tcoalesceintoaball.Ididendupmakinganarmature,usingapaperclipandapieceofcopperwire.Icouldn'tgetthecoppertowraparoundthepaperclipnicely,sowhen(andif)Igetbetterclay,Iintendtoreplacethepaperclipwithanothercopperwireandsolderthemtogether.

Thiswouldn'tactuallybeforaD&Dcampaign,thoughIdoDM.Irunagameovertheinternet,whichdoesnotuseminis.Ijustthinkthey'dbecooltomake.

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WhynotjustusetheCanadianQuarterasthebase.

GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) purecajn

I'vebeenawayawhileitseems.Incaseyou'restillcurious,Ididn'tusethequarterasabasebecauseIfindthatitdoesn'tlook'finished'.Also,afterseeingafriendofmineattemptit,Inoticedthatthesculpydoesn'tstickrightsandisbrittle.thismayhavetodowiththeheattransmission.

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nicejobmanImakealotofminiaturesmyselfyoursInstructableisinspiring

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Lovingthisinstructable!IhavetakenyouradviceandIamcurrentlywaitingonsomeSuperSculpeytoarrive,butinthemeantimeIhavebeendoingsomepractisepieceswithcruddydollarstore,airdryclayIhadaround.Iamslowlybetterunderstandingthelogisticstothearmatureandmakingthepositionslookright.Iwillpostpicturesofcompletedsuccesses!

GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) mharvey2

Thanksforyourcomment,Ilookforwardtoseeingtheresults!

mharvey2(/member/mharvey2/) GreatAssGoblin

I'vebeenworkingonmakingminisforallofthePCsofmycurrentcampaign6ofus!Abigundertaking,hahah.SofarIhave3fullypainted2morearenearlydone,andoneisprimed.They'rebiggerthanstandardminissinceIfeltIneededmoretoworkwithintermsofgettingdetailsright.Biggerthanthat,IhaveaminiImadeofaWarhammercharacterformybrother'sbirthday.=]I'vefoundthisInstructablereallyhelpfulthanks!I'vealsobeenlookingintotutorialsonpaintingtechniquesforministhathavebeeninvaluablesincepaintingmyAvengerontheleftthere,hahah.

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Ack,didn'tlinkthepicturesin.Ohhwell,Imageshacktotherescue!

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Ireallylikewhatyou'redoinghere.IwasscratchbuildingD&DmodelsfromDASairdryingclayin1982.Crumbs30yearsandstilldoingsimilarthings.AtthetimeIcouldn'taffordthemanufacturedminis,somademyown.However,whatIwouldsaytoyouis...ifyoucanpossiblyaffordthebestmaterialstoworkwith,thenyoushouldgetthem.Yourworkisactuallyworthit.Whenyoulookatallthehoursyou'vespenthere,inplanning,armaturebuilding,sculptingandwritingtheInstructible,andtheentertainmentvalueyou'vehadfromthosehours...theactualcostofgreenstufffortheentertainmentvalueperhour,isprobablyverysmallindeed.Greatsetsofdentist'stools(they'renotrealdentist'stools,they'resteelcopiesofthestainlesssteelonesyourdentistuses)areavailableonebayforabout6UKP,that'sunder$10USD.Andthey'llstillbegoodforusein30yearstime.PutthemonyourChristmaslistinanycase,alongwithacheappairofmagnifyingglasses(searchebay).Ihadagoatsculptingingreenstuffacoupleofyearsago:http://www.lgtilley.co.uk/hind.htm

GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) Periwinkle1

Thanksforthekindwordsandforsharingyourexperience!

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Youhaveagoodthinggoinghere,keepatit!FromeverythingI'veread,you'lleventuallyhitaceilingwithwhatsculpycando,afterwhichyou'llneedtoswitchtothegreenstuff.Apparently,ifyouwantthebestdetailsinyourminis,greenstuffisthewaytogo.Ipersonallydon'tknowaboutthismyself,butyourinstructableisveryinspiring!IthinkI'llhavetogetsomesculpyofmyown!

GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) spiralbound

Thanksforthecomment!It'sactuallysurprisinghowmuchyoucandowithsculpy.SinceIpostedthisinstructableI'vegottenquiteabitbetterandamnowabletodoalotmoredetailedworkthanpreviously!Practicereallydoeshelp!SofartheonlylimitationI'veencounteredwithsupersculpeyisthebrittleness.Afewofmyminishavesufferedsomedamagewhendroppedafewtimesfromatable.IexpectthatgreenstuffisprobablyalotmoreresilientandmaybeI'llgiveitatryifIhavetoomuchmoneylyingaroundforsomereason:P

Thrasym(/member/Thrasym/) GreatAssGoblin

Thereisnoreal"upperlimit"fordetailsatthisscaleusingpolymerclays.MostoftheRackhamConfrontationmastersweredonewithit.Theonlyreal"limit"isthatitneedstobebaked.

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Yes,butIunderstoodthatsculpysoftensatinybitasitheatsup,removingfinedetails.PerhapsI'mwrongonthis,butit'swhatIrememberwhenIlastusedsculpyaverylongtimeago.

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Sorry,IknowI'mlatetotheparty,onlyfoundInstructablesrecently.

Ifyoueverpickupthesculpeyagain,itcertainlydoessoftenupquitea

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bitbutgenerallythedetailswillnotbelostordeformed.Dependsonthe"details"though,ifitisalongthinunsupportednoseorfingerorstrandofhair,forexample,itmightcollapse...butthat'soneofthemainreasonsforthearmature.Asidefromcompletecollapseunderitsownweight,thedetailsshouldremainintact.

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Theseareawesome!Doknowofanyothertypesofclaythatwillwork?

GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) Appollo64

Ihaven'ttriedanyotherclaysforthisapplication.AfriendofminetriedtomakeminisusingFimo,butitapparentlydidn'tturnouttoogreat.Fimoalsotendstoexpandwhencookedwhichisanunwantedpropertywhenyouworkwithsmallthingswithfinedetails.

"GreenStuff",asortofexpoxycompound,issupposedtobethebestmaterialformakingmodificationstominiaturesandsopresumablyyoucoulduseittomakeanentiremini,butit'squiteexpensive.

Ithinkthemostcosteffectivematerialfortheresultissupersculpey.Hopethishelps!

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Greenstuffisaverypopularputtybutdoesn'tstanduptothehypewithmanyofthemoreexperiencedusers.Aswithallartsandcrafts,yourownknowledge,experienceanddesiredendresultwillplayalargepartinhowyougetonwithanymedium.Forexample,greenstuffhaslotsofmemory,makingitgoodfororganics,butbadforhardedges,weapons,electronics,etc.So,yaknow,usewhatworksforyouandtakealladvice,mineincluded,withagrainofsalt,mostcompaniesliketopretendtheydon'thaveanycompetition,buttheydo.")

Afriendlyalternative(bothintermsofcostandeaseofuse)isMagicSculpt.I'dhighlyrecommendanyonestartwiththat.There'salsoApoxieSculpt,ProSculpt,thelistgoesonandon.

Ifyoualreadyhavegreenstuff,youcantrymixingitwithaputtythatisalsoprobablylocallyavailable,calledMilliput,togetsomethingalittlemoreuserfriendly,easytouse,onlyworthdoingforthedetails,nouseinbulkingoutanarmature.

Youcangetmostoftheseputtiesfarcheaper,especiallygreenstuff,ifyoulookonline,consultlocalforums,etc.EBayisgenerallygoodatofferingatleastveryclosetothebestpriceonlineformosthobbysupplies.Justmakesuretoonlysendyourmoneytoareputabledealer,asalways.

lunius(/member/lunius/) GreatAssGoblin

GreenStuffisVERYexpensiveforthequantity.ThoseofuswhohavebeeninMiniatureWargamingforawhilelearnthatcustomizingminisisgreat,andGreenStuffisthebestbyfartodoitwith,butforabout$20for2sticks,whichisenoughtomakemaybeasinglemini,thenIdecidedtogotothemodellingclayinstead.

Anotherideawouldbetomakeasingleminiwithyourclayandthenmakeaplastermoldofit.Youcanthenmakeplastersopiesofyourminienmass(IdidthiswithWarhammer40KTyranidHormagauntsandgotsplendidresults.)

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atminiwargamingtheysellgreenstufffor$17CAforahundredgrams

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lunius(/member/lunius/) desmondtheredx

yeah,butthentheykillyouonshipping..It'snearly$15UStoshiptome,pluswhateveritcosts..

GreatAssGoblin(/member/GreatAssGoblin/)(author) lunius

ThanksforthecommentsLunius.IdefinitelyagreeaboutthehighcostofGreenStuff.

I'veactuallybeenlookingintomakingmoldsofsomeofmyminisandjustpouringinresintomakeplasticminis.FromwhatI'veheardandread,siliconeisidealforthissortofthing.

Plastersoundslikeitwouldworktoo,butIdon'tknowhowwelldetailswillshow.I'vealsoneveractuallyhadtohavemorethanasinglecopyofaminibeforeIstartedDMingandhavebeenalittletoobusytotryitmyselfasofyet,butI'lldefinitelylookintoplasterthough,soundscheaper!Anytipsonselectingaplasterforthejob?


gotoyouirlocalDIYstoreandtelloneofthepeopletherewhatyouplantousetheplasterforandseeiftheycangiveyousomegoodplasterandideas..

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thisisapdfaboutpaintingrpgminicharacters

miniwargaming_painting_ebook1.pdf(/files/orig/FEC/YVER/GTZK8HWW/FECYVERGTZK8HWW.pdf)4MB

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SUPERAWESOME

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Anywaytodothisfast?

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watifuhavenotwistieties

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Afterabitofexperimentationwithotherwires,Icansaythat20+gaugewirethatyoucanoftenbuyinrollsatyourlocaldollarstorewilldothetrick,they'realsoeasiertousethantwistties!Thanksforaskingthequestion,Iprobablywouldn'thaveinvestigatedthiswithoutyourcomment!

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orusesmallpaperclips..Officestorescarrythemforlike$2for150.

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Wehaveabenicecommentpolicy.Pleasebepositiveandconstructive.

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madeoneofthesetoday,tookawhiletogetitrightbutiwasreallyhappywithit.greatinstructable,thankyou

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Gladtohearitwentwell!Thanksforcommenting!

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Flamingspherelooksgreat.youhaveagreateyeforflames

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Thanks!

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That'sgreatsculptingforsomeonewithoutanytraining.IwasthinkingoftryingmyhandatsomethinglikethisandIwaswonderingifyoucandoitwithoutthearmatureoristhatnecessary,isitforsupport?

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Thanksforthekindwords!I'vetriedmakingaminiwithoutthearmatureandIfoundthatitsags,especiallyarmsandlegsbecausethepressurefromthetoolisenoughtopushthetinylimbsoutofshape.

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