sculpting Archives — Ex Manus Studios

Armatures

Posted by Pendix on September 29, 2014

Armature used in sculpting a tabletop miniature

Hello Again! Sorry about the delay on this Blog post, but we are finally here and just in time (thank goodness for a month with 5 Mondays). This week I’d like to talk about armatures. What are armatures? Think of them as the skeleton within a miniature (or larger sculptures). They are usually made of […]

Tools of the Trade – Part 2

Posted by Pendix on August 4, 2014

After the last blog post I got to thinking; the tools I talked about in that post were all tools I use directly on the putty to actively sculpt the miniature, BUT there are a bunch of other tools I use in making miniatures, that are indirectly essential to what I do. So I figured […]

Tools of the Trade – Part 1

Posted by Pendix on July 21, 2014

Sculpting tools - Rubber clay shaper things

All right, I’ve wanted to talk about the tools I use for sculpting miniatures for a while, particularly for those people interested in learning how to sculpt miniatures themselves, or just want an insight into how I work. Looking at them in small groups; I’ll do my best to explain what they are and how […]