Saturday, March 16, 2013
If your are new to customizing
action figures, you can start with this tutorial.It will covers some of the
basic in customizing such as painting, sculpting,brushes and terminologies that
you should know to get started with this hobby.
Material:
Paints - ACRYL/ACRYLIC avoid using the glossy one unless you need something to shine.
Brushes - its recommend to have an assorted sizes of smaller headed ones.
Tools of Trade - Exacto, knives, cutter, clamps, dremel, dental picks.
Sculpting materials
Material:
Paints - ACRYL/ACRYLIC avoid using the glossy one unless you need something to shine.
Brushes - its recommend to have an assorted sizes of smaller headed ones.
Tools of Trade - Exacto, knives, cutter, clamps, dremel, dental picks.
Sculpting materials
- SCULPEY it use heat to harden .
- Apoxie Sculpt and Fix-It Sculpt uses a mixture of two part to harden over time.
Getting Started:
First you need to clean the action figuresto removes any oils, dirts, and molds.
One of the things you need to do is switch a part. There are a few method to do is by
First you need to clean the action figuresto removes any oils, dirts, and molds.
One of the things you need to do is switch a part. There are a few method to do is by
- Boil and Pop - where you boil water and add the part and pop it off.
- Hair Dryer - by heating the area and popping.
- Dremel/Mini Grinder - cut the piece off.
- Hot knife - cut it off with heat.
Sculpting - is usefull to change the appearance of the figure.
Painting
- Base coat - light coat on bottom yields a lighter color on top.
- Washing - adding watter to a little paint and filling grooves for shading.
- Dry Brushing - wiping off of brush and highlighting areas.
