Kaiju sculpts-questions on texturing

[poodoogazebo]

Seeing as this is a prop forum, I was curious if anyone knew different techniques on how to add different textures to my sculptures. I can make a general form of what I want, but I would like to get help from people whom were more experienced than I was. Any information is welcome.

 

[Mostly Fantasy]

Seeing as this is a prop forum, I was curious if anyone knew different techniques on how to add different textures to my sculptures. I can make a general form of what I want, but I would like to get help from people whom were more experienced than I was. Any information is welcome.

I use a slush latex to take impressions off of what look like interesting textures (a tip from Dick Smith of makeup fame). This gives you a flexible stamp that you can press into your sculpting medium or roll onto. I've taken stamps of oranges, styrofoam, kiwis, etc. and it helps a lot.

 

[yeti667]

This site hasn't been updated in forever, buthttp://www.danperezstudios.com/workshop.htm has some nice texture advice. Specifically with regards to dino/lizard skins. You can also check out his Links page - lots of good sculpting tips to be found. Good luck!

 

[poodoogazebo]

I use a slush latex to take impressions off of what look like interesting textures (a tip from Dick Smith of makeup fame). This gives you a flexible stamp that you can press into your sculpting medium or roll onto. I've taken stamps of oranges, styrofoam, kiwis, etc. and it helps a lot.

I have heard of slush latex. I worked a bit with liquid latex, however (if I have this correctly) I believe that slush latex is more porous and therefore, more dense. Also, since I am a college student, I would really wish to find a process that would give me an interesting design consistently with relatively little investment into items that have only one use. However, since the time I had started the thread, I have purchased a few sculpting tools. This weekend I have some assignments to accomplish but I hope to test out different methods. Thanks for the help!

 

[Go Flight]

Mike evans of Alchemy Works sells an item called Repliscale that helps create easy texturing pads. Just mix some up, place it on a texture you like - it dries in minutes and voila there's your stamp.