How to Sculpt Miniatures - Episode 1 - Sculpting Tools

We start off by going over the tools I recommend for working with greenstuff and sculpting miniatures.

If you'd like to follow along with my original article, it can be found here:

[timothytimh]

Excellent presentation. No excess fat. All business and still fun. Your videos are very helpful not only to inform, but also to instill confidence with simple examples. Thank you, now I gotta get busy while I am still unafraid of the putty!

[nigelkoop]

starting this video by showing all the tools and then narrowing it down to the essentials was a MASTERSTROKE. Made me feel way more confident entering the world of sculpting. GREAT WORK!

[lucifauk]

I just wanted to say thank you. I needed to do rivets. I couldn’t find your suggestion of a retractable pencil. You got me thinking outside the box. I ended up drilling a small hole in the end of a sprue to do the job. My hats of to you. Thank you

[otei]

Your favorite tool is a " Beale wax carver " with a custom bend

The other one is a " Lecron wax carver "

Periostal elevator are different,
Wax carving tools are the best

Thoses are amazing tools indeed
I use and love them aswell

Zhale wax carver is insane too
Look like a mini wax #5

You can achieve any shape you want with files, sanding paper fine grit and patience
(A mini dremel tool is very handy to have to sand metal very fast)
From a small screw driver you can make alot of shapes

From paperclip some micro spatula or loop tool
If you have some dental tool you dont like
Reshape them
Add a better grip
Ect
Its limitless

[travisjohnson]

what i would like to see.

The actual application of some of the silicon shapers. Some have some interesting shapes. Just starting out I have no idea what you are going to acomplish with some of these tips. Perhaps a second video showing how you use the tools? Properly even?

[oldbaldfatman]

April 22, 2018---Until last month, never heard of polymer clay. As to that first tool shown, been using that for putty work (auto body putty and now, Milliput), getting 5 different ones for $5 at Harbor Freight. Got back into modeling after 15+ years and going for 1/35th scale zombie/apocalypse dioramas....and having a blast. Thing have changed a lot in those 15+ years and been watching/downloading a lot of Youtube videos by people into doll houses, action figures, etc. Seeing a lot of uses for polymer clay, so via Evilbay, bought the ball tipped thingy's, getting 9 different sizes for $13.06 including shipping. Another set with 27 pieces such as the carvers, rubber tipped things, etc. for $13.81, including shipping. As to that needle thing you're so happy with, going a different route after watching another polymer clay video. Woman put 4 of them side by side on a piece of polymer clay, then covered them with another piece of clay, attached a wooden dowel and then covered them with another bit of clay,  which she then baked. This way you can make a lot of hair lines, though thing I'll make several different ones. The straw bit is good and have a bunch of different hollow styrene and metal tubes I've used for scratch building things. Thanks for the video.

[stefanosiclari]

I never sculpted anything in my life. Today I wanted to sculpt a leach for my d&d games and I only managed to make the basic shape before I thought: "well, how do I give it details since I can't sculpt for shit?"
I was at the point I didn't even know how to make an eye. Seeing the tip of the pen made my brain work again. Basically you helped me by showing a piece of a pen. Genious.

[owenwilliams]

This is A+ man. Really keen to see the rest of your videos when they're ready. I wondered would you be doing a tutorial on capes. Everything looks better with capes.

[herculeholmes]

I love that stitch-making tool, I'll have to make one of those out of something. We don't get those kind of coffee stirrers over here but I'm sure I can find something that'll do the same job.

I noticed that there are two tools I have that you don't have, and I think they qualify as "essential". One is an orange stick, and the other is a regular sized bent needle mounted into a pen casing.

BTW, I also like to use reading glasses - cheap magnification.

[hobbymanproductions]

Very nice video thank you for the helpful tips I subscribed to your Channel

[thatothersanecustodian]

How about skulls, purity seal and other small ornarments?