Hobby Cheating 231 - How to Cleanly Remove Details from Minis
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- In this Hobby Cheating Tutorial, I walk you through a simple process for removing unwanted sculpted details from miniatures. Sometimes you just want a nice flat area to put on decals or your own freehand designs, this technique helps you get a super smooth flat surface to work from. Hope you enjoy!
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The way I've found that works best (without a dremel) is a sort of chiselling method where you do many parallel cuts into the detail (can also crisscross the cuts), perpendicular to the flat surface underneath. Then I can much more easily shave through the detail with a hobby knife and scrape it back before sanding.
I like the parallel cuts method, it definitely makes it easier to get into the surface and less chance of the knife skipping.
In general, I've found that a micro chisel works often better and safer than a knife for this kind of surface-detail-removal work. It's one of those tools I can't see myself doing without anymore.
Never really tried it, I will have to give it a go.
(3 years later) do you have a rec as to a brand or specification? I am having a lot of trouble removing mold lines from detailed areas (such as faces and bumps)
On a related note, could you do a tutorial on cutting and repositioning wrists, elbows, and knees? Particularly on Space Marines as they often lack dynamic poses.
I will add it to the list.
Paul, look at some videos from the military modeling channels too.
@@davidkilby1043 Hm, I'm not aware of any non-scifi non-fantasy wargames in 28 mm scale that have human-like miniatures. Care to elaborate?
Your Hobby Cheating has been on point lately Vince! I bought a Dremel last Monday to replace a weapon hand with a signifier hand on my Iron Golem. You have alluded to this tool many times before and this was the moment where I knew it was time. But I also have unfinished Chaos Knights from 8th edition on my desk...I hate the shields and was looking for different ways to employ Marks besides color. This was perfect! Love this tool. Thank you again Vince.
That's wonderful, always happy to help.
Well you just made my darn day! Thank you so much for the detailed review, you are the best!❤️
Happy to help as always. :)
Interestingly, I have a bottle of Vallejo Plastic Putty since 2014, and apparently all this time I've been using it completely wrong! So thanks for showing the way, Vince! :D
Awesome, hopefully this gives you some ideas and always happy to help.
Nylon & Copper small brushes off amazon, for clearing away loose plastic on your models, nylon for not damaging plust dust removal and copper or even steel for getting semi loose plastic right out after rough sanding. Tamiya sanding sponges: Come in a variety of grits as a pair of sheets in a bag, you can cut them with scissors to any shape or size you desire and they curve to a surface.
That's a really good tip for sure.
@@VinceVenturella Also the x-acto blade / scalpel brand - Chisel type blade can be a very good option for removing small details from flat surfaces.
I'm experimenting with cheap nail polish tools. AA powered (I use rechargable ones), use same bits as dramel and cost is minimal.
I find lower rpm easier to control. Also it is made for woman primarily, so tool body is easier to handle, lighter and more precise.
Certainly don't have the speed and raw power of power tool, but it's good to start with and then upgrade if necessary.
That's actually a really clever solution for the small details, I'm going to give that a shot!
Thank you for answering. Digital camo?
I'll add digital camo to the list.
@@VinceVenturella Actually a video on all types of camo would be cool.
For big surfaces, I like to start with a bench grinder rather than a Dremel. The radius of the wheel is much larger, so you're less likely to dig into what will be the final surface while taking off the bulk of the detail. Then continue as you have here.
That's a good tip for sure. :)
Awesome vid. The timing is perfect, working on Chaos Knights to Blood Knights conversion atm =)
Awesome, happy to help as always. :)
Awesome series Vince. I'm very grateful to learn from a master painter. Would you be willing to point me in the direction of a comprehensive resource for Green stuff work? I need to learn how to make heads and hands for trophies for my Chaos marines. And trees/plants for a Catachan table my gaming house is planning.
I know you ran us through the basics, I'm just curious if you know of specialists.
Keep up the incredible work, I greatly appreciate you.
Hmmm...I am not sure of anyone on RUclips doing the deep dives on that level of sculpting. Marrok Wolf has some good reference videos. There has to be someone out there, but honestly, I can't point you anywhere. I know at most conventions, they do have long classes on it, so that might be somewhere to look for hands on whenever conventions come back.
@@VinceVenturella Thanks for your time Vince. I dug up Modern Synthesist, and Tom Mason, for green stuff work. In case you're interested in some studies. Cheers!
Thanks again for the video Vince!!!
Don't know if you have already done a video on that but if you have any techniques to clean uggly 3d print lignes. They're is more and more minis with that and sometime you don't have any acces for a tool to clean that.
THis is something I've thought about. One solution i've played around with is the gap filling auto-primer. It's rattlecan, but it's meant to level out a surface and cover minor inconsistencies in the surface without straight removing detail, but it is a concern.
@@VinceVenturella That would be a very interesting topic and probably one of th most actual one.
Awesome and strangely satisfying to watch lol
I'm gonna be that guy and ask what nippers you use- been less than happy with how my Xuron flush cutter has been removing minis from sprues lately.
Tamiya CS2, I really like them.
@@VinceVenturella Thanks for the reply, Vince! Will check those out :)
Hi Vince can't say how much I appreciate your videos. Have you ever used pencils for edge highlighting? Would be a video I would watch if you've had any experience.
I am familiar though I have never really found need to do so. I don't really find too much difficulty with the paint. That being said, I am sure I will get around to trying it at some point and I'll do a video at that time.
@@VinceVenturella Awesome! Thank you in advance.
Nice stormcast conversion Vince. Where did you find the cape?
Random cape from my bits box, I honestly am not sure where that one is from anymore unfortunately.
These techniques work for plastic, but what if our mini is resin or metal? Are there different methods for those materials?
It would be much the same, but you would need some harder scraping tools for metal and you'll need to work much harder to get it perfectly smooth in the end. Metal is almost always more troublesome to work with unfortunately.
Thanks
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Thank you, always happy to help.
Do you have any knowledge about gunpla for gundam build videos they always use like 5-6 ascending grit sandpaper’s to file off the mold lines why in Warhammer do we use the exact knife when in gunpla they use sandpaper to remove the mold lines
They seem very focused on that hyper smooth, might be the plastic material, I've never seen a need for it to be honest. I am not sure what that process is all about to be honest.
I use micro files!
Good option for sure.
Love your videos, but I find the background music really off-putting.