I have always been hesitant to upload Kitbashes and Conversions to the channel - Are you interested in seeing more content that deals with these topics? Or are we a painting only channel?
I would love to see more kitbashing and converting I also prefer milliput over greenstuff,so much more versatile. Also what I make the handles for my sculpting tools out of lol
I feel like general advice on kitbashing, conversion and sculpting is an underserved market on hobby youtube, especially with good production quality and good explanations. What I eould personally love is a structured, systematic series on sculpting different textures/items and how to fit those on a mini. While you are a great teacher and painter (obviously), that space feels a bit overcrowded atm, there are a lot of at least decent painters out there. Looking at your Sylvanas sculpt though makes it obvious that you have skills to show that most if not all channels similar to yours cannot offer.
I feel like this is your distinguishing point Chris, lots of other channels cover painting but your conversions and sculpting are next level. I would love to see more videos like this on the channel.
Yes, I do want to see more conversions. You are a fantastic sculptor and achieve enviably smooth details that don't look out of place at all! Concerning the materials you use, have you tried mixing Green Stuff with milliput? I found it combines the good features of both materials, i.e. blends well, doesn't tear when stretched, can hold sharp edges and can be sanded when I invariably make mistake ;)
@@trovarion My sarcasm detector bleeped and broke :D I need to try some more pure milliput as well. On the other hand, I finally managed to make fairly seamless pure gs transitions as well. I need to just sculpt more and see more good techniques for it, preferably by you. So keep the conversion content coming! It is the best part about hobbying. Oh and you are great at conveying a lot of detail on this three minutes format. Loved these videos so far! And I'm aware that this one was more of a two for one package, but the intro about all the wrong tools was quite fitting ;)
I occasionally use epoxy clay / green stuff mixes, it depends very much on how flexable, rigid or workable (drill, sand) the finish needs to be. Haven't used pure GS in about a decade.
Making videos about conversions/sculpting seems like a unique selling point and thus a great way of distinguishing yourself from other content creators.
Yes to more conversion content, please. Tools used for sculpting is always a hard subject that you simplified fantastically many sculptors use tools that they feel comfortable with and often over time fashion most of the tools they use themselves or modify bought tools, shapers though I have to say are a must-have and can be found pretty cheaply.
Yes please, more sculpting and conversion stuff. I feel like people who want to paint to a high standard also want more personalized, individualized sculpts to tell whatever story they are portraying.
I love the home-made tools. I have a bunch of old sprue bits and toothpicks that I've filed to shape, some of which have served me well for over a decade.
Absolutely true. You can make do with one putty for sure, but blending and mixing different properties is very useful to learn too. Another point for sculpting using oven-bake polymer clay as the basis, and slapping epoxy putties on top of that.
Milliput is absolute trash for anything like clean small detail work, where you need to be super careful it's so messy, tears too easy and has a limited window where it's user friendly but it is great at filling gaps and covering any larger smooth flat/curved areas. Green stuff is just easier to work with IMO, way more forgiving.
I totally agree with you on this. I'm a sculptor myself and when it comes to sculpting tools. most of the time homemade tools work better. Although I also have standard sculpting tools, I only use them for rough sculpting like adding or removing volumes of sculpey ,apoxie clay etc. And for detail works, I still revert back to homemade tools to kick those details in. And most of them are made from metal stirring sticks like Tamiya for example.
Conversions and kitbashes are two of my favorite aspects of this hobby! I'm so happy that you recorded this video, and I'm looking forward to the next one. By the way, your editing quality is definitely improving!
Great video - only thing I would point out is that for all it's benefits, Miliput has one fatal flaw - It's rock solid when dry. For most applications this is fine, but it means you have to sculpt things exactly the way you need them when finished. By comparison, green stuff is fairly flexible when dry, so for things like tentacles and cables and such, that you might find hard to sculpt in-place or you just don't know what shape they need to be yet, you can sculpt separately and then conform the greenstuff to whatever shape you need later. Often this is achieved by using a thin flexible wire as a core for the greenstuff.
Hell yeah the intro is awesome. Only one thing: I found it a little bit too much when the Headline/title flew in two times. Maybe reduce it to one time at the end? Regarding the Kitbash topic: I can´t get enough of these. Especially yours! They are not like "I took part 1 from kit 1 and put them on model 2 instead of the box model". You always sculpt and put way more effort in them then expected. That is really cool and inspiring. Keep it up!
Definitely want more conversions and sculpting work. Trov, if people dont want to make their own needle tool, another cheap way to get one is a wristwatch spring bar/end link tool. Will have a pointed fork side and a needle side. Worth checking out usually only a few bucks.
I have been using more or less the same tools for most of my putty work. I do use a metal tool with a spoon and a spear tips and sometimes one with a flat face (mostly for milliput structures/90 degree angles, etc), a pointed and square shaper and finally I use a tiny crochet hook.
Definitely more conversions. There are so many different sides to this hobby, but out of all of them, making models uniquely my own, gives me the most joy. It's great to see how others approach conversions, and since there are so many techniques and tools, you can always learn something new. : )
I picked up a firm colorshaper a few months ago. It’s amazing for shaping green stuff for gap filling. Not brave enough to try more legitimate sculpting, but this video certainly is making the case that I should try.
Colour shapers were a revelation for gap filling, this has inspired me to try sculpting with them too. Could you please do a video on that beautiful fur sculpt? (If you haven’t already that is)
Best video about sculpting in small scales that I‘ve seen. I had almost given up learning this, but I‘m definitely going to start again now. Thanks a lot!
Excellent advice, and great video! One thing I found useful in some cases is adding a little play doh to the milliput - it makes it softer, sculpts beautifully, and after a few hours it's as solid as normal milliput.
Great video. And very timely for me as I'm about to do some conversions and was thinking about getting Green Stuff and some tools. I feel I'll be shopping a little smarter, now. Yes, would like to see conversions, but don't go overboard.
I 've carved tools from wooden toothpicks and coffee stirrers to suit a specific sculpting task; I found the wood draws up water and can help with creating blends and other smoother finishes in epoxy clay or clay/green stuff mixes.
Hey trovarion! I was watching your content a few months ago and honestly while you are a brilliant painter , the content you were producing didn’t show the justice of your pieces, but now having revisited, you have improved by miles! You constantly switch with a variety of camera angles, keeping it interesting, you keep the mood up with witty language but still getting in the important info , all in a great , somewhat bite size video, not too mention how you’ve started using more music throughout the video witch keeps it less monotone where before you where just talking with no background sound! I can’t emphasise enough how well you’ve improved, and I’ll definitely be regularly watching from now on! Keep up the great work :D
Have been using milliput for all sorts of jobs since the late 70s for both modelling and real world things, I still think it's the best all round putty. BTW in case you don't know Milliput dissolves in alcohol, so you can use it to make a nice paste (or even a slurry) should you wish to ever wish paint it onto a surface say a letter material that has been cut and looks awful It's also useful as a slurry to get it into a really awkward place (say to hold weights into the nose of an aircraft/spaceship)
If turned into a paste/slurry, how long drying time, compared to normal milliput, would one look at? Sure it depends on thickness, but just a ballpark :)
@@Himle_ I've used the technique of mixing Milliput with Tamiya's thin plastic cement to "paint" on texture, making something look like cast iron. The cement/alcohol evaporates at its usual time and so you just leave the Milliput for 12 hours to cure (24 to 48 if you want to be absolutely sure it's hardened).
@@nekrataali Hmm, interesting idea! I have to try that too. Just need to finish of my current paint batch. (-: I thought that alcohol would evaporate, but never tried it, so thought i'd ask.
Those silicon shapers made model preperation so much nicer. Got them after your gap filling video and now they are a primary part of my building tool box.
I use milliput and Green stuff... But milliput for the final surface, superfine milliput and rub with finishing sticks and it goes Glossy and a glass like super finish
Nice video mate! An alternative is to mix milliput and greenstuff so you get a material you can sand and still is not that fragile as milliput by it's own but you pointed good advices 😉
i really like the citadel sculpting tool is one of their few useful products, mine is the old one that came by itself not the new triple pack one tho so not sure if they changed.
I have my own trick. I got some uv resin and a uv penlight. I apply the resin to the joint using a small detail brush, use the uv penlight to immediately cure it. Little or no sanding has to be used. It’s better to under-fill and go back a second time to build it out more. Results are smooth.
Definitely want to see more conversions and kitbashes from you. Also as an idea for a video: how about some artistic tips for bases, when to go humble and minimal and when to go for story with your base.
I would love to hear more about how you work with milliput. Do you use any kind of water to smooth it? How do you prevent it from sticking to your tools? What's the best way to clean up mistakes?
I'm watching your videos quite some time now, and I must admit, that while the content is allways great, your video quality is getting better and better. 👍
I'd love to see how you sculpted the trim on your Nightlord because I've never been able to find a tutorial for it, that conversion also has the cleanest press moulding I've ever seen.
Great vid! Would love to see more conversion videos, maybe even a small series of tutorials about making different bits like doing custom helmets, trim, pouches, fur, etc...
Useful advice, thankyou. Sometimes, the best tools are the simple ones you make/customise -- eg: a metal needle glued into a wooden handle made from dowel. Lately, silicone tipped shapers have been a revelation for me, and I recommend them to anyone who's not tried them yet. I've always wondered why people speak so highly of Green Stuff because it doesn't behave as well as Apoxie Sculpt or Milliput in my experience.
Yes more conversions and sculpting!! I rarely use GS on it's own any more, I mix it with Sylmasta's Magic Sculp (no T), which I also prefer over Milliput
Awesome video sir, I'd love to see more In depth kit bashing tutorials. My sculpting ability Is nonexistent, but I'd love to develope it . Keep up the work sir🖖
There are a million painting channels, and a couple of sculpting channels. Very rare do you find the two in the same place. I'd absolutely hope to see more sculpting content from yourself.
I do the main masses and rough shapes of a large project like that lizardman all in green stuff. On larger projects (doing mutations on chaos knights at the moment) I find green stuff and larger tools are perfect, and then if I want to get down to small details then use Milliput over the green stuff or for individual small things. Once I'm doing the small stuff I do use my set of size 0 color shapers and needles! I find Miliput to be messier, fussier, and more difficult to use, while green stuff is faster and easier to hit the ground running with as a beginner.
I do a lot of kitbashing and conversions of my Army as I have a Catachan Battalion, and using different manufacturers of kits, for my female units, Penal close combat, and lots of different Armoured units, etc, also war won trophies like a lot of Ork battleWagons, great command centers, Comms unit, and supply carriers. I use miliput, great stuff, and Superglue with Bicarb of soda, also use a construction resin from our local store, also a resin from our $2.00 shop which works just a no thrills resin. Trial of different stuff, but first try on scrap plastic as some stuff will melt the plastic, as I do sculptures in clay, and work with Gemstones to pay for my hobby needs, I make my own tools for my needs. As I'm an Injured veteran, wheelchair-bound, as hobbies keep me very focused on my needs, maybe disabled but I still have hands, can breathe and have a heartbeat, love life, and living, cheers everyone.
I only use greenstuff for parts that I need to be resilient or as a core structure. Miliput has the downside of being more delicate and chippable. So stronggreen stuff underneath and detailed milliput on top gives you the best of both worlds. Or an a simple exposed cable that could get knocked is another place to use greenstuff
I bought some colour shapers a while back, but maybe they are not firm enough. they work, but they take a long time. I'm not clear on how you made your metal tool though, just that it had something to do with the file. I also bought a full set of sculpting tools (and have an older citadel one, too) but like you said, they're pretty useless really, about about 95% of them are shapes I'm never going to use. I have a spare Awl that will likely work as a needle tool though. thanks for the advice on that one.
Huh. I think I'll have to try out Milliput standard then. My go-to store only had superfine when I ordered mine, which is kind of a chore to sculpt with because it's quite smeary and sticky for some reason (maybe I just had a bad batch, I dunno), so I only use it for bulking out bases, really. But I'll definitely give it another chance I think.
I have used pretty much all the epoxy type clays, but pro-create is my favourite. Miliput is good but it seems to go off and harden before I get to use much of it.
Question on the Milliput: How do you get it to stick to the plastic? I've been sculpting recently and the green stuff has easily stuck to the plastic, or at least stuck well enough, but the Milliput (silver/grey if it matters) kept sliding off. Also crumbling a little, but that wasn't my main issue; my main issue was the sliding off!
Well, I'm sold. I recently bought a roll of Green Stuff World's Greenstuff because it was available in my country. Now, or rather when I get my next pay check, I'm gonna order some Milliput from eBay.
As always, great video! Love your sword brother conversion, I'll have to try something like that too since the standard sword brother has a very rigid and recognizable stance. Overall, your sculpting seems to be just out of this word, it's frankly amazing.
I would love to see more conversions and sculpting. I’ve seen a lot of tutorials on RUclips of creating black Templar/dark Angel style tabards but they always look a bit off. Would be great to see your way of making them
Good video, I have some shapers already but may make some of the tools you mentioned. Will keep an eye out for the ball tool as well. One question I had was around getting milliput to stick to the model/ surface. When I have been using it, it doesn’t seem to adhere to the model, am I doing so,etching wrong with the mix?
I have always been hesitant to upload Kitbashes and Conversions to the channel - Are you interested in seeing more content that deals with these topics? Or are we a painting only channel?
Personally would love to see more kitbashing, great to see this video
I would love to see more kitbashing and converting I also prefer milliput over greenstuff,so much more versatile. Also what I make the handles for my sculpting tools out of lol
Advanced kitbashing doesn't get nearly enough content anywhere; I'd love to see it!
Yes please. Kitbashing and conversions are the best part of the hobby.
I feel like general advice on kitbashing, conversion and sculpting is an underserved market on hobby youtube, especially with good production quality and good explanations.
What I eould personally love is a structured, systematic series on sculpting different textures/items and how to fit those on a mini.
While you are a great teacher and painter (obviously), that space feels a bit overcrowded atm, there are a lot of at least decent painters out there.
Looking at your Sylvanas sculpt though makes it obvious that you have skills to show that most if not all channels similar to yours cannot offer.
I feel like this is your distinguishing point Chris, lots of other channels cover painting but your conversions and sculpting are next level. I would love to see more videos like this on the channel.
Yes, I do want to see more conversions. You are a fantastic sculptor and achieve enviably smooth details that don't look out of place at all! Concerning the materials you use, have you tried mixing Green Stuff with milliput? I found it combines the good features of both materials, i.e. blends well, doesn't tear when stretched, can hold sharp edges and can be sanded when I invariably make mistake ;)
I mean...it'S definitely better than using pure GS ;)
Also thanks a lot for your kind words!
@@trovarion My sarcasm detector bleeped and broke :D
I need to try some more pure milliput as well. On the other hand, I finally managed to make fairly seamless pure gs transitions as well. I need to just sculpt more and see more good techniques for it, preferably by you. So keep the conversion content coming! It is the best part about hobbying.
Oh and you are great at conveying a lot of detail on this three minutes format. Loved these videos so far! And I'm aware that this one was more of a two for one package, but the intro about all the wrong tools was quite fitting ;)
I occasionally use epoxy clay / green stuff mixes, it depends very much on how flexable, rigid or workable (drill, sand) the finish needs to be. Haven't used pure GS in about a decade.
I’m a blacksmith, and when I need a new tool, I make it. I’ve adapted the philosophy with sculpting. Your video was very useful. Thank you 🙏
Sculpting is a big part of the hobby for me. Both for conversions and original sculpt. So please make more videos about it!
Making videos about conversions/sculpting seems like a unique selling point and thus a great way of distinguishing yourself from other content creators.
Yes to more conversion content, please. Tools used for sculpting is always a hard subject that you simplified fantastically many sculptors use tools that they feel comfortable with and often over time fashion most of the tools they use themselves or modify bought tools, shapers though I have to say are a must-have and can be found pretty cheaply.
Yes please, more sculpting and conversion stuff. I feel like people who want to paint to a high standard also want more personalized, individualized sculpts to tell whatever story they are portraying.
I love the home-made tools. I have a bunch of old sprue bits and toothpicks that I've filed to shape, some of which have served me well for over a decade.
60/40 Milliput/Greenstuff is by far my fav.
Milliput alone still has some nasty weakness which gets nullified by Greenstuff.
Absolutely true. You can make do with one putty for sure, but blending and mixing different properties is very useful to learn too. Another point for sculpting using oven-bake polymer clay as the basis, and slapping epoxy putties on top of that.
what weakness for exemple?
Milliput is absolute trash for anything like clean small detail work, where you need to be super careful it's so messy, tears too easy and has a limited window where it's user friendly but it is great at filling gaps and covering any larger smooth flat/curved areas.
Green stuff is just easier to work with IMO, way more forgiving.
I totally agree with you on this. I'm a sculptor myself and when it comes to sculpting tools. most of the time homemade tools work better. Although I also have standard sculpting tools, I only use them for rough sculpting like adding or removing volumes of sculpey ,apoxie clay etc. And for detail works, I still revert back to homemade tools to kick those details in. And most of them are made from metal stirring sticks like Tamiya for example.
Conversions and kitbashes are two of my favorite aspects of this hobby! I'm so happy that you recorded this video, and I'm looking forward to the next one. By the way, your editing quality is definitely improving!
Great video - only thing I would point out is that for all it's benefits, Miliput has one fatal flaw - It's rock solid when dry. For most applications this is fine, but it means you have to sculpt things exactly the way you need them when finished.
By comparison, green stuff is fairly flexible when dry, so for things like tentacles and cables and such, that you might find hard to sculpt in-place or you just don't know what shape they need to be yet, you can sculpt separately and then conform the greenstuff to whatever shape you need later. Often this is achieved by using a thin flexible wire as a core for the greenstuff.
Hell yeah the intro is awesome. Only one thing: I found it a little bit too much when the Headline/title flew in two times. Maybe reduce it to one time at the end?
Regarding the Kitbash topic:
I can´t get enough of these. Especially yours! They are not like "I took part 1 from kit 1 and put them on model 2 instead of the box model". You always sculpt and put way more effort in them then expected. That is really cool and inspiring. Keep it up!
Found this video by chance and I'm so glad I did. Very informative and covers things I'd never even considered i.e. grain size. Thank you.
Definitely want to see more sculpting and conversions. You gloss over it but your sculpting is top notch mate
Definitely want more conversions and sculpting work.
Trov, if people dont want to make their own needle tool, another cheap way to get one is a wristwatch spring bar/end link tool. Will have a pointed fork side and a needle side. Worth checking out usually only a few bucks.
I tend to mix my green stuff with Milliput for a good texture blend and easy sculpting.
I have been using more or less the same tools for most of my putty work. I do use a metal tool with a spoon and a spear tips and sometimes one with a flat face (mostly for milliput structures/90 degree angles, etc), a pointed and square shaper and finally I use a tiny crochet hook.
Definitely more conversions. There are so many different sides to this hobby, but out of all of them, making models uniquely my own, gives me the most joy.
It's great to see how others approach conversions, and since there are so many techniques and tools, you can always learn something new. : )
Yes, more conversions please! My only problem with Milliput is, that it wont really stick to other materials...
Great video! One my fave tools is my lily pad tool, sharpened brass tube used as a punch!
I picked up a firm colorshaper a few months ago. It’s amazing for shaping green stuff for gap filling. Not brave enough to try more legitimate sculpting, but this video certainly is making the case that I should try.
OK that fur is amazing .. you need to do a video on how to sculpt fur like that !!
Perfect! Thank you so much for explaining, now I know I need to buy milliput instead of green stuff.
Colour shapers were a revelation for gap filling, this has inspired me to try sculpting with them too.
Could you please do a video on that beautiful fur sculpt? (If you haven’t already that is)
Best video about sculpting in small scales that I‘ve seen. I had almost given up learning this, but I‘m definitely going to start again now. Thanks a lot!
Yes, absolutely would I like to see more conversions on this channel! always enjoy your work and as always, I appreciate your time bro!
Excellent advice, and great video! One thing I found useful in some cases is adding a little play doh to the milliput - it makes it softer, sculpts beautifully, and after a few hours it's as solid as normal milliput.
Yes!!! More sculpting and conversions please!! I'd love to see start to finish conversions, including painting.
Would love to see more conversations. Really enjoy your channel, thanks for all the tips and inspiration.
Great video. And very timely for me as I'm about to do some conversions and was thinking about getting Green Stuff and some tools. I feel I'll be shopping a little smarter, now. Yes, would like to see conversions, but don't go overboard.
I 've carved tools from wooden toothpicks and coffee stirrers to suit a specific sculpting task; I found the wood draws up water and can help with creating blends and other smoother finishes in epoxy clay or clay/green stuff mixes.
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Just bought milliput for the first time in a decade, thanks for the tutorial!
Hey trovarion!
I was watching your content a few months ago and honestly while you are a brilliant painter , the content you were producing didn’t show the justice of your pieces, but now having revisited, you have improved by miles!
You constantly switch with a variety of camera angles, keeping it interesting, you keep the mood up with witty language but still getting in the important info , all in a great , somewhat bite size video, not too mention how you’ve started using more music throughout the video witch keeps it less monotone where before you where just talking with no background sound!
I can’t emphasise enough how well you’ve improved, and I’ll definitely be regularly watching from now on!
Keep up the great work :D
almost like it's true what they say: If you keep learning you might be getting better!
@@trovarion also sorry if this came across abit rude at the start , I was just trying to be more honest 😅
@@foxhound24 no prob at all!
honesty when expressed in a non-hostile way is always good.
Hi Trovarion. Thanks for the video. I wouldn't mind seeing a video on exactly how you sculpted that fur. Thanks again!
great vid trov! I think this 3 minute format really suites your talents
Thanks a ton!
The good news if that, if you play the video at double the speed, is still longer than 3 minutes XD
Great video, as usual!
damn!
Have been using milliput for all sorts of jobs since the late 70s for both modelling and real world things, I still think it's the best all round putty.
BTW in case you don't know Milliput dissolves in alcohol, so you can use it to make a nice paste (or even a slurry) should you wish to ever wish paint it onto a surface say a letter material that has been cut and looks awful
It's also useful as a slurry to get it into a really awkward place (say to hold weights into the nose of an aircraft/spaceship)
If turned into a paste/slurry, how long drying time, compared to normal milliput, would one look at?
Sure it depends on thickness, but just a ballpark :)
@@Himle_ I've used the technique of mixing Milliput with Tamiya's thin plastic cement to "paint" on texture, making something look like cast iron. The cement/alcohol evaporates at its usual time and so you just leave the Milliput for 12 hours to cure (24 to 48 if you want to be absolutely sure it's hardened).
@@nekrataali Hmm, interesting idea! I have to try that too. Just need to finish of my current paint batch. (-:
I thought that alcohol would evaporate, but never tried it, so thought i'd ask.
@@Himle_ indeed the alcohol evaporates off pretty quick then you have the usual milliput setting time
love this stuff. used your link for colour shapers. cheers
Those silicon shapers made model preperation so much nicer. Got them after your gap filling video and now they are a primary part of my building tool box.
I use milliput and Green stuff... But milliput for the final surface, superfine milliput and rub with finishing sticks and it goes Glossy and a glass like super finish
Nice video mate! An alternative is to mix milliput and greenstuff so you get a material you can sand and still is not that fragile as milliput by it's own but you pointed good advices 😉
More conversions!!! please - always interesting - entertaining and encouraging and educational....... out of big 'e' words - thank you muchly!!
I saw 52 Miniatures using a 50/50 mix of Greenstuff and Milliput. I tried it, and it's great for certain usages!
i am in love with that custom belt!
A 3 minute long talk in under 7 minutes! I give this video 11 out of 10!
i really like the citadel sculpting tool is one of their few useful products, mine is the old one that came by itself not the new triple pack one tho so not sure if they changed.
I have my own trick.
I got some uv resin and a uv penlight.
I apply the resin to the joint using a small detail brush, use the uv penlight to immediately cure it.
Little or no sanding has to be used.
It’s better to under-fill and go back a second time to build it out more.
Results are smooth.
I have been doing the same, the stuff is brilliant and has so many uses, it's great for doing instant casting/copies as well.
Definitely want to see more conversions and kitbashes from you. Also as an idea for a video: how about some artistic tips for bases, when to go humble and minimal and when to go for story with your base.
Amazon sells a set of silicone sculpting tools, a 10 pk of 5bg 5sml, for $5 very useful and they have the ball tool on the other.
More conversions pls!!! Your sculpting is boss tier.
Trovarion you legend I am sitting here trying to make a realistic scaled robe for a Librarian. This was the right video at the right time!
Excellent timing, I started sculpting with milliput like a week ago. Great video!
That's awesome!
This was really helpful! I knew only some parts prior to your vid but you gave me those critical tips that I was missing out on
love that production quality upgrade 👍
I would love to hear more about how you work with milliput. Do you use any kind of water to smooth it? How do you prevent it from sticking to your tools? What's the best way to clean up mistakes?
Yes more conversions Please!! %100
Congrats on 100k Subs!! Well deserved! 🥳 🎉
I'm watching your videos quite some time now, and I must admit, that while the content is allways great, your video quality is getting better and better. 👍
I'd love to see how you sculpted the trim on your Nightlord because I've never been able to find a tutorial for it, that conversion also has the cleanest press moulding I've ever seen.
next video :)
Great vid! Would love to see more conversion videos, maybe even a small series of tutorials about making different bits like doing custom helmets, trim, pouches, fur, etc...
That Space Wolf belt is amazing!!! More conversions!
Useful advice, thankyou. Sometimes, the best tools are the simple ones you make/customise -- eg: a metal needle glued into a wooden handle made from dowel. Lately, silicone tipped shapers have been a revelation for me, and I recommend them to anyone who's not tried them yet.
I've always wondered why people speak so highly of Green Stuff because it doesn't behave as well as Apoxie Sculpt or Milliput in my experience.
yeah i love milliput, comes in many colors easy to mix the parts togeather, dries much faster
Yes more conversions and sculpting!!
I rarely use GS on it's own any more, I mix it with Sylmasta's Magic Sculp (no T), which I also prefer over Milliput
Yes I'd love to see more conversions on this channel! The clip of the skull helmet was awesome!
it's going to make a full comeback in the next video!
Yes please, more conversions would be great! And I do prefer Milliput over Greenstuff as well. :)
I would like definitely conversions and sculpting!
Awesome video sir, I'd love to see more In depth kit bashing tutorials. My sculpting ability Is nonexistent, but I'd love to develope it . Keep up the work sir🖖
There are a million painting channels, and a couple of sculpting channels. Very rare do you find the two in the same place. I'd absolutely hope to see more sculpting content from yourself.
I do the main masses and rough shapes of a large project like that lizardman all in green stuff. On larger projects (doing mutations on chaos knights at the moment) I find green stuff and larger tools are perfect, and then if I want to get down to small details then use Milliput over the green stuff or for individual small things. Once I'm doing the small stuff I do use my set of size 0 color shapers and needles!
I find Miliput to be messier, fussier, and more difficult to use, while green stuff is faster and easier to hit the ground running with as a beginner.
Not gonna lie I really want to see that primaris chaos space marine you were working on. That is some fine work on that trim!
I do a lot of kitbashing and conversions of my Army as I have a Catachan Battalion, and using different manufacturers of kits, for my female units, Penal close combat, and lots of different Armoured units, etc, also war won trophies like a lot of Ork battleWagons, great command centers, Comms unit, and supply carriers. I use miliput, great stuff, and Superglue with Bicarb of soda, also use a construction resin from our local store, also a resin from our $2.00 shop which works just a no thrills resin.
Trial of different stuff, but first try on scrap plastic as some stuff will melt the plastic, as I do sculptures in clay, and work with Gemstones to pay for my hobby needs, I make my own tools for my needs.
As I'm an Injured veteran, wheelchair-bound, as hobbies keep me very focused on my needs, maybe disabled but I still have hands, can breathe and have a heartbeat, love life, and living, cheers everyone.
Indeed. More conversions please! Great video😎
Holy production values Trovarion! Great video, very useful information, thank you!
I only use greenstuff for parts that I need to be resilient or as a core structure. Miliput has the downside of being more delicate and chippable.
So stronggreen stuff underneath and detailed milliput on top gives you the best of both worlds. Or an a simple exposed cable that could get knocked is another place to use greenstuff
Awesome video. Great points and thank you for sharing.
Yes, we want to see more conversions, Mate!
I bought some colour shapers a while back, but maybe they are not firm enough. they work, but they take a long time.
I'm not clear on how you made your metal tool though, just that it had something to do with the file. I also bought a full set of sculpting tools (and have an older citadel one, too) but like you said, they're pretty useless really, about about 95% of them are shapes I'm never going to use.
I have a spare Awl that will likely work as a needle tool though. thanks for the advice on that one.
cool video, would love to see more conversion and sculpting videos!
Good point on the right tools first. BTW, I've got a bricklayer's trowel, any tips for moulding capes onto epic 6mm space marines?
Would you be able to do a more in depth video on how you made your sculpting tools?
Huh. I think I'll have to try out Milliput standard then. My go-to store only had superfine when I ordered mine, which is kind of a chore to sculpt with because it's quite smeary and sticky for some reason (maybe I just had a bad batch, I dunno), so I only use it for bulking out bases, really. But I'll definitely give it another chance I think.
another great video, packed full of digestible information! il be sure to try some of these sculpting tips! thanks again
I have used pretty much all the epoxy type clays, but pro-create is my favourite. Miliput is good but it seems to go off and harden before I get to use much of it.
Question on the Milliput: How do you get it to stick to the plastic? I've been sculpting recently and the green stuff has easily stuck to the plastic, or at least stuck well enough, but the Milliput (silver/grey if it matters) kept sliding off. Also crumbling a little, but that wasn't my main issue; my main issue was the sliding off!
Well, I'm sold. I recently bought a roll of Green Stuff World's Greenstuff because it was available in my country. Now, or rather when I get my next pay check, I'm gonna order some Milliput from eBay.
As always, great video!
Love your sword brother conversion, I'll have to try something like that too since the standard sword brother has a very rigid and recognizable stance.
Overall, your sculpting seems to be just out of this word, it's frankly amazing.
wire frame with greenstuff as bulk of sculpt, then milli for finer details?
The more conversions and sculpting the better. This is an area I'm not yet brave enough to break into and need to watch more quality content about.
Half of my metal sculpting tools have been heavily modified. The other half are at the back of a drawer somewhere.....
Would love to see you do more videos on this
I would love to see more conversions and sculpting. I’ve seen a lot of tutorials on RUclips of creating black Templar/dark Angel style tabards but they always look a bit off. Would be great to see your way of making them
Good video, I have some shapers already but may make some of the tools you mentioned. Will keep an eye out for the ball tool as well.
One question I had was around getting milliput to stick to the model/ surface. When I have been using it, it doesn’t seem to adhere to the model, am I doing so,etching wrong with the mix?
I'd love a tutorial on how you made your own sculpting tools.
Definitely would love to see more sculpting and conversion tutorials 👍
Yes, more conversions! Great video and great advice 👍
cheap way for a needle point many people might have is an old compass, some even have a thicker needle point attachment for scoring a circle
Just used Milliput for the first time yesterday. Great product, it works just like regular clay
true!