Need a Hair Piece

Y'know, when I first saw the title of this thread was 'I need a hairpiece', it wasn't a figure I thought you needed one for...

I looked into SS when I bought the Das, but the heating bit sort of turned me off from it.

That being said, Das works pretty great. It's a one-piece air-drying compund and takes about 15 minutes or so before you can really get in there and start sculpting, but I really liked it. Of course it was my first time sculpting, so I may have a greatly inferior product, but it works for me, and I suppose that's what really counts. I'm thinking of giving it another go now that I know I can work with and see if I can REALLY make a nice hairpiece.

I got it in the same aisle that the SS is in at Michael's in case you're interested.

I have been using a lot of super sculpey as of late due to the large amount of sculpting I am doing on figures. Fixit sculpt and aves products are too expensive to work with with that large amount that I would need. I also have had great success with a heat gun to cure it. Maybe that's the route to go. Plus SS is pretty easy to sculpt with.

I've just always been of thye mindset that evry project is 1 part patience, 1 part ambiton, and 1 part knowing your limitations. I was in no hurry to further buther my lone Sentry figure.

I'm pretty pleased with the results, though. I might eventualy try a new hair piece and get some more detail in it and just generally work on the hairline. That's the only part I don't like.

Don't fret Lee, no one gets better by never trying

Well... I bit the bullet and sculpted the piece just now. I think it might actually turn out okay, which is really a hocker for me. I'll have to wait until it's painted to give a final verdict, but so far, so good.

I'm sorry, man. All I can say is that I used to be no good at hair sculpt, but I kept at it and now it seems fairly easy. I can't help you with a hair piece, but I did a tutorial on hair sculpt that you may or may not find useful. Here it is: http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutori ... view&id=46

If that doesn't work for you, I wish you luck in finding what you're looking for.

HA!

no.

I have a degree in art and design. I went to art school. I had to BEG for my friggin B in my sculpting class. It's just not a strong suit of mine. I'm nervouos enough about trying to sculpt some armor for a Wasp I'm doing. I just think that hair might be a little above my paygrade, so to speak. Also, since I don't do a LOT of customizing to this degree, I don't have aves sculpt. I'm working with a 1-part air drying compound called Das, mainly because it was cheap and should serve my limited purposes well.

Maybe I'll do some experimenting and see what happens. I just think it would come out looking a little crappy, and the whole point behind the excercise is to come away with a piece superior to the original for display.

I don't know... Maybe I'll give it a shot.

Have you tried sculpting it?