A couple of weeks ago I tried to sculpt pillars but it wasn`t quite successful. I used Fimo and the sculpey was soft all the time and I really had problems to get them regular. Then my Monkey Brother Mati helped me out :-) Thank you at this opportunity. He told me to use Milliput for the middle part of the pillar because it is possible to cut and sanding the Milliput after it is dried. I did and got at least one pillar finished in one hour or so. It is not perfect, to be honest it is wry,lol. But it is okay for a very quick job and it is good enough for the moment. I will try to sculpt the perfect pillar when I will cast them but for the moment a half perfect pillar is good enough. The problem is: To sculpt perfect pillars take a lot of time and time is something I don`t have got at the moment. But if you like you can try to make it better than me. Here is the best way of sculpting pillars I could find for the moment. If someone have got some helpful ideas in addition I would be glad if you would tell it here.
Here it is: First I put some Milliput around a wire and rolled it to this sausage shape (took only a few minutes) and let them dry over night.
Then I cut the tip of the pillar for to create a kind of a ruin pillar.
Then I sanded it to an almost regulary shape:
I sculpted with Super Sculpey the foot and baked it in the oven:
Then I added the two rings also with Super Sculpey and baked it again:
Oh well I know that can`t be call perfect but if you have got only few time and you need some pillars quickly it is a cheap and fast solution. You can put some plants over it for to hide the imperfections,lol. Or you spend a couple of hours in addition then you maybe get the perfect pillar :-)
Happy Sculpting :-)
Greetings Yvonne
A simple, yet effective method, and I really like the result!
ReplyDeleteDon't be surprised if I end up using this recipe for pillars, if I ever need to make some.
Nice little tutorial. I guess the base could have been sculpted in milliput also right? (for people like me who only have acces to GS and milliput...)
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty easy way to add character to a base. I'm curious to know how you would make a doric (spelling?) style pillar.
Cheer!
JP
You used super sculpey firm on the pillarbase and confused the names again. ;)
ReplyDelete@Noeste: I`m glad you like them. Of course you should end up using this recipe, that`s why I have posted it here :-)
ReplyDelete@Jpwyrm: Thanks. Yes it should work with Milliput same way. Just make sure that you do it in this 3 steps:
1: The middle part of the pillar.
Let it dry
2. The foot
Let it dry
3. The rings
Let it dry and then you can work on it with a file, a knife and/or sandpaper. If you don`t wait until the putty is hard you will have the same problems like me when I had my first trial with the soft fimo. You push it in at one side and it comes out on another, lol. That really sucks.
Doric style pillar: Oh my god, lol. I have got no idea, lol. I just started to sculpt recently and so I`m a bloody beginner. I checked out the characteristics of doric style pillars and I would say: "I will never sculpt one" Lol.
@Mati: Ooops. Sorry, guess I never will learn it,lol. Yes, I used super sculpey firm, ugh.
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ReplyDeleteCool write up! Thanks a lot my dear! I will link it up to the article section today... BUT you got to change that milliput / Super Sculpey thing :)
@Roman: I changed "Magic Sculpey" into "Super Sculpey". I`m glad to see that you feel better, may the bananas be with you :-)
ReplyDeleteA way to get inexpensive ancient pillars of different kind and sizes is in cake decorating shops (weddingcakes use them all the time)and they look very cool in a diorama.
ReplyDeletehi, thanks for this tutorial, fantastic as ever.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried to use a piece of chalk, just a regular chalk stick that kids use. My boy was upset the other day because he had snapped his chalk in half and brought me the two halves.
it occured to me that they looked very much like a broken column.
I roughed up some of the sides for extra damage and then cast them in resin.
@Wacca
ReplyDeleteIt's those little surprises that keep us going :)
pictures are down.
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