28 February 2013

Old Memories - Part 1!

Posted by Matt Cexwish

Hi Di Ho!

So, after a long time I finally found some peace to sit down with Ben, Mikkel and Tue (who are visiting the Northern Part of the Jungle known as Berlin after coming back from the Painting Crusade in Brussels...^-^...) and practice  sculpting on my "Old Memories" Project... 

Luckily, Tue Kaae is one talented Sculptor who has brought some of his favourite Stuff with him: URO! URO is like that ancient, biblical Putty that combines a lot of incredibly useful attributes... It is both soft and flexible (not crumbling as easily as plain FIMO or Super Sculpey...), comes in all kinds of colours (the green putty is a Green URO, not Green Stuff...) AND cures in hot water! This means, that it can even be applied to plastic, which is absolutely amazing and very, very fast if needed... Tue uses a 1:3 mixtures of Super Sculpey : URO... It is pretty sticky, so it will hold even to a plain metal armature... Read more about URO here... 

It can be smoothened using at least 90% Isopropyl Aclohol (70% will not deliver the same result...), maybe also White Spirit (not tested out...)...



The Head and Expression Char you see in these Pictures have been give to my by Allan some time ago... You can find this and more illustrations in the Hogarth and Burne Books... We can also strongly recommend this book...



The back section is far from being finished and I will have to work on all muscles and tendons...




Did you know that Noses and Ears Continue to Grow as We Age...? Amazing! :D





Hope you like the sculpt so far... I will go for a older, wrinklier and somewhat cuter look as soon as I figure out what facial expression I will set on... but that´s the great thing about those non self curing putties: You have time to change anything you want... Once you are satisfied or if you need a firm base, you can cook everything (kinda like saving a computer game...:)...) and work on from there... Can´t wait to work on the Textures of his skin and add all those little Details that will make this come to life...
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15 comments:

  1. Tabletop LennyFebruary 28, 2013 at 8:45 AM

    Awesome!

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  2. RaffaFebruary 28, 2013 at 9:01 AM

    hehe, I'm also experimenting with rapid prototyped skeletons :) Really neat so far! And yes, Tue is like the Moses of sculpting, Uro really rocks the socks!

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  3. RedwingFebruary 28, 2013 at 9:44 AM

    Can you elaborate on the curing process of Uro in boiling water? In the instructions it says that it needs to be baked at max 130 degrees.
    Does the water has any effect on the sculpt?

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  4. Andrew MayFebruary 28, 2013 at 9:56 AM

    Hi guys. I'm a long time Uro user, it's great to see someone else that's as enthused about it as me. I'm not keen on mixing with SSF as it gets too soft and sticky for small scale work but its great that you get such nice results yourself! I've never tried boiling it but I'm sure it works to some degree. Personally I bake from 0-125c over only 10 minutes, if I put the figure in the oven ore heated I can bake a small figure in 4 minutes or less. I keep meaning to write all this down properly.....

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  5. ttocswmFebruary 28, 2013 at 11:30 AM

    Like the skeleton idea and am looking forward to seeing it develop. It looks like it will be hard to find Uro in the States but I will keep searching for a supplier.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    Where did you find the skeleton? A couple of these would be mighty handy practicing accurate anatomy.

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  7. AndroschFebruary 28, 2013 at 1:03 PM

    Hm, have to try that Uro stuff. Thx for sharing!

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  8. -Matt Cexwish-February 28, 2013 at 1:30 PM

    I printed them out myself as I have access to a couple of industry grade 3D printers...:D... Might be able to get some more, if you are interested, but they come at a price as printing is expensive...

    @ Scott Meyer

    Are you anywhere near the Chicago or New York area or are you attending the Adepticon? If so I might be able to bring you some URO from Germany...

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    1. Andrew MayMarch 1, 2013 at 1:33 AM

      Did that Uro come from Mati? 'Cause that came from me! :D
      I'd be interested in a skeleton too, it's something that I've been looking into, coincidently.

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  9. Rafael García MarínFebruary 28, 2013 at 5:52 PM

    hahaha Tue is spreading the knowledge!!!! I have some URO at home which I'm going to try asap! :D

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  10. Roman aka jarFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:47 PM

    God, praise Tue!!

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  11. hibilalaMarch 1, 2013 at 1:49 AM

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  12. Roman aka jarMarch 1, 2013 at 9:11 AM

    @Andrew
    I heard of Uro the first time from Tue Kaae at the Painting Crusade X.

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  13. SonnyMarch 1, 2013 at 10:25 AM

    And Tue heard about it from me, and I first heard about it from Minisculpture. Rings in water and all that.. Its great stuff and needs to be widely known as a sculpting option. Its one drawback seems to be that it dries out very quickly and crumbles within a very short time - mixing in a bit of super sculpey alleviates that problem :)

    Regarding cooking, any type of polymer can be baked in boiling water. What makes Uro distinct is it rubbery-ness and ability to cling to a surface. Other polymers, when boiled, would loose its grip on the miniature.

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  14. ttocswmMarch 2, 2013 at 4:29 PM

    Max thanks for the offer, I'm in MN so it would be a bit of a ride but not too bad. I do a lot of casting and might be able to use one of the skeletons as a master and do them up in resin or metal. That way the model would be a lot cheaper! If your interested let me know maybe we can get them out to the Jungle in general

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