Members Stetson912 Posted December 13, 2024 Members Report Posted December 13, 2024 Happy holidays and merry Christmas everyone Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted December 13, 2024 Author Members Report Posted December 13, 2024 1 hour ago, DieselTech said: Nice work! Thanks Quote
Members jozwa Posted June 28 Members Report Posted June 28 Oh wow! This is amazing! Is it really a leather? How did you achieve such texture, such fluffiness of the white parts and such a "cast iron look" of the grey sections (I love the parts above eye sockets)? Is it laser etched or tooled/stamped? Do you have any work in progress photos? Or maybe some pictures from various angles (the eye sockets seem quite deep and the cheekbones are popping up - would be nice to see it from an angle). Wow! Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted June 30 Author Members Report Posted June 30 On 6/28/2025 at 4:47 PM, jozwa said: Oh wow! This is amazing! Is it really a leather? How did you achieve such texture, such fluffiness of the white parts and such a "cast iron look" of the grey sections (I love the parts above eye sockets)? Is it laser etched or tooled/stamped? Do you have any work in progress photos? Or maybe some pictures from various angles (the eye sockets seem quite deep and the cheekbones are popping up - would be nice to see it from an angle). Wow! Thanks for the kind words and questions. This has been traded and I no longer have this card. I'll try and remember what I did haha. This is all carved, no lasers or anything. The eye socket texture was done with a modeling spoon as was most of the skull. I used a triangular beveler around the pom and trim and faded that out. I used a fine stylus to make the fur textures in the pot and trim as well as fabric for the hat. I cant recall what background texture I used but you can use whatever suits you. As for color, it's a trick i saw on youtube by kirill latypov. The whole piece is dyed black then painted with a thin layer of black acrylic paint. And the color is added by using a dry brush technique with acrylic paint. The cast iron is a result of gray over the black. Oh, and the pitted skull texture is done by laying coarse sand paper over the areas to texture and rubbing it in with a modeling spoon. Quote
Members jozwa Posted July 3 Members Report Posted July 3 The more I looked at it, the more I thought it was impossible for a human being to carve it by hand - that’s why I assumed it had to be done with a laser or something. I mean, the forehead - it really looks like metal, like old, pitted cast iron. Mindblowing! Congratulations sir - it's a true masterpiece! Also thank you for your detailed answer, I really appreciate that. Love the trick with coarse sandpaper - I would never have thought of that - thanks for sharing! Quote
Members Stetson912 Posted July 4 Author Members Report Posted July 4 19 hours ago, jozwa said: The more I looked at it, the more I thought it was impossible for a human being to carve it by hand - that’s why I assumed it had to be done with a laser or something. I mean, the forehead - it really looks like metal, like old, pitted cast iron. Mindblowing! Congratulations sir - it's a true masterpiece! Also thank you for your detailed answer, I really appreciate that. Love the trick with coarse sandpaper - I would never have thought of that - thanks for sharing! Far from masterful but i appreciate the kind words, Brandon corral at swift hammer is a skull and metal wizard. He does things his own way too, you should look him up. Quote
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