Monday, May 4, 2009

Another Bevy of Links

Did a search for "action figure custom tutorial" and found this nice tutorial on making a custom DCU Question.

Then there's this page on 1/6 figures, which has a few tips and links.

And this page on custom anime figures, with lots of nice links to video tutorials on painting and sculpting.

This page on Instructables has some good tips on making a custom action figure. He suggests nail polish remover to get the excess paper and whatnot off the bubble.

This thread has some good links, including this one which has lots of promise and lots of tutorials, including tool and material reviews. Definitely worth more investigation. He also has great things to say about the Fwoosh forums.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Nice Utility Box



Found a particularly nice utility/storage box at Target. It's made by Stanley, and the extremely useful feature that sets this apart from other utility boxes is that all the compartments inside are removable, making it easy to pluck the desired bin out and fiddle through it or dump its contents onto your work area. I plan on using it to store action figure body parts and accessories.

Pictures are here and here.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Painting Tips From Reaper

Just stumbled across some great articles in the "The Craft" section of Reaper's site (they're one of the big acrylic model paint people.)

There are articles on paint thinning and transparency, a great two-part List of Tools For The Beginning Painter (one, two) that has some INVALUABLE tips and sources, and more!

Can't say enough about that tools post. Great, great ideas that go on and on.

GOLDMINE! The GI Joe Wiki

There's an entire wiki devoted to customizing the 1:12 GI Joe figures! That'll be mighty helpful for Project Musa. There are interviews with a number of customizers who give tips and details on their methods, a FAQ, tutorials on EVERYTHING. A must-see. The main site is great too, with an active forum, pix of members' creations, etc.

There's a whole page of links on customizing.

This page on casting parts has some interesting suggestions for both flexible and rigid casting plastics.

Sculpting On A Small Scale

Here's another great tutorial, this one focussed on small-scale sculpting for wargame miniatures. Very complete, with tips on puttys and clays, proportions, armature, folds in fabric, and small accessories like little bags, books, and gems, as well as textures like chain mail, wood, feathers, and even fur!