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How to Sculpt Miniatures the Colossal Miniatures Way. The definitive guide to sculpting high quality 3d printer friendly miniatures for rpg, table top gaming, and collecting.
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The definitive guide to sculpting high quality 3d printer friendly miniatures for rpg, table top gaming, and collecting.
This is step-by-step demonstration of how to sculpt a miniature from start to finish. It will guide you through the sophisticated Colossal Miniatures production pipeline in order to create truly stunning miniatures in the most efficient way using cutting edge digital production tools that are used widely in the VFX, AAA gaming, and Animation industries.
In this course we will show you how to use these industry standard tools to create a high quality miniature from scratch. We will go over all aspects of miniature sculpting from concept to completion. We’ll even delve in to how to start thinking about promoting and selling your miniature on MyMiniFactory and Patreon once it is done.
It all starts with Artistic Fundementals.
– artistic fundementals –
Artistic Fundamentals actually take a lifetime to master because you can always get better and usually getting better means going back to the basics.
Artistic Fundamentals.
All knowledge is self-knowledge.
How to see.
How to create a primary, secondary, and tertiary read.
Once you have completed the fundamentals lesson, keeping in mind that even seasoned professionals revisit and practice the fundamentals, it is time to move on to a key component to any artistic endeavor.
Pre-Production.
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Pre-Production, as the name implies, is the planning and designing stage of any production. This is where we come up with ideation and concept art. We develop a look and style for our miniatures and an over arching aesthetic.
Pre-Production.
How to defeat artist’s block.
How to see.
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Production is the meat we hang on the skeleton of the pre-production frame. Where as the pre-production is our guide and roadmap, production is the actual journey.
Production.
How to stay focused.
How to see.
How to contrapposto.
How to create a line of action.
How to create a strong silhouette
How to sculpt anatomy for miniatures.
How to stay focused.
How to see.
How to sculpt hands for miniatures.
How to stay focused.
How to see.
How to sculpt arms for miniatures.
How to stay focused.
How to see.
How to sculpt torsos for miniatures.
How to stay focused.
How to see.
Now that we’ve designed, planned, and produced a beautiful miniature sculpt, it is time to bring it in to the physical world. This is the magical part.
3D Print it!
– 3d print it –
The feeling you get when you print your own miniature is, well. Magical. But there are a few more technical steps we need to learn before we can bring our miniature to life in the real world.
3D Print it!
How to stay focused.
How to see.
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Post Production is what happens after everything seemingly is done. Many artists mistakenly think that after the sculpture is fully realized that the work is over. Not true. If nobody knows your sweet miniature exists then what was the point? All artists want their work to be enjoyed and consumed by other people so in the processes they are nourished and their lives are enriched just as the artist’s was creating it. That’s what it’s for.
Post Production.
How to stay focused.
How to see.
– advertise it –
How to stay focused.
How to see.
Keep it simple. Write one clear paragraph with only one idea stated in the first sentence. All of the following sentences should support that one idea stated in the first sentence. Then you can add specific details to make the supporting sentences stronger.
In order to write a good first sentence you should think about all the points you want to make. Decide which point is most important and then write that as your first sentence.
Sentences that follow the first sentence should connect to each other and work together as a whole. Use a consistent verb tense. Write about the past, present, or future, but don’t mix the three in the same paragraph.
Here is an example written in the present tense:
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Here is a color coded breakdown of the paragraph:
Los Angeles is an amazing city. It has a diverse culture. You can meet people from all over the world and all walks of life. Also, Los Angeles offers a wide range of activities. You can visit Santa Monica, go to the beach, or just chill in traffic next to exotic cars. In addition, you could even run in to your favorite movie star. You could buy one of those Maps to the Stars and spend all day searching for Taylor Swift’s house only to find a Taylor Swift look-alike on Hollywood Boulevard! I love L.A.
*Topic sentence. Everything that follows supports this sentence.
*Supporting sentence. This supports the topic sentence.
*Detail sentence. This adds specific details to the supporting sentence.
Note that the entire paragraph is there solely to support and strengthen the topic sentence: Los Angeles is an amazing city.