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« Thread Started on Sept 28, 2006, 12:35pm »
Stage 1: A wire armature is formed based on the dimensions of a human skeleton image printed out to the correct scale. I use 15amp fuse wire.

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Stage 2: I pose the figure and add simple muscle shapes using milliput. Milliput sets very hard and strengthens the wire. The heat from a small desk lamp is used to speed up the curing process and hardens the putty rapidly. I've left an opening for the mouth.

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Stage 3: Greenstuff is applied over the milliput and the muscles are defined more carefully, especially on the arms and legs as these will be exposed on the final sculpt. Teeth are added and then the lips over that.

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Stage 4: The left hand is tricky because it's not balled into a fist or holding anything - so I use 5amp fuse wire to form an armature for the hand. The hand is sculpted and the applied to the figure.

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Stage 5: Now the face is taking shape.

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Stage 6: The clothing is added to the figure. A 'dent' is made for the belt and then the belt is added.

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Stage 7: More wire is used for the sword - this time I use a flattened paper clip. The paper clip is much harder metal and it needs to be hard to survive the casting process without bending.

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Stage 8: He's almost complete - just a few details left to add and not forgetting his hair of course ;)

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Re: Wallace
« Reply #1 on Sept 28, 2006, 1:13pm »
ooh - me likes. i saw this on the frother forums and it is a great sculpt so far - though i am not too kean on the hand axe being held up high. plus in the last piccie the left arm looks a little off. but i love the detail on the open hand and a great idea for creating that BTW is that cable wire?

great sculpt but i also love the other one.

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Re: Wallace
« Reply #2 on Sept 28, 2006, 1:37pm »
Mel Gibson isn't actually William Wallace. This is not a model of Mel Gibson - but Wallace.

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« Reply #3 on Sept 28, 2006, 2:49pm »
Very good work, your most proportionally accurate mini so far, just about perfect.
For one wild moment there I thought you were making a figure for wallace of wallace and gromit...now THAT would be awesome.
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #4 on Sept 28, 2006, 6:50pm »
Wow, thanks for that!

Is the wire-structure strengthened with Milliput?

How thick/thin is the wire you have used for the hand?

What is the material you have used for the Armour?

Do you mix more yellow in the GreenStuff for the faces?

Are these weapons from Mirliton?

Have I asked too many questions? ;D
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #5 on Sept 29, 2006, 12:07pm »
:o wow, fantastic ebob
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #6 on Sept 30, 2006, 5:44am »
(Drools) Oh boy... just magnificent... more please and when will we be seeing them on sale?
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #7 on Oct 1, 2006, 1:14am »
If I remember correctly Ebob said he was going to put 12 in a cast, so he'll probably sculpt 12 before he casts them.

BTW Nice Wallace. ;) I like the way you did the hand.
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #8 on Oct 17, 2006, 11:19pm »
Your best work yet Ebob. Without a doubt, this is a superb sculpt and is the equal to anything currently on the market.

You keep getting better and better with each effort and I cannot wait to see the whole Jacobite Rebellion range painted up and displayed on a battlefield.
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #9 on Oct 18, 2006, 2:29am »
thank you. This is the first Scottish war of Independence (1290-1314) - the Jacobite Rebellion was 1715.
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #10 on Oct 20, 2006, 12:28am »
Just goes to show you how ignorant I truly am. At least I got the right part of the world (for a change).
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #11 on Aug 2, 2009, 6:08am »
Sorry for the bump of this message, but I was just curious what you Ebob has up to his sleeve :) Last message is from 2006. Can't you post a message with what we can expect the rest of the year. We are in mid-summer now what is not really the best wargame period of the year, but it keep our enthousiasm high :)

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When you are curious what I do with my Rebellion army than you can have a look here: My Medieval Army
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Re: Wallace
« Reply #12 on Aug 5, 2009, 11:28am »
Yeah, I would also like to see a hint of what cool stuff we'll see during the year. ;)
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