From the workbench of the esteemed Horati0nosebl0wer
GhengisCon 2024 (not the Australian one)
Class sculpt of myconid, a very forgiving entry to the artNot much to report but a spot of information to share from thus weekend’s convention. I had my first in person sculpting class and it gave me more insight into how I’ve been going about greenstuff wrong. First, the ribbons of blue/yellow was a known bad investment. What I didn’t know was that keeping the separate blue/yellow sticks in the same tube or container was not good either. It seems, from my class, that the vapors from the material can cause the reaction of hardening.
Using material that had been kept in their own small plastic bins and later mixed with equal parts of Apoxiesculpt made for a pliant putty that did in fact start to set in an hour. A few hours later it was set solid. I was very impressed and with the pointer of when to start sculpting things like hands I feel like I can raise my kitbash game. It will also help with the rig that the teacher was kind enough to give each of us and keep.
Outside of that I won a first place in the painting competition for Group (my Arabian Knights commander on horse with entourage) and placed third in the Single Figure category (same army, leader on the giant scorpion). I’m feeling good and think I’ll start on getting my entry for next year together. Like other thing, a little work at a time can lead to outstanding results. I might start going to other cons for this kind of thing now. There’s a big world and I’m a small fish that needs to grow beyond this bowl.
Shrooooms!