tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post9032841461810678072..comments2024-03-28T07:24:00.247+00:00Comments on Darkside Creations: COPYING USING FOIL - PART 1Jontyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08183461475077571043noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-20921052019243423772010-02-13T10:47:29.889+00:002010-02-13T10:47:29.889+00:00Hi Rich, I am glad i helped in some way. The foil ...Hi Rich, I am glad i helped in some way. The foil copying technique can be very accurate, if you have the time to rub/brush the foil in place that is lol. Yes it would be a very fast way to do it. If i do nothing else i can make 6 skulls a day. I simply add the finer details later where required.<br /><br />A fire place surround AWESOME. PLEASE, PLEASE send me some pics i would love to see the result.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183461475077571043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-79603518092883575752010-02-13T10:11:02.955+00:002010-02-13T10:11:02.955+00:00Jonty,
I recently came upon your site and love th...Jonty,<br /><br />I recently came upon your site and love the tutorials and the artwork. Great job! <br /><br />In looking at your foil-and-tape method of skull replication, I wonder if combining your method for doing the face with Stolloween's cardboard "armature" for the rest of the skull might not be an even quicker, cheaper, and more recycle-friendly method when you need to make large numbers of skulls.<br /><br />While his skull face is fairly detailed, the cardboard strips for the rest of the skull could quickly fill out the bulk of the back of the skull. I would imagine the cost of using balloons to make the rest of the skull can add up over time, even as cheap as they are.<br /><br />I'll be needing a large number of skulls for a fireplace surround prop I'm building and will be employing this combined skull replication technique. Thanks again for all the great information.<br /><br />RichFoolishCophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303115303543987069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-68215160580521652182010-02-10T01:59:26.453+00:002010-02-10T01:59:26.453+00:00Hi Kent. Plastic wrap IS as good as foil in many r...Hi Kent. Plastic wrap IS as good as foil in many respects, more than likely cheaper to purchase which is one of the key factors on the basis of how i do 'my' art with the money starved artist in mind out there lol.<br /><br />I personally found it to be not as good as foil as it requires a lot more tape to keep the shape you are copying. Foil once pressed/rubbed into the shape you are copying stays there pretty much.<br /><br />It works for you though & as i often have said there is NO wrong way.<br /><br />Your site is looking awesome by the way lol.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183461475077571043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-22052825805209055172010-02-02T23:40:39.027+00:002010-02-02T23:40:39.027+00:00Hey Jonty,your mold making ideas have led me to a ...Hey Jonty,your mold making ideas have led me to a whole new world of dragon head making.Instead of all those paper mache balls,drying,cutting,taping,and shaping,I now have four completely different size head molds to start with as a base.I glue tack on a release barrier of plastic wrap and then six layers of paper mache.I also add glue to the paste which helps to give me a very hard thin shell to start with.I papered all four head molds and let dry for three days,cut and removed,and then taped them back temporarily to completely dry out...Now I can work on all four at once...thanks dude...you are the manKenthttp://thestrayartist.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-56434303600874365352010-01-30T14:29:59.416+00:002010-01-30T14:29:59.416+00:00Ildiko: I may not have explained this correctly my...Ildiko: I may not have explained this correctly my fault i am sorry lol. No it is not 1 project with 70 skulls in it it is several, many projects with 'groups' of skulls in 'them' lol. Some will have 2 or 4 skulls whilst others especially 1 large project will have up to 40 skulls in it. I will email you 'privately' later to explain better lol.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183461475077571043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-43262410121641114042010-01-30T09:55:45.755+00:002010-01-30T09:55:45.755+00:00thank you Jonty for showing so explicit this super...thank you Jonty for showing so explicit this superb technique.i will definitely try it sometime.and good luck with your 70 skull project lol.you are a v valuable artist and lots of other artists should learn from you how to share elegant and generously their knowledge.this is amazing.thank you again!Ildikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04405407485694691807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-29119943118830512562010-01-29T10:06:11.910+00:002010-01-29T10:06:11.910+00:00arshad: It IS good to see you visit again, but if ...arshad: It IS good to see you visit again, but if you do not mind 'no more' links to handsets or mobile phones etc please. That IS too close to 'spamming' for my liking.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183461475077571043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-43501288126406207122010-01-28T16:04:05.612+00:002010-01-28T16:04:05.612+00:00If only they had exsisted eh. I can't say what...If only they had exsisted eh. I can't say what it is about dragons but i have always liked them too.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183461475077571043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455090708760054570.post-30464631830487870902010-01-28T15:54:04.607+00:002010-01-28T15:54:04.607+00:00very cool artwork, I've always been a big fan ...very cool artwork, I've always been a big fan of DragonsInkjet Paperhttp://www.shoplet.com/paper/paper_inkjetphoto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com