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Sculpting Techniques: Banding | |
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While working on my latest Inquisitor, i thought i'd so a quick show of how i do banding for armour (ala marines knees)
Firstly, get the limb into the right position.. this may need some cutting and filing... i used a bit of bluetac t check the pose and arm length etc  next i drill a hole right thru and pin the bitz in place.. bit o glue and leave to dry...  Not always necessary, but i make sure the arm armour is right.. as piping for the whole section would look rubbish...  OK.. assuming this is done and dry (or not needed), take a thin "sausage" of greenstuff, carefully fill the gap  make sure the GS is lower'n the edges of the gap.. after all, its supposed to go inside the armour (how a marines arm goes in this i dont know...)  take a knife and wipe on a moist sponge. carefully place the closest edge of the knife where the line for the armour is and gently press onto the GS.. not too hard tho.. just slightly more pressure than resting on.  then keeping parallel from hte armour plate, roll the knife so the point ends up pressed against the other side of the elbow pad  Tada! now leave to dry... about 12 hours will do it nicely  A couple examples, for my Inquisitor, i've used thinner cuts on the wrists than on the groin... as they need smaller movements...  and even used the same technique to make cables...  | |
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