pic of my unfinished Callaway C8 model

[Brangeta]

I thought I would go ahead and post a progress pic of my C8 model I am custom sculpting. I'm having a lot of trouble sculpting the headlight area... does anyone have a picture (or can anyone take a picture) of a C8 without the headlight cover on? I can't figure out what exactly it looks like from the front.

Any comment or criticism would be apprectiated!

 

[Brangeta]

Here's an update on what I finished tonight:

I found a pic of the front of a black C8 w/o the headlight covers, so no need for anyone to send me a pic. The front end sure is hard to sculpt though.

 

[BlackNBlue95]

Neat, what are you using to sculpt the front end with?
-=Rick

 

[critt99]

look'n good dude...

 

[Brangeta]

Neat, what are you using to sculpt the front end with?
-=Rick

I'm using Sculpey as the clay, which isn't the best for the job, since it requires baking or boiling to facilitate hardening. I'm not sure how I am going to get around that. I'll probably just leave the model in the sun in my car for a few days... probably won't work haha.

As for tools, I'm using an x-acto knife, toothpicks, and a dental pick of some sort I bought at a hardware store.

 

[critt99]

I would be happy to send you some good dental tools. Send me your address in email..

 

[Brangeta]

Thank you for the offer Critt, but you really don't need to go to that expense, I have all the sculpting tools I really need. Usually household items (toothpicks, pens, etc) are just as good if not better than more advanced tools. But thanks for the offer. I have Spring Break next week, so I hope I have time to at least finish the front bumper of the car as well as the other door panel.

I must have looked over it before, but there won't be a problem hardening the Sculpey on the front end. The entire front bumper is Sculpey clay, so there won't be any issues regarding boiling. I'll just put the model in the freezer to cool the plastic, heavily boil some water, and dip the front end in the water. Shouldn't take more than 1 minute to get a durable-enough-for-mild-sanding shell hardened.

I do have an issue in that I may need to remove the front bumper I have sculpted, because the Camaro's rear bumper has pegs that go through it to hold it on. Therefore, I will have to take the model apart to remove it, and I can't do that at present and will not be able to after boiling.

I do have a question though; what grit sandpaper should I use? And where do you buy sandpaper? (specific store would be helpful, ex: Autozone? Home Depot?) I'd imagine my 400 grit I already have is too harsh. For my old action figure sculpting hobby, I used a low powered dremel (AKA an electric rotary manicure tool) to sand items, but that won't work for a completely flat finish. It will help define the grill, but can't be used on the door panels...

 

[critt99]

First of all, I will send the tools for fre bro. Second, for the soft material that you will be sanding, I would start with 220 folded into thirds like a letter about the size of a large postage stamp. You want wet/dry paper and do the sanding under running h20. Use it only lightly for the large flat areas then move to 400. I like to finish prior to prime with a 150 (yes 150 grit) foam sanding pad, cut to the same size. It does not cut that much, but it works great at blending everything. Then prime. I buy all of my sanding stuff at Wall-Mall...nothing fancy.

 

[Brangeta]

Well, what I was saying is that I'm not in a great need of more tools, but... I guess the more the merrier if you're dying to send me some :L .

I'll take your advice as far as sanding goes. I guess I was thinking I would need a high grit like 1000 grit or something because I was thinking in terms of sanding the paint on a real car instead of sanding clay.

 

[Brangeta]

Well, I decided that since more people replied to this topic, I might as well just put pic updates in here rather than the other topic I started.

Anyway, I spent the night sculpting the driver's door edits and redoing the passenger door a bit. I successfully boiled both areas w/o any problems so the clay is now mildly hard in those areas. I also started redoing the front end. Those headlight notches are really difficult. Not having much fun doing them, but the one closest to the camera is nearly satisfactory. I removed the fins I had on the bumper because they were too large and not placed in the right area.

Tomorrow, if I have time, I plan on sculpting a fixture/skeleton out of epoxy putty for the rear bumper to be molded onto. Doing the front end just out of solid soft clay was a huge mistake.

Alright, time for encouragement and comments :L

 

[KANE]

Alright, time for encouragement and comments :L

TWINS!!!:L

Seriously- the model looks great!

 

[Brangeta]

Thanks DarkShark

By the way, I don't know if this needs saying, but as a warning to anyone interested in doing this sort of thing; don't get Sculpey on clear plastic parts. Since I did action figure sculpting as a hobby, I never encountered clear plastic... and my windshield has a permanent "fog" on it now. I tried dawn dishwashing soap on a rag and then polishing it out with plexiglass polishing compound, but it didn't get rid of it completely...

I might try figuring out a way to tint the windows on the model, buy another one and swap windshields, or I might just ignore it... but still... not too happy about it...