Kitbashing and Converting - STOP DOING THIS :Þ

I have always been hesitant to upload Kitbashes and Conversions to the channel - Are you interested in seeing more content that deals with these topics? Or are we a painting only channel?

which milliput do you use??????????????????

ever mixed miliput and greenstuff 50/50?

Absolutely fundamentally disagree with telling people to use milliput over greenstuff. When I started with it I could not get it to stop sticking to my fingers, and wetting them with water only made it slimy and even harder to control. Milliput is VERY fine in its consistency, and telling hobbyists (especially newbies) to use it over GS/kneadatite is just setting them up for failure.
As many others have said already, cutting greenstuff with milliput is a much better option. Not only is it easier to handle, it gives you the best of both worlds; thick enough that it doesn't feel like you're sculpting butter, but fine enough that you can sculpt in detail, it's still somewhat water-soluable, AND it dries like hard plastic once it's finally cured.

Perfect! Thank you so much for explaining, now I know I need to buy milliput instead of green stuff.

Can you show how you do cloaks and fur?

More conversions pls 👍🏽

Hab jetzt schon einige Videos gesehen wo Welche die Beiden (GSundMilip.) 50/50 verbinden und quasi das beste von beidem Material für sich nutzen. Was sagst du dazu? LG p.s. und Veränderungen der vorhandenen oft gleich aussehenden Minis - immer her damit.

PSA: Those aren't loincloths, nor tabards. They are monastic scapulars. Certain legions and ranks wear them because they are basically war monks.

Amazon sells a set of silicone sculpting tools, a 10 pk of 5bg 5sml, for $5 very useful and they have the ball tool on the other.

yeah i love milliput, comes in many colors easy to mix the parts togeather, dries much faster

I do the main masses and rough shapes of a large project like that lizardman all in green stuff. On larger projects (doing mutations on chaos knights at the moment) I find green stuff and larger tools are perfect, and then if I want to get down to small details then use Milliput over the green stuff or for individual small things. Once I'm doing the small stuff I do use my set of size 0 color shapers and needles!
I find Miliput to be messier, fussier, and more difficult to use, while green stuff is faster and easier to hit the ground running with as a beginner.

Any idea how big the brass rod was?

I have enormous respect for the craftsmanship, but I have a day job. But maybe someday I'll give it a try

Huh. I think I'll have to try out Milliput standard then. My go-to store only had superfine when I ordered mine, which is kind of a chore to sculpt with because it's quite smeary and sticky for some reason (maybe I just had a bad batch, I dunno), so I only use it for bulking out bases, really. But I'll definitely give it another chance I think.

MOAR Please!

wire frame with greenstuff as bulk of sculpt, then milli for finer details?

Any advice on where to get a brass rod for to make a tool.

i really like the citadel sculpting tool is one of their few useful products, mine is the old one that came by itself not the new triple pack one tho so not sure if they changed.

I only use greenstuff for parts that I need to be resilient or as a core structure. Miliput has the downside of being more delicate and chippable.
So stronggreen stuff underneath and detailed milliput on top gives you the best of both worlds. Or an a simple exposed cable that could get knocked is another place to use greenstuff

Milliput has been used by professional sculpturs for many years to create all sorts of figures and busts

If you're converting, maybe just admit space marines are boring as hell and you should be looking for something else.

started with green stuff and the not dentist tools and yep I found all the issues you've mentioned right away so thank's for the advice! Which I got them because that is what all TT modelers recmond that I've seen anyway and the scale models just use everything so I thought I would just start with greenstuff. Which I do still like for little things like using it with super glue as it actually works but I heard that better super glue does exst so I'll try that... But yeah great video very helpfull!

There are a million painting channels, and a couple of sculpting channels. Very rare do you find the two in the same place. I'd absolutely hope to see more sculpting content from yourself.

I call them pelvic towels.

I call the underneath and in between parts of their armor the pajamas.

Great video - only thing I would point out is that for all it's benefits, Miliput has one fatal flaw - It's rock solid when dry. For most applications this is fine, but it means you have to sculpt things exactly the way you need them when finished.

By comparison, green stuff is fairly flexible when dry, so for things like tentacles and cables and such, that you might find hard to sculpt in-place or you just don't know what shape they need to be yet, you can sculpt separately and then conform the greenstuff to whatever shape you need later. Often this is achieved by using a thin flexible wire as a core for the greenstuff.

Was the color shaper you use in this video discontinued? Going to the store you mention in the description i cannot find the same, the ones i see dont have the rounded side of the tip, they are more pointed.

MORE CONVERSIONS!

When I started there was no green stuff, it was milliput or nothing, I have tried green stuff, it's terrible, it dosn't sand or carve well and the springy, rubbery nature of it makes it a pain to push about, why anyone would choose it over milliput is a mystery.

milliput and greenstuff combination 😍

I would like to see more of sculpting chaos spikes and raised idk what they call it on space marine armor.

Show your cat please.

hi, looked you photo tipps and... OH why aren't such teachers at school like you, we all will see things in the right light ? THANK you!
please what does "PGMNT ,,, can not see" mean?
all the best whishes to you!
greetings

Do you have any opinions on Tamiya epoxy putty?

MEOOOOW

Sorry if I missed it, which version of milliput do you recommend for sculpting bits and conversions? Thanks again! <3

🗿🙏🏾 so helpful tips

I have been using more or less the same tools for most of my putty work. I do use a metal tool with a spoon and a spear tips and sometimes one with a flat face (mostly for milliput structures/90 degree angles, etc), a pointed and square shaper and finally I use a tiny crochet hook.

Would love to see you do more videos on this

Thanks for all the great advice

Hi, I want to do my own scultping tool, which size would you recommend on the brass rod?

Money saving idea for people without files.
Don't buy a file, use a brick to file the end of a brass wire as shown in this video

Good point on the right tools first. BTW, I've got a bricklayer's trowel, any tips for moulding capes onto epic 6mm space marines?

Proper tools are essential for every job/work, IF the maker wants to get more out of whatever they're doing 👍

I do neurosurgery with a jackhammer!

I picked up a set of metal sculpting tools and don't use any of them. A ball tool and the all mighty toothpick are my aces in the hole. :D

this may explain why I regularly use the pointy end of my scalpel

This was really helpful! I knew only some parts prior to your vid but you gave me those critical tips that I was missing out on

Excellent advice, and great video! One thing I found useful in some cases is adding a little play doh to the milliput - it makes it softer, sculpts beautifully, and after a few hours it's as solid as normal milliput.