Modelling: Sculpting Eyes onto Armor

[Lord Donute]

This is an extremely simple tutorial to sculpt eyes onto armor, or any other surface for that matter. This sort of came out the blue while working on a model repose, and it’s a very simple concept, but I think it looks pretty nice.

 

Applications:

This is the most useful for armor mutations, or just chaos in general. There are probably more uses though.

 

Needed Items:

Sculpting tool of choice (I actually use my thumb for all of it except step nine, as I find that I can produce much more natural curves that way)

Greenstuff

Surface

 

Instructions: (a rough example)

 

Step one:

Mix a small amount of greenstuff

 

Step Two:

Form a ball roughly the size you want the actual "eyeball” to be

 

Step Three:

Press this lightly into position at the desired location of the eye. Like so: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x274/drdonuts/warhammer40k/chaos/eye%20tut/stuff006.jpg

 

Step Four:

Make sure that the ball still retains its ball-like shape (ie, it’s not squashed), gently shape it with the sculpting tool of choice if it is in any way unsatisfactory. It takes a few tries to figure out what you like though.

 

Step Five:

Allow to cure completely or at least a few hours

 

Step Six:

Mix some more greenstuff and form two small sausages (these will be the lids)

 

Step Seven:

Put one where you want the top lid to be and the other where you want the bottom lid to be. Like so: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x274/drdonuts/warhammer40k/chaos/eye%20tut/stuff007.jpg

 

Step Eight:

Use your sculpting tool to blend the sausages into the armor and create the shape of the eye. Like so: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x274/drdonuts/warhammer40k/chaos/eye%20tut/stuff008.jpg

 

Step Nine:

If desired, use your sculpting tool to create wrinkles around the eye. Like so: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x274/drdonuts/warhammer40k/chaos/eye%20tut/stuff009.jpg

 

As far as painting goes, I haven’t painted one yet, as I just came up with this. If I find a suitable manner to paint them so they don’t have that sort of “stuck on” feel of most novice plague-marine conversions. Suggestions are most welcome, and please post comments, attempts, ideas, etc.

[Dorns Padawan]

Dude thats a sweet little tutorial! Like the simplicity of it, i would love to be better at GS but can't say i ever experiment too often with it. Looks so easy! Nice one :)

[Lord Donute]

Thanks, I was aiming for an accessible method, so that's good news. I'm not too good at it myself to tell the truth, but the only way you'll ever get better is if you try :P

[Barret]

Hey, that's pretty much the same method, albeit more skillfully executed in your case, I used for this guy:

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/ElcidBarret/AspChamp1-Top-WIP1.jpg

[Lord Donute]

Sweet! I think this method might be general knowledge and I just discovered it on accident, but I guess it's here for the people who hadn't thought of it