demonherald
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awwwww.....booo hisss....surely samurai come in sevens????
Ogre Kingdoms Samurai WIP
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awwwww.....booo hisss....surely samurai come in sevens????
hubbabubba
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This Wip is a real eye opener for me in terms of your working method, thanks for taking the time to share in such detail.
Looks great so far.
Looks great so far.
james sequeira
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More on copper working. These are the basics and will get you going.
Here are the tools I will be using.
A regular claw hammer, a metal smithing hammer, a dapping stake, vise, wood block and a jewelers saw.
The first step is to anneal the piece of metal you are working with. Annealing is a process of heating the metal to rearrange the molecules making it softer and easier to work with.
I use an industrial heat gun for small pieces and a torch for larger pieces.
Heat it to a dull cherry red and let it cool down slowly in the air. Queching doesn\'t really do anything for copper but with other metals, it can harden it again.
This picture shows two pieces of copper from the same sheet. The one on the left has been annealed, hence the darker color. That is firescale and can be removed later.
I am using a dapping stake as a form so I have cranked it down in a vise.
First stage of forming: Lightly tap the metal around the form while rotating the piece. Try to use a hammer with a smooth face. Any flaws in the face of the hammer will get pounded into the metal. I am using a metal smithing hammer with a polished face.
Now, anneal the metal again. Forming compresses the molecules and makes it hard again.
Here, I am using a block of wood and a regular claw hammer to push the stake into the metal. This process is called chasing.
After the dome is formed, I carefully cut the part from the sheet using a jewelers saw. The edge of the pieces can be filed smooth.
If you have any questions, please post, and be careful.
Here are the tools I will be using.
A regular claw hammer, a metal smithing hammer, a dapping stake, vise, wood block and a jewelers saw.
The first step is to anneal the piece of metal you are working with. Annealing is a process of heating the metal to rearrange the molecules making it softer and easier to work with.
I use an industrial heat gun for small pieces and a torch for larger pieces.
Heat it to a dull cherry red and let it cool down slowly in the air. Queching doesn\'t really do anything for copper but with other metals, it can harden it again.
This picture shows two pieces of copper from the same sheet. The one on the left has been annealed, hence the darker color. That is firescale and can be removed later.
I am using a dapping stake as a form so I have cranked it down in a vise.
First stage of forming: Lightly tap the metal around the form while rotating the piece. Try to use a hammer with a smooth face. Any flaws in the face of the hammer will get pounded into the metal. I am using a metal smithing hammer with a polished face.
Now, anneal the metal again. Forming compresses the molecules and makes it hard again.
Here, I am using a block of wood and a regular claw hammer to push the stake into the metal. This process is called chasing.
After the dome is formed, I carefully cut the part from the sheet using a jewelers saw. The edge of the pieces can be filed smooth.
If you have any questions, please post, and be careful.
desertdragon1964
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move over Tom Cruise.DDlol
Holy wow, that really is some fantastic work! The sculpting is beautiful, but the copper is even cooler. Really impressive, the whole thing is so clean and neat :wow: I am really looking forward to seeing this one painted, I hope you do it justice as the conversion work really is amazing 
Cheers
~Bill
Cheers
~Bill
I am going to make an article when it is finished. I had posted it as a wip article and was adding to it as time went on, but someone hammered it with a 6 because it was incomplete.
I decided it would be best to post a complete article than to have a low score from the beginning.
I decided it would be best to post a complete article than to have a low score from the beginning.
funnymouth
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got to say, you are quite talented! ive been playing with some of those ideas, but you took it several steps further. cant wait to see this fellow painted. that armor is great!
I made some ropes out of copper wire to start tying things down. I\'m sure everyone knows how to do this.
I take a couple strand of wire and clamp them into a pin vise. Secure the other end of the strand in a vise or similar and twist away.
Anneal the rope after you twist it and it will be as soft as solder.
I used a little space aged plastic welder to tack the ropes to the model.
I take a couple strand of wire and clamp them into a pin vise. Secure the other end of the strand in a vise or similar and twist away.
Anneal the rope after you twist it and it will be as soft as solder.
I used a little space aged plastic welder to tack the ropes to the model.
AinuLainour
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That is SUCH a cool mini! You need to make an army of these guys!
war0827
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i took metalsmithing class and it\'s so much fun....annealing is the best part....but i\'ve never worked on anything that small before.....do you think it\'s easier or harder?
you definately have to do an army. an ogre army is only like 20 models.....*thinking to self (i just want to see more tutorials and great artwork)
you definately have to do an army. an ogre army is only like 20 models.....*thinking to self (i just want to see more tutorials and great artwork)
