https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/articles Latest articles about scratchbuilding, painting, and the hobby in general https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2024-01-29-focus_stacking.html tl;dr? Jump to the instructions... Have you ever taken a photo of one of your larger miniatures, and struggled to keep the whole thing in  [...Read More] ]]> photography miniatures howto Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:52:55 -0800 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2023-09-15-vacuformer.html I've built myself a vacuum former, in order to make thin-walled parts for my gaslands War Rig . Here is a short YouTube video showing  [...Read More] ]]> vacuumforming diy articles tools Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:00:37 -0700 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2020-10-29-diy-tentacle-roller-take-2.html Previously I made a tentacle roller out of those novelty lenticular cards that you get from souvenir shops. This makes for some great tentacles, but  [...Read More] ]]> howto scratchbuilt tentacleroller tools diy modelling article Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:13:00 -0700 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2019-10-08-diy-foam-cutter.html Or, how to shave a yak. I built a basic foam cutter table over the past weeks. The cutter table measures 15" x 10", and  [...Read More] ]]> foam howto scratchbuilt tools diy article Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:58:00 -0700 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2019-08-30-cheap-diy-cable-tentacle-roller.html I've been looking at the Roll Maker Set from Green Stuff World for a while, thinking that this is one tool I should buy instead  [...Read More] ]]> howto scratchbuilt tentacleroller tools diy modelling article Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:05:00 -0700 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2019-07-02-papermodelling-principles.html I was recently invited by Saint Toad to write an article on my approach to papermodelling and crafting, for his blog over at Toad Chapel  [...Read More] ]]> howto article mixed modelling Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:03:00 -0700 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2018-12-18-10-diy-led-light-box-prototype.html Over at puttyandpaint.com there are some sculptors who produce pretty amazing work. People like Patrick "The Small" Masson , Gautier "Graphigaut" Giroud and Luc "Thantor"  [...Read More] ]]> photography diy article Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:14:00 -0800 https://www.vigilantesculpting.com/blog/articles/2018-11-16-10-easy-steps-to-dirt-cheap-mold-making.html or how I've learned to (ab)use caulking silicone through trial and error This is a method I use for molding and casting small items that  [...Read More] ]]> howto casting diy molding article Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:39:00 -0800