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pic relates is also a custom sculpture, not made from a mold

Most anyone can put a GK together if they're not retarded.

>>16405456
no not put together, make. im not talking about "resin kits" making a garage kit, which is why I talked about molding

>>16405610
Well it would take a shitload of skill if you've never made a garage kit before

For me, the introduction price and skill to enter this hobby are quite high. I had to pay a pretty penny to get all the right airbrushes, air compression system, paint, thinners, putties, wire, drills, face masks, sculpting tools, etc. You can't get cheap chinese shit for the important parts.
And then a lot of the garage kits you may want are quite rare and extremely hard to obtain unless you go to wonderfest itself. It took me more than 4 years of constant yahoo auction jp searching to find my favorite garage kit set.

Now you are talking about actual sculpting, like making your own figure or kit. You need to be a legit professional to pull off such a feat. I've seen a real good documentary about the creation of a anime figurine that was translated into english about the process, but currently forget it. Maybe someone else could link you to it? Regardless, it seemed like an extremely intense process that would take years to master. Focus on kits for now.

Try taking a sculpting class at a local art school first and try your hand at basic garage kits first. I'd recommend www.e2046.com/ to get some knockoff chinese kits to start with so you dont fuck up an actually good kit. /toy/ has many guides for getting into the hobby, especially in gundam threads. Also try googling it, that's where I found out most of what I know.

Pic related, its my favorite garage kit

>>16405857
scary looking chen. for me its not so much about the costs since i already have most of the painting stuff from when i was into gunpla, its more about pulling off the design, just skill..

its worrying actually, i tried to make a hand out of clay earlier and it took over 30 minutes only for me to be dissatisfied with it (looked far to realistic but also quite bad).

you wouldn't happen to remember how they made the kits would you? i imagine it starts with a clay prototype but from there i have little idea

>>16405610
Are you talking about this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFj18oz48zc

>>16405961
i dont think you meant to respond to me but thatnks, this video is probs what hes talking about. quite intricate, i knew it would never be a fast process

>>16405983
Oh yeah it was meant for >>16405857
Don't know what happened there.

>>16405857
Gee I want that

little bump, one only

>>16405884
I came at this from a different angle (trying to create ball-jointed dolls), but you should check out books on creating clay figures, which are extremely helpful. There are many highly-rated materials to teach you the basics such as https://www.amazon.com/dp/0823095223/ or https://www.amazon.com/dp/0823015033/ or
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1454707763/
Unfortunately, most books I'm familiar with are ball-jointed doll-focused, but these apply to clay sculpting in general.

I'm honestly not that familiar with the specific materials they use to create garage kits, but learning basics of sculpting human anatomy is only going to help. I agree with the other anon that a sculpting class will help a lot, too.

>>16413614
ive always been weary of western art books, but the face one looks particularly good. thanks i didnt even consider art books.

Are there any good beginner's guides to garage kits out there? I would like to get into them but I have no idea where to start or what kind of materials I would need.

>>16418737
in building or creating them? if you can paint theyre pretty easy to make

>>16419785
As in putting one together and painting it.

>>16423264
buy a $10 gundam, thats enough practice