bababababrilliant!!! wow!

Thanks, theres pleanty more where that came from, its been my hobby since i was seven (I'm now 17).
Who knows, one day it may lead somewhere

Nice! though i could swear i've seen him somewhere before...
(issue 5 of the W&G comic?)

Yeah you have well spotted, he gets around
I'm trying to push myself forward a bit and get my work shown around just to see what happens

really really really great, crakin job lol. how did you make him? just from a picture?? if you have tips please tell me

oh yeah sos, How long did it take you to make him??

the more i look at the more i think you should winhave you seen mine , it is the gromit on a desk lookin up at u.

Thanks

Yeah its basically from a picture, before I make one I try to gather as many pictures as possible to see the charcter from diffent angles. I also try to watch them in action, in order to get their character spot on right and choose a good expression or position to put them in.
The rest is just patience, pleanty of time, good music, a bit of fuel (chocolate) and no interuptions.
Are you a model maker? Sounds like it from your name

yeah i started last christmas when i got some plastercine i have made about 8 short films the longest i have made lasts for 2 and 1/2 mins. your model is really good though if you have made anymore add them to the site in the arts and grafts forum on modelling. my gromit is on thier.

Excellent, glad to hear i'm not the only one who spends hours in my own company playing with plasticine. Its a good excuse to stay young isnt it?
What do you do for a living? Oh I play with plasticine.

So your into the stop motion bit as well, I dont think I'd have the patience for that, I can make the models but I couldnt do that!

Fine model - 6/6.

I also make models, crafts and vehicles . And I am under impression .

Thanks Joruus
cool

How do you keep the skin all smooth, as mine seems to be a bit tacky on mine. mines the one saying'wallace reunited with his dad', conor.

Hi soph well i am only 13 so,lol,like conor said how do you make the plasticine so smooth i use a smoothing tool but it doesnt always work propely? who you do well with the other models,

Cya

P.S how tall is this model??

every one who thinks she should win put 6 out of 6 stars,lol, it is so so brill.

This is simply superb, well done!
It deserves to win, and I very much hope it does!

Hello people,

I am a member of the shaun the sheep forum, but i also come here to browse.

Soph is my big sister, i'm 3 years younger than her, and as she said, she is 17.

It certanly keeps her quiet!

She is very talented, my attempts next to hers look like a 3 year old has done them! I don't think i've got the nack, and get frustrated with things hen they don't go according to plan.

Anyway, i gave you full marks for this, hope you win.

From you're ickle bother!

Soph I Really Would Like To Know Where Do You Get All Of The Coulours Like The Skin MOstly But Where Did You Get The Other Coulours And By The Way What Is Your Company Name ??

Harry, York

Soph is currently busy, but i know the answer to that. The gets the colours from a really good local art and crafts shop that always has a big stock of colours, and if they are not the right tone or whatever, she mixes her own.

What Town Do You Live In?

soph have you got any tips for me because i am going to be making him??

I wish I lived in Great-Brittain. I'm still looking for a shop where I can buy plasticine in the Netherlands.
Your creations are so wunderfull, I hope some day it will deliver you a job!

shaun this a website for plasticine

www.artthings.co.uk

how tall is the model soph

thats really good that should of been in the last film!

job well done lad

anti pesto it is a las!

Thanks for all your comments guys
Its really nice to hear peoples oppinions of my work.

I see my little bro's been answering some questions but I'll try and answer the rest.

How tall is he? He's about 10cm tall, I tend to do things quite small so he's one of my bigger ones.

How do I get the clay so smooth? Well I use a product called Sculpey 3, Its a modelling clay just like plasticine which comes in about 50 different colours, the only difference is that you can bake it in a home oven to make it go hard. It also smooths over slightly in the oven but I find that if you keep gently rubbing the clay with your fingers it smooths it quite well. If the clay gets very hot in your hands it will go very tacky and then you'll get more marks on it, if it goes like that leave it for a while or stick it in the fridge and it'll soon cool down again.

You'll always end up with some finger prints on them but if you look closely at any Aardman animation, you'll see the occasional fingerprint there too, so its not always a bad thing. Oh and you can order Sculpey from their wedsite anyway so you can be in the middle of nowhere and still have access to it.

Hope to be back on here again soon, and I'll try to answer your questions if you have any

Soph

Modelmaker 93

The best tips I can give you really are just study pleanty of pictures of him before you start, look at how he stands and what expressions he uses.

Just be patient too, mine didnt work out properly the first time round, there was something not quite right, you'll know what I mean if you've done this sort of thing before, so don't be afraid to screw it up and start again, just see it as practise, and if it gets frustrating, leave it and come back to it later.

I'd say its best to start with the head, that way you can make the body to fit the size of the head which is a lot easier than starting with the body and doing the head last. The head always ends up either to small or too big then for the body size.

Appart from that, good luck, be patient. I'm sure you'll know what works best for you.

Just enjoy

Soph

thanx soph i have found out i need some more clay so. lol. i have found a website for newplast and all the colours i need plus postage ends up to £13.00 pretty cheep. and yeah i will go on the Sculpey website and see what its like thanx for the tips and good look on your other models,

so is the sculpey good, is it better than plasticine and can you move your model around after you have finished making it?? thax agian talk to u later.

Good Luck

Hi Modelmaker93

Yeah thats pretty cheep for all the stuff you need.

Sculpey is good yeah, I like the fact that when you've finished playing around with it you can put your creations in teh oven and they go hard, it preserves better than plasticine, and its easier to dust without bits dropping off.

When i started with plasticine the only issue i had with it was that if it wasnt kept right the oils in it would dry out and after a while my models went quite crumbly and bits kept dropping off them. Sculpey stays solid(unless you drop it on a hard surface) you can also get bendy sculpey and rubber sculpey, which when baked is all rubbery and quite bouncy.

I use my modelling for a lot of charity work, particularly for children in need and this year i'm hoping to make lots of these little rubber pudseys to sell at school and raise money, then i split the money and some goes to the school fund, the rest to children in need. I'm in my last year at school and it would be a nice way to finish it off.

Good luck with PC Mac, I'm sure you'll do a crackin job

thanx it might be quite a bit till I start making him because i need to get the money, mean while i have got loads of pics for him. I will go on the scupley website now.

cya later, modelmaker93

:wallace1::gromit1:::wallace4:beaming::w:wallace4:allace2:well done

Soph Soph Soph

I Would Like To Ask You...

I Have Some Normal Plasticine And It Is Quite Annoying Because Of In The Pack There Is NO Skin Plasticine So I Cant Make People So Does The Skin On Pc Mac Come From Scupley And Which Is The Type That You Can Bend For Stopmotion Because I Will Make A Stopmotion With People?

Do You Have MSN Messanger?

And Thats All For Now

Good Luck On Your Next Models

Harry

Ohh...


And By The Way Is The Translucent Colour Skin Colour?

What Other Models Have You Made?

Harry

And Again Another Message I Forgot To Say HEHE

What Do You Use For The Eyes?


Harry

Hi Harry

yes I have MSN messenger, if you want my address I'm happy to give it you.

Yes you can get skin colour in Sculpey, theres three different ones which i mix together to get skin colour. One is called Tan, the other is Transucent, and the third is a pinky pearly colour.

You can use sculpey for stop motion because its just like plasticine. If you want it to stay flexible like plasticine, don't bake it. I only bake mine when I want to preserve them better, and protect them from dust.

I make the eyes out of the modelling material too. Its just a white ball with a flat black disk stuck on and then a tiny white dot for the highlight in the eye, that just brings them to life a bit more. I'm pretty sure you can buy little plastic eyes but if you make them yourself you can have them any size you want.

I have thousands of modells lol, they're taking over my room and quite a bit of the wardrobe too. Mostly I do cartoon characters or coppy from cartoon films. I've done a lot from the Madagascar movie and from things like, Ice Age, Monsters Inc. as well as Creature Comforts and Shaun the sheep characters.

I also come up with my own characters, and do one off pieces for people. I've done a few requests from staff at school.

And on top of all that I do a bit of design work for a company called Clay Mates
www.clay-mates.com
which has been good fun, although I do less of this now as it's difficult to find the time.

Talk to you all again soon i hope

keep posting


Soph

Thanks Soph

Yes I Would Like To Have Your Msn Addy But You Dont Have To Give Me It (I Would Hope That You Would) If You Want It Private?

I Am About To Buy Some Scupley From Amazon But Are The Blocks Big Or Small? I Would Love To See Some Of Your Models I Think It Would Be Great If You Made A Website.

I Would Really Like To See Sid From Ice Age HEHE He Is Funny And Also On The Madagascar Did You Do The Lion The Hairs Would Be Tricky But I Would Like To Talk To You More And See Your Models Of Your Own Not Ones From Movies Or Whatever And Do You Think That Your Pc Mac Is The Best One.

When Did You Start Model Making And Were You Good From Start

I Hope You Raise Alot Of Money With The Pudseys I Would Like To Have One But Lol I Dont Know Where You Live And Good Luck With Your Characters I Have Made A Animation With My Friends It Was Good And It Was About A Tangerine Called King Tangerine Going To France With A Fish Called Fish.



Harry

Soph

Me Again,

On Clay Mates What Are Your Characters Called?

And What Section Are They On.



Harry

Hi Its Harry

I Like Sherbet On ClayMates

Hi Harry

Not sure if this will be removed by the moderators but my MSN is Sophs28@hotmail.co.uk

The blocks are not bad size, its suprising how much u can make out of them, they're about 5cm by 3cm by 1.5cm deep.

PC Mac is one of my more recent models and one of my better ones. But the more I practise the better I can do. I do quite realistic models of birds in 2D which i've found look great on cards.

Alex from Madagascar was quite tricky but Melman and Marty were quite a challenge too and took a few attempts to get right, still after many hours I think I did a decent job.

I started playing with dough, clay and plasticine when i was 2, before i could write my name i was making little models. I also used soap for a while just for fun which drove mum mad because i ruined all the soap in the bathroom by breaking chunks off it to make into little "soap men" while i sat in the bath.

Its been a more serious hobby since I was about 7, so i've been doing it seriously for about ten years.

I wasnt good at the start, its all come with patience and practise, lots and lots of practise. Many models get squashed if their not quite right and I start again, its frustrating but its just part of the learning process, you soon get to know what works and what leads to a complete disaster.

My clay Mate designs are scattered through all the sections, theres about 50 - 60 of my designs in production at the moment. They're a lot simpler to make and take less time, its been a nice thing to be involved with but I'm always on the look out for bigger and better things.

I can give you some of the names of my clay mate designs if you like although sometimes they change the name i provide for various reasons.

Hope to talk to you more, always keen to talk to someone who shares my passion for model making.

Keep it up, never give in, no character is ever too hard if you really want to do it , you will do

Sophs

GOSH! that looks so unbelivably like him,you're likely to get sued for infringement. So,It's ironic that you should make him a bobby,'cuz more than likely he's of the sort you soon be dealing with later. HAW!HAW! 'splain it to the court,bubba,'splain it to the court.

great websit soph

This model is just awesome!

That is brill i wish that i could make models as good as you

Thanks Soph


Harry

Thanks for your comments guys (and girls :wink

Always glad to hear you opinions

Soph

That's realy good! Well done
Helen x

rubbish

thanks

that is so amazing you should work for Aardman!!!

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAHOO YOU WON

Well done you deserved to win good job

Thanks guys thats brill

Hey Soph! Go girl keep up the amazing work!
You're an absolute winner!!! Well done.
I bet you jumped around a lot when you got the news like I did.

Well done you won i wonder what the next prise would be

You diserved it

well done no wonder u won thats brill

thanks everyone, it was a nice suprise

thats grait

Superb!! Let's see more.

WOW

good job

brill

hi guys,
thanks for your continued comments
I shall be posting another creation very soon

well done!!!!!!!!!

hi soph i love your model, its brillianr can you talk o me on msn sometime my email is sirius-112@hotmail.co.uk

Wow-ee! You are SPECTACULAR! Well done!!! How did you make him?

amazing

Thanks guys

How did I make him? Very good question.
Lots of pictures, lots of time, some patience, trial and error and some good music.
It took a while to get him right, you just have to keep trying things and see what works best for you. I usually start with the head and then scale the body from that. Once you get the head right you're fine and away. Just take time, dont rush, if it takes three weeks to get it right so what

Merry Christmas to everyone
:xmas_teddyr Happy Holidays if you dont celebrate christmas

Soph

or Happy holidays lol

not

where do you get the eyes then

oh yeah and well done cracking !!!!!!!!

I make the eyes myself, then I can make them any size

Thanks

soph someone has copied you

I know
unfortunate but I can't stop people

Coming up with your own ideas is far more interesting

bloomin nora thats brill!:preston2:

scary eyes,scary. what the hell its exellent

Wow

clean but go to gadsby in town

I saw this picture in a & Comic

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper!!!

Now words of improvement... Ohh wait... there aren't any! Good work!


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