Hi! Thanks for your comment! Currently, I use a 50W Epilog at a maker space near me. I don't know the exact model offhand, but it has a 24"x 18" platen.
Thanks Jeff! This was posted a bit out of order. This one is the finished one I delivered and videoed then posted last week. Got a new one started as well.
Your Sculptures would be awesome as models used in an Indie Steampunk Movie! Isn't there some Convention or Cosplay organization that could utilize your talents? Have you shown indie companies your stuff? How is it that you aren't swamped with customers? You are just TOO Awesome!!!
Thanks for your comment! I've been approached by a couple indie film makers, but their respective projects never really got any traction. Do you have any particular company names in mind?
@@StephanJSmith No, but I have another idea; How about going to a local art organization and using your copyrighted or trademarked models as still life model for arts classes? You would receive modeling fees for using your property as an artistic prop for artists to reproduce. I think they would be more inspirational than 'still life,' which I think of as merely a bunch of junk in a corner. Besides, didn't you take a bunch of junk and turn it into art in the first place? Wouldn't there be a lot of artists clubs interested in this idea? Couldn't this be a source of revenue for you?
@@IMArtisanX Hmmm, I suppose that could be possible, though I haven't heard of anything like that other than live models being paid to pose in figure drawing classes.
@@StephanJSmith That is the whole point! You've never heard of it, maybe it's never been done! You'll be the first! It Is your sculpture, if people want to produce renditions of it , they pay you a royalty, right? So, to offer it as a model for an art class would require a modest modeling fee, just to cover transport, if nothing else! I'd rather draw your airships 'live' rather than another watering can or old boot! Try it!
Thanks, Stephan, I am curious about your technique for skinning the fuselage. It almost look like you do it with masking tape. I haven't found any videos from you on your technique. Thanks btw for sharing all the wonderful tips.
I used to use mache right over my framework, but that was difficult and messy, so I thought, "well, masking tape is still paper, it just is coated and has its own adhesive!" So I started doing a first layer using tape, then doing 2 or 3 layers of paper mache over that. The paper is either newsprint or actual newspaper. I find the newsprint, (used as packing paper) to be a bit thinner and easier to shape than newspaper, which can buckle a bit as it dries. Thanks for your comment!
Hi Stephan, great stuff that you make and share. I was wondering which lasercutter do you use?
Hi! Thanks for your comment! Currently, I use a 50W Epilog at a maker space near me. I don't know the exact model offhand, but it has a 24"x 18" platen.
These are great.
unfortunately it looks like your not doing videos any more.
Haven't done any in awhile. Things have been a bit crazy in the last year or so, but I plan to do more soon!
@@StephanJSmith cool, looking forward to it.
Great work Stephan and probably quicker than dry brushing over a base. She's going to be a big girl, maybe name her "Bertha". :)
Thanks Jeff! This was posted a bit out of order. This one is the finished one I delivered and videoed then posted last week. Got a new one started as well.
Your Sculptures would be awesome as models used in an Indie Steampunk Movie! Isn't there some Convention or Cosplay organization that could utilize your talents? Have you shown indie companies your stuff? How is it that you aren't swamped with customers?
You are just TOO Awesome!!!
Thanks for your comment! I've been approached by a couple indie film makers, but their respective projects never really got any traction. Do you have any particular company names in mind?
@@StephanJSmith No, but I have another idea; How about going to a local art organization and using your copyrighted or trademarked models as still life model for arts classes? You would receive modeling fees for using your property as an artistic prop for artists to reproduce. I think they would be more inspirational than 'still life,' which I think of as merely a bunch of junk in a corner. Besides, didn't you take a bunch of junk and turn it into art in the first place? Wouldn't there be a lot of artists clubs interested in this idea? Couldn't this be a source of revenue for you?
@@IMArtisanX Hmmm, I suppose that could be possible, though I haven't heard of anything like that other than live models being paid to pose in figure drawing classes.
@@StephanJSmith That is the whole point! You've never heard of it, maybe it's never been done! You'll be the first! It Is your sculpture, if people want to produce renditions of it , they pay you a royalty, right? So, to offer it as a model for an art class would require a modest modeling fee, just to cover transport, if nothing else! I'd rather draw your airships 'live' rather than another watering can or old boot! Try it!
Thanks, Stephan, I am curious about your technique for skinning the fuselage. It almost look like you do it with masking tape. I haven't found any videos from you on your technique. Thanks btw for sharing all the wonderful tips.
I used to use mache right over my framework, but that was difficult and messy, so I thought, "well, masking tape is still paper, it just is coated and has its own adhesive!" So I started doing a first layer using tape, then doing 2 or 3 layers of paper mache over that. The paper is either newsprint or actual newspaper. I find the newsprint, (used as packing paper) to be a bit thinner and easier to shape than newspaper, which can buckle a bit as it dries. Thanks for your comment!