Has Pendraken ever considered offering dollies?

[Corso]

Just wondered if you've ever considered offering dollies to the community?

Not saying I'd even be that successful but I've enjoyed a bit of greenstuff sculpting and think it could be an interesting 2024 project

[Orcs]

Was it a Barbie or a Ken you were after? 

[d_Guy]

I think you have posed an interesting question Corso and one deserving a serious answer. My guess is no since they are likely considered an IP worth guarding. Likely Leon will reply at some point.

[Corso]

That's a fair point, I hadn't considered

[d_Guy]

Was it a Barbie or a Ken you were after? 

I found your answer funny, Orcs. Didn't mean to sound like a (fill in the blank)
 

[Roy]

How large and thick would a 10mm dolly be, would be my question.

Working from a wire armature would allow the sculpting material to be built up and give strength to the miniature but, converting a 10mm dolly would, possibly, see the miniature resembling an overweight person - at least, that's my initial thoughts.

I don't know how the sculptors work, dollies or armatures?

I have had some 28mm dollies to play around with, when I worked for Stuart at Col. Bills, and they're obviously thinner in overall thickness than what a finished miniature is (allowing for layering of sculpting material). That's why I'm wondering what size a 10mm dolly would be, and could it be successfully cast to order without a lot of wastage (not that I know much about casting or casters).

[Leon]

We do have a variety of dollies but I'm not sure if they're something we'd want to sell to folks.  It might be something we could get a sculptor to knock up and then we could sell them as a pack.  Just basic poses, so standing, walking, kneeling, crawling?

[Orcs]

I found your answer funny, Orcs. Didn't mean to sound like a (fill in the blank)
 

No worries, you were right, he deserved a serious answer.

[Last Hussar]

No worries, you were right, he deserved a serious answer.

But he asked it here...

[Techno 3]

Personal thoughts...

The main problem I foresee, is that the dollies I've made, and use, are not just ultra thin wire frames.

The very originals that I produced for Leon were too 'thin' to cast well....So I basically chunked them out so that they would cast successfully.

These are the ones I use nowadays, BUT.....in every case I use the Dremmel to grind  these down all over, a tad, before I start adding the putty. Though I tend to leave the faces alone.

Hope that helps.

Cheers - Phil.

[Matt J]

Are you saying my Roman Triari has the same face as my US artilleryman 

The eternal soldier 

[Orcs]

Are you saying my Roman Triari has the same face as my US artilleryman 

The eternal soldier 

Only if they both have a big nose!

[Orcs]

No worries, you were right, he deserved a serious answer.

But he asked it here...

A very valid point LH

[Techno 3]

Are you saying my Roman Triari has the same face as my US artilleryman 

The eternal soldier 

If they're both wee men that I've made.....and it's the same basic pose, quite possibly.😉

I'm not sure how many different dollies I've got on 'Phil's' dollies mould....20?..30?....and I have  'revamped ' them three or four times....so the faces are reasonably varied.

[paulr]

Thanks, Phil, for another glimpse behind the curtain, be careful with that Dremmel

I find the process of creating and producing figures fascinating

And as usual the more I learn about it the more there is to learn