Getting back into Sculpting: Arachnarok and Super Sculpey for Warhammer and Dungeons and Dragons

It’s time I got back into sculpting and making monster. I found some of my old sculpey clay i’ve had for over ten years and had not used. I couldn’t let good material go to waste. instead of sculpting something on the simpler side i decided to jump into deep waters and sculpt an Arachnarok from warhammer. Ill be using this for my Dungeons And Dragons games.
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[@DevsDice]

Holy Crap Franky! Thanks for the shout-out and WOW! You are an amazing sculptor!!! I for one want to see more sculpting, easier or harder doesn't matter man! Keep up the awesome job man! Lots of love from Sweden! 💙💛💙

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Devs & Dice I didn’t know you were from Sweden. Awesome. Love your channel.

[@thecraftingbrothers9448]

Love it. Great info and I think you don't give yourself enough credit - you are an AWESOME sculpter!!!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

The Crafting Brothers thanks!!!

[@ScratchBashing]

Probably the coolest thing you have ever made. For the spikes and other sharp parts you could use an epoxy putty, maybe even greenstuff, which would likely stand up to the curing temperature of the sculpey. You could theoretically have cast this before you attached the legs!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Scratch Bashing that’s what I was thinking.

[@rammramadan1744]

Wow that's one beast of a giant arachnid ! Love it! Shelop eat your heart out !

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Munur Ramadan 😂 😆

[@jimmyh.4937]

Excellent build. I like the personal touch of a scratch build vs 3D printed. I think this type of build fits a crafted style better. Well done

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Jimmy H. Thank you

[@gordonwiley2006]

Pasta maker, why didn't I think of that!? Well done.

[@NatesMiniatures]

Very cool build Franky, I thought it was the model from Warhammer :O loved every minute about this sculpt and on top of that a shout out by Franky him self thanks mate.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Nates Miniatures you guys do great work. Hope you get some new eyes on your channel.

[@NatesMiniatures]

@@FrankyDCrafter thanks again my friend ^_^ was a nice surprise this morning.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Nates Miniatures Im glad, I love your channel.

[@RLBndR]

It's pretty cool to see how you tackle sculpting. As I have no background in this, this was pretty enlightening. I can also see how the same shape-building process is used to model digitally using rendering software. Extremely enlightening.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Ryan de Ropp I need to make a printable file for this somehow.

[@aaronjones1752]

Franky I really dig your style of crafting. Other table top crafters are dark with minimal color and thats great but it's extremely refreshing to see your projects with the deep and vibrant colors "CARTOONY" as you put it. I personally love the CARTOONY effect you create in your models. It visually kickstarts my imagination allowing me to fully immerse myself into the narration. So keep up the amazing work and we'll see you on the other side.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Aaron Jones wow, those are some amazing words. I didn’t even know how to respond, but know that you made my day.

[@padraigmumper6956]

I somehow missed this in my subscriptions feed so I'm late to the party, but I wanted to say seeing some more sculpting videos would be really interesting and also that the spider turned out great

[@ScratchBashing]

The paint job is also amazing.

[@Wallach_a]

Your sculpting simply blows me away. 👍🏻

[@FrankyDCrafter]

A Wallach I’m glad you liked it 😁

[@CrankyPantss]

Great job, Franky. It turned out looking very cool. That was nice of you to give the other channels a mention, too. Stay safe.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

CrankyPants you too. Those channels are nice. Hope people give them a chance.

[@CraftsAndMinis]

1) Make more monsters please :) 2) Your style is amazing 3) This is such an epic build!!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Crafts And Minis 1) thank you. 2) you’re the man! And 3) I’ll continue to make more monsters.

[@RFDHobby]

Great video, and amazing sculpt mate. Perfect! Thanks man.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

RFDHobby no thank you

[@scottselvidge86]

That is so amazing! You have outdone yourself sir. Just look at that sick cartoony paintjob! And no I will not apologize, its cartoony and its AWESOME! Sick spider, bro!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Scott Selvidge I love it.

[@scottselvidge86]

Arachnorithms!!!!!

[@augustelos]

Your spider was amazing, I even wanted to make one and I liked that you made a windmill. Here is one more scenario suggestion that would be a locksmith.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

augustelos thank you!

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

At first I was thinking crab but as you went along it was like ok that's one crazy looking spider. As far as your brain fart not using the tinfoil on his bulbous behind I think that worked well. Looks like a mushy area that might be the only unprotected area on this behemoth. As far as finishing and thinking Hmmm I would of done this or that different that's a good thing that's what keeps us creating more and better creations. I imagine every artist has done this since the beginning of time. Even Leonardo must have had if only I had done this moments. Now I'm off to check out some of the other channels you named.

[@MeGaShaHeS]

I saw your wip of this on insta,kick ass build man.The more monster the better imo.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

5header lets goooo

[@dmmomma]

100%!!! Crazy cool monsters man! You wing better than some 'experts'! Frankie! I'm sorry to tell you this, but you are an expert - the best kind and we def want to see more of what is going on inside that crazy head of yours!!!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

DM Momma lmao it’s because I still remember to have fun.

[@Bocco83]

I love 3d printing because I cannot sculpt, but man I love your monsters a lot! Please more!!!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

federico giacon I got you!

[@andytate5670]

I've been into sculpting for a while now it's a talent didn't know I had. I started with small things Owls, Crows, sheep, flour sacks ( for my windmill) yesterday I spent most of the day sculpting those haunted trees Green stuff world sells for a fortune, I was very pleased with the outcome in fact I think mine are better because the expressions on the faces work better. I would definitely like to see more sculpting vids as it's nice to have ideas for projects going forward. I've been mostly using green stuff and Milliput and air dry, but I haven't tried any of the polymer clays yet.

[@KevinWarnerandGrayson]

I'd love to see more sculpting videos. I've been teaching myself to use super sculpey, and I really like seeing your techniques.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Kevin Warner a lot of it has to do with just messing around.

[@MrMountie]

Great video, great style. Recently tried my hand at sculpting for the first time. It certainly didn't turn out like this, but I'd love to see more videos on the subject to help me get to this point. For what its worth, I like your paint style a lot too. I'm currently planning a campaign that takes place in a tropical jungle, and those bright colours are great inspiration for it.

[@StudsonStudio]

This is really well done! The sculpt is amazing and I love the look of the two purple and yellow contrast colors. The paint job really pops!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Studson Studio thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@creaturescavernscrafting2929]

I have always been intimidated when it comes to sculpting. You have sculpted a grand monster! The painting really breathes life into it. Wonderful video.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

CREATURES CAVERNS & CRAFTING live that you liked it.

[@turbonerd6552]

Nice build love the sculpting videos. I enjoy watching your videos and attempting to create something myself and I am interested in more of these kind of video. Love the music to

[@Br0ns0n]

Always a fun day when Franky D puts up a vid!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

J. B. That’s awesome to hear

[@RaqrexArt]

Your sculpt came out awesome and I love the color choices!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

so the pasta maker i use here has been very reliable.

[@gesarts3625]

You can bake it after paint. I have done it plenty of times when i first started sculpting with polymer clay. There is a learning curve, but polymer clay is my favorite medium now. You did a fantastic job man.

[@sachner]

Great Video. I really would like to see more sculpting videos.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

More to come!

[@Zeros_Hobbies]

Frankie out here killin it!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

I have to go extra hard. feel like i'm in an up hill battle.

[@Myhayv]

Well, since you asked. I'd like more simpler videos about sculpting. Maybe experimenting with other sculpting materials. It's something I'd like to get into soon.

[@jamesflanagan7374]

Nice job frank-o, one trick I used back in the day (waaaay back) was to put oven curing clay on a hot plate with a damp towel on top of it. Yes it is reckless and dangerous and you need 5-6 towels to rotate but I swear in between working on pieces they dry hard as nails. Also wanted to mention the vallejo neon paints if you want crazy contrast and using a high gloss varnish when ur done painting, letting it dry and then hitting with a flat or satin varnish to finish. Your figure will be super durable and have the finish you’re going for. Keep it up champ.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

James Flanagan I definitely need to learn more about it for sure

[@rumo_der_wolpertinger7742]

I would love to see more videos on sculpting and easier Projekts to tackle 😀

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Will do!

[@RM-vw3ov]

Love it!

[@Magnuswhitefire]

Great video man, keep it up with these awesome big monster builds

[@atlantissmojo44505]

Yes make monsters!

[@corneliusperkins7363]

Great video, great sculpt, cool paint job. My favorite part is your note that people are welcome to like what they like and the world is better for it. I'm a relatively new subscriber. Your sculpting is much better than mine, but I've been using polymer clay for a month or two (that's my pandemic windfall: more time to craft). A couple of quick notes: 1) you absolutely can bake acrylic paints (google will lead you to people baking it a *much* higher temps than you need to rebake clay). 2) you can also re-bake your clay. 3) two other advantages of polymer clay over air-dry which you'll discover as you continue working with it: polymer clay doesn't air-dry, so you can keep working and reworking it for a long time - weeks, even. I have a piece I keep by my work keyboard with some tools, on which I "doodle" during long conference calls. Also, it's just fundamentally less messy to work with. Air-dry clay sticks to everything, including my fingers. Again, great video, and yes, I think we'd all like to see more exploration of how to sculpt. Your idea of using a heat gun to partially stabilize some parts while you're still working on it is brilliant. And I look forward to the results of your tests of varying baking temperatures (and times?) on strength.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Cornelius Perkins dude, you made my day. First of all I took a picture of your comment just so I can reference it when I work with the clay again.

[@corneliusperkins7363]

@@FrankyDCrafter Cool - add this, then. Always experiment first: do a couple of small pieces, and prove to yourself that your oven, your heat, your paints, and maybe even your brand of clay all work together, and that for example, your primer doesn't react badly.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Cornelius Perkins I learned that the hard way lol

[@NuggetsDungeonTerrain]

Brilliant!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Nugget's Dungeon Terrain thank you.

[@TheDrewjameson]

dude, this is incred

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Drew Jameson thank you for watching. Thank you.

[@butchtakamura]

That mini looks dope AF! Congrats on your work!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

László Bali thank you for watching 😁

[@galosanchez-bermejoenrique3513]

That's awesome man, it looks exactly like the gw one

[@TheGameSmithsTable]

Mad sculpting skills!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

TheGameSmith thank you brother!

[@aecascais]

Amazing, great artistry!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

aecascais I appreciate your kind words. Thank you 😁

[@coleenknickelbein8063]

Dude, you're a wicked talented artist. Great build!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

now I just have to figure out KZbin

[@Roflmfaoftw]

wow very cool, the colors are amazing makes it looks like a pokemon

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Roflmfaoftw I had a few people say that. Specially in person.

[@Redfoxybrown]

Amazing franky

[@FrankyDCrafter]

No, thank you!!

[@tituspaintingstudio9426]

Wow Franky, that's outstanding! Both sculpting & painting! Cheers

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Titus Painting Studio this one I was nervous about. Didn’t know if it was going to bake well and all.

[@tituspaintingstudio9426]

@@FrankyDCrafter Turned out awesome! Btw I'm fully on your side when you're saying DIY>buying kits. It's unique, it's art!

[@harazhangf5782]

I am amazed as how it went from aluminium ball to Arachnarok. And the color scheme is awesome !!!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

HarazhanGF I was surprised myself when I was editing. Lol

[@harazhangf5782]

​@@FrankyDCrafter You kept saying you weren't an expert, but damn ... You sure about that ???

[@FrankyDCrafter]

HarazhanGF the big difference is that an expert would arrive to their destination on purpose. Lol I was just going with the flow.

[@harazhangf5782]

@@FrankyDCrafter It totally suits you tho. Keep it like that. :)

[@jadefinchscene5644]

I like your attitude dude. subbed just because of that. and it is a subject I am interested in....

[@DebbieBuckland]

this is so cool. hand sculpting is great to learn from... Im actually teaching myself to carve wooden miniatures.... well giants at the moment... whittling style so much more fun than using up plastic or having the fumes of resin for 3D printers in your home.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Im trying new things too. I feel like my minis aren’t mini enough but I’ll get there. Lol

[@Miniocalypse]

Great video man, you paint like a beast! That thing looks top notch. I appreciate the shout out homie. Hmu sometime id like to give sculpt a shot.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Miniocalypse lets go lol

[@Miscast]

Bloody brilliant mate!

[@joehayward4545]

My wife would like to see more sculpting videos & can you do some with air dry clay? Also I am very impressed with your tutorials. Could you do a centaur or a Baba's house?

[@zenbrown9692]

Yeah bring on the monsters

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Zen Brown lets do it!

[@3vil3lvis]

Phenomenal build! Love your style of sculping and brilliant color schemes. Hope you plan to bring your artistry to the 3d modeling and printing realm, so that everyone can enjoy your genius.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

3vil3lvis I have to figure out a way to get my foot in in that door. That would be awesome.

[@magicman7763]

I would love to see sculpting videos in your style

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Magic Man will do

[@10urion]

That is a mean spider! I want to build it too but I will be using cardstock mostly

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Tenurion you have to show me when you do.

[@10urion]

@@FrankyDCrafter Oh, I will :D

[@karencrawford9227]

I think your paint style is awesome!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Oh thank you!

[@LONO47]

Don't take your talent forgranted. I've learned a lot watching your sculpting. How I gotta sit here and decide if I wanna try sculpy...and where do I get ten year old stuff to boot :- P keep up the good work. You're an inspiration

[@FrankyDCrafter]

LONO47 I looked into it. If property stored it doesn’t go bad.

[@samuelbroad11]

your aesthetic rocks, great colours as always. My only criticism would have been to have raised the two front legs off the ground up into the air to give more aggressive dynamism to the pose which is a little static. However considering all the learning curves with the new medium and the stunning armour and bulk I'm only being a pedant! You invoke a delightful old school style which is so refreshing from all the 'grim dark' palettes out there. Rock on.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Samuel Broad yes, I figured I wouldn’t complicate things for myself since it’s been a very long time since I used this material. Pose will be something I keep in mind for future projects tho.

[@samuelbroad11]

@@FrankyDCrafter Dungeon Crawl Classics is the series I think shares your style contemporaneously. I really dig your work and was only offering creative criticism. Can't wait for more!

[@reinaldorodrigues8425]

Yeah! More monsters like that and maybe some Spider Webs (like the greenstuffworld do with Web serum)

[@jonnyjonjo]

it would be pretty cool to see you making monsters and everything

[@FrankyDCrafter]

jonnyjonjo i think that’s where I do best.

[@jonnyjonjo]

@@FrankyDCrafter yep but your good at all the terrain skills

[@FrankyDCrafter]

jonnyjonjo thank you

[@luclin92]

well a colorful giant spider is a lot more terrifying than one with regular colors. since strong colors in nature usually means a poisonous or venomous animal. now it being poisonous just makes the whole setting a ton more scary, because that means there exists even bigger monsters that easily hunt these giant spiders. and please make a few sculpting tutorials. always wanted to try it out properly

[@FrankyDCrafter]

That’s really cool you mentioned that. I turned other toys into giants. I for some giant worms and other creatures that these spiders can definitely hunt from time to time.

[@andytate5670]

I love your cartoony style to be honest, I paint in a Hammer horror style the darks are very dark and the reds are very red the blues very blue etc ( I tin you need to watch and Old Hammer movie to get what I mean it's real but not real) I also am influenced by Ray Harryhausen's movies and the Old universal monster movies ( again great for shadows and exaggerated highlights) at first I was irritated that I couldn't get my stuff to look like the standard D&D Warhammer style. until a few people pointed out they actually liked what I do ( in fact I didn't realise I was doing it until a felow classic horror movie buff pointed it out to me then it was as obvious as the nose on my face) so I've actually learned to love my style and rather than try to steer away from it as I was. I'm now embracing it and trying to improve it.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Thats the way to go.

[@davemckinney6555]

How, exactly, do you get scary and sexy at the same time? Propers. From a big fan of the Drow, this surpasses the standard.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Dave McKinney lmao scary and sexy is my new goal for all my future builds!!!

[@ArtJeremiah]

Fantastic sculpt! I love your style and expertise. Though, I think it's less about the expertise and more for watching people grow and learn.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Art Jeremiah that’s what it’s all about.

[@ArtJeremiah]

@@FrankyDCrafter Yes!

[@ImeldaFagin]

Found you thru monster bash 2 . And yes, more sculpture please. I didn’t think it looked cartoony. I thought it looked like Mexican or Indian folk art, which I love. There’s a lot of good polymer clay artist on KZbin. For suggestions on baking times check out polymer clay tutor. She makes jewelry but gives good sound advice.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

It must be because I’m Mexican so I’ll take that as a win. Glad to have you aboard.

[@DrewBorrowdale]

using the glove to texture was probably a good idea for getting a leathery effect :)

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Drew Borrowdale i don’t know how it worked but it did.

[@dmmomma]

Can I also ask if I'm the only one who prefers scratch building opposed to 3D printed builds?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

I actually own a 3d printer. I rarely use it.

[@tomusannonymous]

Great video! Ive Never thought of using a heat gun with sculpey. How does super sculpey compare to regular sculpey? I havent tried super cuz its more expensive and i cant justify it when regular works ok.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Tom I’ll be doing some test in upcoming videos

[@jasonstatham5879]

Yes, there are 3D printers out there, but when you hand sculpt something, it's a unique piece of art instead of something that anyone can mass produce. It will always have that "cool" factor.

[@andyduncan770]

Love the monster builds keep them up and to hell with a 3D printer.

[@m3verse]

Uhhh.. God... Soooo cartoonish looking, can't you do anything realistic??? J/K dude that looks really cool, a lot of artists including myself couldn't replicate that cartoonish look in the badass way this guy turned out. Thanks for sharing!