New moulds question

[Magda]

I'm just curious how new moulds and their sculptors are chosen I know that quite a few of them are reintroductions of vintage or HOTY moulds.
But what about completely new ones (like Donkey Foal, I believe)? What's the process of choosing new moulds?
Also, how the sculptors are chosen? Would it be possible to donate a Julip-styled sculpture to make a new mould?
I'm just curious, but I won't lie that sculpting something that would end up as a Julip would be an honour

[pinkmouse]

In the case of the Donkey, Annabel wanted a new donkey model because she loved the old one, and commissioned an artist (also a Julip-lover) to make her. The Connie and the Cob Mare came about because there were a box of old bodies at the warehouse and I managed to persuade Annabel to recast two of them, ditto the TB (unfortunately never managed to get her to agree to the other bodies in the box or the last HOTY but we're getting there thanks to Laura!) I made the feathered cob variation and again managed to have Annabel cast it. Pester power! (It took a long time let me tell you...)

[EG]

I'm just curious, but I won't lie that sculpting something that would end up as a Julip would be an honour

Same here! I'd be totally up for sculpting something!

[Magda]

Oct 21, 2015 19:27:26 GMT EG said:

I'm just curious, but I won't lie that sculpting something that would end up as a Julip would be an honour

Same here! I'd be totally up for sculpting something!

Maybe we should start harassing Laura? XD

[capriole]

Oct 21, 2015 19:27:26 GMT EG said:

I'm just curious, but I won't lie that sculpting something that would end up as a Julip would be an honour

Same here! I'd be totally up for sculpting something!

EG - didn't you do a shetland a while ago in the old J-club days?
or is my memory playing tricks?

[EG]

I did, but I stupidly baked him!

(You need to cast squishy models in solid moulds so if I ever wanted to cast him he'd have to have been left soft so he could come out of it!)

I still haven't painted or haired him you know, lol.

Shetland by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr}

Shetland by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr}

Shetland by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr}a

[pinkmouse]

You can cast a solid model, they just get broken when the mould is made

[Magda]

Oct 21, 2015 21:13:23 GMT pinkmouse said:

You can cast a solid model, they just get broken when the mould is made

Ooh, nice to know! Cause I feel more confident using epoxy than something that needs to be baked!
I might actually give it a go and try doing something Julip-styled and then see if it's accepted


Btw, Christine, I'd LOVE to get a Julip pony on such mould! <3

[Dantelsh]

wow love the Shetland mold be he would love lovely haired

[pinkmouse]

Oct 21, 2015 21:16:16 GMT Magda said:

Oct 21, 2015 21:13:23 GMT pinkmouse said:

You can cast a solid model, they just get broken when the mould is made

Ooh, nice to know! Cause I feel more confident using epoxy than something that needs to be baked!
I might actually give it a go and try doing something Julip-styled and then see if it's accepted

The donkey was modelled in plasticine!

[Magda]

Oct 25, 2015 18:38:00 GMT pinkmouse said:

The donkey was modelled in plasticine!

You're joking!
Plasticine is my least liked stuff to sculpt in, so respect!

[EG]

I love plasticine! I sculpted a tree out of it at college with only an old chopstick and the end of a paintbrush! XD

Door Project: The Tree of the Dead by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr}