bonehead
A Fixture
I have an informal list of subjects that i have considered sculpting at one time or another. Many of those subjects generally get shoved into the dusty back cabinets of my mind (often for years or even decades), and every now and then one of them will emerge from the darkness to become a finished piece. This is one of those.
Many people probably do not know that i have a strong interest in American Indians. I have quite a good library of books on the subject, but when it comes to sculpting them, I have pretty much chosen to demur. After completing this figure I was rather strongly reminded of why that is: simply put, I don't know how to do this stuff!
Every step of the way, this figure presented me with challenges that took some real head scratching and exploration of new techniques to overcome. In all of my years sculpting, this figure has been the most extreme challenge I have undertaken.
The subject is taken from a painting by Karl Bodmer done from life in the 1830s. It depicts the Hidatsa chief, Addih-Hiddisch as shown in the painting here (if you do a search online, you can probably find a better reproduction of the painting - I scanned this one from one of my books).
The figure is "120mm" size. Not really a scale in this case. Yes, it will be a commercial release. No I cannot tell you when it will be available or from whom. This piece offers as many challenges to the caster as it did for me in sculpting and engineering it. You will have to be patient!
I can wait a while longer myself. It only took 25 years or so to get around to sculpting it. It may take that long before i do another.....
Cheers!!
Mike
Many people probably do not know that i have a strong interest in American Indians. I have quite a good library of books on the subject, but when it comes to sculpting them, I have pretty much chosen to demur. After completing this figure I was rather strongly reminded of why that is: simply put, I don't know how to do this stuff!
Every step of the way, this figure presented me with challenges that took some real head scratching and exploration of new techniques to overcome. In all of my years sculpting, this figure has been the most extreme challenge I have undertaken.
The subject is taken from a painting by Karl Bodmer done from life in the 1830s. It depicts the Hidatsa chief, Addih-Hiddisch as shown in the painting here (if you do a search online, you can probably find a better reproduction of the painting - I scanned this one from one of my books).
The figure is "120mm" size. Not really a scale in this case. Yes, it will be a commercial release. No I cannot tell you when it will be available or from whom. This piece offers as many challenges to the caster as it did for me in sculpting and engineering it. You will have to be patient!
I can wait a while longer myself. It only took 25 years or so to get around to sculpting it. It may take that long before i do another.....
Cheers!!
Mike
