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[Jason W.]

full body-

I wanted to sculpt the bottom half first to give me some time to position the upper body connecting to figure #1

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by John Long@Feb 28 2004, 09:59 PM
What did you have to change, the shoulder and arm?

Thanks John! All I did was add a little putty to the upper part of the shoulder (basically filled in a fold/crease I had there) and shaved a little off the underside of arm.

 

[Jason W.]

I must have spent two hours trying to figure out how I was going to build the arms. I knew the key was getting the hands positioned right on figure # 1 so I decided to glue them to the fleshed out armature then sculpt around them. The tough part now is to figure out how I'm going to sculpt the left arm of figure #2

btw-the head is pinned to the shoulder and 5 min. epoxy'ed into place.

 

[John Long]

Good luck Jason. It's looking great. Having two figures interacting is difficult.

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Jason!

Now that you fixed the shoulder it looks so much better. Looking forward to see how you work the two figure composition out.

 

[Jason W.]

Well, sculpting the left arm of fig #2 wasn't as tough as I thought. Since there was some room between the two figures, I had little trouble in applying putty.

I first glued the pre-fitted armature in place and started adding putty. I could not use any "rolling pin" motion for pushing, so I used a flat toothpick to smooth the putty. It took a little more time but worked out well.

 

[Jason W.]

Rear view~

 

[Jason W.]

armature for arm.

 

[Guy]

They are really looking great Jason...........love to watch them come alive. ( is that an xacto vise they are pinned in?)

guy

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by GuyHerrick@Feb 29 2004, 08:35 AM
is that an xacto vise they are pinned in?

Mornin' Guy! Yes, I have three of them. They work great on projects like this. I used to hold my figures in these but gets a little awkward to handle, however it was essential for this project.

Thanks

 

[gordy]

shaping up beautifully!

 

[garyjd]

Jason,My friend that is looking fantastic. You've managed to pull of the hardest part, interaction between figures.~Gary

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by garyjd@Feb 29 2004, 10:18 AM
You've managed to pull of the hardest part, interaction between figures

Thanks Gordy and Gary!

Latley I've been picking subjects that will help me overcome sculpting phobias-flowing garmets, joined figures etc,. I think this project has helped me with this "fear"

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Jason!

I agree, you have done a fabolus job of putting the two figures together!

 

[Robin]

Yup I must add my bit to this it shaping up great


Robin

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks Anders and Robin

Here's the last pic. Just need to build the sword and groundwork.

Can't wait to get painting! But....

 

[John Long]

BY JOVE! I think you've got it Jason. It looks great.

 

[LCoote]

Beautifuly done Jason, no doubt about it

 

[Anders Heintz]

Echoing Leighs comment, beautiful for sure!

 

[Hardy]

looks great