Help with checking my calculations

[Jamie Stokes]

Hi All,
Ok, after searching out the threads, studying some of the anatomy and sculpting threads, about to start my first sculpture of a figure (not counting sitting duck)

Subject of sculpt is the Japanese lady on the right, in the black & purple Kimono (Yukata for the accurate types out there)

She's 150 cm tall, bare feet, and I am happy with the idea of a 1/10 scale, as this is 15 cm tall. ("bout 6 inches). Like the few other Oriental women I know, she has a slender build, bust & hips to match. (Unlike the anime ladies who are all ****s and legs)
She is almost elfin build, actually....
Using proportions guides found here (or sourced here), giving her an average build, would mean 7 1/2 head units in height.

Means my head units are 2cm in span. Am I heading in the right direction with these calculations?

Using GaryJDs thread on sculpting 101 as a prime guide, as well as cross references picked up from here.

Do have more reference photos, but too high res and will clog bandwidth here.

Thanks for any feedback

Cheers

 

[mil-mart]

Hi Jamie,

Very interesting subject for your 1st sculpt, have you decided on the pose yet .
Your calculations seem to be correct and I'm looking forward to following your progress.

Cheers Ken

 

[Jamie Stokes]

HI Ken,
thanks for the overview.

Built the skeletons, have added some sculpey to the frames.

Looking at them, I feel as though the legs are too long, particularly between knee & ankle,, and perhaps also between thigh and hip. Going to sleep on it, get some perspective.

Left the arms off for now, and so far is just a bare frame, essentially.....

Pose; She'll be depicted as walking her pet dog, a miniature Dachshund. Lead in one hand, a fan in the other, along a path bordered by grass & flowers.....

Hair will be worn up, in one of those ways that is almost incomprehensible to me....but then, all I have to do is sculpt the figure to match photos.

Thanks for looking,

cheers