My first sculpture made out of LivingDoll

[Hobbyinovator]

It's supposed to portray a CroMagnong Ice age mamooth hunter. Inspired by the first drawing.

 

[Hobbyinovator]

I made the skeleton out of matches and used needles for pins. I reinforced the skeleton with Brown stuff.

 

[billyturnip]

I'll leave any expert advice to the sculptors but I like the subject matter. Just goes to show there's plenty of new and interesting stuff still to do.

Good luck and keep it up.

Roger

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Glad you did come here as suggested!

Cheers

 

[Hobbyinovator]

Thank you, I have added seams, with gs and will probably try some lacing.

 

[Einion]

Most sculptors work with wire of some sort for the limbs, or the whole body, as it allows posing and reposing of an armature to get a believable pose. It would help avoid having the legs this straight for example, which are part of what make the pose of the figure so rigid (compare with the illustration - v. good natural bend to the knee). At this scale wire hangers are often used but twisted strands of thinner wire would work well too.

By the way, I would recommend always sculpting a head off the body and then attaching it to the armature; likely to yield a better result for nearly everyone compared to sculpting it in situ (especially if you ever do it tilted or at an angle). For much the same reason it's a good idea to sculpt a head bald, then add any beard, hair or headdress - just like why most of us sculpt a rough body first before adding clothing.

Einion

 

[Hobbyinovator]

In my Germanic warrior project(see workbench) I have used 1.5mm steel wire, at the moment Im sculpting a head separately, at the same time I will still try make the head straight on the armature, if doesn't work out satisfactorily i'll saw it of and attach the separat head instead(I'll get some practise on making bust at the same time).