My first...

[dog]

Hi folks,
This is my first posting after a long time lurking The impressive skill shown here is amazing...
I was at the Lier show, a few weeks ago, where I attended the demo's of Marijn Van Gils and Calvin Tan about figures. It was so interesting that I was motivated to try one myself. Of course I'm not that skilled as them two but anyway, here is the result:
The scale is 1/35, head and hands are from Hornet. The putty is Magic Sculpt and Duro.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to comment honestly,
Happy holyday's,
Staf Snyers

 

[gordy]

Happy holidays Staf and welcome to planetFigure,

I think you are on to a good and promising first start!

The anatomy is on target, the belt looks a bit high but that can be a garment style, not uncommon of the period and tunics (my grandpa wore his slacks to just one inch below his belly button).

NitPicks:
The volume of the upper left leg/hip is narrower at the hip (which is normally the widest, unless the lower garment was like a Zouve or something)

Folds and Drapery are inconsistent, the right shoulder on the rear is awkward since their is a fabric back panel and sleeve seem that would delineate the flattened back panel and then have rayed folds emanating from said seem.

Fashion de jour is up to interpretation and artistic license (high belt,etc)

Folds and drapery have immutable laws. Compression, stretching, slack on various fabric types, fabric thicknesses, underlying volumes and texture all govern where, how long and what direction folds, wrinkles and draping lie.

Most important of all:

Did you have fun and get satisfaction from creating something unique ?

 

[dog]

Hi Gordy,

Thank you very much for the constructive comments! This was what I'm looking for. I'll take them into account and gone change them wherever possible. I've learned that quit everything can be corrected.
I believe that there are good books about wrinkles in fabric? Can someone help me with the title and author? I also looking for a good book on anatomy that can help me with the anatomy part. Any recommendations?

 

[housecarl]

Give this a look http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=389
Carl.

 

[megroot]

Excellent, for your first sculpting.
Keep pushing putty, and we see sone some amazing work of you.

Marc

 

[Jiver]

For a first try, it certainly isn't bad.The finetuning will come for sure after some more practice, but clearly you're on the right track.

Voor boeken moet je eens naar Schleiper in Antwerpen gaan kijken.

Gtz

 

[gordy]

Staf,
Your very welcome!
True things can be changed , but I would leave this fig where it is now since he is ready for paint

This book is great for drapery
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Wrinkles-Drapery-Solutions-Practical/dp/0823015874

And on this site is the full book and many other books by Andrew Loomis, great for anaotmy
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6229722/Andrew-Loomis-Creativeillustration

Keep up the good work and we wish to see more from you!

--gordy

 

[BatteryXO]

I too have Dynamic Wrinkles.It has its uses, but likewise, its very easy to have your folds and wrinkles run amok! Would advise a small amount of caution - a better book title could have been "folds and wrinkles on steroids", but still a good reference piece. For heavy wool, its hard to beat the various uniform print studies of Don Troiani.

RSG

 

[Marcel]

Great work for a first sculpture!

regards,
Marcel.