Panhard Crew

[HiroshiAirborne]

Hello all! Went to get a coat from my closet, for the days are getting much colder, and I realized that an avalanche had occurred! Anyway, I decided to build or relocate kits to other closets but this French Panhard 178 1/35 scale caught my eye as something I've never done before, also a chance to sculpt terrible looking figures for your viewing pleasure (displeasure) in the field of French Armored Crew members.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a92/shiroairborne/PanhardCrew1.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a92/shiroairborne/PanhardCrew2.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a92/shiroairborne/PanhardCrew3.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a92/shiroairborne/PanhardCrew4Chillin.jpg

The last one is a very rough goal for what I'd like the diorama to be. The man laying will have his hands behind his head.

As always, comments and criticism are extremely welcome.

 

[gordy]

A promising sculptor!

Critique:
Do you have any commercial heads and hands ? You have a good handle on the anatomy, posing and clothworks, commercial hands and heads would make a dramatic improvement .

 

[HiroshiAirborne]

I don't have any in 1/35 scale, I do have Ray's fantastic parts for 1/48 scale. I might go buy some 1/35 figures and start hacking heads and hands off.

I'd like to learn how to sculpt my own hands and heads so I have an unlimited range of emotion and story telling. I've been searching around and have found a few good tutorials on face sculpting but little to nothing on hands.

Thanks for the kind comments, these are numbers 6 and 7 of figures I've sculpted.

 

[martinmack]

Hi Hiroshi, If I could offer one little piece of advice that might help with your overall anatomy, it's to make the shoulders wider and have the torso slope down to a narrower waist. That way the arms will hang more naturally once you add them. Keep up the good work!

 

[gordy]

I'd like to learn how to sculpt my own hands and heads so I have an unlimited range of emotion and story telling. I've been searching around and have found a few good tutorials on face sculpting but little to nothing on hands.

Thanks for the kind comments, these are numbers 6 and 7 of figures I've sculpted.

Excellent ambition, and they are the most challenging aren't they! You are absoultely correct! The freedom of emotion and range is a huge incentive!!

A good hands sculpting article would be great

Also if you are ever in St Louis (I see your in Kansas) let me or Joe Hudson know we can pow-wow and have a workshop!

 

[HiroshiAirborne]

Hey Gordy, next time in the Show-Me I'll definitely send you a message! Thanks again for the kind words and sorry to get back to you so late, this time of year is very busy for me.

I have finished the sculpting of the second crew member. I plucked a random Verlinden resin head out of the box-o-spare parts. Still working on hands, they are relatively easier for me now assuming they are holding something.

Sorry for the odd angle. It was the only way I could get some decent lighting...