Completed Polish Ulan Officer 1915

[radeusz miniatures]

Hello! I'm young modeller and this is my first self-made bust. Scale 1:10. Hope you like it.

 

[pokrad]

It is nice first try, my was 100% worse than this !
Do You draw ? I am asking this because there is an angle from which sculpt looks the best (second image), all the others angles are "flat" and missing volumes.
Someone once said that sculpting portrait is like drawing a 1000 portraits...meaning You have to constantly turn the sculpt around and look from all angles.
Two biggest mistakes on the anatomy itself are lips (upper lip always "sits" on the lower lip, and the lower lip "tucks under" upper lip in the corners) and eyes (think about the eyeballs under the eyelids).

Here is my favorite reference for the lips (OK, those are female lips, but male lips are the same except they are not so "full" and soft):

Unfortunately, do not know which sculptor did this...

Edit: I found it !
http://melaniefurtadostudios.blogspot.hr/2014/08/guided-studio-sculpture-class.html

Keep sculpting

 

[Oda]

Not just a young modeller but a vey promising too.

Oda.

 

[radeusz miniatures]

Thanks for nice comments and useful advices. I have already started making next bust

 

[radeusz miniatures]

Thanks for nice comments and useful advices. I have already started making next bust

 

[Dan Morton]

I agree with the posts above - you have talent and need to keep at it! Certainly looking at the sculpt from all angles is helpful. Another 'trick' is to take photos of the sculpt. For some reason, the camera lens can show you things your eyes may miss. No idea why...but I've seen it myself often!

All the best,
Dan