"put in the boy's"-ACW vignette

[Jason W.]

Hi ALL, here's what I'm working on. It's a vignette depicting Virginia Military Institute cadets at the battle of New Market, Virginia in May 1864.

This will be a collaboration piece, with our own "Mud Master" Kreston Peckham, doing the painting.

This is my first time engineering a figure for someone else to paint. So,
I want to make it as easy as possible for him to paint without having him break out the putty later on and sculpt hands or what not. Besides, this will give me a little practice, should I decide to do something commercial.

 

[y_wong]

Hello Jason,

Looks good. I will definitely be following this thread.

regards

 

[Jason W.]

Here's the finished officer. I had to resculpt his sword hand because it looked too large.
The tough part for painting will be negotiating around the scabbard holding hand. This, in my mind, has to be finished. Like I said, I don't want Kreston to worry about playing with putty or attaching the scabbard slings later on.

Thanks for looking. More later~

 

[Hardy]

Superb..........as usual

 

[LCoote]

Yeah! excellent as usual Jason! great looking drapery as well

 

[JCOX]

Very nice Jason, looking forward to see more!

-jim cox

 

[PeteC]

Nice work Jason. That officer's sash looks amazingly delicate. Is that rolled out Magic Sculp or something else?

 

[btavis]

Super Jason. Great subject too.

 

[Jason W.]

Originally posted by PeteC@Aug 10 2004, 07:37 AM
Is that rolled out Magic Sculp or something else?

Thanks guy's!

Pete, yes it's MS. I wanted to keep it close to the body, so as to not get in the way of the brush, yet look convincing enough for the body's movement.

The sword and scabbard are my biggest worries. They're both made of cured MS. After three frustrating attempts with "shaving" plastic card, I decided to try MS and it turned out pretty well but very brittle too. I coated the sword with Zap-a-Gap, then lightly sanded it with fine steel wool. I hope that will give it extra strength...so far it has, since I had to re-sculpt the hand and not to mention couple "drops" to the floor.

 

[captnenglish]

Splendid work mate.

 

[callum]

Excellent work Jason.

Regards Callum.

 

[homellop]

Absolutely stunning work,Jason.
I hope someday could paint a commercial figure modelled by you.
regards
jaume

 

[amherbert]

Hi Jason

The completed figure looks superb. I can't wait to see him covered in mud...

Andy

 

[slaj]

Jason , that looks fantastic.Nice animation and sculpting

Stephen Mallia

 

[Anders Heintz]

Great to see you back in action Jason! Very nicely done, that figure is a very nice one for sure, looking forward to the rest!

 

[Jason W.]

Thanks guy's! Appreciate the kind words.

Figure two is half complete. Will post when finished.

 

[garyjd]

Jason, Now that my computer is on it's way to recovering I'd like to echo everyone else's comments, fantastic. Your sculpting gets better and better by the figure. Keep it up buddy.~Gary

 

[Roc]

Hey Jason, extreemly well done, my friend, the officer is beautifully sculpted.
I can't wait see the rest of the vignette come together.


Keep up the great work.

Cheers.
Roc.

 

[Manfred]

I'm looking forward to seeing more of this joint Jason-Kreston project !

 

[garyjd]

Jason, I'm a bit curious, did the cadets not carry Belgian or Austrian weapons? I do not have a book handy to confirm as the thought just occured to me.~Gary