SCULPTING 101 STEP BY STEP

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Here the larger folds have been further refined in addition to folds on the top of the right shoulder.
 

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The left rear of the figure showing the main folds further refined. A few smaller folds and wrinkles will be made using a couple of files.
 

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The back of the figure. This picture was purposely taken dark so the folds would show better.
 

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Gary, I called an old firend, Terry Worster on making hands, and he re-minded me of a method he and I have used in the past. It is a little involed in describing, but I will be working on a hand this weekend for a statue I am doing and I will send some photos to you via email.

Baically if you are doing a hand not grasping something, and if using sculpey, make a ball of sculpey larger than the hand and sculpt the hand on top of the ball. The hand can be semi curved, not flat, and sculpt the top half of the hand. Before you bake, chill the hand on the ball and after it chilled a while, cut away the excess ball of sculpey and bake. If the bottomof the hand is going to be exposed, add material to bottom half of hand and bake again. Both Terry and I both agree hands are one of the most difficult parts of a statue to due and when you have done a good pair, cast them in resign so you DON'T HAVE TO DO AGAIN.

Like I said , I will be working this weekend and hopefully will get some photos of this method. Statue is looking great, James.
 
Gary, started sculpting a hand, 1/9th scale, and soon as I get a new battery for the digital camera, I will send you some photos. When you in the outback of Nevada, nearly everything is internet or phone order. Hopefully I will have a new battery within the week and I will remember to trun the camera off when I am done.
 
Hi, Gary
this is a very tutorial for modelling and sculpting figures.
Very good and very useful for me.

Cheers
Maui (y)
 
Your step by step is so great! Thank you so much for sharing your excellent techniques!
That's a sbs I have waited for such a long time! I always wondered how historical miniature sculptors managed to get this quality level in sculpting clothes. That's amazing, I would definitely try to do something this way (floating clothes, etc.)

Just a question : Is vaseline better than talc for putting sculpey on other sculpted parts? I always use talc but there's maybe something better than this.

Thank you

Thomas
 
Gary Grate SBS on the jacket. it answered a lot of questions on how to do the jacket on my Zouave :)

Have you ever used Magic-Sculpt and A&B putty as you do with Aves and A&B


Larry
 
Originally posted by thomas barse@Mar 15 2006, 06:04 PM
Is vaseline better than talc for putting sculpey on other sculpted parts? I always use talc but there's maybe something better than this.

Thomas
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Thomas, I've never used talc before. I use the vaseline mostly to create a "barrier" between things like hats and heads and arms and torsos. One thing I've found to be of great help is to submerge a head with a hat crown for example in water boiled in a tea kettle. It softens and loosens the putty which makes it easier to separates the two pieces.~Gary
 
Originally posted by major@Mar 15 2006, 08:16 PM
Have you ever used Magic-Sculpt and A&B putty as you do with Aves and A&B

Larry
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Larry, Thanks, great to see you on the planet, glad you found it. Yeah, I've mixed Magicsculpt and A & B before, it works okay. You'll have to post some pics of your Zouave sometime.~Gary
 
Gary,
I am new to sculpting and this site. Can you tell me where the beginning of this sculpt is? I would like to follow it. also, could you tell me how you get the scale. thank you. You make everything look so easy. You have a great way of breaking things down. I look forward to seeing this whole subject.
Pat
 
Pat, Here is a link to the first section. In it you'll find the proportion chart i used for the figure. Most anatomy books have a drawing or photo of the front and side views of a figure. You can just scale it down with software on your computer or the "scaler" here on Planet figure, which is located in the RESOURCES section.~Gary

Look at this link first

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5266

Then this one. Just look for the SCULPTING 101 pages that follow the first link.

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6416
 
 
Tor, Thanks, but you don't have to. it's great just to see others taking the plunge and sculpting stuff of their own.~Gary
 
A piece of Aves putty was added to each armpit, flattened and then squared off.
 

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