SCULPTING 101 STEP BY STEP

[ArturM]

It will be amazing figure! Beautiful sculpture, gary.

best regards
Artur

 

[John Bowery]

Gary,
I dont sculpt and probably never will, but I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you weave your magic on this figure. I have also learnt a lot for any problems that I might encounter on commercial figures and how to fix the problems. So thank you so much for your time and effort and knowledge. May your tools never get plugged up.
Cheers
John

 

[marvin]

Hey Gary,

Looking good. The figure seems much more finished than the last update.... did I miss something? I guess you're almost at the point of finishing the figure, right?

I've thanked you before, but these kind of step-by-steps that you do, this one most of all, are a real motivator for me in taking my first babysteps with sculpting.

I'm looking forward to the final post and seeing how this baby turned out!

- Marvin -

 

[garyjd]

The epaulet on the right side of the jacket posed a bit of a problem. I needed to put the seams along the edge of the epaulet without breaking it. I decided to press it onto a vaseline coated blob of putty. The putty underneath supported the epaulet while I scribed the seams onto it. The epaulet was dropped into a hot cup of water and was then slowly separated from the blob with a small spatula.

 

[panzer007]

Thank you Gary for give us the very good techinques. :lol:

 

[garyjd]

The left epaulet after scribing and the addition of the button that holds it down to the jacket.

 

[garyjd]

The belt loops were made by pushing a piece of putty onto the body of the jacket and trimming it to shape after curing for about 15 minutes.

 

[garyjd]

The left belt loop.

 

[garyjd]

The shoes the figure is wearing represents a pair of English manufactured shoes that was run through the blockade to supply the Confederacy. These shoes are not cut like the bootee/brogan you typically see on a Civil War soldier. These shoes were lower cut similar to modern shoes. They were also secured with a single buckle instead of shoe laces.

The first step is to build up the sides/uppers parts of the shoes that will contain the strap and buckle.

 

[garyjd]

The flap that contains the strap was shaped from a piece of plastic and was glued in place.

 

[garyjd]

The strap was made by pessing a small "snake" of putty onto the shoe and trimming it to the proper size.

 

[garyjd]

Another view.

 

[Jeff]

Looking good Gary. It looks like this one is in the home stretch.

 

[Christos]

Thanks for posting your sbs Gary.This is very helpful for making my first steps on sculping!
best regards
christos

 

[garyjd]

Originally posted by Jeff@Sep 10 2006, 09:58 PM
Looking good Gary. It looks like this one is in the home stretch.

Jeff, Thanks, You're being too polite. This sbs is waaaaay overdue to be finished. The end is so long in coming is pretty much anti-climactic. ~Gary

 

[quang]

Gary,

I admire your patience and your perseverance.

Quang

 

[BHowe]

Great work Gary! You make it look so easy!

 

[BHowe]

Great work Gary! You make it look so easy, yet my darn thumbs keep getting in the way! Thanks for the sbs,
Bob Howe

 

[garyjd]

Quang, thanks. it's been an ordeal of sorts at times. I have to sort throught the rest of my pics and post them as the figure is done except for a buckle on the back of the trousers.


Bob, Long time no see/hear. Thanks for the kind words. Do you have anything you could post pics of?~Gary