Completed Wedding Sculpt

[Jamie Stokes]

Project nearing completion pix

OK, this was in the home stretch,

Was either up way too late, or getting up early, to work on the everything coming together.

Here the bike is attached to the groundwork.

Soldered on a I shape cross beam, bent a piece of wire into an inverted squared U. Sanded down the base of the U, so it fitted snugly into the I beam.

Then soldered it for a nice strong joint.

Most of the bike had been prepainted now, as well as things like a battery (the white square with the pink top), some plumbing to add visual interest, and fill some holes. Plus bits and bobs stuck on, in a way that looks mechanical.
Plus, here is the sculpt of Mish, worked out OK, nowhere near competition standard.

The likeness could have been a lot closer, captured the essentials though.

Still, would have been nice to have another month to do it properly......

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Bride shown, now how about the Groom?

Primed the figures, then laid down the first coat with the airbrush (great tool, glad I spent the time learning how to drive it!)

As I said in an earlier post, the finish is nowhere near competition standards.

I did try my hand at some wrinkles and drapery (like the jeans and the jackets) I have more practice to go, though.

Test fitting the figures to the bike, Now it really looks like it's coming together.

At this point, I think I had secured the figures with 5 minute two part epoxy, and wandered off to bed.

Pending, at this point, Ground work details, bike "furniture (like indicators, some of the wiring, license plate, etc) as well as the hands and shading on the figures....no big task, right....?

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Mission accomplished!

All done and dusted.

There were a few hundred pictures taken at the wedding, and some were of the Wedding Sculpt.

I waited until I had to give a speech, and then presented them their gift.

(It was only last night too.....wow)

So after we finished last night, we returned home after a hearty breakfast at the local pub.

So, earlier this afternoon, Ben & Mish (now Mr & Mrs Stokes) agreed to a few snaps of them with their little gift.

They are very pleased and happy with it (Cool and Unique are some of the more common words used) and were quite blown away by the gesture itself.

Understandably, it received a mixed welcome at the reception. Some said t was nice, some didn't give it a second glace, while other asked on how I made it.
Only a handful saw how much time and effort had gone into it.

Which I didn't mind, so long as Ben & Mish were happy with it.

So here are a few shots of Ben and Mish with the gift.

A few little details I missed out on earlier.

Ben likes Bikes, and he chose the colour.
Mish is a big fan of Apple products, and is a tech head/ self confessed geek.

Ben has a tattoo of an Australian flag on his shoulder, and there is one on his jacket the kinda matches.

Mish has an Apple logo on the back of her jacket, in one of her favorite colours, pink.

The licence plate on the back has the following. B M (heart) 10.4.10

Which is for Ben Michelle plus date of wedding.

There is a little iPad, which has a little catchphrase these two use as a term of endearment between each other.

Mish has in her hand a bouquet of Cherry blossoms, for luck.

And the little road sign has the symbols for Double Happiness, big thing for wedding with a Chinese theme to them.

Kamizukuri products were used for the cherry blossoms.

Wrap up time.....

I'll revisit some of these, see if I can alter the pictures when I am at my usual computer.

Next, the thank-you list!

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Thank You, Family and Freinds

OK,
time for some gratitude.

First, to Ben and Mish, for consenting to the idea, sending me reference pictures when they could, even while organising the wedding.

Senior Sargent David Bretel, Victoria Police (retired) for his insights onto motorbikes, riding them, and construction tips, warmly appreciated.

Steph Bretel, for letting me claim some work space, and her patience as I ground my way through this project.

The team at East Coast plastics, the display case eliminated a lot of stress with regards to transport and display.

Here on the Planet,
a big thanks to Ian Harries, of Empire Hobbies, for the diorama materials he sent me; What I got to use made everything so much faster and easier.

And the fellows who offered words of encouragement and feedback; stuff like that makes it easier to push on when the going is a bit tough.
(In no particular order)
Tony Dawe, Joe Hudson, Marc van Megroot, Carl Barton, Ken Farrrar, Steve Readdie, Paul Toma, Ian Fianges, Roger Newsome.


Thanks all, it couldn't have been done with out you.

And, a few shots of Ben and Mish playing around for the Camera.

Congratulations and best wishes to you both,

Cheers

 

[tonydawe]

Congratulations to the happy couple and to you Jamie for making such a wonderfully original and unique gift (and for getting it ready in time).