First attempt at sculpting

Brother_Brimstone · June 22, 2010, 07:04:56 PM

Good stuff, I like the detailing on the body with the chain and the sort of 'ribbed' section around the waist. All in all an impressive sculpt; I especially think you did a good job on the folds of the robes.

Shannow · June 22, 2010, 07:09:20 PM

The folds ended up being done by dragging my thumbnail through green stuff

I have a mass excess of chain now and am being tempted to add it into my next planned sculpts.... As I have considered making my Ex-commissar character a waistcoat, I think a pocket watch is definitely in order

Thanks for the kind comments Kallidor and Brother_Brimstone, I may be getting some money returned from taxation soon so paint will hopefully be forthcoming much quicker than I had anticipated!

Rob

Shannow · June 23, 2010, 01:34:12 AM

Beginnings of Ex-Commissar 'Crazy Long-legs' Cleberman. His names derives from the fact that I have sculpted the legs too long..... Unlikely to use him as a playing model because of this but still going to play around with him anyway, so updates will probably be much less frequent....

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-23at0124.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-23at01242.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-23at0125.jpg

Efforts will be made to lengthen the torso and make it more in proportion but that would make him a giant of a man probably 72mm if he was stood up (and I'm giving him a ridiculous top hat), even more so than my other sculpts who are 62mm and 67mm (though he is stood on tip toes and wearing a hat). Ah well, I find sculpting very therapeutic anyway so its nice to just do a project!

Rob

dumdeedum · June 23, 2010, 09:40:19 AM

Wow, those really are some crazy long legs, what do you plan on having him look clothes-wise if he's ex-commissar?

Really liking your sculpts so far, makes me want to dabble in it aswell

James

Shannow · June 24, 2010, 12:28:10 AM

When I said infrequent updates I underestimated how little I had to do with the rest of my day, and today included watching all 118 sets of the Mahut vs Isner final set!

@ Dumdeedum - I'd really recommend having a bash at sculpting especially with all the great examples that are available on here by the likes of Kaled, Kierkegaard, Ynek and MarcoSkoll to name a few (Marco in particular has some really helpful measurements and step by step pictures of his sculpting that are immeasurably helpful). I'm planning to dress him in a waistcoat with a tailed back and a white shirt underneath and paint his trousers pinstriped black and yellow. I quite like the idea of him being actually crazy so I want to paint him black and yellow hazard themed and have him devolved to lead a Hive Gang which his is convinced is the remnants of his Imperial Guard regiment that was wiped out or something like that..........oh yeah and a massive top hat (see pictures!)

Updates anyway, I've lengthened the torso, added a helmeted head using an ork stormboys as a base, bulked up his arse and upper thighs and crafted a top hat.

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at0007.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at0008.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at00082.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at00083.jpg

AND with a top hat!

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at00084.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at0009.jpg

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at00092.jpg

AND this is him minus hat next to a piece of card that is 54mm tall (as I have no GW or other 54mm models)

http://s916.photobucket.com/albums/ad4/jerusalem-man/?action=view&current=Photoon2010-06-24at0013.jpg

Still to do - smooth down all the leg areas, add boots, bulk up the upper chest and smooth down body, add clothing detail, add bionic arms (tau battle suit arms), add weapons (shock cane made from match + greenstuff and a stupidly big revolver - to be scratch built)

Again sorry for the picture quality! I would give you better if I could!

Rob

dumdeedum · June 24, 2010, 05:17:07 PM

I like him, am definitly a fan of top hats and like to see it modelled. Are tau battlesuit arms the right size for 54mm in general or just for your monster of a man?

Well I'll definitly get round to sculpting at ome point, probably around mid juy (my birthday) when I actually get modelling equipment.

Looking forwards to seeing crazy as he progresses

James

Shannow · June 24, 2010, 10:47:59 PM

Plethora of piccies! Though sadly still of the low quality kind

Should have his feet and the tails for the back of his waistcoat/jacket done by tomorrow I expect.

Rob

EDIT

Mwahahahaha I have just figured out how to insert pictures!

dumdeedum · June 24, 2010, 11:07:38 PM

I do love that top hat, and those arms work surpisingly well. I have a few battlrsuits lying about so might see what use I can put them to.

Also like the use of Gemmell books

James

Myriad · June 25, 2010, 12:46:17 AM

He's really developing some character there, certainly. The writing on all the Gemmell books seems to be back to fron though, which I'm finding distracting

.

Shannow · June 25, 2010, 10:13:38 PM

Apologies for the distraction there, annoyingly my imacs webcam mirrors everything, so its actually the left knee raised and left handing holding the staff etc etc....don't know why they chose it to operate like that!

Pretty much finished now, he has swayed massively from an Ex-commissar though, so I think I will leave that concept until I am better at sculpting. With that in mind I gave him a needle pistol and a feather in his hat

I present.... 'The Entertainer'

And I accidentally made up to much greenstuff at one point, so one thing led to another and I began making a cyber-snake with a human head....

Still have various bit of smoothing and such to do, maybe add detail to the back of his coat or something. Though he is an odd and often badly sculpted mish-mash of different stuff, I actually really like how he has turned out.

Hope you enjoy anyway

Rob

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