I was bored and broke out the sculpy tonight.
He stands about 7.5 inches tall, and I plan on finishing him up with texture & whatnot as tme goes by.

This is my first real sculpture...ever I think.


Thanks for looking. Please post your comments/critiques

I likes as a fellow sculptor [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

How many hours thus far?

thats amazing, id love to paint that (i paint miniatures and busts)... maybe you could try giving him some teeth?

Im not sure what Im doing there with the top/back of the head.
I may just sculpt some wild hair. Not happy with what I've got there.
I'll add some teeth in the next couple days...

lookin really good scoobs!
i like the details on the neck and the ears look fantastic.
are you going to paint it?
lighting makes it look cool too

excellent work man, this looks great.
i actually just bought some Super Sculpey on the weekend, from the only shop in the UK that I can find it at... also the only shop I know that sells Pantone Tria markers [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
My character bust only about 3" tall though, so I won't be able to get it that detailed...
keep it up, looks great right now, should look awesome with some nice teeth and hair!

reminds me of kain from Soul Reaver Series

I hope I'm not spoiling you by boosting your ego too much [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img], but I really like your sculpture. It's very expressive. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

always fun to see ur stuff scoob!

i cant quite put my finger on it but it really has ur style in it
maybe the shape of the mouth... i dunno

anways looking forward to seeing it done!

he seems to have a slight tilt in his head, which gives a little feeling of him mocking at u.. with a little smile on the side of the mouth.. know what i mean?

its not really entirely there but maybe ud like to define such expression..

Very cool man. I would love to play with this sculpy stuff sometime.

I just colorized one of my photographs in PS just as an example of how I plan to paint this guy up.
Again, Thanks for looking!

hahaha Pubes that looks awesome! How much is Sculpy? Where do I get it? How are you working (adding or subtracting? Or both?) What tools? I MUST KNOW! hahaha

Damn dude, that last posted picture is awesome - wth didnt you tell me you were working on this? Our kinship is broke. BROKEN!

Great work so far man. Is the sculpture hollow or solid sculpty?

Brome: I only spent 1 night on it... geez! Clingy biyotch!

Silva: Its built upon an armature I made of tin-foil & Twisted wire.

You start by making a skeleton of the major forms in wire, then flesh it out with Aluminun foil (to save sculpy, and because when baked thicker sculpy will crack worse).
Once youve got your foil & wire base done, you add strips off sculpy to being the "additive" portion. I built him up thick and messy, as seen in the first photo, using only my fingers. After that I start to subtract using a variety of sculpting tools, but mostly just the wire loop to shave off a little sculpy at a time.

i'd suggest adding a little volume to the back of the head, the brain pan doesnt look fully realized in those pics, but you've already detailed it out, so i dunno if its worth the effort. cool tho.

for those interested in getting some sculpey... make sure you get "super sculpey" the regular stuff is a little crafty and its not as nice to work with. any decent art store should have it or be able to order it. i've also seen it at teacher supply stores [if you don't know what that is, dont sweat it]

here's a good place to order it from online:

http://www.dickblick.com/zz332/17/su...amp;ig_id=2019

Thanks for that link r13 - I got a 1lb block of Super Sculpey for £8.50 at the only shop I know that sells it in North-East England... at the current exchange rate it's about £4.00 on that online store! Crazy!

The twisted wires you speak of, are they like clothes hanger wires? Where can I get them?

you are using Nural 34 ? for make the sculpy?,i don't like the mouth,the other parts are cool [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

Timex: He's using Super Sculpey, the name of the type of modelling compound used for baking in the oven once sculpting finishes.
Nural 34 is a 2-part putty that hardens when it dries after about 3 hours... Super Sculpey never hardens until you bake it for 15-30 minutes in the oven. More versatile that way, I think!

Nice sculpt, hope you go all the way with it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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The twisted wires you speak of, are they like clothes hanger wires? Where can I get them?

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Any wire will do aslong as its strong enough to support the mesh, dont take anything too strong tho cause you cant bend it :P And i suppose you can get wire from hardware store.

ahh cool i start one but i am using "duro" putty and is more dificult to work with it.
This is the new sculpt with duro.

I wouldn't buy Super sculpey, I'd buy Premo Sculpey it's more like clay. There are places online that sell it in different colors for $10/pound. I reccomend gray.

http://www.clayfactoryinc.com/ here's a place you can get it at the price I mentioned, you'll unfortunately also have to pay shipping.

Pubes how much $$$ is in that goblin? At roughly $10/pound and having it be over 7.5" seems like a lot. I know its on an exoskeleton but I'd imagine there's still a great worth of sculpy on that goblin.