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JohnC · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:37 am

Hi again. I just wanted to share with everyone some pics of my latest sculpture. I also posted this in the Finished work as well since it practically is.

This is a sculpture of a small baby, and when I say small I mean small. It fits in the palm of my hand.

I tell ya, its hard sculpting small like this. The sculpt is pretty mush complete. I just need to do some finishing on it.I need to smooth the clay and do a couple other small things to it.

The sculpt took me about 15 hours over the course of 4 days. I used Super Sculpy clay.

I'm looking for any comments on what everyone thinks. I've sculpted, Monsters, fantasy figures, superheroes etc. This is the first time I've tried sculpting a baby.

Thanks for looking! And I hope you like it

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chip_artz · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:36 am

that is sooo hot!!!

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JohnC · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:43 am

Thank ya kindly

notic · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:50 am

that model is soo cool!, i really like it, the detail looks great for such a small figure

Basement bound · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:51 am

Very nice. Much envy coming from this corner. Do you have a web site for all your pieces. I would also love to see a set of photos of your progress from begining to end.

JA

JohnC · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 5:46 pm

Thanks and will do Sumaleth

Briareos · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 5:49 pm

I like the mouth, good job.

egerie · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 6:50 pm

Weeh that's nice.. he looks so serene..
That's it I'm switching from cooking clay to super sculpey.

JohnC · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 7:24 pm

Thanks dudes

I've tried many modeling clays and I always come back to Super Sculpey.

Sumaleth · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2001 11:16 pm

That is damn good work.

(but do try to keep your posts to a single forum, unless some time has passed between the WIP and the final)

Row.

egerie · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 2:23 pm

I've almost always worked with gray clay but since I don't have access to a studio.. I don't want to piss my landlord since this flat is really not adequate for serious sculpting (carpets, standard plumbery, etc) !

Super Sculpey sounds like it's clean and neat. At the risk of sounding unappropriate for this thread, I'd like to ask you a few things :
Do you cook your works after ? Isn't that a bit dangerous with a metal squeleton ? (I know from experience metal bits in a cooking clay piece can cause explosions in the oven)

JohnC · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 2:53 pm

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Do you cook your works after ? Isn't that a bit dangerous with a metal squeleton ? (I know from experience metal bits in a cooking clay piece can cause explosions in the oven)

Oh, no not at all. When you bake your sculpture, the armature is under clay for one. And the low temperture will not cause an explosion. I've had wire wrapped with tinfoil and barely covered in clay and nothing happens. I've been doing it over 5 years and I've never run into a problem.

Now putting a fork or spoon in a microwave isnt too good of an idea

NatashaEpperson · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 9:16 pm

THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!

Shiro_tengu · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2001 12:39 am

i just love it.

MythandLore · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2001 3:14 am

Great job

Vgta · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2001 10:06 am

GOOD LORD!!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! can I pick at your brain for awhile??? hehe
Awesome stuff man.

Besides taking classes are there any sites that you recomend to getting started on sculpting?

JohnC · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2001 3:07 pm

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GOOD LORD!!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! can I pick at your brain for awhile??? hehe
Awesome stuff man.
Besides taking classes are there any sites that you recomend to getting started on sculpting?

Thanks! Glad yall like it.

Well, I am a self taught. I started by buying McFarlane action figures and posing them and try to sculpt my own characters.

It's all about practice. I am always striving to improve. Every sculpt I do I learn new things and try to make the next one better.

Links...Hmm. Here are a couple....
http://home.houston.rr.com/dpstudios/gallery.htm - Cool website of a sculptor I like. He has alot of tips and stuff.
http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/ - Good place to get clay
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/sculpture.htm - Real good site. Lots of sculpting info.
http://www.gremlins.com/index.html - Great site! Some great tutorials.

Hpe they help.

Oh, I will be posting another sculpt soon. Actually it is a resin reproduction of a sculpture I did of a flying dragon that was inspired by a Jeff Easley Dungeons and Dragons painting. I am finishing it up with the painting. I also have to repair some of the sharp horns that broke off when I dropped it.

egerie · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2001 12:28 am

Those are extremely interesting links. I've been trying to search on the topic for some time now but didn't find anything smashing. Thanks !

The best links I had were from ppl around this (and other..) board. Never trough searches..

zeno80 · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2001 9:14 pm

WOW!!!! That's just crazy. I LOVE IT!!! Can I adopt him?

jr · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2001 9:37 pm

amazing work,,, more! more!

Mindsiphon · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2001 12:51 am

I really like this. The attention to detail is superb. I like the feet and the knuckle dimples. Very lifelike.

exo · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2001 5:01 pm

Amazing, just amazing.

//Peter

Vgta · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2001 1:50 pm

HEY Awesome, thanks for the links.
I hadn't check the forums in awhile, glad I did though.
Can't wait to see the dragon, is it one the Dragons from DragonLance?
D'oh!!! sucks that you dropped it but I am sure you can fix it.
Keep up the great work.