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SoMK · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:50 pm

I already posted it on 2 other forums, please, do not shoot me....

This is the final version of a figurine that was attracting dust in a corner of the workshop :) Lots of improvement if youy remember the "old" gal..
Previously named Galadriel, she has now been renamed for publishing (don't want to die by copyright strangulation..)

So here is the first of a serie of 4 characters from the Mabinogion (Welsh tales): Olwen, (literrally "white steps") daughter of Yspaddaden PenKawr. (White Steps, because everywhere she walked, white flowers kept growing in her pace)
Won me a cool prize at GenCon (thankee !), molds made by me husband, we'll be selling resin copies thru a website for the end of August (WorldCon in Toronto) One Bronze cast will be made.. just to show off, y'know...

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ZippZopp · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:52 pm

WOW!!!!!! That is awesome! i don't see one problem...that is just awesome! i love it

aColdOldKodiak · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:12 pm

oh my...
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Khaifin · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:32 pm

god i wish i could sculpt like that D:

Critical Pete · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:35 pm

Truly impressive... Shocked

Leo · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 3:47 pm

Very nice! but you already know this. Smile

The details are stunning.

-leo

dsoul · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:04 pm

impressive!
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Andromeda · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 7:53 pm

OH GOD .............. that is ... arrgh !!!!!!!!!!!
what clay did you use ? how do you sculpt ? do you wait for the clay to dry a bit and scrape off bits and pieces and then wet it again to smoothen the surface ? do you make then in pieces and asssemble then later ?
i love sculpting, but most of the time i use paper clay .. :p ...
do you have a tutorial ? ... do a tutorial .. please ? ... do a tutorial on how you sculpted the hand ...
what type of clay did you use ? is there a wireframe underneath that model ? is there a wireframe for the hand ? i can see her fingernails, very impressive.
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gLitterbug · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:30 am

Hi SoMK, nice to see you�re still alive! The sculpture is SO awesome, the detail kills me. How can such a detailed thing be cast/reproduced??

P.S.: Does your forum still exist? Did you ever finish the tuts on modeling there?

Matthew · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:38 am

yes very nice, I especially like the pose. :)
One question, where do you start when doing something like this? the head?

Keep it up
Matthew

SoMK · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:14 am

Thanks all :) It's always cool to have more than 5 answers on this glorious forum ! eh :)

Matthew & Andromeda> thanks :) As a matter of fact, I have not a classical approach about this.. Usually, I start with a block of plaster (dentistry plaster) and I carve the main part. As for details like hands, I start with a block of milliput, squish it, give a few Xacto knife cuts to create podgy fingers and let it dry in the desired position. Once it's dry as a bone (literrally) I carve it.
I'm not a modeler... Working on soft paste like the 28mm sculptors do is freaking me out. I admire the guys SO much ! I like engraving and carving. If I could work on ivory, I would !
I mainly use plaster because as I intend to do this for the next years, I try and stay out of toxic material as much as possible. But, for details, I must use milliput, so, providing gloves, I use the thing. When sanded, it generates an awful dust.. Be prepared to buy an air recycling machine with correct filters and wear mask. For this kind of figurine, I do a LOT of sanding.. ranging 120 up to 1200. Sorry, it was lengthy.. I'll try and finish that darn tutorial allright.

GlitterBug > thank you my good man :p In fact, as it is, it would be nearly impossible but I've built it in 7 different parts, all easily moldable.. First copies by the end of next week, probably. (I'm not the one working here, my husband is) He'll cast a wax copy too and I'll go Bronze cast -now, that's my job-(spinning casting for the detailed parts like hand and athmospheric for the body)
And the forum is dead.. just because I didn't find time to update it and all.. I'd like to start again but it will not be for the next months. I nonetheless will finish writing a tutorial for my site. For once, I took picts.
I do intend to sell copies. I'm "giving it a try" this year. We're making like 8 different figurines and will try to sell them, go to Conventions and all. Mainly assembled and white but, if I'm drunk enough, I will engrave and paint like 5 limited edition copies... I'll see.
Happens what may with this so-so economy, at least I will have tried ! :)
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-HoodZ- · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:02 am

wow how could i miss this thread......i love the attention to detail and how the cloth flows...very masterful

Max · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:55 am

This is one of the best sculped characters I have seen so far.
[yes, I know those from star wars and lord of the rings]

again, that's simply amazing
....wow....just wow

geoman2k · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:38 pm

i can't even begin to comprehend how you did that. my hats off to you sir.
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symantix · junior member Member # Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

Wow. The detail in this is so amazing that I initially thought it was life-size before I took a closer look...

Awesome work.

varg · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:59 am

oh.....thats awsome
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Awetopsy · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:23 am

......wow.

thats beautiful.. I love that hand.