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JohnSculpt · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 9

Hi again everyone. I've been offline for awhile now but I am back. I have some new pics I'd like to show everyone and I'd like to invite everyone to my website to see all my new sculpture pics.

I am almost completed with my Lord of the Rings inspired Orc sculpture. I have newer pics that should go online in a few days, but I wanted to show everyone what its looking like.

Also I have some new pics of my comic book inspired character, MERC. I really dig this one. What do you think?

I look forward to any comments or crits. I am always trying to improve and its my hope to someday get work doing Action figures, movie maquettes, character designs etc.

Now on to the pics!

[ June 30, 2002: Message edited by: JohnSculpt ]

jr · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 2:16 pm

i love your work, what happened to the old screen name? forgot the password?

really awesome work man!

JohnSculpt · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 9

Thanks, I appreciate it. Yes, I forgot my password and I have a new email so I couldnt have it emailed so I set up a new one.

derm · junior member Member # Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Posts: 37

How large are these? They look wonderful, I wish I could produce such things.

Basement bound · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:43 pm

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Good to have you back.

Jenn AKA Minks · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 5:49 pm

awesome sculptures.. i look forward t o seeing them colored

bellie · Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2002 10:40 pm

heh i luv seeing your work !

only crit is.. the ferst one (i guess he's MERC) .. his left leg looks a bit weird ? asif his knee is a tad too low... thats about it.. maybe its the perspective.. anyways keep it up!!

[666]Flat · Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:06 am

dat's some lovely shit dude

Lukiaz · Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 1:04 pm

....omg man, its fantastic. Detail madness.
I would love to have one on my desk.

jester1966 · Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 1:42 pm

These are amazing.

I just have finished my second humble sculpture, which is about 6" and it took my a whole day (with baking time 9-10 hours), so I wonder how long it takes to create a masterpiece like that orc.

Jester1966

lalPOOO · Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 3:58 pm

I really love those and I've always wondered, so I'll ask now. How excatly do you get all the details and stuff, the whole thing just eludes me completly. Like if you could jsut give me the slighest clue I'd be grateful.

JohnSculpt · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 9

Thanks again people. I really appreciate it that people like my work, I hope to make a living with it someday.

To answer some of your questions....

napalm - Mold making and casting is hard to describe, here is the url to an excellant site where you can see how to make molds and cast with some great pictures. The way this guy does it is how I do it. He really goes into detail about the process. Here is the Url - http://home.houston.rr.com/dpstudios/

Jester1966 - Thanks

I have been working on and off the Orc for about two months. It should have been done a long time ago but I had some other work to attend to. Some days I didnt work on it, but usually if I work on a sculpt each day for a few hours, I will spend about 2 to 3 weeks on a sculpt. The Orc is one of my larger sculpts, if he were to be standing up he might be about 15 inches.

laPOOO - Well the details are something I just sculpt in, I use little tools like blades, toothpicks and other assorted sculpting tools, basically whatever gets the job done. Its hard to describe, first I build the armature then add on the muscles and add details such as armour, straps, chains, rope etc. The smaller the tools you use, the more detail you can get. Hope that helps.

JohnSculpt · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 9

Thanks everyone, glad you like them. Bellie, you may be right. I am always trying to improve.

I am looking forward to making molds, casting and painting the Orc. I think its going to look great colored.

I'm gonna do a big ol' hulk like character next. Muscles galore baby!

derm - these are mostly between 12-14 inches tall.

napalm · Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2002 11:45 pm

Very cool John! Could you share your process for making/casting molds out of these bad boys? I'm completely clueless when it comes to that part and I'd like to be able to duplicate some of my sculpey creations.

jester1966 · Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 12:36 am

JohnSculpt - If it takes you that long then I feel that there's hope. I ran into the same trap as many people do with art work: they underestimate the amount of time that's necessary to produce artwork. They only see skill. And they would like to be able to do the same but are never willing to spend so much time on learning and doing. Keep up the good work, I hope that you will find a job in sculpting!

Jester1966

Ian Jones · Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 4:21 am

wow! excellent work. You use supersculpy right? how much does that stuff cost?

Your details are amazing. I hope you do well with your freelancing, you defintely have the skills. Keep it up!

JohnSculpt · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 9

Thanks again

Jester1966 - Yes, I dont like to rush a sculpt because I find that if its rushed, it will look rushed. I always see something I want to improve or change so I like to take my time and make sure its just right before I bake the clay. I am still learning and hope to get alot better. There is alot to improve upon. With each new sculpt I do, I try to sculpt something that I can learn alot from, For Merc, it was robotic legs and arms, for the kung-fu girl is what folds in clothing, The Orc, for detail and doing a cool creature.

My next will be a fantasy hulk like character so I can practice exagerated muscles. He will be kind of comic booky I think.

Ian Jones - Yes, Super Sculpey, except the Alien, he is Premo. I really like that alot it seems to be asier to use than SS and it smothes really easy and bakes harder. Thanks for your kind words. I really hope to get something going with my sculpting very soon.

Ian Jones · Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 7:05 pm

So what would you recommend I use?

I need to make a product mock-up, a spray bottle, like Febreze. I need to be able to do surface sculpting, specifically a textured surface, lemon skin... and other protrusions from the bottle. Thing is I can't help thinking I'd be best to make some sort of wooden substructure, then attach super sculpey over the top. This should mean I don't need to needlessly waste the sculpey (and keep costs low), and I could make the structure geometrically correct, something which I fear could be difficult with a large lump of SS. Would this cause problems at the baking stage though? I can imagine it to crack off, and perhaps even burn the wood. any thoughts? is it even economical?

I would gratefully appreciate your help.

JohnSculpt · junior member Member # Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 9

Ian - Super Sculpey is $10.00 for a pound. You might want to get a couple boxes depending on the size of your project.

Yes, you could use wood, but wrap it in tin foil. For my armatures I just use tinfoil wrapped over wire, but those are characters. The clay wont adhere to wood very well. After you wrap the wood in tinfoil you might want to get some thin wire and wrap that around the wood block as well to allow even better adhesion of your clay.

I've never sculpted a product like what your doing but you should first rough in your form and smooth it to a pretty good degree. Turpentine is great for smoothing super sculpey. Once you bake your structure use very fine grit wet sand paper to smooth the clay. The clay will be very slick and smooth. You want to try and get it as smooth as you can before you bake, but sanding after really makes the surface smooth.

Hope that helps.