Head and hand

Well, this is turning out to be a bit bigger a project than first anticipated. Mainly because I can't help myself (apparently) and have to keep tinkering.

Hollowed out jawline

I have now ground out the nasal cavity and orbits, and started to re-construct a jawbone and palette internal. Oh and there is a good chance I will be pulling the teeth to put in the real thing (cast  - not removed!), and the cervical region of the spine is under construction...





Old spine vs. new

As for the hand project, it has had all the necessary tidying up done and is now in paint.

Shiny, shiny!

Spring cleaning

I was having a bit of a sort out under the stairs the other day and came across an old, unfinished project.
I could finish that off quite easily, I'm thinking to myself, so off I trot to play about with it.
Problem is, when you have a look at something you did a while back - and you were really happy with it back then - now it looks terrible.... so I pretty much started it again...
I pulled off most of my previous re-working -it was a really bad cast that was in need of serious help which was the challenge that made me take it on in the first place, and added new casts (rather than sculpts) and gave it a heavy re-work.
Then I removed the original neck - it was totally incorrect and ugly.... so a quick paint to finish has turned into a mammoth undertaking, but much more fun.

What's next?

Right, that is the APC done and dusted and the pistol commission is off to its new home tomorrow.
All the pictures taken that I need for my portfolio... time to draft that CV and see where it takes me.

 

There are more tasty pictures in the gallery - go have a look!

Done, done and...well almost done

This week I have mostly been finishing off those tiny niggling little bits that stand between me and completion.
I am happy to say that the Na na na pistol is completed (all apart from the varnish layer), the APC display base is finished and successfully photographed and now..... (insert drum roll here)... I have finally got around to doing something about my hand sculpt that I started in January...

Rather than watch paint dry

To avoid fiddling with the pistol and allow the paint plenty of time to dry - I hit the display base in earnest. Needless to say, it is now complete and I have taken a couple of test pictures. It seems to work just the way it was planned to...  now to play around and get some really atmospheric pictures.

Just can't help but fiddle...

While photoshopping the paint prototype, I also started to tweak....

I liked the more streamlined look, so hit the workshop....

  

Modifications made, off to paint it goes...

It's so very close to completion....



Nearly there

Ok, almost finished the last couple of bits I need to finish off my portfolio/cv for circulation....

Painting is the forecast for the next week or so... here is one of the concepts for the final paint of the Na NaNa pistol....