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Equipment
Sculptors always have a wide selection
of tools which he or she feels
most comfortable using. In fact,
we have lots of modelling and
dental tools, but we use to work
just with five or six of these
whilst sculpting a figure. And
don’t you ever forget you
have some great tools stuck to
the very end of your arms, most
useful for the early stages.
Starting
off
It’s a fact that preparation
is the key to success. You have
to make a good research and gather
as much reference material as
possible. One thing you should
keep with you all the time is
a book on anatomy, especially
when planning the proportions
of your figure. This is a crucial
part of the process, so take your
time, have fun, and do some investigation.
Perhaps you like the idea of having
a proportionally correct photocopy
of a figure and resize it depending
on the scale of the piece you
are going to work on. We strongly
recommend to use these same resized
figures for the armature planning.
Armature:
An armature is just a framework
that provides the basic form and
proportions for your figure. It
also makes the sculpt much more
resistant and lets you to pose
it in whatever position you require.
We use two sizes of wire to make
an armature: for the main part
we use aluminium paper (to give
volume to the thorax), after that
we cover it all with fast action
epoxy clay.
You can find many kinds of wire
in your local shops but it all
comes down to budget and preferences
in the end. We use to work the
character’s head and hands
separately. Why? Well... these
two areas need much more detailed
work than the rest. Needless to
say, making them individually
helps to get to those hard to
reach places. First of all we
sculpt the head, since it is the
focal point of every figure, the
most important part of the kit.
What does this mean? It means
that nothing else matters if the
head isn’t right.
For the head we use a piece of
wire. We make something similar
to a circle in one end, where
it will be made the head. Then
we cover it with epoxy clay until
it gets half its intended size.
This way we make a base where
we should sculpt all the rest.
Once the head has been sculpted,
it can be attached to the main
armature by cutting the brass
tube to the correct length and
slotting it over the neck. This
way you can also pose the head
and remove it if any correction
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