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Another in my little range of small fantasy/horror bustsThis one allowed me to indulge my interest in all things scaly and the advantage with a small bust like this is that I didn't have to spend weeks sculpting scales over an entire body like I did with my Dragon sculpt!
Sculpted in water based clay then kiln fired and painted with acrylics.
Aproximately 8" high
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Thanks!
You're not the first person to suggest developing this bust into a full figure.....so maybe one day if I can come up with a good design.
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I hope you do! Just judging by the bust, it looks like it'd be a pretty cool vaguely humanoid sort of reptilian sort of like the lizards here 78.media.tumblr.com/b6d922ca55β¦
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Yes it would have to be a semi-human- reptile hybrid sort of thing. I may have to give it some serious thought and see what I can come up with!
Thanks for the link by the way!
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I would love to see a full version of this fella in The Elder Scrolls. It would be a far more intimidating Argonian!
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Thanks. It's been suggested to me before that this would make a nice full figure sculpt......so maybe one day I'll be able toΒ come up with a concept that can incorporate elements of this bust into a larger full figure piece.
Anyway thanks for commenting.
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That's awesome to hear! You could always do it digitally if you wanted to.
No problem!
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I love this sooo much! Awesome piece!
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just beautiful, man you did a real super job on this sculp
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Oh my Gosh! Amazing! I wish that I could do stuff like this! What kind of clay do you use? Sculpey? Monster Clay?
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Thanks a lot, glad you like it!
This one was sculpted in water based clay, just a fine grained stoneware.
That's a pretty old sculpt now, these days I mostly sculpt with SuperSculpey and Sculpey Firm although I recently sculpted a large bust using Chavant Hard.
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ah okay, how much do you usually spend on clay for each sculpt? do you know?
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It really depends on the size of the piece, so it can be as little as Β£10.00 or well over Β£100.00.......with sculpey you have to buy new for every sculpt as it's not reusable once you've baked it, but wax based clays like Chavant and Monstermakers is good value because they can be re-used again and again (however you do have to make moulds and casts if you want to have a permanent copy of your sculpt and this does get quite expensive)
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I can see that... thanks for the information!
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Absolutely stunning work. If I may ask, how did you accomplish the scales?Β
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Thanks very much!
I sculpt all the scales one at a time using fine pointed sculpting tools and plenty of reference photos of reptile scale patterns. It's a fairly long process but the end result is worth it.
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Alright. Thank you ever so much!Β
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that one type of enemy from Oblivion? daedroth i think there called...
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This is an original design concept by me, based on an idea I had of a crocodile /human hybrid.
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but the resimbalence... its uncanny... Β o.o Β you must be a wizard
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Well maybe I am then!....... but could you send me a link to a picture of this character? I'd be interested to see for myself.
Cheers,
Terry
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elderscrolls.wikia.comΒ i coulnt find a link to the exact creature but you can use this one and search up Daedroth if youd like.
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Thanks for the link....I can see the resemblance now
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coincidence...or something more..? perhapse this is a sign o.o
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that's really cool, I'd love to just gently feel all the scale work and everything. whoa.
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Thanks very much!
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Wow, do you have a youtube channel or something explaining your process? I'd love to know how to get such detail, my level of detail is probably on par with your resin cast of the alien bust. Also, painting, how do you get such realistic detail? What type of paint are you using.
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Thanks, I don't have a youtube channel or anything like that I'm afraid.
Getting a lot of detail into a sculpt is mostly about patience I think....I always try to work on small sections at a time and concentrate on getting each area right before moving on to the next.
I don't use texture stamps, so all the textures you see in my work are created by hand with various tools and materials.
Also, I always try to get the best reference material I can to work from. For this sculpt I gathered together dozens of photos of crocodiles, alligators and other reptiles to give me plenty of reference when it came to sculpting in the scale patterns and textures.
If there's something specific about adding texture to a sculpt that you'd like to ask me about? then please feel free to ask away and i'll do my best to help you out.
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Thanks so much for your help! With your dragon sculpture, do you bake it in stages? Also, teeth and spikes, do you pre-bake them and then insert them?
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No problem....and yes I do bake in stages when working on a sculpt of this size and complexity.
In this case I sculpted the basic foundations of the anatomy in regular sculpey and then baked it to set the pose and make sure later layers of sculpey would not distort the underlying features. I then added the skin and textures in sculpet firm and baked again when that was finished.
The teeth were pre baked and pushed into place in the unbaked jaw, but all the spikes and horns were sculpted in place on the body as I worked my way around the sculpt.
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So you can easily layer .ew sculpey over baked? When you say you used regular sculpey underneath, was it original sculpey or super sculpey? Also, what tools do you use most for detailing?
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Yes you can add new sculpey to baked sculpey with no problems at all. Β Brush a very small amount of petroleum gel onto the baked sculpey prior to adding new sculpey to it, this helps the unbaked sculpey to adhere nicely.....don't brush it on too thick though as this will result in a slippery mess!
Baking in layers like this helps ensure that your finished sculpt will be baked all the way through. You can bake and re-bake as many times as you like and not do any harm to your sulpt...in fact the more times you bake it the harder and more durable will be the finished piece.......just be careful not to burn the sculpey by leaving it in the oven too long or on too high a heat, as this will damage your sculpt and give of noxious fumes as well.
I use super sculpey and sculpey firm for all my sculpts at the moment, and use a variety of tools to get my textures and details. mostly for fine details I use small wire loop tools and anything with a fine point for scrathing in creases and scales. I also use a range of ball stylus tools that work very well for small scale stuff.
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I can't stop staring at the detail in this! AMAZING job on this sculpture! It's incredible!
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Thanks, Glad you like him!
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