Saturday, April 23, 2011

MaquetteProject- entry 13



With all the pieces done, all that's left is the paint. I tried to match the colors in Erick's model as closely as I could.










After the base was painted, I secured the brass posts into the holes I had set into the sculpey. You can see that the footprints to kinda guide where the figures should go.




Erick wanted the base left unfinished, so that was easy.








Matching the paint was kinda difficult. These characters had some strange colors. What I ended up doing was testing the colors by painting a little onto the color model sheet itself to see how close I was getting!


















TA-DA ! Finished.



VIDEO ENTRY 13-A






VIDEO ENTRY 13-B







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Saturday, February 19, 2011

MaquetteProject- entry 12


Almost finished! I hope you aren't bored with this project- because I am. The only thing left now is just refining the details and sharpening up lines and stuff. I use dental instruments to tighten up details like around eyes and in between folds in clothes or skin... areas where I just can't reach with sandpaper. Sometimes I'll cut an orange stick in half the long way and make my own sanding sticks to smooth tight areas.







I mark high spots that I want to sand down with a Sharpie or lead pencil. I mark right on the sculpt- it doesn't matter since I'm gonna sand it down until the mark doesn't show anymore. I usually circle shallow spots and then fill them up with putty- then sand those spots smooth too.





The base the characters are on is pretty simple- sand dirt and rocks with a small cactus. But I still need to do it in Erick's style. I followed the drawing again while tweaking a few things so they would work better in 3 dimensions.


I pressed the characters' feet into the sculpey a little so they'll set nice on the base after it's baked. Later I'll put some posts into the base for the 2 maquettes to rest on so they don't fly off when you move the piece.


I placed this base on foil so when I bake it inside my Pyrex pan, it'll be easy to get out and won't stick to the glass. The foil will peel right off and the slab will be nice and flat!



Test run.


Ta-da! All primed in primer gray and ready for some color.





VIDEO ENTRY 12_A



VIDEO ENTRY 12-B



VIDEO ENTRY 12-C

VIDEO ENTRY 12-D

Until next time...!