It has been about 6 months, or maybe even longer, since my last sculpture I done, and I'm really happy with how this one turned out.
Last night, I started feeling a bit sick, and this morning I felt even worse so rang in sick today, which I haven't done since being in this place. It was cool, and I pretty much spent the day chilling with Kaleb on the couch watching stuff. We were watching nature docs this morning, and I kind of got the idea for this because of it. Later on Aimee's parents went out and brought Kaleb along with them, so it gave me some time to do this.
I picked this new polymer clay a few weeks ago, and I have to say, I love it.
It's extremely soft, which makes it so easy to use and spread over the tinfoil, but at the same time, it's kind of hard to detail the piece and have it keep its shape.
I made the head shape out of tinfoil as usual, and I was happy enough with the general shape.
Spreading the clay was so easy in this section, and with it, I managed to carve a rough guide for the face.
I tried using the same clay for the eyes, but had to revert back to the other stuff for them instead, because the pink stuff was just too soft.
It looks kind of silly now.
With some more clay I was able to shape the eyelids and get it looking a bit less stupid.
Here's a profile shot of the head.
I had an idea for the head, and this is what my main thought was as I started this.
With a few tentacle/ tendrils it was just about ready.
I got the idea from watch corral today in the documentary, and how they would pick things out of the water on these strange tendrils and then eat it.
They need some detailing, but it's good enough for now.
With them in place, it looked really cool, and it also helped to make the head less narrow.
Here's a side view.
With one on either side it started to really take shape.
I created a small armature, because rather than doing a bust for this one, I wanted to go for a full body sculpture.
With the new clay, I knew it wouldn't be hard to cover the model, and that's usually the most repetitive and time consuming part when using the other stuff alone.
With some tinfoil on the body, and base, I started to cover them.
I have never used this bake and bond sculpey, but I know it's essentially used in times like this.
I couldn't puncture the tinfoil of the head, with the neck of the armature. so I had to use the bake and bond for it, and also to attach clay to the arms and legs.
I neglected to pose the sculpture before doing this, but was able to after the fact.
The bake and bond stuff is so sticky, and the clay was very hard to maneuver, but it's all good now.
I put the model in the oven to bake it, and from here, I'll be adding in much more detail to the models body.
He looks kind of pathetic, and reminds me a bit of Abe in a way. I don't know why, but nearly all of my sculptures end up looking like they're in pain.