Brand new to sculpting, "Hail Cobra" sculpt (pic heavy)

WOW... This is awesome... For a first attempt it's jaw droppingly awesome! Can't wait to see it finished. Nicely done.

That looks awesome, regardless of how many you've done before. But the fact that it's your first makes it that much cooler.

So in my update today I did some re-shaping of the "metal" portions of the helmet, re-shaped the cheek of the skull, added stress fractures and more damage; enjoy!

Love me some Army of two...I have a few masks, this one is looking really cool. Nice work.

Hey! This is looking terrific! Really great job! Since UO asked for a critique, I'm just going to put a bug I'm your ear for you think about. You've got a great sculpt going on there, and most of your lines are rather smooth- which you'd expect given your subject matter. But think if you'd like for the damage to the helmet to be more jagged. I think this will really create some contrast between the helmet and skull underneath. You can even design your helmet damage to accentuate where the damage came from. I did a quick sketch on one of your pic there to illustrate what I'm talking about. I'll try to get it added when I figure out how! Basically I just put a hole in the head where he took a round to the brain pan, and then designed the helmet fracture accentuate the damage. Anyway just a thought that I wanted to pass on! Again, great work!

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-Grimm
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So with my vacation to Nashville over (for those of you who live there, that place is gorgeous!) I pick up again on my project

I decided in the interest of time, that instead of trying to make it perfect just to make it cool and finally cast something. So I finished a few more details and fixed some issues then I built my walls for the mold



I got my layers of silicone down, I trimmed the sides up (not shown) and used plaster as a jacket. Now before I get the troll storm of why I didn't use Plastie-paste or fiberglass, with a new baby on the the $7 for plaster and plaster bandages at Hobby Lobby win out lol





So tomorrow I cast and I paint....

Awesome... Great technic

Small update, I slung some plastic then had other things to do so hopefully soon I'll have this painted

Yeah,it came out great,nice work!

Thanks for the support! Actually the mold was not seated fully so it was warped a tiny bit but the second cast came out great. I just re-enforced it with a few brushes of urethane and hopefully Sunday I'll be able to cut the eyes out and start painting!

So I finally had some free time and slap on some paint today. Since this is a gift to a friend of mine who is a member of Cobra 3rd Night Watch I decided to go with a Cobra theme. Now you can't tell from the photo but in the skull is streaked with an iridescent paint that shifts from purple to green to give an irradiated look; in natural sunlight it shimmers across the surface. Tomorrow I'll be busting out the acrylics and touching up spots and adding depth to the skull, cracks and recessed areas