My 1st attempt at a character sculpt (TMNT)

Hi! Ok i got bitten by the turtle bug again recently and decided to have a crack at sculpting a 1/5th scale turtle head based on the 1st movie. Ive always wanted a large scale model of one and thought it would be a great project to try and make one myself. Ive never sculpted a character before, only random faces etc so this is all a learning experience for me.

So anyway, i started with the head (sorry for the lack of photos, this project went pretty quickly, under 48 hours).

So using Kleanklay I set about getting the look right..



Then made a 1 part mould. Heres the sculpt after demolding..


cast head..




Bit of paint and the finished result..





Ill be starting on the body soon! I have another headcast which ill be using for the full body project

Pretty damn good, man! ^_^

Awesome work.

will you be selling these? I would be interested in a set!

Thanks guys! Sorry but I wont be selling casts.

that's awesome; under 24 hours? you work fast XD

Looks fantastic!

Cowabunga

Looks really good dude, especially the paint job.

But I will add that the eyes look kind of off to me?

Thanks guys! Yeah the eyes are pretty crooked, had such a hard time sculpting them. Might try and re-do them on another cast and mould it again.

Looks very nice!
Can I ask, though, why was this thread moved? Was it moved by the mods or did you request it be moved? I was just wondering, since I posted a bust sculpt I was working on a while back to the Replica Prop section, though I wasn't sure if it was the right place. It never got much traffic there so I was thinking of starting a new thread in the General Modeling section, since I thought that might be the correct place for it. But since this thread got moved the other way around, it got me curious.

Thanks! This was moved by the mods, Im a little puzzled why but im not going to argue

Thanks for the info, that is a little puzzling, but like you said, no reason to argue. Curious, since I've seen other threads that don't seem to belong that don't get moved. Like a Captain America bust that's been posted to the Costume section. Maybe there's different mods for different sections.