kittybarnes
New Member
This is my first tutorial, but I figured I'd go ahead and make one since everyone keeps asking me how the Soviets made my arm.
This piece takes a while (at least the way I did it) because of all the individual pieces. It took about 70ish hours (roughly) from December to March. The completed arm will be custom to the maker's arm. I used worbla! I also was a nut job and made it as screen-accurate as possible.
First I casted my arm. [Be sure to cover your arm with something or you'll end up with a nice hairless arm.] Once the cast dried, I filled it with expanding/hardening insulation foam (GE Large Gap Insulation Foam). After the foam hardened, I had a hard cast of my arm to work with which let me make the details and toned muscles with air drying clay:
Each piece/band of the arm above is its own piece of Worbla- the medium sized roll was more than enough. I traced each piece on computer paper and then used that as a template on the worbla, and then heat gunned each piece into place on the cast. Once it was on the arm and still malleable, I molded it with a boning tool:
I strongly recommend a numbering system, especially for the forearm (above).
*As for the star on the bicep- I've seen it done a few ways. Spraypainted flat, inset, and illuminated. Mine is inset as its own piece.
With the pieces still on the arm, I sanded it, primed it, and then used Dupli-Color Chrome. I pulled each piece off of the cast and put the base sleeve over the cast. For the base sleeve I used a tight, black Underarmor shirt. I used E6000 and hot glue and articulated each piece onto the sleeve. This is the part that can get crazy, but you have to feel for the corresponding gaps under the sleeve:
Detail some more if you want and voila:
This piece takes a while (at least the way I did it) because of all the individual pieces. It took about 70ish hours (roughly) from December to March. The completed arm will be custom to the maker's arm. I used worbla! I also was a nut job and made it as screen-accurate as possible.
First I casted my arm. [Be sure to cover your arm with something or you'll end up with a nice hairless arm.] Once the cast dried, I filled it with expanding/hardening insulation foam (GE Large Gap Insulation Foam). After the foam hardened, I had a hard cast of my arm to work with which let me make the details and toned muscles with air drying clay:
Each piece/band of the arm above is its own piece of Worbla- the medium sized roll was more than enough. I traced each piece on computer paper and then used that as a template on the worbla, and then heat gunned each piece into place on the cast. Once it was on the arm and still malleable, I molded it with a boning tool:
I strongly recommend a numbering system, especially for the forearm (above).
*As for the star on the bicep- I've seen it done a few ways. Spraypainted flat, inset, and illuminated. Mine is inset as its own piece.
With the pieces still on the arm, I sanded it, primed it, and then used Dupli-Color Chrome. I pulled each piece off of the cast and put the base sleeve over the cast. For the base sleeve I used a tight, black Underarmor shirt. I used E6000 and hot glue and articulated each piece onto the sleeve. This is the part that can get crazy, but you have to feel for the corresponding gaps under the sleeve:
Detail some more if you want and voila:
Also, that you did the fingers....bravo! *applause*
