Sculptors, I have a question

[DarkHelmet]

Show me your armatures.

What do you use for a head sculpt and what do you use for a maquette/figurine.

Thanks!

 

[patsmear]

you can get head forms from www.monstermakers.com or www.compositeeffects.com

You could also find a friend, if you want to mold their head.

Pat

 

[DarkHelmet]

thanks. I posted over at monstermakers already. That forum isn't as active as ours.

 

[patsmear]

Here are a couple of cheapies on the HMA. Might be a way to go, to make sure you want to do busts, without spending a fortune.

http://www.thehma.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=10297


Pat

 

[SgtFang]

Lately, I've been using one of my head and shoulders Arnold Schwarzenegger busts, but you can get by with something a lot smaller depending on your needs.

What are you wanting to make?

-Sarge

 

[DarkHelmet]

Lately, I've been using one of my head and shoulders Arnold Schwarzenegger busts, but you can get by with something a lot smaller depending on your needs.

What are you wanting to make?

-Sarge

A Ballantine/McQuarrie Vader, a POTA Gorilla and Chimp, and attempt an Alex Ross Superman.

Yeah..... I shoot high!

 

[TridCloudwalker]

My father is a professional sculpter. He was the founder and owner of Grenadier Models, and now he has http://www.coventrypewter.com/

For small scaled figures he just bends together that green craft wire. For larger scale figures, he uses coat hanger wire wrapped in tin foil.

For 1:1 scale and larger, he's gone two routes. Originally, he would just wrap a head-sized chunk of styrofoam in tin foil and start building up his clay or epoxy putty. However, now with the wonders of technology, he just sculpts a 1:6th scale maquette, has it 3D scanned, scaled up, and machined out of high density foam, which he then super details with a thin layer of clay.