A peek at my almost done Bat cowl
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Thanks for the reply dwmcguff and kind words.
This is my first time sculpting and I'm still trying to find my way...
I'm not fully sure how I will resolve the neck area as of yet...
But I will post more as I go on.
pitchforknumb
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That's really cool. I love the sleekness of it.
I always love seeing original Batman cowl designs. He's been around so long and drawn by so many artists the possible iterations are endless. Great sculpture!!!
Garrus Vakarian
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I'm new at this so I just want to ask what clay you used to sculpt this? It's looking really good
May sound silly here but what do you mean mirrored lense? Which Batman had lenses?
Maybe he means using them as a way of a real-world interpretation of the "white-out" look of the comics and animated version.
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It was some old Chavant clay.
I'm new at this so I just want to ask what clay you used to sculpt this? It's looking really good
It was some old Chavant clay.
If you want to be technical...Yes mirrored "lenses".
Not white eyes.
And if so how did they apply them into the cowl so that it could be worn comfortably?
Lenses are a bitch, you'll need to have them in the sculpt in order to correctly utilize them. You can't just use a
sunglass lens behind the sculpted edge after you make a wearable pull.
So your best bet is to sculpt them into the cowl, then after you mold the cowl, use the sculpted lense as a
buck and vacuform a mirrored lens over it. The its a good bet that they will actually fit into the cowl correctly.
There are ways to make it a perfect fit utilizing a prostetic breakdown technique, but thats more advanced then
you'lll need to start with since your not trying to fit a single actor for film work.
The biggest thing with lenses is making sure that they are gaped enough to allow you to blink, without your lashes
hitting them at all. If you can't do that, you'll be shocked at how much it will bug the crap out of you and your eyes.
I'd suggest studying the techniques used on daredevil as that mask was built with a face mask with lenses in it and
will help you understand whats necessary.
sunglass lens behind the sculpted edge after you make a wearable pull.
So your best bet is to sculpt them into the cowl, then after you mold the cowl, use the sculpted lense as a
buck and vacuform a mirrored lens over it. The its a good bet that they will actually fit into the cowl correctly.
There are ways to make it a perfect fit utilizing a prostetic breakdown technique, but thats more advanced then
you'lll need to start with since your not trying to fit a single actor for film work.
The biggest thing with lenses is making sure that they are gaped enough to allow you to blink, without your lashes
hitting them at all. If you can't do that, you'll be shocked at how much it will bug the crap out of you and your eyes.
I'd suggest studying the techniques used on daredevil as that mask was built with a face mask with lenses in it and
will help you understand whats necessary.
also, just a suggestion, your clay is to close to your eyes for comfort, and thats not if you want lenses, thats if you want to blink properly
when wearing the cowl
theres reasons the movie cowls pull back from the eye so much, its not just for comfort, its also to allow for eye expressions to register on camera as
well as minimizes the amount of peripheral vision you loose when wearing the cowl.
when wearing the cowl
theres reasons the movie cowls pull back from the eye so much, its not just for comfort, its also to allow for eye expressions to register on camera as
well as minimizes the amount of peripheral vision you loose when wearing the cowl.
Thanks for all the helpful advice.
I think on my second try I will try and take all your suggestions into what I produce.
Thanks again Bats.
When it comes to any full face/head cowl, that's a giant consideration.
So your first try will show you volumes and drive you to improve the second and third version.
By the time you get thru your 5th version you'll have it exactly the way you want, exactly the way it should be, and
everyone else will know why~
If that takes you less than ten years your golden!! Because it took 10 years for the industry to come to that same
understanding, so if you follow their examples you start with a big leg up and it'll keep you from just using sunglass lenses
like they did with the sonar cowl. LOL
So your first try will show you volumes and drive you to improve the second and third version.
By the time you get thru your 5th version you'll have it exactly the way you want, exactly the way it should be, and
everyone else will know why~
If that takes you less than ten years your golden!! Because it took 10 years for the industry to come to that same
understanding, so if you follow their examples you start with a big leg up and it'll keep you from just using sunglass lenses
like they did with the sonar cowl. LOL
deadeyes702
New Member
OOOH! That is ultra cool, nice techy flavor to it, I love it.
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