Ok,first post here, so be gentle with me! I have been lurking on these boards for a while, mainly looking trying to get inspiration for costumes which have been finished to varying degrees of success. I have recently started work on Corvo Attanos mask from Dishonored.
I decided to create this by sculpting it and then casting it, now this is the first sculpting and casting I have ever done so I am expecting it to go horiffically wrong! So far the only equipment I have got is a polystyrene head, 2 blocks of super sculpey (beige because it was cheaper!) and some cheap wooden sculpting tools.
Since nowhere in my local town seemed to sell blank masks and I didn't want to wait and order one online, I made my own out of tin foil:
So as you can see, I am already off to the best start I could be! :facepalm So I started working with the super sculpey (don't forget, never touched this stuff before!) and after two hours had something vaguely resembling the right footprint of the mask.
2 hours work... this was clearly going well :behave
Two evenings later (this is going to be a slow build by the way!) and it was starting to look a lot better, and I was starting to get a hell of a lot more comfortable sculpting and rather enjoying it too!
So that is what I had to start work with last night, then I picked it up again and spent the next 4 hours sat on the floor and actually started to use the tools I had bought too. This is what I have now:
So, what do you guys think? are there any pitfalls I should be looking out for? I was also wondering what is best for smoothing super sculpey and if I should bake it before casting it? I read that it is best to get it exactly how you want it before baking as it's difficult to sand after this?
As a side note, after seeing all these pictures together, beige clay looks horrible!
I decided to create this by sculpting it and then casting it, now this is the first sculpting and casting I have ever done so I am expecting it to go horiffically wrong! So far the only equipment I have got is a polystyrene head, 2 blocks of super sculpey (beige because it was cheaper!) and some cheap wooden sculpting tools.
Since nowhere in my local town seemed to sell blank masks and I didn't want to wait and order one online, I made my own out of tin foil:
So as you can see, I am already off to the best start I could be! :facepalm So I started working with the super sculpey (don't forget, never touched this stuff before!) and after two hours had something vaguely resembling the right footprint of the mask.
2 hours work... this was clearly going well :behave
Two evenings later (this is going to be a slow build by the way!) and it was starting to look a lot better, and I was starting to get a hell of a lot more comfortable sculpting and rather enjoying it too!
So that is what I had to start work with last night, then I picked it up again and spent the next 4 hours sat on the floor and actually started to use the tools I had bought too. This is what I have now:
So, what do you guys think? are there any pitfalls I should be looking out for? I was also wondering what is best for smoothing super sculpey and if I should bake it before casting it? I read that it is best to get it exactly how you want it before baking as it's difficult to sand after this?
As a side note, after seeing all these pictures together, beige clay looks horrible!
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