ScottishJester
New Member
So after watching so many talented builds on here I decided to try out sculpting for myself. purchased 2 little 900G blocks of chavant NSP medium to get me started. I figured i would try out something with simple shapes and lines to begin with so i went with the batman cowl (Not so simple when trying to get it symmetrical 
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For the base i used a plastic head my girlfriend had lying around the house (supposed to be for hairdressing) actually worked out well as its got a little clamp on the bottom so i can rotate it when it is locked to the table. Covered it in foil and started laying on thin layers of clay.
Oh and apologies for the bad photo quality HTC phone but you get the idea.
So when i got to this stage (below) i realised that the eye sockets were just way to big so made some adjustments and i am kinda happy with the size and shape of them right now (last pic)
I don't have cash for clay tools right now all this was done using just my fingers and a trusty guitar pick to kinda flatten specific areas.
On another note can anyone help with an alternative to smooth the clay?, I seen some guy on youtube using lighter fluid but not sure i want my fingers smelling of petrol while I work on this. Reason being is im finding it pretty hard to work with the clay I tried to heat it up a little but i didn't find much difference. Might just be my flat is pretty cold right now typical Scotland.
Anyways Thanks for viewing more to come every night this week if all goes to plan
)For the base i used a plastic head my girlfriend had lying around the house (supposed to be for hairdressing) actually worked out well as its got a little clamp on the bottom so i can rotate it when it is locked to the table. Covered it in foil and started laying on thin layers of clay.
Oh and apologies for the bad photo quality HTC phone but you get the idea.
So when i got to this stage (below) i realised that the eye sockets were just way to big so made some adjustments and i am kinda happy with the size and shape of them right now (last pic)
I don't have cash for clay tools right now all this was done using just my fingers and a trusty guitar pick to kinda flatten specific areas.
On another note can anyone help with an alternative to smooth the clay?, I seen some guy on youtube using lighter fluid but not sure i want my fingers smelling of petrol while I work on this. Reason being is im finding it pretty hard to work with the clay I tried to heat it up a little but i didn't find much difference. Might just be my flat is pretty cold right now typical Scotland.
Anyways Thanks for viewing more to come every night this week if all goes to plan
