Working on a personnal project carving.
It's arumbaya fetich from 1937 album "L'oreille cassée"
We can find several official replicas, not too bad especially the 1991 plaster edition.
We can also find some fanmade replicas, 3D print, or hand carved, many are really inaccurate, even it's hard to make accurate design from a comic, the design is quite bad and rough, but it's possible to get a overall idea of a realistic carving.
I carve it from wood, mixing original drawing inspiration, but also genuine Chimú culture statue for finish and patina.
Original Chimú had pitch and mother of pearl inlays in the ears, feet, hands and eyes, also ochre and white painting.
I will make similar finish, probably a remaining shell inside back of left ear, and pith only on ears, eyes, hands and feet, and coloring on body, hat and fabric.
Then it will get weathering, during several years, to create cracks, abrasion and corrosion, to match antique statue patina, but keeping tintin design.
First picture are official replicas, actual resin edition and first plaster edition from 90's.
Original Chimú statue used as inspiration for design, and another statue where we see the shell inlays.
It's arumbaya fetich from 1937 album "L'oreille cassée"
We can find several official replicas, not too bad especially the 1991 plaster edition.
We can also find some fanmade replicas, 3D print, or hand carved, many are really inaccurate, even it's hard to make accurate design from a comic, the design is quite bad and rough, but it's possible to get a overall idea of a realistic carving.
I carve it from wood, mixing original drawing inspiration, but also genuine Chimú culture statue for finish and patina.
Original Chimú had pitch and mother of pearl inlays in the ears, feet, hands and eyes, also ochre and white painting.
I will make similar finish, probably a remaining shell inside back of left ear, and pith only on ears, eyes, hands and feet, and coloring on body, hat and fabric.
Then it will get weathering, during several years, to create cracks, abrasion and corrosion, to match antique statue patina, but keeping tintin design.
First picture are official replicas, actual resin edition and first plaster edition from 90's.
Original Chimú statue used as inspiration for design, and another statue where we see the shell inlays.
