) but I have been averaging one a year, so your estimate is probably not far off I actually grabbed some frames from Aliens to help me try to understand the contours of his features. He's actually probably a bit rounder in the face in Aliens.
Alan, the build is looking tremendous. I know where you are coming from with losing the inspiration. My sculpt is starting to turn a corner now, but this only really happens about 2 seconds after I'm ready to smash the thing to pieces. I have to just keep working through the bits when they don't work and have the confidence to make big changes if necessary. The payback is you get a real buzz when it does start working.
I've spent about 2 weeks on the Rancor face. I'll get it great from one reference picture and then I move to another picture from a different angle and try to marry together the new information. It is frustrating and you need the patience of a saint. I'm starting to really appreciate just how much hard work goes into your sculpts. Not just hard work, but subtlety which people just won't understand until they see your work in the flesh.
One other thing which makes a difference is making sure the lighting on a sculpt more or less matches the photo reference. I have therefore been doing mine in a cave
Anyhow, keep going! Perhaps think about a change of scale for your next build? The Tiny Arnie head you made worked brilliantly, so it may be a nice change to work bigger or smaller?
Take care,
Chris
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but one day, I would love to have , just one of your works of art , to cherish with my collection, you are the only sculpture artist I have talked to, that I wanted to have a creation from....don't know why, you just have that gift, and you capture every essence of the character you create, I am truly an enormous fan of yours Alan. I hope we meet one day....you are a real stand up guy ...LOL...and a true gentleman as well as a professional.... your work is inspiring to me and several others, you work will be a legacy to others , I mean that my friend
Well he did gain some weight during the making of Aliens, to some degree and aged some as well....so some of the facial features are bound to change contour a little I would guess ....yeah I and I seen what you said , about being a funny Guy....LOL...I know what you may be doing has to be extremely hard to do and focus tremendously without your eyes crossing
) and I got out the original to compare, and indeed this is my sculpture under his paint. I had always hoped that the paint would bring out the likeness, but this is beyond my dreams (I know the real eyes make a huge difference) but if I can get anywhere near this with my paint job, I will be over the moon. Chris has done an incredible job, thank you.
It's amazing how the paint around the lips, and that pale line, fully brings out the mouth. Also the stubble makes such a difference. Kyle's stubble is quite thick in the movie and I was going to try sculpting it, but I'm not sure I need to if this effect is possible with real paint.
