My first sculpt "THING"

[SHIMKO]

Well I pulled out my first sculpt I ever created and finally got the will power from enough people to finish it. Well here is what I have so far. What do you think? Again this is the first time I have ever sculpted? I know I still have a TON of work and cleanup to do. Any pointers would be great.

Thanks

 

[DemonSeed]

nice. how long did it take??

 

[hydin]

Looking pretty good.

I would put him a little more angle on the eyebrows though. He looks sort of .

Very good start though. Mr. Grimm would be proud.

Chris

 

[Red Five]

It looks like you're off to a great start. Your first sculpt ever?. Amazing. What made you think to do the Thing first?

 

[SHIMKO]

nice. how long did it take??

I started this bust a couple of years ago, and worked about 5 hours maybe on it. My personal life got really busy and it kind of got shoved to the side.

It looks like you're off to a great start. Your first sculpt ever?. Amazing. What made you think to do the Thing first?

I am thinking of making this a wearable head.....I have always wanted a THING costume. We will see how it comes out.

 

[hydin]

I linked to this in another thread, but thought it might help you with the 3D aspect of it.

http://ultthing.tripod.com/main.htm

Insane, yet utterly cool.

Chris

 

[DemonSeed]

dude its ready to be molded IMHO. the hard part is over with

 

[SHIMKO]

That is extremely INSANE. I am thinking more of the lines of Foam Latex or silcone. I want to do a couple of Resin busts also.

 

[DemonSeed]

i think a latex mask would be cool, and you could not cut out the eyes for a display piece

 

[OldKen]

silacone with a powdercoat of orange, then weathered just a bit.

that would be awesome. i like this look better than the movie version.

 

[Admiral Vaughn]

Cool. :thumbsup :thumbsup

~Russ

 

[Blaxmyth]

This is brilliant.

I especially like the cheekbones and the slight asymmetry in the eyebrows - makes him look so real and believable.

If this is your first sculpt, we'll all be looking forward to the next one.

Cheers, Phil

 

[SiR-ROUND]

Great sculpt so far.

Amazing, yall make it look sooo easy.

 

[SHIMKO]

Thank you for all the nice compliments. I am going to put a few more hours into it this week. I will put up a few progress pictures. I will be coming here for advice on molding it.

Thanks again.

 

[Alan Cross]

I always loved this character and your sculpt is clearly based upon the classic Kirby/Buscema approach. This is great work so far. Congratulations. I will say though I think, in the side view, that the forehead ridge DOESN'T taper to a point. I believe in the classic Kirby version the forehead ridge just comes to an end.

Keep going.

Alan

 

[SHIMKO]

This is definately based off the comics, I couldnt stand the MOVIE THING. Updates in a couple of days.

 

[rocketeer25]

I've seen this THING in person, and it's a work of art. :thumbsup

You'd think Jay has been sculpting for years..

Good job, buddy..

 

[SHIMKO]

I've seen this THING in person, and it's a work of art.

You'd think Jay has been sculpting for years..

Good job, buddy..

Thanks Lonnie, you are the man one that inspired me to pull it out again.