well, yesterday aftenoon i decided to start the torso sculpt, i am still not a fan of wed clay, but the speed for blocking is surpreme, now if i can get to grips with the worry of it drying out ill be golden.
1st i covered the whole mannequin in clay then blocked it out where it needed it, to get as close to my body shape and size as possible. once i had that i went over the whole sculpt with my rake smoothing it down and slightly shrinking the sculpt from my own size, then i started to roughly block out the shapes and forms, which is where i am now.
chest is 46, mine is 44 ( saves me Hitting the gym

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i then took measurement of width of back, every 3 inches and circumference. And i kept working so the sculpt is the same as me, down to the waist which is 35. The only thing i am alittle concerned with is the forearms, for a mannequin he has pretty beafy forearms, and mine are only 1 inch bigger, Which leaves only a very thin layer of clay on the forearms ,My guess is i will have to keep watering it to make Sure.
not Very far off it being roughed out now, i can then start to tighten up shapes and onto the detailing, i am Tempted to give it my own twist somehow, but we will see if i go through with that or not Pfft