WIP: Abe bust - Abe's Oddysee

[Howlrunner]

It's been a long time since my last attempt at sculpting, but I've decided to break out the Sculpey and try something fairly simple. Yesterday I was suddenly hit by the very weird urge to sculpt Abe from the Oddworld computer games (this urge literally came from nowhere - I've only ever played one game about 15 year ago and didn't even complete it!) - he's a great character though and an even better design.

Thought that if I post WIP pics here I'll be more likely to motivate myself to see it through to completion. :lol

So, to start, I've made the understructure for his head - some cut up polystyrene eggs with porcelain door knobs for eyes. Next, I'll cover the whole thing in Sculpey and start the real work....

 

[MooCriket]

Cool Idea! I loved this game back in the day. Looking forward to seeing your completed piece:cool

 

[kwalsh0000]

Now thats gona be a cool sculpt! Only downloaded it recently on steam and hes a great lil character to do. Look forward to seeing how it goes:thumbsup

 

[RickDTM]

One of my favorite characters!! Looking forward to seeing your progress.

 

[JPolacchi]

Are you going to be able to bake the super sculpy in the oven with a polystyrofoam core?

 

[Mecha01]

Excellent idea! I don't think I've seen one outside of the game studio.

I can't wait to see the results

 

[Howlrunner]

Are you going to be able to bake the super sculpy in the oven with a polystyrofoam core?

Yeah, it is possible - I've done it twice before, using the exact same polystyrene egg as a core for a baby Critter. As long as it's entirely covered with sculpey there's no problems.

 

[Howlrunner]

Well I knew it would happen, the sculpt would get pushed to the back burner and it would lay there and not get worked on for months.... And I was right! :lol

FINALLY got round to adding more clay - I added a basic skin to the polystyrene after I took the 1st lot of photos, and then left it for months.... Silly me, I didn't realise that clay would dry out (since it's non-water based), but trying to reshape or cut away parts left lots of crumbly parts that needed filled back in and resmoothed.

Anyway, I added a lot more and this is where I am currently:

 

[MooCriket]

Incredible likeness:thumbsup

 

[Howlrunner]

Thanks.

Sadly, that's as far as he goes. I tried baking him and the whole thing broke into pieces. A combination of the heat, the dried crumbly clay and the styrofoam inner just went horribly wrong. If the clay had not been sitting out since November; and I cooked it at 65 degrees for 1 hour, rather than 130 for 30 minutes, I reckon it would have been OK. Alas, poor Abe is dead and beyond repair. :cry

 

[Contec]

you could have boiled the sculpy....