sideshowcactus
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Hey everyone, I'd like to share a fun project I made over a few weekends. I'm learning how to sculpt and decided to make Henry Avery's Saint Dismas Cross from the Uncharted 4 game. I really like the story behind it. The cross was made from basswood glued together to form a hollow column, dimensions 1" x 1" x 12". Saint Dismas was sculpted from polymer clay over an aluminum wire armature. The figure was about 7 inches tall.
The figure was painted gold, with a little bit of bronze and gray weathering. The cross was painted silver at the edges, highlighted by thin strips of birch painted dark gray.
The "ropes" were made from Apoxie polymer clay, which cured at room temperature so I did not have to re-bake.
Made a stencil for "Digna Factis Recipimus" on the back of the cross (Latin: we received what we deserved for our deeds) as appeared in the game. This phrase came from Luke 23:41 "et nos quidem iuste nam digna factis recipimus hic vero nihil mali gessit" (And we indeed are punished justly, for we received what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong) when Dismas defended ***** from the heckling crowd. The flower ornaments at the two ends of the cross was challenging because the details were very fine. I ended up sculpting one from clay and made a small casting of the second one.
The completed Saint Dismas Cross by itself:
The figure was painted gold, with a little bit of bronze and gray weathering. The cross was painted silver at the edges, highlighted by thin strips of birch painted dark gray.
The "ropes" were made from Apoxie polymer clay, which cured at room temperature so I did not have to re-bake.
Made a stencil for "Digna Factis Recipimus" on the back of the cross (Latin: we received what we deserved for our deeds) as appeared in the game. This phrase came from Luke 23:41 "et nos quidem iuste nam digna factis recipimus hic vero nihil mali gessit" (And we indeed are punished justly, for we received what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong) when Dismas defended ***** from the heckling crowd. The flower ornaments at the two ends of the cross was challenging because the details were very fine. I ended up sculpting one from clay and made a small casting of the second one.
The completed Saint Dismas Cross by itself:
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