



Ok guys, I am still playing with the mix...
Here's Slythe from Thundercats inspired by the art of Joe Madureira.....
Let me tell you that it has been a dream of mine to get to revisit these characters, as I used to sculpt them when I was a kid...but with the new Mix of Gary's waxes I think I will be able to sculpt most of the main characters very fast...time is something a freelance sculptor lacks for the most part...and being able to have time to do your own stuff is very rewarding, specially if it doesn't take that much time away from the paying gigs...so that being said:
This head sculpt was started at 2:35 PM (PST) I got to the point ( last image) where I am pleased with the sketch, I will try to proceed to finish it later on.
All in all this piece ( up to this point) took me 3 hours. The reason why I want you guys to know this has nothing to do with my skill/ego, I just want to stress out that had I started this in sculpey/baked it and transfered to wax, it would have taken longer... so take it with a grain of salt, but personally I had never been able to work so fast before..in this industry time/quality go hand in hand.... I just want to thank Gary and all the sculptors that helped him with their feedback... this really means a lot to me, because now I can actually cut my time in half ( for the most part)... and that is very important..plus now I may be able to sell some copies of my own twisted versions of characters I grew up watching...like Silverhawks, and Dinosaucers....wow that would be so cool to sculpt.
Thanks you all.
-Erick Sosa
By the way, this piece was sculpted 90% by hand, for the eyeballs I rolled them with my fingers, shaped them, and froze them with an inverted ( upside down) duster can, then pushed them into the skull which was still warm/soft.
So yes, this feels VERY much like firm polymer clay, and when warm even softer, kinda like very soft super sculpey beige/flesh.
Then I used a small loop tool and my trusty hot air tool.
That was it.
-E
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