Casey
Love
Sculpting
the Slayer
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6: I'm now just using smaller worms of clay and different shapes of
clay to block in the basic structures of the piece, building the character
as I go. I'm also taking away small grooves of clay in certain areas where
I don't want it. You will also notice the start of the chest muscles.
I just continue to refine things as I go getting closer and closer to
what I'm looking for. Don't be afraid to try new things and push the clay
around until you are happy with what you see.
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Step 7: O.K.
now I'm using a small rake tool to refine the areas of the sculpture and
to help start to refine the shapes I previously blocked in . Also, notice
the large folds and wrinkles I've added to the side that the creature
is leaning. This is a very important feature and help's to give the feeling
of movement and action to the piece. It's very important not to loose
site of what your creature is doing, and to make sure thing's are making
sense in the pose by adding wrinkle's or stretching skin over muscle in
the right areas. Obviously, the creature will have some pulling action
to the skin on his left side. Whenever a muscle is contracting, the opposite
muscle is being stretched or pulled and it's a give and take situation
that happens between the muscles.
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Step 8:
Here I have some small wire and Im using sculpey three translucent bakeable
clay to block out some salmon fish teeth to match some Real salmon teeth
that I found on a local, nearby beach. I live up in the North West where
Sockeye Salmon fish are very popular. So it's very easy to find bone's
and such. I like to sometimes use stuff from nature in my sculptures and
it can really help out a great deal to give a sense of organic natural
feel to your work. So keep an open mind to what nature has to offer. You
can also see some of my favorite tools laying around. In the second pic
you can also see the the real salmon teeth that are being used. This also
gives the creature a real angry look. Along with the heavy set brow bone
area, the high cheek bone area really helps make the difference.
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Step 9: Now
you can see I'm adding the teeth in the sculpted out slot. After carefully
sculpting and matching up the sculpey teeth, I the proceeded to bake out
the sculpey teeth with a heat gun. Be carefull not to burn the teeth and
also not to under bake the teeth. Generally follow the guide lines on
the sculpey package for baking time and heat temp. At this point you will
also notice that I have really refined the sculpture and cleaned it up
considerably. You can achieve the clean up with the use of a small round
orange sponge or a soft brush and just a little water. You don't want
to drench the piece down, unless you want to make mud pies!!!!! I rarely
use water. I only use it when the piece is getting very dry, or for blending.
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Step 10: Now you
can see Im using one of my favorite Kemper tools to carve in some wrinkles
and details in on the piece. Then I use a touch of water on a brush
to brush down the wrinkle's and blend them in. If you want to really
have soft natural looking wrinkles, I suggest using a larger wire loop
tool to gently scrape over the carved wrinkle to first soften don the
hard edge's from the carving. Then brush them down with water. You will
notice this helps a great deal to soften them down and give them a nice
natural feel. Also using a round orange damp sponge to gently push on
the wrinkle works well. Also wiggling your hand and fingers as you carve
in the wrinkle will help give a nice natural look.
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Step 11: Here you
will notice that I have thing's very well smoothed out. I like to get
things as refined and smooth as possible before starting to much detail.
I simply used the orange sponge to smooth out the forms. It's quick and
much easier and faster then a brush, however I use a brush for the tight
spots and details. I'm also playing around with some different details
in the head to see what works best. Simply playing around in the clay
and making little marks and pushing things around is how I get the look
I want. Again don't be afraid to try new things. (continued
on page 3)
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