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Completed Critique Another One Bites the Dust

Discussion in 'Sculpting' started by bonehead, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. bonehead A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    I have an informal list of subjects that i have considered sculpting at one time or another. Many of those subjects generally get shoved into the dusty back cabinets of my mind (often for years or even decades), and every now and then one of them will emerge from the darkness to become a finished piece. This is one of those.

    Many people probably do not know that i have a strong interest in American Indians. I have quite a good library of books on the subject, but when it comes to sculpting them, I have pretty much chosen to demur. After completing this figure I was rather strongly reminded of why that is: simply put, I don't know how to do this stuff!

    Every step of the way, this figure presented me with challenges that took some real head scratching and exploration of new techniques to overcome. In all of my years sculpting, this figure has been the most extreme challenge I have undertaken.

    The subject is taken from a painting by Karl Bodmer done from life in the 1830s. It depicts the Hidatsa chief, Addih-Hiddisch as shown in the painting here (if you do a search online, you can probably find a better reproduction of the painting - I scanned this one from one of my books).

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    The figure is "120mm" size. Not really a scale in this case. Yes, it will be a commercial release. No I cannot tell you when it will be available or from whom. This piece offers as many challenges to the caster as it did for me in sculpting and engineering it. You will have to be patient!

    I can wait a while longer myself. It only took 25 years or so to get around to sculpting it. It may take that long before i do another..... :eek:

    Cheers!! :)

    Mike
  2. Centaur Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Great tempory hyptheses on this plains- Glad to see you,to have start again this kind of art.
  3. housecarl Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Looks like you over came the hurdles Mike.
    Outstanding piece, it would be a shame to paint it.
    Carl.
  4. mil-mart A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    :eek::awesome::cool:(y) Speechless...........:notworthy::notworthy:

    Cheers Ken :D
  5. Steve Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    As with all great works, one cannot tell this gave you fits. SOMEBODY BUY THIS THING AND PRODUCE IT!!
  6. Ferris A Fixture

    I can image that must have been hard, but the result sure looks impressive.
    Will make quite a painting challenge as well, with all the different textures and tatoos.
    Congratulations on finishing the job after all these years!

    Adrian
  7. antonio argudo Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Spain
    Impresive figure, that's a ten:awesome: congrats!
  8. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Speechless, what a sculptwork.

    marc
  9. Ulrich A Fixture

    Country:
    Germany
    Great, a figure from one of my favourite painters. Please not again 25 years to produce it. :( :(

    I must have one

    Ulrich
  10. roadking Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Gotta tell you Mike, we go way back and this is one of the most exciting things I have seen you sculpt in quite a long time. Makes me wish I was still in the casting business my friend. Looking forward to hearing who will produce it so I can get my hands on one.

    Jim
  11. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Awesome sculpting Mike.
  12. TWOMOONS Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Far out Mike...can a Jivaro head hunter be far off?
    Beautiful work....kinda pretty far removed from "having a hard time" with it showing in any aspect, at all. Wow.
    This guy is "Pidgeon's Egg Head " isn't he ?
    Guess I'm lucky to own your Pawnee small scale bust of years ago.
    Is this just your second Native American ever?
  13. Joe Hudson Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Mike,

    This is really cool. Great sculpting with all the different textures and etc. One question. What is the deal with the feather on the hat? Looks like it is just lying there. Did they attach it any particular way? Sorry, that was 2 questions!:D

    Joe
  14. Mike S. Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    OUTSTANDING job Mike! I want one.(y)
  15. Mike S. Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Joe,

    The way eagle feathers were worn by Plains, Upper Missouri Valley, Great Basin etc. warriors, in addition to various cut marks on them, symbolized various fetes of heroism. In this case, many tribes wore a feather at a 90 degree angle or on edge as with this figure to signify striking an enemy when counting coup.

    This was actually a higher honor among many than killing or wounding the opponent, as it was far more dangerous and unlikely that one would escape unharmed.

    THE bible of Plains Native American traditions and customs THE MYSTIC WARRIORS OF THE PLAINS by Thomas E. Mails outlines this in detail.
  16. Dan Morton A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Wonderful sculpting as always!

    All the best,
    Dan
  17. davidmitchell A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Superb work Mike all your hard work on this has certainly paid off,hope someone produces this as its a painters dream with all the different textures,Awesome!!!!


    Cheers David
  18. tiger111 Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Wow! Not era; however I can see myself wanting to paint this piece. I am very interested in this progress. Keep up the cuurrent updates.(y)
  19. T50 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    EXCELLENT!!!!!!!
  20. Einion Well-Known Member

    Mike, if this is an example of "I don't know how to do this stuff" I wish there were more people who didn't know what they were doing sculpting for the hobby :)

    Bravo! It looks fantastic, from head to toe.

    Einion

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