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Davy Jones

Discussion in 'Sculpting' started by Ricky, Apr 21, 2012.

  1. Ricky Active Member

    Country:
    Italy
    Hello Planeters,
    it's a long time I don't post here, for those who don't know me I'm Riccardo, I live in Rome Italy and I have a great passion for sculpting.

    I want to share with you some photos of my last piece, it's a nice distraction from the historical figure, and an opportunity to sculpt a bust from scratch after some time.
    I wanted to choose an interesting and unusual piece, so a movie star is an appropriate choice.
    I hope you like it, I enjoyed this sculpting so much that I completed it in 3 days (with my surprise).
    The armature is a resin copy of a previous job of mine. I carved it to be lifelike to the actor Bill Nighy, that I transformed it entirely in FIMO except for the eyes that are sculpted in Magic Sculpt.

    Attached Files:

  2. Joe Hudson Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    That is cool! Are you going to make any castings?

    Joe
  3. bagelman1952 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    England
    Brilliant piece

    Ken
  4. FigureLover A Fixture

    Country:
    Australia
    You have to cast this one, the likeness is perfect and your sculpting is top notch. Brilliant
    Ben
  5. Renéduret Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Netherlands
    sharp rendition!

    exellenta signor!
  6. Meehan34 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    this is completley cool. Very awesome work.
  7. MCPWilk A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    I want one!

    Mike
  8. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Perfect sculptwork.
    Like what you have done very much.

    marc
  9. Mortimer Active Member

    Country:
    Spain
    Fantastic work Megroot! Very well sculpted.
  10. housecarl Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Some superb little details Riccardo.
    Carl.(y)
  11. Jazz A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Really nice work. Great likeness.
  12. Einion Well-Known Member

    Excellent sculpt Riccardo, bravo!

    Licensing issues.

    Einion
  13. bilibov Member

    Country:
    Czech-Republic
    Great.. I envy you your skills :)
  14. Marcel Active Member

    Country:
    Spain
    Superb piece of sculptwork Riccardo! (y)(y)

    Cheers,
    Marcel.
  15. Dimmu Borgir Active Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Excellent work Riccardo.Can you describe the procedure when working with Fimo?
  16. Ricky Active Member

    Country:
    Italy
    Thank you all for your appreciation, it's a pleasure for me to read your comments.

    Unfortunately I cannot cast this piece for two reasons: it would be complex to manage the resin copy without a spin casting machine, and second the subject is copyrighted. So this octopus will be a unique piece, sorry for all people asking for a copy.

    Christos, the procedure to work with Fimo is the same used by many sculptors using polymer clay. Even if the scale is different (Davy is 1/9 scale) one tutorial I have found really a revelation for my skill is available at this link
    http://www.absculpture.com/tutorials.htm

    After many sculptures I have adapted the process to my own but the steps are the same. Sometime I use talc instead of turpentine to obtain smooth surfaces
    YellowBear and Dimmu Borgir like this.
  17. Bimmer3.5csl Active Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Great work!!!!!!!!!!(y)
  18. Dimmu Borgir Active Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Thank you very much Riccardo for the link.I have had problems in smoothing and also in blending the material together since it is more dry than sculpey or epoxy puttys(by the way how do you soften it before starting to work with it?)..I heat it first a little bit and then i begin work.I will try and experiment since its unlimited time is an advantage.Thanks again(y)
  19. Ricky Active Member

    Country:
    Italy
    Usually I use small quantity so I soften it piece by piece with hands, and I usually use Fimo soft instead of classic. I have read some articles where sculptors use the pasta machine to soften it before use, but you should reserve the machine for this specific use to avoid mix with pasta.
  20. Dimmu Borgir Active Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Thanks again Riccardo and sorry for asking so many questions!!!I prefer the pasta machine for pasta also!!:LOL:

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