Here are a few pictures of my new figure. This is Sherlock Holmes and the hound of Baskerville. I had the head completed but I got some good info from Gordy and Bill Chilstom about what was wrong so here it is after the corrections. I will post more as I go. I will have a hound leaping at him.

All comments welcomed.

Joe

Another view

back side

Great idea Joe. Keep us posted.

Can't wait to see more i saw this little guy in real life last Sunday night and it's gonna be a keeper

Thanks Bob and Gordy,

Gordy thanks again for the help and the visit. I will try to post more of him later.

Joe

Joe, That's excellent! Terrific subject, and a great job of animation.

Sure looks promising and its nice to see new ideas when chosing topics to portray.

Hey Joe!

Glad to see some more of your work. Its looking great, how did you go about doing the long coat?

Not so elementary, my dear Hudson!



Quang

Please just tell me it's going to be commercially available. I'll buy one immediately. Great work!!!

Gino

Thanks guys. I have always had an idea in the back of my mind to do this figure. I saw a great drawing of Sherlock in an old IR catalog and this helped to motivate me.

Andy,

What I did was sculpt the lower legs and just worried about the folds on the legs from the knees down, I then rolled out AVES putty and waited for it to set up and then cut it to shape and added the right side first then the next session I did the same to the left side. I should mention that I just added the coat from the waist down and the sculpted the rest on the figure.

Gino,

Sorry its a one of

Joe

Joe, I wouldn't have guessed that you sculpted the upper half. Did the Aves give you any trouble blending? And, did you do most of the wrinkles before or after the putty has set? Lately, I've taken to doing a little "post processing" with my folds and wrinkles.

Joe, Holmes is looking great! Do you plan on having him at the Atlanta Show?

That's fantastic Joe great job on the coat too

Joe, Your work improves by leaps and bounds with each piece. Doing a convincing overcoat is not easy, all the folds are in the right places. Great job.~Gary

Thanks guys. I appreciate all the kind words and the encouragement. I would have had a few more pictures but I looked at the arm that I had finished and it just did not look right no matter how much I tried to convince myself! So out came the snippers and now I just have the basic arm and I will work on it again tomorrow with a clearer head. :lol:

John,

I have had no problem with the AVES. I know a lot of people swear by the Magic Sculpt but if you ever want to try a different putty. To answer your question I sculpted the folds while the putty was wet. I just laid the new putty where I wanted it and blended it over the bottom half of the coat and went from there.

Kreston,

If all goes well I should have him in Atlanta. I will send you an email and the answer to your question is yes.

Joe

Hi Joe

Excellent figure, and good to see in progress.

You're doing a grand job in producing figures of interesting (non-military) subjects, and I thank you for that, 'cos it's got me thinking..........

cheers

Rob

Looking great Joe.......look forward to seeing him develope.
Thanks for posting pics for us to see.

Rob and Guy,

Thanks. I will try to post a few more soon. Rob I look forward to seeing what you do in the nonmilitary area. I have a few more ideas of what I may do after this one but I guess I should do something military or historical one day.

Joe